WSA: Iran crude steel production up by 19 percent
(Minews) - The World Steel Association (WSA) announced that Iran produced nearly 1.4 million tons of crude steel in January, showing 19.7 percent of growth compared with the same period last year.
The WSA said last month that Iran was 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.
Publish date : Saturday 21 February 2015 20:01
Story Code: 21630
