Sasin: Poland Remains Among Europe's Top Steel Producers

18/09/2023

12:07

Sasin:

Poland Remains Among Europe's Top Steel Producers

The steel industry, which has been experiencing a crisis in Europe in recent years due to the energy transition and its energy-intensive nature, has become unprofitable within the European Union. In recent years, what we have observed is the pushing of the steel industry outside the European Union. One could say that we did not feel the negative effects of this process until the major crises arrived, until first the crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic disrupted, and in some cases severed, supplies, and then the energy crisis. The war in Ukraine caused these further key suppliers of steel to the European Union markets to exit, one could say, from this market; I mean Russia and Ukraine here. These crises have made it clear to us that we must return to steel production within the European Union – stated Jacek Sasin during the European Steel Congress Steel 2023. Just as in the European Union, we have been observing a crisis in the steel industry in Poland for many years. It is true that Poland remains among the top steel producers in Europe, although we are far from the leader, which is Germany. Germany produces over 40 million tons of steel annually, while Poland produces only 8.5 million tons annually. We still have assets that we should support and develop, because today we are in a situation where we have a significant supply gap in Poland – he added.