In July this year, crude steel production in Germany fell 0.5% year-on-year to 2.96 million tonnes, according to information provided by the German steel association Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl).

From January to July this year, Germany’s crude steel production fell 4.6% year on year to 21.48 million tonnes.

Germany’s iron ore production reached 2.08 million tonnes in July this year, up 4.8% , while from January to July it increased by 0.1% to 14.24 million tonnes, year on year.

Hot rolled steel production in the country decreased by 6.3% to 2.54 million tonnes in July, while it decreased by 5.7% to 18.77 million tonnes in the first seven months of this year, compared to the same periods of the previous year.