Ahmadinejad opens 2 plants in Northern Iran

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated two major industrial projects worth more than USD 640 million in northern Iran, Press TV reported with reference to IRIB News.

Aliabad Katool's 972-megawatt combined cycle power plant came on stream in Iran's Golestan Province in the presence of President Ahmadinejad on Monday.

The plant, which can increase Iran's electricity export, was entirely built by Iranian technicians with an expenditure of about 475 million dollars.

Meanwhile, the Iranian chief executive also launched a cement factory in the northern city of Galikesh in Golestan Province.

The cement factory, which employs some 210 workers, cost about 165 million dollars to be built, and has the capacity to produce more than 3,400 tons of cement per day.

Seven million tons of the products of the cement factory will be exported each year.

Last week, Ahmadinejad also inaugurated the new phase of Ardebil power plant, which cost about 175 million dollars, in Ardebil Province.

The Orumiyeh combined cycle gas plant, with the capacity of 1,000 MW, was also inaugurated at a cost of about 170 million dollars in West Azarbaijan Province early this month.


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