According to the Mehr correspondent, Jafar Sarghini told Babian reporters this Saturday morning that Iran is the tenth largest steel producer in the world: “Currently, the country’s steel production capacity has reached 34 million tons, but steel production is currently 25 million tons.” Is in the year.

He announced the export of half of the country’s steel products and added: “We are sure that the capacity of steel production in Iran will increase to 140 million tons to 55 million tons per year, while Iran is ranked 10th in the world in terms of steel production.”

Emphasizing that the 11-fold increase in cement production in the country is another achievement of the Islamic Revolution, the Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade said: “In the early days of the victory of the Revolution, cement production in the country was 8 million tons, but now it has reached 88 million tons.”

Sarghini emphasized: the annual export of the country’s cement has reached 15 million tons, so that during the last forty years, self-sufficiency in cement and steel production has met the country’s needs and self-sufficiency, and on the other hand we have been able to gain a favorable position in the field of mineral production. .

He also announced the export of about 120,000 tons of copper ore production in the country and said: “During the current year, we have produced 240,000 tons of copper in the country, which about 50% of copper production meets the country’s needs.”