Publish Date: 25 April 2018 - 21:09

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Mehdi Karbasian, Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, said on Wednesday in London that the volume of Iran’s steel export has increased 9 times  in 2017 vis-à-vis the volume in 2013.

“Iran’s steel output was around 20 million tons out of which one million ton was exported in 2013, but last year the export amount rose to 9 million tons,” said Mehdi Karbasian, Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, on Wednesday in London.

He made the remarks while addressing the CRU World Aluminum Conference 2018 underway in British capital city.

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