The private sector produced 3.49 million tons of steel products during March 21-November 21, 2014.
Over 60 percent of the figure pertain to round bar production.
In this period, private companies produced 1.27 million tons of steel ingots, which amounted to 1.1 million tons.
In the eight-month period, private companies' production of round bar and galvanized sheet reached 2.12 million tons and 738,800 tons respectively.
Production of other steel products and iron girder reached 367,300 tons and 261,700 tons respectively.
During this period, private and public units produced 11.2 million tons of raw steel, of which 88.6 percent pertained to state-run companies.
In this period, production of steel products, including galvanized sheets, round bars, iron girder, pipes and wide sheets, reached 11.65 million tons, of which 3.49 million tons pertained to the private sector.
The figure indicates a 4.8-percent growth compared with the corresponding figure of last year, which was 11.12 million tons.
In the year ending March 20, 2014, Iran's steel output amounted to 15.6 million tons, up by 8.8 percent year-on-year.
In this period, the country's output of steel products reached 16.5 million tons.
Iran is the world's 15th steel producer. The country's main steel mills are located in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces.
The major raw steel producers of Iran are Mobarakeh Steel Mill, with approximately 47 percent of the market share, Khuzestan Steel Company with 23 percent, Isfahan Steel Mill with 20 percent and the Iran National Steel Industries Group with 10 percent of the market share.
Source: zawya.com