List of steel producers

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This article summarizes the world steel production by company. For the country-oriented account, see Steel production by country.

1 Top-30 producers by International Iron & Steel Institute
2 Other major steel producers
3 Steel producers merged with other companies or no longer operating
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Top-30 producers by International Iron & Steel Institute

This is a list of the largest steel-producing companies in the world according to the International Iron and Steel Institute [1]. The list is compiled from its 5 July 2006 PDF publication but updated below by other Wikipedia authors. The major evolutions since then are the merger of Arcelor and Mittal to Arcelor-Mittal and the buy-out of Corus Group by Tata Steel.

(Output in million metric tons crude steel; the country/region of producer's basing specified in brackets)

109.7 Mton Arcelor-Mittal (Global) [2]
32.0 Mton Nippon Steel (Japan) [3]
30.5 Mton POSCO (South Korea) [4]
29.9 Mton JFE (Japan) [5]
28.2 Mton Tata Steel-Corus (India)
23.8 Mton Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation (China)
19.3 Mton United States Steel Corporation (United States)
18.4 Mton Nucor Corporation (United States)
17.5 Mton Riva Group (Europe) [6]
16.5 Mton ThyssenKrupp (Germany) [7]
16.1 Mton Tangshan (China)
14.6 Mton Shagang Group (China)
13.9 Mton EvrazHolding (Russia)
13.7 Mton Gerdau (Brazil)
13.6 Mton Severstal (Russia)
13.5 Mton Sumitomo Metal Industries (Japan)
13.4 Mton SAIL (India)
12.0 Mton Wuhan Iron and Steel (China)
11.9 Mton Anshan (China)
11.4 Mton Magnitogorsk (Russia)
10.5 Mton Shougang (China)
10.4 Mton Jinan (China)
10.3 Mton Laiwu (China)
10.3 Mton China Steel (Taiwan) [8]
9.6 Mton Maanshan (China)
9.4 Mton Imidro (Iran)
8.7 Mton Techint (Latin America)
8.7 Mton Usiminas (Brazil)
8.5 Mton Novolipetsk (Russia)

Total world steel output in 2005: 1,131.8 million metric tons (mmt) Total world steel output in 2006: 1,239.5 million metric tons (mmt)

It should be noted that the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) reports and analyzes its rankings in terms of steel volumes. There are many arguments suggesting that a better ranking should be based on steel revenues - probably based in US dollars. This can either be obtained by studying the company financials, or by estimating the average selling price per tonne of steel shipped (based on product mix) multiplied by the shipped tonnes in that year.

Integer Research Ltd., a London based company, claims to produce a ranking based on steel revenues. It is not clear how this compares to a ranking based on steel volumes, but is likely to represent the value added elements in the steel making process.