Iran exported sponge iron worth $199 million in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21), the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran on Saturday brought online a sponge iron mill with a capacity of 800,000 tonnes a year, with officials saying the facility is the country’s first to use indigenized reduction technology.

EghtesadOnline: Four steel production projects using sponge iron technology through the Iranian method PERED were launched, Managing Director of MME (Mines and Metals Engineering) Company said on Wednesday.

EghtesadOnline: Sefid Dasht Steel Complex produced 62,214 tons of direct-reduced iron during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), the deputy head of the company, Jamshid Alibabaei, said.