RUSSIA/IRAN
June 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWETHE RUSSIAN and Iranian governments have signed a protocol to cooperate in developing Iran's coal industry. Russia's energy ministry said it would work to improve all aspects of the industry, from coal production to processing. The Russians will initially help develop operations in the southern Iranian city of Yazd, the centre of Iran's major coal producing region. The deal - signed in Moscow - secures an agreement for the two countries to cooperate in restructuring existing Iranian coal producing companies and washeries, while establishing new ...
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