Germany-based steelmaker Salzgitter Group has announced its financial results for the first half of the current year.
The company has posted a net profit of €191.8 million for the first half this year, compared to a net profit of €781.0 million in the same period of the previous year, while the company’s sales revenues amounted to €5.83 billion, down by 12.0 percent year on year, due to decreased shipment volumes and lower prices. The company’s EBITDA in the given period rose to €461 million, compared to €1.13 billion in the same period of the previous year.
Meanwhile, the company’s crude steel production totaled 3.13 million mt in the first half of the year, down by 6.1 percent year on year.
As for the full year of 2023, the company expects its sales revenue to be between €11.5 billion and €12.0 billion and its EBITDA guidance is between €750 million and €850 million, subject to an anticipated weaker second half of the year, coupled with a persistently politically and economically volatile environment.
In addition, the company plans to restart its blast furnace C to compensate for lost volumes during the planned relining of blast furnace A scheduled for the summer quarter.
Meanwhile, the company stated that the prolongation of the EU safeguard measures further from the summer of 2024 is unlikely, which would drive up import volumes. The European Commission extended the safeguard measures for another year in June this year.