Austria increased its crude steel production in June compared with the previous month, according to worldsteel data.
Output amounted to 663,767 tonnes, up 2.4% month-on-month and 11.7% year-on-year, Kallanish notes.
Austria remained 22nd in the ranking of top global steel producers in June, the data shows.
In January-June, the country produced 3.8 million tonnes of steel, versus 3.65mt in the first six months of 2025, amid the overall EU and global upward trend.
Overall EU output rose 4.6% on-year to 10.8mt in June, while H1 production was 65.3mt compared with 65.5mt in the first six months of 2025.
Austrian steel producer Voestalpine has announced it is planning a second electric arc furnace in Donawitz, in addition to the EAF that is due to start operations at the same site in just under a year.
Earlier this year, the company secured orders in the aerospace sector worth approximately €1 billion ($1.16 billion) over the next five years for its High Performance Metals Division. Production will take place at the Styrian sites in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag, as well as at the Brazilian subsidiary Villares Metals in Sumare.
