According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), Turkish crude steel output in June this year decreased by 5.7 percent month on month and was up by two percent year on year to 2.87 million mt. In the given month, Turkey’s crude steel output by electric arc furnaces rose by 0.8 percent year on year to 1.88 million mt, while crude steel output by integrated plants increased by 4.4 percent year on year to 984,000 mt.
Meanwhile, in the first half of this year, Turkey's crude steel production increased by 3.2 percent year on year to 16.49 million metric tons. In the given period, Turkey's crude steel output by electric arc furnaces rose by 1.9 percent to 10.79 million metric tons, while production by integrated plants increased by 5.6 percent to 5.7 million metric tons, both year on year.
In the first six months of this year, Turkey's billet output decreased by 0.8 percent to 11.71 million metric tons, while its slab output rose by 14.3 percent to 4.78 million metric tons, both on year-on-year basis.