Iranian Entity: Kanavaran Mining and Industrial Company
| Entity Name: |
| Kanavaran Mining and Industrial Company |
| Also Known As: |
Kanavaran |
| Program: |
| Nuclear |
| Address: |
| Kordestan St., end of 24 St. West, No. 84, Tehran, Iran |
| Phone Number: |
| 8012627 , 8027173 |
| Text: |
| Listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement; attempted to procure "advisory activity on the pilot plant for the recovery of uranium from phosphate deposits" for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (see separate entity record), but the procurement was denied on March 5, 2003, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); according to the Directorate of Topography for Khuzestan Province, Kanavaran's areas of expertise include industrial and mining topography, geology, excavation, soil analysis, geotechnics, subterranean machinery, geochemistry, and petrography; reportedly involved in an acetic acid project with Energy Industries Engineering and Design (EIED) in 2004; also reported to be based out of the UAE; its managing director is reportedly Ahmad Ra'isi. |
| Date Entered: |
| 4/30/2008 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 4/30/2008 |