Area:1,684 million km2
Population:65,397,521(July 2007 est)
Mineral Resource:
Chromium,coal,copper,iron ore,lead,manganese,

petroleum,zinc
Mining Factoids:
*Iron is ranked among the world's 15 major mineral-rich

countries with 60

kinds of mineral production.Total messured and indicated

resources are estimated at about 52,000 Mt(Ministry

of Mines and Industry records,2004)
*In 2002,almost 130 Mt of raw commodities of over 50

different types of mineral were mined from 2,100 operations,

mostly small-scale quarries.
*Iron has several lead-zinc,copper,iron ore,and coal mines.

The mines at Sar Cheshmeh contain the world's second

largest lode of copper ore.Large iron ore deposits lie

in central Iron.