Posted on 13 Aug 2018
Iran’s major steelmakers increased crude steel production 15% year on-year in the first four months of the Iranian year, according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (Imidro).
In the period 21 March-22 July output grew to 6.29 million tonnes, the organisation says in a note monitored by Kallanish.
Mobarakeh Steel Complex (Mobarakeh Steel Company, Saba Steel Company and Hormozgan Steel Company) produced 3.18mt, followed by Khouzestan Steel (KSC) with 1.28mt. Esfahan Steel (Esco) had an output of 751.340t, South Kaveh Steel (SKS) made 345,678t and Khorasan Steel produced 314,903t. Chadormalu’ output was 283,837t and that for Iran Alloy Steel was 129,240t.
The seven largest Iranian finished steelmakers also increased finished product output in that month by 11% to 3.72mt. MSC group produced 2.31mt, Esco 723,881t, Oxin Steel 237,027t, Khorasan Steel 183,367t and the Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Automotive Sheet Company 168,359 tons. Azerbaijan Steel Company output was 86,684t and that for Iran Alloy Steel was 69,129t.
