World Steel in Figures 2012
World Steel in Figures 2012
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2012 edition of World Steel in Figures.
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 major steel-producing countries, top
steel-producing companies, and top steel-consuming countries.
Table 1: Major steel-producing countries
|
2011 |
2010 | |||
|
1. |
China |
683.9 Mt |
China |
637.4 Mt |
|
2. |
Japan |
107.6 Mt |
Japan |
109.6 Mt |
|
3. |
United States |
86.4 Mt |
United States |
80.5 Mt |
|
4. |
India |
71.3 Mt |
India |
68.3 Mt |
|
5. |
Russia |
68.9 Mt |
Russia |
66.9 Mt |
Table 2: Top steel-producing companies
| 2011 | |||||
|
1. |
ArcelorMittal |
97.2 Mt |
6 |
Nippon Steel |
33.4 Mt |
|
2. |
Hebei Group |
44.4 Mt |
7 |
Shagang Group |
31.9 Mt |
|
3. |
Baosteel Group |
43.3 Mt |
8 |
Shougang Group |
30.0 Mt |
|
4. |
POSCO |
39.1 Mt |
9 |
JFE |
29.9 Mt |
|
5. |
Wuhan Group |
37.7 Mt |
10 |
Ansteel Group |
29.8 Mt |
Table 3: Countries with the highest apparent steel use per capita
| 2011 | |||||
|
1. |
South Korea |
1,156.6 kg |
6 |
Austria |
473.1 kg |
|
2. |
Taiwan, China |
784.4 kg |
7 |
China |
459.8 kg |
|
3. |
Czech Republic |
595.7 kg |
8 |
Italy |
459.5 kg |
|
4. |
Japan |
506.7 kg |
9 |
Sweden |
424.5 kg |
|
5. |
Germany |
479.6 kg |
10 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
422.5 kg |
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