2 Million t/y Iron Ore Concentrate Plant – Bafq

The Choghart mine lies 10 km northeast of Bafq, 120 km southeast of Yazd and 75 km southwest of Bahabad, on the edge of Iran's central desert.

The original elevation of the Choghart ore body was 1,286 m above sea level, about 150 m above the surrounding area. The mine is connected by the national railway to Tehran (1,000 km), Isfahan Steel (470 km) and, via Sirjan, to Bandar Abbas (610 km).

Production at Choghart began in 1971. It was recognized as Iran's best iron ore mine in terms of quantity and quality, and supplementary exploration and development were carried out alongside exploration of other deposits.

Given the Choghart mine, 38 other anomalies and roughly 1.7 billion tonnes of reserves in the Bafq region, Iran Central Iron Ore Co. was established and began mining Choghart's 177.2 Mt reserve (107 Mt of B.F. grade and 70.2 Mt of high-phosphorus, low-grade ore) to supply Isfahan Steel.

Beyond supplying Isfahan Steel, the company has carried out extensive iron ore exploration over the past 30 years. In addition to Choghart, the Se-Chahun X, Se-Chahun XI, Chah-Gaz, Narigan manganese and Lakeh Siah mines are active operations of the company.

On average, more than 2 million tonnes of iron ore are produced each year and delivered to domestic steel plants, with some exported.

Scope of services

All basic and detailed engineering services in every discipline, and supervision of the construction and execution of the 2 Mt/y Bafq concentrate plant.