Pre-tax profits at the German steelmaker Salzgitter Group came to a healthy €705.7 million ($780 million) in fiscal 2021, representing the company’s best result in 13 years. The strip steel and trading business units in particular made major contributions to the profit improvement, the firm said. The technology business unit also significantly increased its pre-tax profit. Its fiscal 2021 consolidated result was €586.1 million compared to a loss of €273.9 million the year before. Basic profit per share was €10.74 euros compared to a loss of €5.13 in the prior year. This brings return on capita…