Posted on 23 Oct 2025
German steel enterprises increased steel production by 15.4% in September 2025 compared to the previous month, to 2.97 million tons. The figure fell by 0.6% compared to the same month in 2024. Production volumes have been declining for the ninth consecutive month in a row in annual comparison. This is evidenced by data from the German Steel Industry Association WVStahl.
Steel production in oxygen converters amounted to 2.08 million tons, up 4.4% y/y and 7.3% m/m, and in electric arc furnaces – 891 thousand tons (-10.6% y/y; +40.1% m/m).
Pig iron production in Germany in September increased by 6.7% compared to September 2024, and by 11.6% compared to August to 1.95 million tons. Hot-rolled steel production increased by 1 y/y and 18.3% m/m – to 2.59 million tons.
In January-September 2025, the German steel industry reduced steel production by 10.7% y/y – to 25.38 million tons. Oxygen converters produced 17.36 million tons of steel (-13.3% yoy), and electric arc furnaces – 8.02 million tons (-4.6% y/y). Pig iron production for 9 months fell by 12.5% y/y – to 16.07 million tons. Rolled steel production decreased by 6.7% y/y – to 22.54 million tons.
As GMK Center reported earlier, Germany is among the ten largest steel producers in the world according to World Steel. In 2024, the country increased its steel production by 5.2% compared to 2023, to 37.23 million tons. Pig iron production for the year amounted to 24.33 million tons (+2.9% y/y), and hot-rolled steel production amounted to 31.61 million tons (+3% y/y).
Despite the growth in steel production, the volume of smelting for the third consecutive year remained below the 40 million tons, which corresponds to the level of the recession, WVStahl notes.
Source:GMK Center
