According to the latest data regarding crude steel production in France released by the French Steel Federation (FFA), in December last year French crude steel production amounted to 971,700 metric tons, down by 12.5 percent year on year and decreasing by 23.6 percent month month.
In December, steel production in France using electric arc furnaces (EAF) fell 10.3 percent year on year, amounting to 332,950 mt, while steel production with blast furnace (BF) technology totaled 638,700 mt, decreasing by 13.6 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the whole of 2012 France's crude steel production totaled 15,607,200 mt, decreasing by 1.1 percent compared to 2011. In 2011, crude steel production in France had risen by 2.4 percent year on year, reaching 15,777,750 mt. In 2012, steel production in France using electric arc furnaces (EAF) decreased slightly by 0.5 percent to 6,100,000 mt, while steel production with blast furnace (BF) technology totaled 9,507,200 mt, declining by 1.5 percent, both year on year.
The FFA also noted that domestic crude steel production in 2012 was still 18.9 percent below the production figures for the pre-crisis year of 2007.