The export of sponge iron from Iran rose by 93 percent during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2023), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to the data released by the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).
The ISPA reported that 1.214 million tons of sponge iron was exported in the country during the nine-month period of this year, while the figure was 630,000 tons in the first nine months of the previous year.
As the association has reported, the production of sponge iron in Iran rose by 6.5 percent during the first nine months of the current year, from that of the previous year.—Tehran times