Austria increased crude steel production in December compared with the previous month, according to worldsteel data. Output amounted to 619,853 tonnes, up 5.7% month-on-month and 15.8% higher year-on-year, Kallanish notes.
In 2025, the country produced 7.55 million t of steel, versus 7.13mt in 2024, bucking the overall EU and global output decline trend.
Austria remained 22nd in the ranking of top global steel producers in December, data show.
Overall EU output in December was up 11.4% on-year to 9.86mt. January-December production was 126mt compared with almost 129mt in 2024.
Primetals Technologies is implementing a software upgrade across the process control systems at voestalpine Stahl’s BETA 2 pickling line and tandem cold mill (PLTCM) in Linz, Austria.
Voestalpine is pursuing production cutbacks and layoffs in Austria and Germany, because it does not expect the economic situation to improve in the coming months (see Kallanish passim).
In the group’s first fiscal half-year – April through September 2025 – revenue declined by 5.6% on-year to €7.6 billion ($9.1 billion). Consolidated earnings before taxes increased by 12% to €278 million, while profit after tax rose by 8.6% to €199m.
The Austrian steelmaker previously expressed optimism over economic stimulus in the form of the infrastructure spending programme announced by the German government.
Voesalpine will supply steel to Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD for its new car factory in Hungary. The company was chosen by BYD because of its geographical proximity to the Hungary plant, and the high quality and excellent reputation of Austrian steel, the Chinese company noted.
