In February this year, Germany’s crude steel output went up by 4.8 percent year on year to 2.83 million mt, according to the information provided by the German Steel Federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl). In the first two months of this year, crude steel production in Germany rose by 9.9 percent year on year to 5.92 million mt.
In the given month, Germany’s pig iron output amounted to 1.81 million mt, up by 6.1 percent, while in the January-February period it increased by 12.5 percent to 3.85 million mt, both on year-on-year basis.
In February, the country’s hot rolled steel output grew by 8.3 percent to 2.56 million mt, while rising by 5.7 percent to 5.3 million mt in the first two months this year, both compared to the same periods of the previous year.