Final UN report calls for specialized help with metallurgical modernization

The UN mission identified investment-finance shortages, technology gaps and shortages of highly qualified personnel in heavy industry. Some plants also lacked sufficiently inexpensive domestic raw...

The report called for industrial technical staff to encounter new technologies through study tours and short assignments abroad. Strengthening national technical institutions and adding vocational and...

The UN team suggested government and private-sector investment to revive bauxite, alunite and nepheline mines. Better use of domestic raw materials could reduce dependence on expensive imports.

The report described a postwar shift from government ownership toward domestic and foreign private participation. At the Arak aluminium plant, foreign companies were expected to provide two thirds...

The report considered heavy-industry rehabilitation complete in a narrow sense. Arak aluminium output had exceeded 75,000 tonnes in 1988, above prewar capacity of 45,000; further expansion to...

The UN mission found the severest industrial destruction in five western provinces affected by ground fighting. Outside the immediate battle zone, damage was generally less severe, though some...

Many plants appeared to have resumed normal operation, but visible damage, spare-part shortages and limited maintenance persisted. The UN report linked weak backup services to makeshift reconstruction...

Small production units were generally rebuilt under local direction; larger units were directed from Tehran. Funds prioritized food and building materials, while plant repairs focused first on keeping...

About 80 percent of light industry was privately owned, the report stated. Some larger factories financed their own rebuilding; most smaller war-affected units used government incentives, with private...

The UN mission observed entrepreneurs establishing processed-meat, fish-powder, plastic-tubing and textile industries in Abadan-Khorramshahr industrial parks. It described a positive response to calls...