Iran, one of the
largest producer of semi-finished steel in world has produced 9,900,000 MT of
billet and bloom in first 10 months of current Persian year (21 Mar’17-20
Jan’18), according to the data published by ISPA. Production was reported up by
23% Y-o-Y against 8,018,000 MT produced in last Persian year.
• Khouzestan Steel
Company was the largest producer of billet and bloom in current Persian year,
the company produced 1,994,598 MT of billet and bloom during the period,
registered a growth of 6% Y-o-Y against 1,887,420 MT during the same period but
last year.
• Esfahan Steel
Company was the second largest producer of billet and bloom in current Persian
year. The company produced 1,898,304 MT bloom in current Persian year, by
registering a growth of 3% Y-o-Y against 1,843,014 MT produced in last Persian
year.
• Khorasan Steel was
the third largest producer of billet and bloom, followed by South Kaveh Steel
and Iran Alloy Steel Company with production of 675,848 MT billet, 650,861 MT
billet and 341,265 MT bloom.
Iran DRI Production
Increases by 23% Y-o-Y
Iran, the second
largest producer of DRI in world has produced around 18,540,000 MT DRI,
registered a growth of 23% Y-o-Y against 15,101,000 MT produced in last Persian
year.
• Mobarekah Steel was
the largest manufacture of DRI in Iran during current Persian year, the company
produced around 6,127,022 MT DRI, registered a growth of 10% Y-o-Y against
5,570,020 MT produced in last Persian year.
• Khouzestan Steel was
the second largest DRI producer during the current Persian year. The company
exported around 3,404,450 MT DRI in current year by registering a growth of 10%
Y-o-Y against 3,094,956 MT produced in last Persian year.
• Other major
producers includes HOSCO (1,297,474 MT), South Kaveh Steel (1,285,232 MT),
Khorasan Steel (1,019,884 MT) and Saba Steel (932,277 MT).
Iran Slab Production
Increases by 15% Y-o-Y
As per ISPA, Iran has
produced 8,462,000 MT of slab in first 10 months of current Persian year. The
nation registered a growth of 15% Y-o-Y in slab production against 7,387,000 MT
produced in last Persian year.
• Mobarekah Steel
Company was the largest producer of Slab during the first 10 Months of current
Persian year. The company produced 5,426,971 MT during the period, registered a
growth of 14% Y-o-Y against 4,760,501 MT produced in last Persian year.
• Hormozgan Steel, a
subsidiary of MSC, was the second largest producer of slab in the nation during
the period. The company produced 1,162,777 MT of slab in current Persian year,
registered a growth of 28% Y-o-Y against 908,420 MT produced in last Persian
year.
• Khouzestan Steel was
the third largest producer of slab in current Persian year, followed by Saba
Steel. The companies produced 1,149,353 MT and 622,839 MT respectively with
growth of 4% and 14% Y-o-Y respectively.
Inputs taken from
Chilan Online
source: Steel mint