Iran’s three-month steel output up 10%: ISPA
The statistics of the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) indicate that the country’s steel production registered a 10.5 percent growth in volume in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21–June 22) compared to the same period last year.
According to the ISPA, 9,478,000 tons of steel were produced in the country in the first quarter of the current calendar year, reported Tasnim News Agency.
In the said period, the total production volume of crude steel products recorded a five percent growth, and the production of sponge iron registered an 8.2 percent hike compared to a year earlier.
The report added that 5,957,000 tons of steel products were produced from March 21 to June 22.
Also, 3,413,000 tons and 2,543,000 tons of lengthy and flat steel products were produced in the country in the first quarter of the current Iranian year, respectively.
According to the statistical report of the association, sponge iron producers produced 9,974,000 tons of this product in those three months, showing an 8.2 percent hike compared to the same period last year.