According to statistics from the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl), Germany produced about 3 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2021, down 11.7% on the previous month and up 24.7% on the same month. back.
In the first seven months of 2021, Germany produced a total of about 23.6 million tonnes of crude steel, an 18.8% increase over the same period last year but still below 2018 levels before the COVID-19 outbreak.
WV Stahl expected steel production to reach 40.5 million tonnes in 2021.
In addition, in July the production of pig iron in the country amounted to about 1.9 million tons, hot-rolled steel - 2.8 million tons, which is 8.3% and 7.7% compared to the previous month, respectively.
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