{"id":56030,"date":"2026-02-03T12:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=56030"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:16:29","slug":"iran-billet-prices-remain-supported-due-to-cost-pressure-weak-demand-weighs-on-rebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=56030&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Billet prices remain supported due to cost pressure, weak demand weighs on rebar"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Iran&#8217;s billet prices climbed by 21,500 rials\/kg ($16\/t) to 470,000 rials\/kg ($357\/t) on 2 Feb&#8217;26, while rebar prices rose by 40,000 rials\/kg ($30\/t) to 600,000 rials\/kg ($456\/t).<\/li>\n<li>Billet prices increased on rising upstream costs, higher DRI prices and steady export demand tightening supply despite cautious domestic trading.<\/li>\n<li>Rebar prices improved despite exchange trading restrictions, and a wait-and-see sentiment pressured prices, even as overall market fundamentals remained cost-supportive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s billet prices climbed by 21,500 rials\/kg ($16\/t) to 470,000 rials\/kg ($357\/t) on 2 Feb&#8217;26,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034.jpg?v=1770099383",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-150x150.jpg?v=1770099383",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-300x169.jpg?v=1770099383",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-768x432.jpg?v=1770099383",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-1024x576.jpg?v=1770099383",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034.jpg?v=1770099383",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034.jpg?v=1770099383",1280,720,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-1115x715.jpg?v=1770099383",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-800x500.jpg?v=1770099383",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-1024x576.jpg?v=1770099383",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-540x340.jpg?v=1770099383",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2026-02-03T121559.034-400x250.jpg?v=1770099383",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; 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