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IranPersepolis: visitor walkway repairs continue to protect historic stone
Mehr News Agency reported on 27 October 2026 that repairs to Persepolis’s wooden visitor walkways are continuing. In the interview, provincial heritage official Sadegh Za…
↗IranAharAhar: historic stone dam enters the national heritage register
Mehr reports the inclusion of the historic Chowush Goli dam near Ahar in Iran’s national heritage register. Built with stone and mortar, the structure survives in parts a…
↗IranShirazFars and South Africa discuss a logistics proposal
According to Mehr, the Fars industry director proposed an import-export logistics centre during a meeting with South Africa’s ambassador. Mining was among the sectors dis…
↗IranShirazFars: processing is central to adding value to stone
Mehr reports that Fars mining officials emphasise processing, quarry modernisation and block quality. The account refers to Dehbid and Neyriz and highlights reduced waste…
↗IranWest Azerbaijan: 50 ornamental-stone quarries need investment
In an ILNA interview dated 25 October, provincial director Sakhavat Kheirkhah identifies 197 ornamental-stone quarries in West Azerbaijan: 147 active and 50 needing inves…
↗IranMahallat’s role in travertine production
IRIB News highlights Mahallat as an important Iranian travertine district, reporting 115 active ornamental-stone quarries and annual extraction of about two million tonne…
↗IranDamavand travertine tender ends without an award
On 20 October, Bourse24 reported that Damavand Mining’s second tender to select an operator for the Azhdehatu travertine quarry and a cutting contractor for Qareh Gol end…
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Iran: six domestic constraints weigh on production and exports
On October 19, the Iran Stone Association republished an intervention by Bahram Shakouri, president of the association and of the Iran Chamber’s mining and mineral indust…
↗IranTehranIran links competitiveness to resources and carbon footprint
The Iran Stone Association reports on an October 12 conference at Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce. Resource management, lower-carbon technologies and carbon-footprint measur…
↗IranAn Iranian pavilion for first-time Xiamen exhibitors
The Iran Stone Association has announced plans for a pavilion supporting companies exhibiting for the first time at Xiamen Stone Fair 2027, scheduled for 16–19 March.…
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