Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl reported weaker crude steel production than in July, despite strong year-on-year growth in scrap- and electricity-based output. Based on January-August production, the association calculated an annualized output level of 35.9 million tonnes; the supplied material does not explain the methodology behind this extrapolation.
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The figures point to a restrained and uneven supply recovery. Rising electric-route production may support demand for scrap and electricity, while lower blast-furnace/converter output signals continued weakness in oxygen-steel production. Commercially, the monthly decline may indicate that the electric-route increase does not represent a broad-based acceleration in German steel supply.
MetalMate analysis- Total crude steel production: down from the previous month.
- Electric steel: up 13% year on year.
- Oxygen steel: down 2% year on year.
- January-August output equated to an annualized 35.9 million tonnes, according to Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl.
Monitor whether electric-route growth persists and whether oxygen-steel output stabilizes. Subsequent monthly data may indicate whether August’s decline was temporary and whether actual full-year production tracks the association’s annualized level.
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- Published · Version 1
- Source date
- 22 September 2026
- MetalMate publication
- 26 September 2026
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Rohstahlerzeugung im August 2026: Weiterhin verhaltene Erholung — Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl
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