EghtesadOnline: Iran was ranked the world’s seventh biggest producer of cement in 2020 by the United States Geological Survey, with an output of 60 million tons.
EghtesadOnline: Amid the unrelenting US drive targeting the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, the United Nations secretary-general called for the exhaustion of all possible means to prevent the “destruction” of the historic accord.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian steel mills produced a total of 11.44 million tons of crude steel during January-May, which indicate an 11.1% rise compared with the corresponding period of 2019, the latest report released by the World Steel Association shows.
EghtesadOnline: The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of U.S. oil futures, which had never dropped below $10 a barrel in its nearly 40-year history, plunged to a previously unthinkable minus $38 a barrel.
EghtesadOnline: GDP figures for the first quarter of 2020 are slowly rolling in and the impact the coronavirus has had on economies around the world is fairly catastrophic.
EghtesadOnline: Iran produces 1 million tons of eggs annually, says the head of Iran Veterinary Organization, adding that the country is the world’s 10th biggest egg producer.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is the world’s biggest producer of damask rose, accounting for 70% of the global production, according to the executive manager of the Agriculture Ministry's National Medicinal Plants Project.
EghtesadOnline: Severe flooding that hit Iran in March and April was the world's ninth costliest weather disaster of 2019, according to insurance broker Aon (formerly called Aon Benfield).
EghtesadOnline: Data released by the World Federation of Exchanges ranks Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Fara Bourse as world's second and third best-performing exchanges in terms of the annual growth in their main index in 2019.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian steelmakers registered the third highest growth in the world last year.