Crude steel output in Germany swells annually

Crude steel output in Germany swells annually

The provisional figures published by the Federal Statistical Office marks that crude steel output in Germany reached 3.87 million tons in June with an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period of last year. In addition, pig iron production rose by 2.7% in the mentioned period from a year earlier to 2.44 million tons. On a month-on-month basis, crude steel output rose by 0.2% in June while the increase in pig iron production was recorded as 1%. In Jan-Jun 2004 period, crude steel and pig iron production surged by 1.2% and 0.7% respectively.