BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Iran’s crude steel production grew by 0.7 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through July 22, 2025) compared to the same period last year (from March 20 through July 21, 2024).
The data obtained by Trend from Iran’s Steel Producers Association shows that this figure reached approximately 10.9 million tons, up from about 10.8 million tons in the last year’s comparable period.
The steel product output totaled around 7.38 million tons in the reporting period, which is five percent less than the 7.79 million tons produced in the same period last year.
Furthermore, the output of sponge iron in Iran reached 14.8
million tons, reflecting a two percent uptick from the 14.5 million
tons recorded during the corresponding four-month period of the
preceding year.
Iron ore pellet output registered at 22 million tons, reflecting a
decrement of 5.6 percent compared to the 23.3 million tons recorded
in the corresponding timeframe of the previous fiscal year.
Iron ore concentrate output experienced an uptick of 5.1 percent,
reaching 26.4 million tons, in contrast to the preceding year's
approximate figure of 25.1 million tons.
To note, Iran’s annual steel production capacity is about 40 million tons.
In the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through March 20, 2025), Iran’s crude steel production totaled about 30.3 million tons, which is a 5.7 percent decrease compared to the previous year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024).
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