Tehran, Iran, Sept. 27
By Milad Fashtami - Trend:
Over 6.918 million metric tons of crude steel were produced in Iran in the five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 - August 22), the public relations office of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) said.
The figure shows 7.6 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on September 27.
Some 7.16 million metric tons of steel products were also produced in the country in the mentioned period.
The World Steel Association said in its latest press release that Iran produced 10.63 million metric tons of crude steel in the first eight months of 2014.
The figure shows 6.9 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on September 24.
The country's crude steel output in August amounted to 1.332 million metric tons, which is 3.1 percent more than in the same month of 2013.
Iran was the world's 13th biggest producer of steel in August.
The world's total crude steel output in August stood at 134.956 million metric tons, which is 1.4 percent more than in the same month of the previous year.
Iran's crude steel production reached 15.421 million metric tons in 2013, which is 6.6 percent more than its preceding year.
Iran was the world's 15th biggest producer of steel in 2013.
Iran plans to increase its annual steel output to 55 million metric tons by the end of the fifth Five-Year Development Plan (2015).