Italy increased steel production by 2.3 times m/m in September

According to the results of September 2025, Italian steel enterprises increased steel production by 4.3% compared to September 2024, to 1.88 million tons. Compared to the previous year, the figure increased 2.3 times. This is evidenced by data from the industry association Federacciai, according to SteelOrbis.

During January-September, steel production by Italian steelmakers increased by 3.2% compared to January-September 2024, to 15.54 million tons.

Flat steel production in September increased by 17.2% compared to September last year, to 887,000 tons, and long steel production increased by 10% y/y, to 1.2 million tons. In August, flat steel production was at 289,000 tons, and long steel production was at 437,000 tons.

In January-September, flat steel production increased by 5.7% y/y to 6.8 million tons, and long steel production increased by 3.5% to 9.2 million tons.

As GMK Center reported earlier, Italy reduced its steel production by 5% year-on-year in 2024, to 20 million tons. In December 2024, Italian steelmakers reduced steel production by 8.8% compared to December 2023 and by 33.4% compared to the previous month, to 1.199 million tons.

The production of long products for the year amounted to 11.7 million tons, which is 0.2% less than in 2023, and flat products – 8.6 million tons (-9.7% y/y). Thus, the production of long products experienced only a slight decline, which was facilitated by increased construction activity. At the same time, the weakness of the automotive sector and industry, as well as high volumes of competitive imports, had a negative impact on flat rolled steel production.

Overall, steel production in the European Union grew by 2.6% in 2024 compared to 2023, reaching 129.5 million tons. Global steel production for the year amounted to 1.84 billion tons, which is 0.9% less than in the same period last year.