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World Steel in Figures 2011 is available online

Jul 1, 2011

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2011 edition of World Steel in Figures. It is now available on worldsteel.org.

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

World Steel in Figures 2011 is now available from the worldsteel online Bookshop. A PDF copy of the book can be -> downloaded from the website and printed copies can be ordered from the bookshop.

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