23 August 2011
Steel production capacity of Hormuzgan Steel Complex is expected to double in the near future, said the managing director of Mobarakeh Steel Company.
According to a report released by the Public Relations Office of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), Mohammad Masoud Samiinejad said that talks have been held with the foreign contractor of Hormozgan Steel Complex to increase annual production capacity of the plant from 1.5 million tons to 3 million tons, Fars News Agency reported.
Given the area on which the factory has been established, Hormuzgan Steel Complex is capable of producing 3 million tons of crude steel (slab), he said, adding the target will be achieved in a short period.
Mobarakeh Steel Company purchased Hormozgan Steel Complex in a tender held late last Iranian year (ended March 20).
The Steel Complex is the most modern in the country and one of the best in the Middle East. Earlier this month Samiinejad announced that steel production increased by 100 percent to reach 20 million tons.
He noted that steel production went up from 10 million tons in the beginning of the Ninth Government's tenure (in 2006) to the current level of 20 million tons.
The country's main steel mills are located in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces. Major raw steel producers of the Islamic Republic of Iran include the Mobarakeh Steel Mill, with approximately 47 percent of the market share, Khuzestan Steel Company with about 23 percent, Isfahan Foundry with about 20 percent, and Iran National Steel Industries Group with approximately 10 percent of the market share.
Iran is the second biggest steel producer in the Middle East after Turkey.
Steel production capacity of Hormuzgan Steel Complex is expected to double in the near future, said the managing director of Mobarakeh Steel Company.
According to a report released by the Public Relations Office of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), Mohammad Masoud Samiinejad said that talks have been held with the foreign contractor of Hormozgan Steel Complex to increase annual production capacity of the plant from 1.5 million tons to 3 million tons, Fars News Agency reported.
Given the area on which the factory has been established, Hormuzgan Steel Complex is capable of producing 3 million tons of crude steel (slab), he said, adding the target will be achieved in a short period.
Mobarakeh Steel Company purchased Hormozgan Steel Complex in a tender held late last Iranian year (ended March 20).
The Steel Complex is the most modern in the country and one of the best in the Middle East. Earlier this month Samiinejad announced that steel production increased by 100 percent to reach 20 million tons.
He noted that steel production went up from 10 million tons in the beginning of the Ninth Government's tenure (in 2006) to the current level of 20 million tons.
The country's main steel mills are located in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces. Major raw steel producers of the Islamic Republic of Iran include the Mobarakeh Steel Mill, with approximately 47 percent of the market share, Khuzestan Steel Company with about 23 percent, Isfahan Foundry with about 20 percent, and Iran National Steel Industries Group with approximately 10 percent of the market share.
Iran is the second biggest steel producer in the Middle East after Turkey.
© Iran Daily 2011
