Salzgitter Group announced earnings results for the financial year 2017. For the year, the group generated pre-tax profit of EUR 238.0 million against EUR 53.2 million a year ago. Extrenal sales was EUR 8,990.2 million against EUR 7,905.7 million a year ago. Earnings per share was EUR 3.52 against EUR 1.00 a year ago. Annual net income was EUR 193.6 million against EUR 56.8 million a year ago. Return on Capital Employed was 8.6% against 2.7% a year ago. Earnings before taxes was EUR 238.0 million have more than quadrupled against EUR 53.2 million a year ago.

For 2018, the company assumes a slight increase in sales to above EUR 9 billion, a pre-tax profit of between EUR 200 million and EUR 250 million as well as a return on capital employed that is stable compared with the previous year's figure.