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Saturday 23 July 2016 - 15:37
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Iran rises to 12th place among worlds top steelmakers: WSA

TEHRAN - Iran produced 8.806 million tons of crude steel in the first half of 2016, up 5.2 percent compared to the same period in previous year, the World Steel Association (WSA) reported.


According to the WSAs latest report, registering the mentioned growth the country stood at the 12th place among top worlds steel producers leaving Mexico behind.

The country produced 8.372 million tons of crude steel in the first half of 2015. This is the second time that WSA upgrades Irans place in its ranking lists released in the current year.

It is worth mentioning that while Iran's crude steel production grew during the said period, the worlds steel production declined 1.9 percent to 794 million tons compared to the same period last year.

In WSA ranking, China seized the first place with 399 million tons of steel produced in the first half of 2016 and marked itself as the worlds biggest steel producer. Japan stood at the second place with 52 million tons and India with 40 million tons of steel production holds the third place.

As a major steel producer in the region, Iran boosted its steel mills across the country in recent years, as central Isfahan and southwestern Khuzestan provinces remain the major steel producers.

According to WSA, Iran was the biggest producer of crude steel in the Middle East in 2013. The countrys rank was 14th in the world in 2014.

By Tehran Times
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