Salzgitter AG reported earnings results for the year 2015. The company generated a pre-tax profit of EUR 12 million in the financial year 2015 (2014: EUR -15.2 million). The result comprises a positive contribution of EUR 21 million anticipated from the Aurubis participation, as well as, on balance, a burden on earnings of EUR 74 million from the relining of a blast furnace in the Salzgitter steelworks and from accounting-related effects.

External sales settled at EUR 8.6 billion (2014: EUR 9.0 billion).