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What is compelling Iran to set up its own Graphite Electrodes Plant?

Jul 23, 2019

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by

Aditi Tiwari

in Graphite Electrode

Iran’s steel industry has been growing rapidly in recent years in line with the country’s ambitious plan to raise output to 55 million tonnes per year by 2025. The country’s crude steel output in 2018 stood at around 22.8 MnT, registering a surge of 7% y-o-y basis. Also in first five months of 2019 (Jan-May),…