September was a positive month for the production of crude steel in Italy, with a total output of 1.956 million mt, up by 4.4 percent compared to the same month of 2022, as announced by Federacciai, the Italian federation of steel companies.
A year-on-year decrease was also recorded in the first nine months, with the total crude steel output amounting to 15.973 million mt, down by 3.1 percent year on year.
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2023 |
Crude steel output |
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Month |
000/mt |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Year-to-date |
Y-o-y change (%) |
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Jan |
1,553 |
-14.7 |
1,553 |
-14.7 |
|
Feb |
1,897 |
-7.3 |
3,450 |
-10.8 |
|
Mar |
2,189 |
+3.0 |
5,639 |
-5.9 |
|
Apr |
1,903 |
-12.0 |
7,542 |
-7.5 |
|
May |
1,995 |
-9.5 |
9,537 |
-7.9 |
|
Jun |
1,908 |
+0.7 |
11,445 |
-6.6 |
|
Jul |
1,753 |
+9.2 |
13,198 |
-4.8 |
|
Aug |
820 |
+9.2 |
14,018 |
-4.0 |
|
Sept |
1,956 |
+4.4 |
15,973 |
-3.1 |
Looking at the flat and long product segments, in September this year Italian production of longs amounted to 1.102 million mt, down 6.7 percent, while output of flat steel in the same month totalled 827,000 mt, increasing by 14.4 percent, both year on year. In the January-September period, the production of longs amounted to a total of 8.814 million mt, down 3.8 percent, while flats output came to 7.159 million mt, down 2.7 percent, both year on year.
