In January this year, German steel production rose 15.0 percent year on year to 3.08 million tons, according to information provided by the German steel federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl).
In this month, German pig iron production was 2.04 million tons, an increase of 18.8 percent, while production The country's hot-rolled steel rose 3.2 percent to 2.56 million tons, compared with the same month the previous year.
WV Stahl said a review of the last decade shows that despite recent increases in production, overall production levels remain about five percent below the ten-year average.
The situation is particularly challenging in the manufacturing segment electrical steel. Current production in this segment is approximately 11.0 percent below the ten-year average.
