TEHRAN- The 10 edition of the Cement Industry Exhibition of Iran was inaugurated in the presence of Iranian deputy industry minister at Tehran’s Goftegoo Park on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

“Some 35 percent of new cement projects have been implement by the present time and in the next Iranian year (starting on March 21, 2019) the country’s cement production capacity would be increased by two million tons,” Deputy Industry Minister Ja’far Sargheini said in the exhibition inauguration ceremony.  

“Iran’s cement production capacity presently stands at 86 million tons per annum,” the official added.

The two-day exposition, attended by tens of Iranian production companies and research units, would be opened to public visitors on Wednesday and Thursday, the report added.

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