Friday, 13 August 2021 (YJC)_ A report shows a steel output target of 55 million tons per annum (mpta) is well within reach for Iran as the country seeks to become the world’s seventh largest steel producer by 2025.
TEHRAN, Nov 30_On Friday, Italy's base union USB called a general strike, involving public and private sector workers, to protest ongoing uncertainty over a deal to sell the huge, highly polluting ILVA steel plant in the southern city of Taranto.
TEHRAN, May 31 - A new report released by the World Steel Association (WSA) showed that Iran has managed to produce over 8.3 million tons of steel during the first four months of this year.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - Iran’s dramatic currency depreciation has had beneficiaries, foremost in its burgeoning steel industry which has seen exports remain steady despite the new US sanctions.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Iran is capable of producing 25 million tonnes of steel in the current fiscal year which ends on March 21, 2019 but foreign sanctions and duties are a big hurdle, the head of the Iranian Steel Producers Association says.
TEHRAN, November 28- Iranian steel production rose to 20.6 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2018, up 19 per year-on year, data by the World Steel Association has showed.
TEHRAN, November 13 -Nucor Corp, America’s largest steel maker, planned a new plant in Sedalia, Missouri, long before U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs to protect the industry – and it does not need them to make money.
TEHRAN, July 27 - The leaders of France and Spain said they welcomed a trade truce between the United States and Europe called this week, but demanded action Thursday from their ally across the Atlantic to reduce tariffs and rejected negotiating a new trade agreement with the U.S.
TEHRAN, July 18 - The European Union has announced measures to shield its market from a glut of steel heading to the continent after the U.S. imposed tariffs on imports of the metal.
TEHRAN, July 18 - Iran’s opening of a new steel mill in central Isfahan last month will offset a cut in sales of hot-rolled (HR) steel coils in the face of looming unilateral US sanctions, officials say.
TEHRAN, June 30 -A Texas oil and gas trade group applauded the state's governor for calling on President Donald Trump to consider the negative industry impacts of tariffs.
TEHRAN, June 19 - Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) announced on Monday that the first domestically-constructed rail tracks have been handed over to Iran’s Railways, saying the rails are on par with the latest global standards.
TEHRAN, May 31 - The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe, Mexico and Canada after failing to win concessions from the American allies. The decision could provoke retaliatory penalties and exacerbate trans-Atlantic and North American trade tensions.
TEHRAN, April 12 - Iranian large steel makers increased their exports by 39 percent last year (March 21, 2017 – March 21, 2018) comparing to similar period in the year before.
TEHRAN, March 10 - The EU and Japan held crunch talks with their US counterparts in Brussels on Saturday, hoping to get "clarity" on President Donald Trump's controversial new steel and aluminum tariffs.