Italy's crude steel output increases in November

Crude steel output in Italy moved up by 3.17% year on year in November 2020 despite a drop in flat steel production, Italian steel association Federacciai said on December 17.

The country's crude steel production amounted to 2.05 million tonnes in November, up from 1.99 million tonnes in the corresponding month of 2019.
Flat steel output, meanwhile, dropped by 7.43% year on year to 810,000 tonnes in November, Federacciai said.

An integrated flat steel producer in the south of Italy kept its output at a low level in the past...

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