Iran Steel Output in Four Months up by 9%
Mehr News reported that Iranian steel mills produced a total of 4.12 million tonnes of finished steel products in the first four months of the current fiscal (March 21-July 22). According to the latest date by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, the output of steel products, including hot and cold rolled coils, rebar, beams, pipes, wide and galvanized sheets, registered a 9% increase compared with the similar period of last year. The lions share of the four-month output belongs to Mobarakeh Steel Company and its subsidiary Saba Steel with 2.36 million tonnes.
The giant steel producer was followed by Esfahan Steel Company with 776,253 tonnes, Oxin Steel Company with 294,174 tonnes, Khorasan Steel Company with 217,041 tonnes, Azarbaijan Steel Company with 116,629 tonnes, IASCO with 95,984 tonnes, and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Automotive Sheet Company with 83,952 tonnes.
Besides the finished steel products, a total of 6.86 million tonnes of ingot, bloom and billet were also produced in Iran during the mentioned four months, indicating a 4% growth year on year.
Source : Mehr News