TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The statistics of the
Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) indicate that the country’s steel
production volume in the first three months of the current Persian calendar
year (March 21 to June 22) registered a 10.5 percent growth compared to the
same period last year.
The ISPA
said 9,478,000 tons of steel were produced in the country in the first
quarter of the current year, showing a 10.5 percent hike compared to last
year’s corresponding period.
In this
period, the total production volume of steel products recorded a five percent
growth and the production of sponge iron also 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, 2023.
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 year respectively.
According
to the statistical report of the association, sponge iron producers
produced 9,974,000 tons of this product in the first three months of the
current year, showing an 8.2 percent hike compared to the same period last
year.