DRI Output Climbs 11% YOY to 10.5 Million Tons in 4 Months

More than 10.58 million tons of direct reduced iron were produced in Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 20-July 21) to register an 11% rise compared with last year’s similar period.
Latest data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) show Mobarakeh Steel Company accounted for the largest share of output with 2.64 million tons (up 3% YOY).
It was followed by Khuzestan Steel Company with 1.59 million tons (up 16% YOY), Golgohar with 1.05 million tons, Chadormalu Steel Company with 559,622 tons (up 17% YOY), Hormozgan Steel Company with 546,228 tons (up 2% YOY), South Kaveh Steel Company with 531,553 tons (up 8% YOY), Saba Steel Complex with 465,537 tons (up 32% YOY), Khorasan Steel Company with 371,153 tons, Sirjan Jahan Steel Company (SJSC) with 345,977 tons (up 52%), Mianeh Steel Complex with 275,891 tons (up 76% YOY) and Arfa Steel Company with 265,476 tons (up 1% YOY).
Other major DRI producers included Baft Steel Company with 263,910 tons (up 211% YOY), Sefiddasht Steel Company with 261,001 tons (down 3% YOY), Neyriz Steel Complex with 253,478 tons (up 10% YOY), Ghadir Iron and Steel Company with 251,464 tons (unchanged YOY), Shadegan Steel Complex with 250,399 tons (up 34% YOY), Persian Gulf Saba Steel with 235,497 tons, Sabzevar Steel Company with 231,277 tons (up 1% YOY), and Middle East Mines and Mining Industries Development Holding Company with 179,825 tons (down 34% YOY).