In execution of Article 6 of the Law on centralization of industrial & mining activities ratified in 1379 (2000/01), and for the purpose of evaluating and determining the overall strategies and policies, executing the projects relating to the construction and the renovation of metal related industries, extraction and processing of mineral products as well as executing exploration projects, the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) was established and officially registered on 2.5.2001.

   It was then decided that this organization is to be administered in accordance to the law of establishment of Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) of 1967 and the Articles of Associations of  the aforesaid organization