Poland increased steel production by 3.7% y/y in January-May

Polish steel companies increased steel production by 3.7% in January-May 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to 3.12 million tons. Thus, the country ranks 20th in the WorldSteel global ranking of steel producers.

In May of this year, the industry produced 641,000 tons of steel, which is 3.1% more than in May 2024 and 1.3% more than in the previous month. The recovery of Poland’s steel complex is facilitated by the restart of an important enterprise, Huta Częstochowa. Since February 3, the plant has been operating at full capacity after more than a year of downtime.

Overall, EU steel companies reduced steel production by 3.1% y/y in May 2025 to 11.4 million tons, and by 2.5% y/y in January-May to 54.9 million tons.

In 2024, Poland increased steel production by 10.1% compared to 2023, from 6.4 million tons to 7.1 million tons. The country ranked 25th in the global ranking of steel-producing countries (71) by World Steel.

The steel industry has moved away from the downward trend that had been ongoing since 2022, in particular:

• 2020 – 7.86 million tons;
• 2021 – 8.45 million tons;
• 2022 – 7.41 million tons;
• 2023 – 6.43 million tons.

There are six steel enterprises in Poland, including ArcelorMittal Warszawa (capacity of 0.75 million tons of steel per year), Celsa Huta Ostrowiec (0.9 million tons per year), Huta Czestochowa (0.84 million tons per year), CMC Zawiercie (1.7 million tons per year), ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza (5 million tons per year), and Ferrostal Labedy Gliwice (0.5 million tons per year).