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Steel News November 26, 2014 01:30:52 AM

Europe’s crude steel output rises marginally in October

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
According to the recent data published by the World Steel Association (World steel), the crude steel production by EU-28 countries rose

Europe’s crude steel output rises marginally in October

CANTERBURY (Scrap Monster): According to the recent data published by the World Steel Association (World steel), the crude steel production by EU-28 countries rose marginally by 1.5% during the month of October year-on-year.

The highest output during October was achieved by Germany. Germany produced 3.544 Million tonnes during the month, which is lower by 5.9% when compared with the country’s output of 3.765 Million tonnes during October 2013.

The lowest output was by Croatia. However, the total crude steel output by Croatia soared higher by 348.4% from 6,000 tonnes in October 2013 to 25,000 tonnes in October this year. On a year-on-year basis, Croatia recorded the biggest increase in production.

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, UK and other EU-28 region recorded increased year-on-year crude steel production. Germany recorded biggest drop in production during October this year.

The following table provides cumulative crude steel output for the first ten months in 2014 in comparison with those during same period in 2013.

 

Country

10 months (2014)

10 months (2013)

% Change

Austria

6,581

6,610

-0.4

Belgium

6,178

5,931

+4.2

Bulgaria

516

433

+19.1

Croatia

176

102

+72.4

Czech Republic

4,440

4,323

+2.7

Finland

3,183

2,890

+10.1

France

13,647

13,189

+3.5

Germany

36,096

35,517

+1.6

Greece

857

856

+0.1

Hungary

918

736

+24.7

Italy

20,444

20,143

+1.5

Luxembourg

1,864

1,752

+6.4

Netherlands

5,778

5,535

+4.4

Poland

7,173

6,676

+7.5

Slovakia

3,866

3,734

+3.5

Slovenia

532

520

+2.2

Spain

12,035

12,051

-0.1

Sweden

3,762

3,647

+3.2

United Kingdom

10,323

9,852

+4.8

Other EU

4,270

4,310

-0.9

Note: Output in thousands of tonnes

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