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Iron Ore Mine
ICIOC Choghart Mine
3rd-largest iron ore mine in Iran of 5 · top 40% worldwide (#146 of 372)
- Owner
- Iran Central Iron Ore Co.
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 3.25 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~3.2 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1970
Comparable iron ore mines · Iran · 5 ranked
- #1Gol Gohar Mine
- #2CMIC Chadormalu Mine
- #3ICIOC Choghart Mine
- #4NISCO Sangan Mine
- #5Bafq Mining Mishdovan Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Bafgh Mineral Complex Iron and Steel Yazd plant2.9 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- 400 kV line5.0 km · Transmission Line
- Bafq Mining Northern Anomaly Mine9.3 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Bafq Mining Mishdovan Mine16 km · Iron Ore Mine
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)