Italian steel production increased by 2.6 percent in February 2026

In February 2026, Italian steel production totaled 1.9 million tons, compared with 1.7 million tons in January, an increase of 2.6 percent year-on-year, according to the latest data released by Federacciai, the Italian federation of steel companies. In the first two months of this year, unrefined steel production in Italy increased by 2.1 percent year-on-year to 3.6 million tons.

2026	Crude steel
Month	000/meter	Change from last year (%)	Total (000/meter)	Change from last year (%)
Jan	1725	1.5	1725	1.5
February	1865	2.6	3590	2.1

As for long products, the monthly output amounted to 1.1 million tons in February, which is 5.0% more than in the previous year. Last year, the output of flat rolled products amounted to 737 thousand tons, which is 7.4 percent less than a year earlier. In January-February, the production of long products in Italy amounted to 2.1 million tons, exceeding the volume of the same period last year by 8.6 percent, while the production of flat products in Italy decreased by 4.4 percent year-on-year to 1.5 million tons.