It's a steal23 May 2019 09:29
The Top Steel Producing Countries In Europe
Rank Country/Region Crude steel production (million tonnes), 2014
1 European Union 169.3
2 Russia 71.5
3 Germany 42.9
4 Turkey 34.0
5 Ukraine 27.2
6 Italy 23.7
7 France 16.1
8 Spain 14.2
9 United Kingdom 12.1
10 Poland 8.6
11 Belgium 7.3
12 Austria 7.9
13 Netherlands 7.0
14 Czech Republic 5.4
15 Slovakia 4.7
16 Sweden 4.5
17 Kazakhstan 3.7
18 Romania 3.2
19 Finland 3.8
20 Belarus 2.5
21 Luxembourg 2.2
22 Greece 1.0
Just take a trip through the Ruhrgebeit and there are steel works and fabrication plants in small towns. And a huge demand is now in CZ and Slovakia, as that's where many cars (which were made in Coventry and Brum) are now made.