Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 26, 1991

We arrived at the [Mehrabad] airport at twenty minutes to eight in the morning. We flew to Isfahan. Mehdi was also with me. At Isfahan airport, helicopters were ready. [Ayatollah Seyyed Jalaluddin Taheri], Imam Juma and [Mr. Seyed Mohammad Reza Waqfi], Governor of Isfahan had come. We immediately flew to Mobarake steel complex.

[Mr. Hossein Mahluji], Minister of Mines and Metals and [Mr. Sirajuddin Kazrooni], Minister of Housing and Urban Development, and some of the advisers, deputies, and members of parliament were also there. Mr. [Vaqfi], the governor and Mr. [Mohammed Hasan] Erfanian, the CEO of the complex gave explanations.

The helicopter made a few rounds around the factory and Mr. Mahluji introduced the units of the complex. We sat down at half past eight and the managers were introduced. We removed the curtain from the related plaque. Then we went to the big melting hall. Italian managers and their trade minister had come. I welcomed them. We visited the melting and discharge function of a two-hundred-ton furnace; Currently, scrap iron is used, and later iron ore with 20% scrap iron.

By car, we visited the direct recovery units, power plant, warehouses, and gas production unit. Then we saw Navard Garm, where they were working in a part of it using imported coils. We returned to the casting unit, which makes the product of the visited furnace in the form of ten-meter slabs. We saw the slab cutting method and heard an explanation. In the control rooms, an Iranian and an Italian supervise the construction and commissioning. The second furnace will start its trial operation from tomorrow.

This factory has eight furnaces, the total capacity of which is more than 3 million tons of melting, and its capacity can be doubled with a small cost. Also, there are four foundries, each of which consumes the melt of two furnaces, and their working capacity is up to two against the melting capacity.

We went to the ceremony hall. Iranians and Italians were gathered. The director of the complex, the Minister of Foreign Trade of Italy, the Director of Italian Industries and the Minister of Mines and Metals of Iran spoke and reported. I also gave a short speech and thanked Italy for the cooperation and efforts of the managers and gave certificates of appreciation to the managers.

We had lunch with managers and guests. After prayer and rest, we continued the visit. We saw the condition inside the furnaces and their new modifications, which are cooled with water, to save on the consumption of firebricks and major repairs. We also visited cold rolling, which is more advanced and important than hot rolling. This section will be launched later. We visited the booth of all departments. I conducted an interview with reporters about Mobarake Steel Complex.

We went by car to the newly built city "Majlesi", six kilometers east of the factory. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development and managers gave explanations. This city is being prepared to accommodate a hundred thousand people. They said the needs. For now, each meter of land costs one thousand tomans and each

The meter of the building is sold for ten thousand tomans. We removed the relevant plaque. We flew by helicopter to Isfahan airport and from there to Tehran. We landed in Tehran at twenty minutes to eight in the evening.

The first autumn rain has fallen and the weather is pleasant. I came home Faiza and Yaser were also there. Chastity is also better. I rested after prayer and dinner; I was tired

It was reported in the reports that the people of Bardsir have demonstrated against the plan to transfer drinking water to Rafsanjan. The cars of the plan have been set on fire. [Mr. Seyed Hossein Marashi], the governor of Kerman, had appealed to solve the chaos. The people of Rafsanjani have bought some water wells to transfer water from the flooded area of ​​Bardsir to the low water area of ​​Rafsanjan.