During the SteelOrbis Fall ’07 Conference & 57th IREPAS Meeting that took place in Warsaw on September 9-11, 2007, Mr Romuald Talarek from the Polish Steel Association gave a presentation on the current state of the Polish steel industry, imparting some relevant statistics regarding the industry.
Starting his speech with brief information on the Polish economy, Mr Talarek continued with some statistics about the steel industry in Poland.
In Poland, 65 percent of crude steel production is based on BOFs, while the remaining 35 percent is EAF-based. The share of longs in total steel production is 66 percent, while flats account for 34 percent. The apparent use of finished steel per capita in Poland is 278 kg, while the average figure in the EU is 400 kg per capita. The largest steel producer of the country is Arcelor Mittal Poland with a 67 percent share in total domestic production. In 2006, the country's steel exports reached 4.05 million mts, while imports amounted to 6.5 million mts. Poland's trade flow in steel is mostly with the EU.
At the start of the transformation of Poland's steel industry, the arms industry and construction consumed the largest amounts of steel in the country. Currently, however, the main domestic consumers of steel products are the automotive, shipbuilding, construction and white goods industries.