Iran is ranked eighth among the world\u2019s top steel-producing countries in April, rising one place in the list of the world\u2019s top steel-makers, according to the World Steel Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest report released by the World Steel Association (WSA) shows that Iran\u2019s crude steel output has increased 5.9 percent in the mentioned month while the global average growth rate stood at \u2013 2.4 percent, IRNA reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the WSA data, Iran produced 3.1 million tons of crude steel in the mentioned month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic produced 9.7 million tons of steel in the first four months of 2023, registering a 0.1 percent growth compared to the same period in the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WSA report says that the world\u2019s 64 steel producers managed to produce 161.4 million tons of the commodity in April, 2.4 percent less than the figure for the previous year\u2019s same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The steelmakers produced 622.7 million tons of steel in the first four months of this year, which indicates a 13 percent drop compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the WSA report, China, India, Japan, the U.S., and Russia were the world\u2019s top steel producers respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran has maintained its place as the world\u2019s 10th biggest steel producer during the mentioned four months, according to the WSA data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Iranian steel industry has been constantly developing over the past years against all the pressures and obstacles created by outside forces like the U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus outbreak that has severely affected the performance of the world\u2019s top producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in February, the WSA reported that Iran\u2019s crude steel production increased by eight percent in 2022 when the production by the world\u2019s top 64 steelmakers declined by 4.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran was ranked first among the world\u2019s top steel producers in terms of production growth in the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iran is ranked eighth among the world\u2019s top steel-producing countries in April, rising one place in the list of the world\u2019s top steel-makers, according to the World Steel Association. The latest report released by the World Steel Association (WSA) shows that Iran\u2019s crude steel output has increased 5.9 percent in the mentioned month while the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n