In June this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by 3.8 percent year on year to 2.112 million metric tons, while in the first six months of the year the output figure amounted to 13.060 million mt, up three percent year on year, according to the figures released by Italian steel producers association Federacciai. The decrease recorded in June was the third consecutive year-on-year decrease, and the highest after the 3.7 percent decline in April.
The output in June of the current year was also lower compared to the crude steel outputs of 2.273 million mt in June 2010, 2.631 million mt in June 2011 and 2.439 million mt in June 2012.
