Exclusive Italy increased steel production by 3.6% y/y in 2025

Long product production increased by 5.5% y/y, while flat product production increased by 3.8% y/y

According to Federacciai industry association data, Italian steelmakers increased their steel production by 3.6% year-on-year – to 20.7 million tons in 2025, SteelOrbis reports.

Flat steel production increased by 3.8% compared to 2024, reaching 8.9 million tons, while long steel production increased by 5.5% year-on-year, reaching 12.3 million tons.

In December, steel production fell by 17.5% compared to the previous month, but increased by 20.5% compared to December 2024, to 1.45 million tons. This is the second lowest monthly figure in 2025 after 822,000 tons in August.

Flat steel production in December amounted to 663,000 tons, up 4.4% year-on-year but down 6.5% month-on-month, while long steel production amounted to 811,000 tons (+18.4% year-on-year; -26.3% month-on-month).

As reported by GMK Center, Italy reduced its steel production by 5% compared to 2023, to 20 million tons, in 2024. 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).

Steel production in the European Union in 2024 increased by 2.6% 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.