TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Khouzestan Oxin Steel Company Ali Mohammadi says the company has produced over 83,000 metric tons (mt) of plates.

The Oxin Steel Company produced more than 83,000 mt of plates in the first month of the Iranian calendar year (March 20-April 19, 2024), Mohammadi said in the closing ceremony of the First National Hope  Media Cup underway in Tehran.

The company produced 12,000 mt more plates compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, he added.

The products of the company are exported to 18 countries, he pointed out.

He went on to say that 10 countries in the world produce wide steel plates, one of which is Iran.

The complex has created jobs for more than 1,500 Iranians so far, further noted.

The World Steel Association (WSA) announced in its latest report that steel production in Iran during the first quarter of 2024 has registered a 16.3 percent growth compared to the same period last year.

Located in the southern Khuzestan Province, Oxin is Iran’s biggest producer of heavy plates.

It is the only local producer of heavy wide steel plate, which can produce it in widths of 1,100-4,500 millimeters with a thickness of 8-150 mm.

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