Italian steel production rose sharply by 8.3% in September.
After the summer break, the Italian market seems to have got off on the right foot, recording a total production of 17.77 million tonnes of crude steel at the end of September, an increase of 2.5% compared to the same period last year.
Driving growth (as reported in Federacciai’s monthly update) by shifting the balance to +8.6% in September 2017 is steel production, which rose from 2,008 tonnes to 2,174 this year.
A more detailed analysis of the performance of long and flat products between January and August 2017 confirms that the reopening of the Algerian market has had a positive impact on electric bakery products, which increased by 8.7% in August.
Despite everything, however, there is a continuing downturn in plans related most likely to Ilva’s future. A drop of -7.5% in August alone. From the beginning of the year to date, the loss of production compared to last year is 3.6%.
Italian steel production
| august-17 | august-16 | Change % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| total | 2.174 | 2.008 | 8,3% |
| august-17 | august-16 | Change % | |
| long | 364 | 335 | 8,6 |
| flat | 670 | 724 | -7,45 |
| Confronto output annuo del 2017 | Change % | ||
| 2016 | 17.335 | 17.775 | 2,5 |
| 2015 | 16.752 | 17.775 | 6,1 |
| 2014 | 18.351 | 17.775 | -3,14 |
