WSA: Iran tops steel producers in Middle East
(Minews) - A new report released by the World Steel Association (WSA) showed that Iran is the biggest steel producer in the Middle East in 2014.
Iran's steel production in 2014 increased by 5.9 percent compared with the same period in 2013, and reached 16.331 million tons, the report said.
Iran also ranked the 14th among major steel producing countries in the world.
Earlier this month, Head of Iran’s Steel Producers Association, Bahram Sobhani, said Iran is aware of the advantages of accessing open seas and has a plan to turn certain ports on the rims of the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman into steel production hubs.
Sobhani said that some 1.33 million tons of steel were exported during the first three quarters of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 22), adding that coastal areas of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman would change into centers for steel production in a near future.
The official said that the amount of Iran’s steel exports stood at 1.25 million tons last year.
Publish date : Saturday 24 January 2015 20:26
Story Code: 20171
