Italian crude steel production increased in January following a decline in December and full-year 2024, industry association Federacciai says in a note obtained by Kallanish.
January production hiked by 2.7% on-year to almost 1.7 million tonnes.
“The behaviour of the two categories of hot rolled products shows alternating patterns: long products, primarily utilised in construction, and flat products, which find applications in the automotive sector, mechanical engineering, and household appliances,” Federacciai states.
Flat steel production declined by 1.9% to 780,000t in January, while longs output rose 2.6% to 862,000t.
Italian production fell 5% on-year in 2024 to 19.9mt. In 2023, it also declined by 2.5% on-year to 21mt. It declined by 11.5% y-o-y in 2022 to 21.6mt.
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