[Ferro-Alloys.com]It’s reported that the German steel association Wirtschaftsevereinigung Stahl forecasted that the country’s crude steel output would return to grow in 2013.

The steel association expected that the investment would rise in 2013 as the gradual recovery of the global economy will bring benefits to the country’s manufacturing industry.

Meanwhile, it’s learned that the German steel association predicted that the country’s crude steel output would decline by 4% in 2012.