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Cement Plants in Iran
Iran has 84 cement plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 6th-largest fleet of the 149 countries that hold any, and 2% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 81 operating and 1 under construction or proposed.
The largest owner-operators are Fars & Khuzestan Cement Co (8), Tehran Cement Co (6) and Bank Melli Iran Investment Co (4) — Fars & Khuzestan Cement Co alone is named on 10% of them. Half of Iran's cement plants in service predate 2004 (median commissioning year of the 59 with a known date), 2 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Urmia Cement Plant, dating from 1949. 1 is in the pipeline, led by Hormozgan Province Cement Plant, proposed. They account for 14% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Iran.
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Who owns Iran's cement plants
- Fars & Khuzestan Cement Co8 10%
- Tehran Cement Co6 7%
- Bank Melli Iran Investment Co4 5%
- Espandar Civil Industries Co3 4%
- Ghadir Investment Company PJSC3 4%
- natural person(s)3 4%
- Espandar Cement Investment Co2 2%
- Faraz Firouzkoh Cement Co2 2%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1940s1
- 1950s6
- 1960s2
- 1970s2
- 1980s5
- 1990s8
- 2000s20
- 2010s15
Median commissioning year 2004 · oldest Urmia Cement Plant (1949) · newest Mond-e-Dashti Cement Plant (2019) · 59 of 84 carry a start date
Under construction & proposed
- Hormozgan Province Cement Plantproposed
How Iran compares · cement plants by country
- 1. China1,094
- 3. Brazil102
- 4. United States100
- 5. Vietnam99
- 6. Iran84
- 7. Turkey76
- 8. Russia67
- 9. Italy66
Frequently asked
- How many cement plants are there in Iran?
- OverWatts maps 84 cement plants in Iran — 2% of the world's mapped total, the 6th-largest national fleet of the 149 countries with any.
- Who owns the cement plants in Iran?
- Fars & Khuzestan Cement Co is named as owner or operator on the most — 8 of 84 (10%). Next are Tehran Cement Co (6), Bank Melli Iran Investment Co (4) and Espandar Civil Industries Co (3).
- How old are Iran's cement plants?
- The median commissioning year is 2004, across the 59 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Urmia Cement Plant (1949); 2 came online in the past ten years.
- What new cement plants are being built in Iran?
- 1 project is under construction or proposed. The largest is Hormozgan Province Cement Plant.