Top steel-producing companies 2012
Previous years' tables and more details about company ownership and tonnage calculations
are available from the PDF files at the bottom of the page. Tonnage is expressed in million tonnes (Mt).
| Rank | Company | Tonnage | Rank | Company | Tonnage |
| 1 | ArcelorMittal | 93.6 | 23 | IMIDRO (*) | 13.6 |
| 2 | Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (*) (1) | 47.9 | 24 | SAIL (*) | 13.5 |
| 3 | Hebei Group (**) | 42.8 | 25 | Rizhao | 13.2 |
| 4 | Baosteel Group (*) | 42.7 | 26 | MMK (*) | 13.0 |
| 5 | POSCO (*) | 39.9 | 27 | China Steel Corporation (*) | 12.7 |
| 6 | Wuhan Group (*) | 36.4 | 28 | Metinvest (*) | 12.5 |
| 7 | Shagang Group | 32.3 | 29 | Baotou | 10.2 |
| 8 | Shougang Group (*) | 31.4 | 30 | Taiyuan | 10.1 |
| 9 | JFE (*) | 30.4 | Jiuquan | 10.1 | |
| 10 | Ansteel Group (*) | 30.2 | 31 | Pinxiang | 9.1 |
| 11 | Shandong Group | 23.0 | Zongheng | 9.1 | |
| Tata Steel (*) | 23.0 | Jinxi | 9.1 | ||
| 12 | U. S. Steel (*) | 21.4 | 32 | Techint Group (*) | 8.7 |
| 13 | Nucor (*) | 20.1 | Xinyu | 8.7 | |
| 14 | Gerdau (*) | 19.8 | 33 | ISD | 8.5 |
| 15 | Maanshan | 17.3 | JSW Steel (*) | 8.5 | |
| 16 | Hyundai Steel (*) | 17.1 | 34 | Guofeng | 8.0 |
| 17 | RIVA Group (*)(2) | 16.0 | 35 | Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikalari TAS (*) | 7.9 |
| 18 | Evraz Group (*) | 15.9 | 36 | Anyang | 7.7 |
| 19 | Severstal (*) | 15.1 | 37 | CELSA Group (*) | 7.6 |
| ThyssenKrupp (*) | 15.1 | Zenith | 7.6 | ||
| Benxi Steel | 15.1 | 38 | voestalpine (*) | 7.5 | |
| 20 | NLMK (*) | 14.9 | 39 | Jingye | 7.3 |
| 21 | Valin Group | 14.1 | 40 | Nanjing | 7.2 |
| 22 | Jianlong Group | 13.8 | Usiminas (*) | 7.2 |
* worldsteel members
** Handan, which is part of Hebei Group, is a member of worldsteel
(1) In October 2012, Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
were officially merged into Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation.
(2) Restructuring within the group undertaken in January 2013 is not reflected.
Notes on company ownership and tonnage calculations:
In cases of more than 50% ownership, 100% of the subsidary’s tonnage is included.
In cases of 30-50% ownership, pro-rata tonnage is included. Less than 30% ownership is considered a minority interest and therefore not included.