IMIDRO data: Iran's gold output rose 36 percent to 1,688 kg in 1403 while steel billet fell 5.7 percent

The latest basic-metals value-chain figures published by IMIDRO, reported on Monday 27 July 2026, show that Iran's gold production rose 36 percent in the 1403 Iranian year (ended March 2025), from 1,338 kg in 1402 to 1,688 kg, the largest increase of any product in the chain.

On the same data, iron ore concentrate rose 6.7 percent from 68.407 million tonnes to 73.017 million tonnes, steel products rose 2.6 percent from 21.585 million tonnes to 22.136 million tonnes, and direct reduced iron rose 0.8 percent to 33.659 million tonnes. Pellet output rose 0.5 percent and alumina 4 percent.

By contrast, steel billet output fell 5.7 percent, from 32.108 million tonnes in 1402 to 30.285 million tonnes in 1403, and aluminium ingot fell 5 percent from 636,000 tonnes to 605,000 tonnes. Copper concentrate rose 3 percent and copper cathode 1 percent.