"Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company became the world’s 2nd largest sponge iron producer by producing 14.528 tons of sponge iron,” Sobhani said.
He underlined that India ranked first in 2013 by producing 18.679 tons of sponge iron.
“India accounted for 29.5 percent, Iran for 22.9 percent and Mexico for 9.7 percent of the world’s total sponge iron production in 2013,” the official said.
