World Steel In Figures 2007 Published Online
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Brussels - The 2007 edition of IISI's World Steel in Figures is now available online. World Steel in Figures contains essential facts about the world steel industry including steel production, consumption, trade, and basic statistics on scrap, iron ore, pig iron and crude steel production. As in previous years, World Steel in Figures lists the top steel-producing countries and companies around the world. In 2006 the five major steel producing countries were:
China: 422.7 million metric tons (mmt)
Japan: 116.2 mmt
United States: 98.6 mmt
Russia: 70.8 mmt
South Korea: 48.5 mmt
Total world production reached 1,244.2 mmt in 2006, up from 1,141.9 mmt in 2005. The largest five steel-producing companies in 2006 were:
ArcelorMittal: 117.2 mmt
Nippon Steel: 32.7 mmt
JFE: 32.0 mmt
POSCO: 30.1 mmt
Baosteel: 22.5 mmt
World Steel in Figures is to undergo a complete revision and will no longer be published in print form. However, given the demand for the information contained therein it will continue to be available on IISI's website www.worldsteel.org.
World Steel in Figures has been published by the International Iron and Steel Institute every year since 1971.
Media enquiries: John Fewtrell - IISI, 120 Rue Colonel Bourg, 1140 Brussels or e-mail: media@iisi.be
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