Iran forecast to produce 75Mt cement by year-end

Iran is projected to produce 75Mt of cement by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2013), according to local news reports.

ISNA quoted Iranian deputy industry minister, Vajihollah Jafari, as saying that production capacity will be 86Mt by the end of the year.

Iran exported over 6.8Mt of cement during the first six months of the current (Iranian) year.