The 18th Iran International Steel Exhibition inaugurated on the southern Kish Island on Tuesday was attended by a host of Iranian officials and representatives from domestic and foreign steel firms. Deputy minister of industries, mining and trade and head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, Mehdi Karbasian, and chairman of Iron and Steel Society of Iran Abbas Najafizadeh were present at the exhibition’s inaugural ceremony. About 265 domestic companies and 25 foreign firms from England, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Austria, China, Ukraine, India and the UAE are showcasing their latest products and services related to steel production and raw material processing in the three-day event, IRNA reported.
