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Fatemeh Bagheri, editor-in-chief of Titrsanat News Agency, was selected as the top journalist in the second edition of the “Mostafa Prize Observers” competition and received the award of this scientific and media event.

November 2025 — Over the past two weeks, the global technology industry has been gripped by a wave of announcements that highlight one of the year’s most defining trends: the race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure. From Silicon Valley to Bangalore, from Frankfurt to Singapore, governments and corporations are committing billions of dollars to data centers, semiconductor plants, and cloud ecosystems designed to power the next generation of AI.

The 7th Capital Market and Media Festival was held today, coinciding with Capital Market Week, at the amphitheater hall of the Securities and Exchange Organization. In their speeches, Hojjatollah Seydi, the Head of the Securities and Exchange Organization, and Norouzpur, the Deputy Minister of Press Affairs at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, emphasized the role of economic journalism in enhancing transparency and reducing uncertainty in the capital market.

The meeting of the Policy-Making Council of the University of Tehran’s Specialized Steel Industry Center was held with the participation of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the University’s Vice President for Research, aiming to assess past activities and outline the future path of research collaborations within the country’s steel value chain.

The knowledge-based company ParsTech, after eight years of continuous effort, has fully localized the technology for producing tungsten and advanced metals, and today, as the sole manufacturer of this strategic product, it continues to keep the light of self-sufficiency burning in Iran’s advanced industries.

Despite limitations, Khouzestan Oxin Steel, through smart management of the challenges ahead, has not only overcome obstacles but has also achieved significant progress in producing strategic products and expanding its markets.

A memorandum of understanding aimed at developing joint cooperation in domestic, regional, and international markets was signed on the sidelines of the 22nd International Metallurgy Exhibition between Mobarakeh Steel Engineering Company and the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Commercial Company.

A member of the Board of Directors of Central Bafgh Alloy Steel announced plans for the first melt and the launch of the first phase of this major project within the next 18 months, saying that the plan, which will create employment for 530 people directly and 5,000 indirectly, is targeting the markets of Europe and Central Asia.

The Purchasing Deputy of Khouzestan Steel said: “A thirtyfold increase in energy carrier prices and the excessive export of concentrate will create a serious challenge for production.”

Khouzestan Steel aims to capture regional markets with its three-pillar strategy.

The 1,500-unit Faraja project was completed in just 190 days using steel structures. This project, fully designed and executed by Iranian engineers, is considered a new model in the country’s construction industry due to its 70 percent reduction in water consumption and its smart systems.

While analysts are largely focused on the political and military implications of the upcoming meeting between Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump in Washington, Riyadh’s moves in “mining diplomacy” may signal the beginning of a new chapter in the global race for critical minerals—an arena that now influences everything from energy security to the strategic calculus of major powers, and one that directly affects the future of regional mining companies, including those in Iran