Iran’s Steel Output Rises by 9.9% YOY to 17.8 Million Tons

Iranian steel mills produced a total of 17.8 million tons of crude steel in the first seven months of 2021, which indicate a 9.9% rise compared with the corresponding period of 2020. 
As per the latest report of World Steel Association, Iran's July output amounted to 2.6 million tons, up 9% year-on-year. 
The report ranks Iran the world’s 10th biggest crude steel producer. 
China was the world’s largest crude steel producer in the seven-month period with 649.3 million tons of steel output, up 8% YOY.
It was followed by India with 68 million tons (up 28.7%), Japan with 56.1 million tons (up 16.2%), the United States with 49.5 million tons (up 18.5%), Russia with 44.9 million tons (up 9.2%), South Korea with 41.3 million tons (up 8.7%), Germany with 23.6 million tons (up 18.9%) and Turkey with 22.9 million tons (up 17.7%).