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Top Ten Steel-producing Countries in 2010

Top Ten Steel-producing Countries in 2010

Write: Gypsy [2011-05-20]
World crude steel production reached 1.41 billion tons in 2010. This is an increase of 15% compared to 2009 and is a new record for global crude steel production. All the major steel-producing countries and regions showed double-digit growth last year.
Unit: million tons
Rank
Country
2010
2009
Y-o-y change (%)
1
China
626.7
573.6
9.3
2
Japan
109.6
87.5
25.2
3
United States
80.6
58.2
38.5
4
Russia
67.0
60.0
11.7
5
India
66.8
62.8
6.4
6
South Korea
58.5
48.6
20.3
7
Germany
43.8
32.7
34.1
8
Ukraine
33.6
29.9
12.4
9
Brazil
32.8
26.5
23.8
10
Turkey
29.0
25.3
14.6