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Concrete and mortar mixers weighing more than 711 tons and worth 51.55 billion rials ($1.6 million) were imported into Iran during the five months to Aug.
22, data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced.
China with over $1.5 million was the main country from where the products were purchased, followed by Germany and Turkey, Young Journalists Club reported.
The global billet market remained sluggish this week, as Turkish imported scrap prices have witnessed a drop amid limited deals. However market remained abuzz with recent billet bookings by China from Iran and Qatar made in last couple of weeks.
China's Caofeidian port in Tangshan, Hebei province, has put a freeze on customs declarations for all imported coal with effect from 16 July, stoking fears that similar restrictions will be placed on other north China ports.
Oil prices slipped on Monday after China posted its slowest quarterly economic growth in at least 27 years, reinforcing concerns about demand in the world’s largest crude oil importer.
Perth-based graphite developer Bass Metals expects to increase its graphite sales by around 30pc in the September quarter, after they rose by 94pc in the June quarter.
China's crude steel output in June rose by 10pc from a year earlier to 87.53mn t as Tangshan's pollution restrictions started too late in the month.
China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth slid to a 27-year low of 6.2pc in the April-June quarter, compared with 6.4pc in the preceding three months. This has raised expectations of further stimulus measures to shore up the economy, which may boost steel demand in the infrastructure and housing sectors.