September 08, 2008

Iran cement consumption soars in past 3 years - Report

Mehr News Agency quoted Mr Ali Akbar Mehrabian Iran’s industries and mines minister as saying that Iran’s cement consumption has considerably increased during the past 3 years.

Mr Mehrabian said that Iran witnessed an about 27% rise in cement production in November 2007. He added that scores of cement plants are ready to go on stream, predicting that domestic cement output will reach 55 million tonnes by the next 6 months.