Iran’s output surpasses 29Mt in first five months

Iran’s cement output totalled 29.504Mt in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year beginning 21 March 2014, the country’s Mehr News Agency reported. During the period, clinker production reached 32.378Mt.

Of the total, some 23.351Mt was supplied to the domestic market.

In the fifth calendar month alone (23 July – 22 August), cement and clinker production totalled 5.608Mt and 6.6Mt, respectively.

In the previous Iranian calendar year, the country produced 69.68Mt, exporting 18.812Mt in the 12-month period.