German September crude steel output shows rise

German September crude steel output shows rise

The data released by the Federal Statistics Office shows that Germany's crude steel production amounted to 3.88 million ton in September with a rise of 7.4% from a year earlier while pig iron production was recorded as 2.48 million tons with a rise of 7.8%. On a month-on-month basis, crude steel production showed an increase of 0.6% compared to August and pig iron production rose by 2.8%. In the first nine months of the year, crude steel and pig iron production reached 34.9 million tons and 22.6 million tons with a rise of 4.2% and 2.6% from a year earlier, respectively.