Thanks Willie, its what I expected, except for Italy, that surprised me.
I imagine Italy must've implemented modern, scrap-recycling mini-mills. As I recall when researching data for this chart last fall, mini-mills like Nucor are up over 1000 tons/employee. Large integrated mills are naturally lower since they process from ore.
(I just noticed that the links to the data are out-of-date.
It's still available at the site, just in a different subdirectory.
I'll have to remember to update that before I post the chart again.)