70 foreign companies to attend int’l steel exhibition in Tabriz

Last year, the 19th Annual Steel Symposium was held in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf with participation of only 25 foreign companies, while the number of the participating companies has reached 70 this year, Secretary of Iron and Steel Society of Iran Ali Shafiei told reporters on Sunday.

Also, Shafiei added, 165 domestic companies will attend the Tuesday Tabriz international steel exhibition.

As the official noted, some participating countries include Germany, Britain, France, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Turkey.

Accordign to reports, Iran, producing 18 million tons of steel products, is now the 14th largest steelmaker in the world.

20th Annual International Steel Exhibition and Symposium, with the theme of ways to create new technology runs for two days.

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