Iran: Exports of cement and clinker from Iran have increased by 17.4% to 10.12Mt in the 2011 Iranian year finishing on 19 March 2012. 8.66Mt of this total was composed of cement exports and 1.46Mt was clinker. National cement production increased by 8% in 2011 reaching 66.46Mt, and clinker production increased by 12% reaching 67.64Mt.
In December 2011, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a major cement production project in the country's central province of Qom. The plant has a capacity of 1Mt/yr with an investment of US$130m, mainly provided by Iran's Bank Melli and the government's Foreign Currency Reserve Fund.
