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Italy is the EU’s second-largest steel producer, making most of its steel in electric arc furnaces in the north.
Lombardy, around Brescia, has the densest cluster of mini-mills; the integrated works at Taranto is the country’s largest single plant.
20.7 Mt in 2025 (20.0 Mt in 2024)
23.8 Mt of finished steel in 2025 (22.9 Mt in 2024)
Source: worldsteel, World Steel in Figures 2026. More figures on Steel statistics.
Who sets standards in Italy, and CE marking in the EU.
UNI, the Italian Standardisation Body, is Italy’s national standards body.
Sources: UNI · ISO — national member
Construction products covered by a harmonised European standard are CE marked once the manufacturer has drawn up a declaration of performance. The EU’s Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 has applied since 8 January 2026, replacing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.
Sources: EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 · EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
The standards bodies on our steel grades & standards page: UNI, CEN-CENELEC.
Listed companies that name the product on their profile.
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