Our revised and expanded Sustainability Principles reflect the steel industry’s increasing focus on sustainability and its responsibility to take a holistic approach through actively addressing environmental, social, economic and corporate concerns.

The Charter covers:

Our revised and expanded Sustainability Principles strongly encourage worldsteel member organisations to be proactively engaged in our sustainability programmes and to push for higher standards in their sustainability commitment and performance. To be eligible to sign the Charter, organisations need to meet 20 criteria.

The worldsteel programmes associated with the Sustainability Charter are listed below:

For more information on the worldsteel Sustainability Programme and the organisations that signed the Sustainability Charter, visit the sustainability section of worldsteel.org.

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1. Includes tonnage of Taiyuan Steel and Kunming Steel
2. Includes 60% AM/NS India (former Essar Steel)
3. Includes tonnage of Benxi Steel
4. Includes Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation, Sanyo Special Steel, Ovako, 40% AM/NS India and 31.4% USIMINAS
5. Estimated combined tonnage of Mobarrakeh Steel, Esfahan Steel, Khuzestan Steel and NISCO
6. Includes Big River Steel
7. Include AK Steel and former ArcelorMittal USA operations

Notes on company ownership and tonnage calculations:
For worldsteel members, the data was sourced from their official tonnage declarations. For Chinese companies, the official CISA tonnage publication was used, unless especially noted. In case of more than 50% ownership, 100% of the subsidiary’s tonnage is included, unless specified otherwise. In cases of 30%-50% ownership, pro-rata tonnage is included. Unless otherwise specified in the declaration, less than 30% ownership is considered a minority and therefore, not included. Figures represent ownership ending 31 December 2021.
For an extended company listing, go to worldsteel.org/steel-by-topic/statistics/top-producers.

million tonnes, crude steel production

The countries in this table accounted for approximately 99.9% of world crude steel production in 2021.
(e) = estimate

The countries in this table accounted for approximately 99.9% of world crude steel production in 2021
(e) = estimate

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Total 64 reporting countries*

European Union (27)

Russia and Other CIS (4) + Ukraine

*The 64 reporting countries:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czechia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

In 2021, these 64 countries accounted for approximately 98% of world crude steel production.

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USMCA

Central and South America

Japan

China

Crude steel production
World total: 1 540 million tonnes

Others comprise:

Apparent steel use (finished steel products)
World total: 1 419 million tonnes

Others comprise:

Crude steel production
World total: 1 951 million tonnes

Others comprise:

Apparent steel use (finished steel products)
World total: 1 834 million tonnes

Others comprise:

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(e) = estimate

kilograms, finished steel products

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(e) = estimate

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(e) = estimate

million tonnes, actual weight

(1) Production adjusted so that Fe content is similar to world average. Source: RMG.

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* Excluding intra-regional trade marked      

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* Excluding intra-regional trade marked      

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Exports are of finished and semi-finished steel products. Production of finished steel, where not available from national sources, is calculated from crude steel production, taking into account the continuous casting ratio.

Quantum indices 2000 = 100

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Exports include intra-EU trade, trade between countries of the CIS, and trade between USMCA countries. The figures are based on a broad definition of the steel industry and its products, including ingots, semi-finished products, hot-rolled and cold-finished products, tubes, wire, and unworked castings and forgings. The above table comprises the exports of 62 countries, which represents approximately 94.8 per cent of total world trade in 2021.

million tonnes

* Excluding intra-regional trade marked      

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(1) Excluding intra-regional trade
(2) Data for individual European Union (27) countries include intra-European trade

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An explanation of the methodology of indirect trade in steel can be found in the report ‘Indirect Trade in Steel (March 2015)’ at worldsteel.org/publications/reports.

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(1) The total comprises 74 countries.

million tonnes, finished steel equivalent

*Data for individual European Union (27) countries include intra-European trade

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