List of steel producers
This article summarizes the world steel production by company.
Top producers by volume
This is a list of the largest steel-producing companies in the world mostly based on the list by the World Steel Association. This list ranks steelmakers by volume of steel production in millions of tonnes and includes all steelmakers with production over 10 million in 2016.
The World Steel Association compiles a list from its members every year. Note that due to mergers, year-to-year figures for some producers are not comparable. Also note that not all steel is the same; some steel is more valuable than other steel, so volume is not the same as turnover.
| Ranking (2019) |
2019[1] | 2018[2] | 2017[3] | 2016[4] | 2015[5] | 2014[6] | 2013[7] | 2012[8] | 2011[9] | 2010[9] | 2009[9] | 2008[9] | 2007[9] | Company | Headquarters |
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| 1 | 97.1 | 96.4 | 97.0 | 95.5 | 97.1 | 98.1 | 96.1 | 93.6 | 97.2 | 98.2 | 77.5 | 103.3 | 116.4 | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg |
| 2 | 95.5 | 67.4 | 65.4 | 63.8 | 60.7 | 76.4 | 83.2 | 79.2 | 81.0 | - | - | - | - | China Baowu Steel Group | China |
| 3 | 51.7 | 49.2 | 47.4 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 47.9 | 33.4[10] | 35.0[10] | 26.5[10] | 37.5[10] | 35.7[10] | Nippon Steel | Japan |
| 4 | 46.6 | 46.8 | 45.6 | 46.2 | 47.7 | 47.1 | 45.8 | 42.8 | 44.4 | 52.9[11] | 40.2[12] | 33.3 | 31.1 | Hesteel Group | China |
| 5 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 42.2 | 41.6 | 42.0 | 41.4 | 38.4 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 35.4 | 31.1 | 34.7 | 31.1 | POSCO | South Korea |
| 6 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 38.4 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 30.1[11] | 26.4[11] | 23.3 | 22.9 | Jiangsu Shagang | China |
| 7 | 39.2 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 16.2 | Ansteel Group | China |
| 8 | 31.2 | 27.9 | 20.3 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 8.8[11] | 8.4[11] | 6.5 | 7.8 | Jianlong Steel | China |
| 9 | 30.2 | 27.3 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 26.3 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 23.5[11] | 21.9[11] | 24.4 | 26.5 | Tata Steel | India |
| 10 | 29.3 | 27.4 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 28.6 | 30.8 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 30.0 | 25.8[11] | 17.3[11] | 12.2 | 12.9 | Shougang | China |
| 11 | 27.6 | 23.0 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 21.7 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 23.2[11] | 26.4[12] | 21.8[13] | 23.8 | Shandong Iron and Steel Group | China |
| 12 | 27.4 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 30.4 | 29.9 | 31.1 | 25.8 | 33.0 | 34.0 | JFE | Japan |
| 13 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 20.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 15.1[11] | 11.8[12] | 11.3[12] | 11.1 | Valin Steel Group | China |
| 14 | 23.1 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 20.4 | 20.0 | Nucor Corporation | United States |
| 15 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 12.9 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Hyundai Steel | South Korea |
| 16 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.1 | IMIDRO | Iran |
| 17 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 8.2 | JSW Steel | India |
| 18 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 | Steel Authority of India Limited | India |
| 19 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 22.1[11] | 9.1[11] | 7.4[12] | 7.6 | Benxi Steel Group | China |
| 20 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | Fangda Steel | China |
| 21 | 15.6 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9.7 | Novolipetsk Steel | Russia |
| 22 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1[11] | 10.1[11] | 8.8 | 9.8 | Baotou Steel | China |
| 23 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 11.0 | 10.9 | China Steel | Taiwan |
| 24 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 10.4 | 13.1 | Techint | Argentina |
| 25 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Liuzhou Iron and Steel[14] | China |
| 26 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 9.8[11] | 9.9[11] | 7.5 | 6.2 | Rizhao Steel | China |
| 27 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 15.2 | 23.2 | 21.5 | United States Steel Corporation | United States |
| 28 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 16.2 | Evraz | Russia |
| 29 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | CITIC Limited | China |
| 30 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 14.2 | 20.4 | 18.6 | Gerdau | Brazil |
| 31 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 5.8 | - | - | - | - | Jingye Steel | China |
| 32 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 13.3 | Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works | Russia |
| 33 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | Shaanxi Iron and Steel | China |
| 34 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | - | - | - | - | Sanming Iron and Steel | China |
| 35 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 16.7[11] | 11.0 | 15.9 | 17.0 | ThyssenKrupp | Germany |
| 36 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | Zenith Iron and Steel | China |
| 37 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 14.7[11] | 16.7 | 19.2 | 17.3 | - | Severstal | Russia |
| 38 | 11.4 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Tsingshan Stainless Steel | China |
| 39 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | Nanjing Iron and Steel Company | China |
| 40 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.6[11] | 9.5[11] | 9.2 | 9.3 | Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group | China |
| 41 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 10.0[11] | 8.5[11] | 9.0[12] | - | Anyang Steel | China |
| World total | 1,869 | 1,814 | 1,733 | 1,629 | 1,621 | 1,671 | 1,607 | 1,548 | 1,490 | 1,413 | 1,219 | 1,329 | 1,348 | - | - |
Other top steel producers by volume
- Acerinox, Spain
- Aisha Steel Mills, Pakistan
- Aichi Steel Corporation, Japan
- Allegheny Technologies, United States
- Altos Hornos de México, Mexico
- Angang Steel Company Limited, China
- Aperam, Luxembourg
- Arrium, Australia
- BlueScope, Australia
- British Steel Ltd, United Kingdom
- BSRM, Bangladesh
- Byelorussian Steel Works, Belarus
- Carpenter Technology Corporation, United States
- Celsa Group, Spain[15]
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., United States
- Commercial Metals Company, United States
- Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, Brazil
- Crucible Industries, United States
- Danieli, Italy
- Donghai Special Steel, China[1]
- Dongkuk Steel, South Korea
- Erdemir, Turkey
- Essar Steel, India
- EZDK, Egypt
- ILVA, Italy
- Hadeed, Saudi Arabia
- Handan Zongheng Iron and Steel, China[3]
- Illich Steel and Iron Works, Ukraine
- Jinxi Iron and Steel, China[1]
- ISD Corporation, Ukraine[15]
- Ittefaq Group, Pakistan
- Japan Steel Works, Japan
- Jindal Steel and Power, India
- Jiuquan Steel[5]
- Kobe Steel, Japan
- Kunming Steel, China[1]
- Libyan Iron and Steel Company, Libya
- Mahindra Ugine Steel, India
- Marcegaglia, Italy
- Mechel, Russia
- Metalloinvest, Russia
- Metinvest, Ukraine
- Mitsui & Co., Japan
- MMX Mineração, Brazil
- Nisshin Steel, Japan
- Olympic Steel, United States
- Outokumpu, Finland
- Pakistan Steel Mills, Pakistan
- Panzhihua Iron and Steel, China
- Qatar Steel, Qatar
- Rautaruukki, Finland
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., United States
- Sahaviriya Steel Industries, Thailand
- Salzgitter AG, Germany
- Schnitzer Steel Industries, United States
- Sheffield Forgemasters, United Kingdom
- SIDERPERU, Peru
- Sidetur, Venezuela
- SSAB, Sweden
- Steel Dynamics, United States
- Stelco, Canada
- Tangshan Guofeng Iron and Steel, China[15][5]
- Tenaris, Italy
- Ternium - Hylsa and Imsa in Mexico, Siderar in Argentina
- Timken Company, United States
- Tuwairqi Steel Mills, Pakistan
- Usiminas, Brazil
- Vallourec, France
- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, India
- Voestalpine, Austria
- Votorantim Siderurgia, Brazil
- Xinyu Iron and Steel, China[15][5]
Steel producers merged with other companies, split or no longer operating
- AK Steel (bought by Cleveland Cliffs)
- Algoma Steel (assets bought by Essar Steel in April 2007)
- Arbed (merged in 2002 forming Arcelor)
- Arcelor (merged with Mittal forming ArcelorMittal)
- Baosteel Group (merged with Wuhan Group forming China Baowu Steel Group)
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation (assets bought by ISG in 2003. ISG merged with Mittal, now ArcelorMittal)
- Bohai Steel Group (bankrupted in 2016)
- British Steel Corporation formed in 1967 when steel was nationalised in the UK. Privatised again in 1988.
- British Steel plc (merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens (NL) in 1999 to form Corus, now Tata Steel)
- Carnegie Steel Company (sold to U.S. Steel in 1901)
- Cockerill-Sambre (acquired by Usinor in 1998, which became part of Arcelor in 2002, now ArcelorMittal)
- Corus Group (acquired by Tata Steel in 2007)
- Dofasco in Hamilton, Ontario (acquired by Arcelor, now ArcelorMittal)
- Falck Group (turned the production to renewable energy with Falck Renewables)
- Gruppo Riva (split into ILVA and Riva Forni Electtrici in 2013)
- Hoesch Stahl AG (acquired by ThyssenKrupp)
- Inland Steel Company (acquired by Ispat International became Mittal, now ArcelorMittal)
- International Steel Group (merged with Mittal, now ArcelorMittal)
- Jones and Laughlin Steel Company (acquired by Ling-Temco-Vought, renamed LTV Steel, acquired by ISG)
- Koninklijke Hoogovens (merged with British Steel (UK) in 1999 to form Corus, now Tata Steel)
- Krupp (merged with Thyssen to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999)
- Lackawanna Steel Company (acquired by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, plants closed in 1982)
- Laiwu Steel (merged into Shandong Iron and Steel Group)
- Lone Star Steel Company (acquired by U.S. Steel in 2007)
- Maanshan Iron & Steel (acquired by China Baowu in 2019)
- Mittal Steel Company (merged with Arcelor forming ArcelorMittal)
- National Steel Corporation (acquired by U.S. Steel in 2003)
- Northwestern Steel and Wire (reorganized and operating as Sterling Steel Company)
- Pingxiang Iron and Steel (merged with Jiujiang Steel forming Fangda Steel)
- Republic Steel (merged into LTV Steel, acquired by ISG, merged with Mittal, now ArcelorMittal)
- Rouge Steel (formerly owned by Ford Motor Corporation; acquired by Severstal in 2004)
- Steel Company of Wales (absorbed into British Steel Corporation in 1967)
- Timken (split to form TimkenSteel Corporation in 2014)
- Thyssen (merged with Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999)
- Weirton Steel (acquired by ISG, which merged with Mittal, now ArcelorMittal)
- Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (merged with Baosteel forming China Baowu Steel Group)
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube (acquired by Jones and Laughlin Steel Company ca. 1977)
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