Iran's Cement Output Ranking Climbs to Seventh Worldwide

Iran was ranked the seventh biggest producer of cement in the world in 2019, with an output of 60 million tons.
The country was previously the world’s eighth biggest cement producer with 58 million tons, while Turkey was the seventh biggest producer with 72.5 million tons. However, as Turkey’s production declined in 2019, Iran occupied the seventh place, Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation cited the United States Geological Survey as reporting.
According to the report, global cement production increased from 4.05 billion tons in 2018 to 4.1 billion tons in 2019.
China was the world’s biggest cement producer last year with 2.2 billion tons, posting no change compared to 2018.