Friday, February 15, 2019

Steel Manufacturers


Steel is made from Iron Ore and is manufactured across the globe. The Largest producer of steel in 2018 was China. Global production was 1800 metric tons.

China, 928.3 metric tons
India 106.5
Japan 104.3
US 86.7
South Korea 72.5
Russia 71.7
Germany 42.4
Turkey 37.3
Brazil 34.7
Iran 25
Italy 24.5
Taiwan 23.2
Ukraine 21.1
Mexico 20.1
France 15.4
Spain 14.3
Vietnam 14.1
Canada 13.1
Poland 10.2
Belgium 8
Egypt 7.8
UK 7.7
Austria 6.9
Netherlands 6.8
South Africa 6.3
Australia 5.7
Indonesia 5.5
Saudi Arabia 5.2
Slovakia 5.2
Argentina 5.2
Czech Republic 5
Pakistan 4.8
Sweden 4.7
Kazakhstan 4.6
Thailand 4.3
Finland 4.1
Romania 3.5
Malaysia 3.5
UAE 3.2
Qatar 2.6
Belarus 2.5
Luxembourg 2.2
Portugal 2.1
Hungary 2
Serbia 2


Steel is produced for specific applications and countries will import what they need and export as well. Steel is used in construction, auto manufacturing and other applications.

Steel Exporting Countries 2017

China 74.8 metric tons
Japan 34.5
South Korea 31.4
Russia 31.1
Germany 26.4
Italy 18.2
Belgium 18.1
Turkey 16.6
India 16.3
Brazil 15.3
Ukraine 15.2
France 14.8
Taiwan 12.1
Netherlands 10.9
US 10.2

Steel Importing Countries 2017

US 35.4 metric tons
Germany 27.1
Italy 20.1
South Korea 19.3
Vietnam 16.2
Turkey 15.8
France 15.1
Thailand 14.5
Belgium 14.1
China 13.9
Mexico 13.5
Indonesia 11
Poland 10.7
Spain 9.9
India 8.9


Steel is made from Iron Ore. The largest producers of Iron Ore by country are below
Iron Ore Mining Production by Country

China 1,380 million tons
Australia, 824 million tons
Brazil 428 million tons
India 129 million tons
Russia 112 million tons
Ukraine 68 million tons
South Africa 80 million tons
US 43 million tons
Canada 39 million tons
Sweden 37 million tons


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