June was again a negative month for the production of crude steel in Italy, with a total output of 1.87 million mt, down by 14.2 percent compared to the same month of 2021, as announced by Federacciai, the Italian federation of steel companies.
A year-on-year decrease was also recorded in the first six months, with the total crude steel output amounting to 12.22 million tons, down by four percent year on year.
2022 |
Crude steel output |
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Month |
000/mt |
Y-o-Y change (%) |
Year-to-date |
Y-o-Y change (%) |
Jan |
1,820 |
-3.9 |
1,821 |
-3.9 |
Feb |
2,045 |
-2.0 |
3,866 |
-2.9 |
Mar |
2,113 |
-8.1 |
5,979 |
-4.8 |
Apr |
2,155 |
+4.8 |
8,134 |
-2.4 |
May |
2,198 |
-0.6 |
10,345 |
-1.9 |
Jun |
1,876 |
-14.2 |
12,228 |
-4.0 |
Looking at the flat and long product segments, in June this year Italian production of longs amounted to 1 million mt, down 23.2 percent, while output of flat steel in the same month totalled 788,000 mt, decreasing by 15.1 percent, both year on year. In the January-June period, the production of longs amounted to a total of 6.78 million mt, down 5.2 percent, while flats output came to 5.44 million mt, down 3.1 percent, both year on year.