Article: Salzgitter in Q3 loss of euro67 million

German steelmaker Salzgitter AG reported a loss for the third quarter Thursday due to a sharp drop in steel demand and sales amid the economic downturn.

The company, based in the town of the same name, said it lost euro67 million ($101 million) in the July-September period compared with net income of euro252 million in the third quarter a year ago.

Revenue for the third quarter fell 47 percent to euro1.8 billion from euro3.4 billion a year ago.

Salzgitter, Germany's second largest steelmaker after ThyssenKrupp AG, predicted income for the year as a whole will be satisfactory, but not at the record level of 2008. In 2008, the company reported net income of euro667 ...

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