TEHRAN May 25(Shana)--Iran�s labor minister has said that bitumen exports in the country are set to increase.

�With the startup of new projects, bitumen exports capacity will increase to earn the country significant revenue,� Ali Rabi�ei said.

He was speaking at the inauguration of a bitumen plan in Iran�s oil-rich city of Abadan in southwest.

Rabi�ei said the bitumen plant, owned by Pasargad Oil Company and Tamin Investment Company, had purchased only 20% of its equipment from foreign companies.
He said that this plan would increase the country�s bitumen production y 620,000 tons a year.

By SHANA