Iran’s steel production reached at 3.0 million tons in November, registering a 7.6 percent increase compared to the previous month, according to the latest report released by the World Steel Association (WSA).
The Islamic Republic produced 28.1 million tons of crude steel in the first 11 months of 2023, also registering a 0.6 percent increase as compared to the same period in the past year, the WSA report said.
Based on the WSA data, Iran maintained its place as the world’s 10th largest steel producer in the mentioned period.
The WSA data put the world’s 11-month crude steel production at 1.715 billion tons, indicating a 0.5 percent increase compared to the first 11 months of 2022.
The world’s 71 steel producers managed to produce 145.5 million tons of steel in November 2023, 3.3 percent more than the figure for the previous year’s same month.
Based on the WSA report, China, India, Japan, the U.S., and Russia were the world’s top steel producers in the first 11 months of 2023, respectively.