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US crude steel recovery pushes India to No 4 position in 2010

Friday, 01 Jul 2011


World Steel in Figures lists the top steel-producing countries and worldsteel member companies. In 2010 the five major steel producing countries were:


2010


RankCountryCapacityChange
1China 626.79.3%
2Japan 109.625.3%
3United States 80.538.3%
4India 68.37.6%
5Russia 66.911.5%


In million tonne

2009


RankCountryCapacity
1China 573.6
2Japan 87.5
3India 63.5
4Russia 60
5United States 58.2


In million tonne

Total world production was 1,413.5 million tonne in 2010, up from 1,230.9 million tonne in 2009.

(Sourced from www.worldsteel.org)

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