World Steel in Figures provides essential facts and statistics about the global steel industry. The book contains comprehensive information on crude steel production, apparent steel use, pig iron production, steel trade, iron ore production and trade, and scrap trade.
World Steel in Figures lists the top steel-producing countries and worldsteel member companies. In 2010 the five major steel producing countries were:
| |
2010 |
2009 |
|
1. |
China |
626.7 mmt |
China |
573.6 mmt |
|
2. |
Japan |
109.6 mmt |
Japan |
87.5 mmt |
|
3. |
United States |
80.5 mmt |
India |
63.5 mmt |
|
4. |
India |
68.3 mmt |
Russia |
60.0 mmt |
|
5. |
Russia |
66.9 mmt |
United States |
58.2 mmt |
Total world production was 1,413.5 mmt in 2010, up from 1,230.9 mmt in 2009.
The largest five steel producing worldsteel member companies in 2010 were:
| |
2010 |
2009 |
|
1. |
ArcelorMittal |
98.2 mmt |
ArcelorMittal |
77.5 mmt |
|
2. |
Baosteel |
37.0 mmt |
Baosteel |
31.3 mmt |
|
3. |
POSCO |
35.4 mmt |
POSCO |
31.1 mmt |
|
4. |
Nippon Steel |
35.0 mmt |
Nippon Steel |
26.5 mmt |
|
5. |
JFE |
31.1 mmt |
JFE |
25.8 mmt |
