Official: Iran’s Production of Cement Increases 12%

“Despite the fact that we expected to face a decrease in production this summer due to restrictions on energy supply, fortunately, cooperation of the energy ministry paved the ground for us to achieve a 12% increase in cement production,” said Hamid Farmani, the head of the Cement Industry Association.

Also, another Iranian industrial official said that Iran exported 10.5 million tons of cement to 25 countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria, in the past 9 months.

Ali Akbar Alvandian, the secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Producers Association, said that cement exports from Iran had reached 13 million tons in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20, 2023), adding that 60 million tons of cement had been consumed inside the country in the same period. 

He added that cement production in Iran rose in the nine months to late November thanks to better supply of electricity and fuels to manufacturers, adding that the situation could further improve in the coming years.

Iran produces some 90 million tons of cement per year, Alvandian said, adding that production capacity is expected to increase by 8.8 million tons in the coming years by launching 13 ongoing projects.

Iran became the world’s eighth biggest producer of cement in 2022 with 62 million tons of output, according to a report released by the United States Geological Survey at the time.

China was the biggest producer with 2.1 billion tons followed by India with 370 million tons and Vietnam with 120 million tons.

Iran shared the eighth spot with Russia while its 2022 output remained the same as in 2021.

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