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Czech steel producers were successful last year, due to a rapid recovery in demand

Czech steel producers were successful last year, due to a rapid recovery in demand

Prague, March 15, 2022 - The Steel Union has published data on steel production and trade in the Czech Republic in 2021. Last year, domestic production was able to compensate losses from the previous year due to a huge increase in demand in the first half of the year. The production of crude steel in the Czech Republic last year reached 4.7 million tons, which represents a year-on-year increase of 9 %. Although China reduced its production of crude steel by 3 % (yoy), global production reached an all-time high: 1,912 million tons. >>