EU-28 crude steel production sees slight recovery in April

Author: Paul Ploumis
27 May 2015 Last updated at 01:57:08 GMT
CANTERBURY (Scrap Monster): According to the recent data published by the World Steel Association (World steel), the crude steel production by EU-28 countries were up marginally by 0.3% during the month of April year-on-year.

Germany recorded the highest output during the month of April. The country produced 3.642 Million tonnes during the month, which is lower by 1.9% when compared with the country’s output of 3.713 Million tonnes during April 2014. On a year-on-year basis, Hungary recorded the biggest jump in production. Hungarian crude steel output surged 68.7% over the previous year.

The lowest output was by Croatia. However, the total crude steel output by Croatia jumped higher by over 7% from 19,000 tonnes in April 2014 to 20,000 tonnes in April this year.

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, the UK and other EU-28 region recorded increased year-on-year crude steel production. Czech Republic recorded the biggest decline in crude steel output in Apr ‘15, falling by 10.4% when compared with the previous year.

The following table provides cumulative crude steel output for the first four months in 2015 in comparison with those during same period in 2014.

Note: Output in thousands of tonnes