Top steelmakers in 2016
List of companies with tonnage above 3 million in 2016
million tonnes crude steel production
Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage 2015 2016
Companies HQ
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Ranking Ranking
ArcelorMittal * Luxembourg 97.25 93.58 96.10 98.09 97.14 95.45 1 1
China Baowu Group ** China 81.02 79.12 83.22 76.40 60.71 63.81 2
HBIS Group * China 44.36 42.84 45.79 47.09 47.75 46.18 2 3
Japan
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) * 33.39 47.86 50.13 49.30 46.37 46.16 3 4
POSCO * South Korea 39.12 39.88 38.42 41.59 41.97 41.56 4 5
Baosteel Group * China 43.34 42.70 43.91 43.35 34.94 5
Shagang Group China 31.92 32.31 35.08 35.33 34.21 33.25 6 6
Ansteel Group * China 29.75 30.23 33.69 34.35 32.50 33.19 7 7
JFE Steel Corporation * Japan 29.90 30.41 31.16 31.41 29.83 30.29 8 8
Shougang Group * China 30.04 31.42 31.52 30.78 28.55 26.80 9 9
Tata Steel Group * India 23.82 22.97 25.27 26.20 26.31 24.49 10 10
Wuhan Steel Group China 37.68 36.42 39.31 33.05 25.78 11
Shandong Steel Group China 24.02 23.01 22.79 23.34 21.69 23.02 12 11
Nucor Corporation * USA 19.89 20.13 20.16 21.41 19.62 21.95 14 12
Hyundai Steel Company * South Korea 16.29 17.12 17.30 20.58 20.48 20.09 13 13
Maanshan Steel * China 16.68 17.34 18.79 18.90 18.82 18.63 15 14
thyssenkrupp * Germany 17.94 14.46 15.86 17.23 17.34 17.24 16 15
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) * Russia 12.11 14.92 15.47 16.11 16.05 16.64 19 16
Jianlong Group China 12.36 13.76 14.30 15.26 15.14 16.45 20 17
Gerdau S.A. * Brazil 20.50 19.81 18.97 19.00 17.03 15.95 17 18
China Steel Corporation * Taiwan, China 14.01 12.73 14.29 15.40 14.82 15.52 23 19
Valin Group China 15.89 14.11 14.99 15.38 14.87 15.48 22 20
JSW Steel Limited * India 7.01 8.48 11.80 12.72 12.42 14.91 30 21
Benxi Steel China 16.49 15.08 16.83 16.26 14.99 14.40 21 22
Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) * India 13.50 13.50 13.52 13.56 14.34 14.38 26 23
United States Steel Corporation * USA 21.99 21.44 20.38 19.73 14.52 14.22 24 24
IMIDRO * Iran 12.58 13.61 14.29 14.42 14.10 14.02 27 25
Rizhao Steel China 11.20 13.22 12.68 11.40 14.00 13.86 28 26
Fangda Steel China 2.62 3.28 13.16 13.64 13.21 13.68 29 27
EVRAZ * Russia 16.77 15.95 16.11 15.54 14.35 13.53 25 28
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) * Russia 12.20 13.04 11.94 13.03 12.24 12.54 31 29
Baotou Steel * China 10.22 10.19 10.69 10.72 11.86 12.30 32 30
Severstal * Russia 15.29 15.14 15.69 14.23 11.45 11.63 33 31
Liuzhou Steel China 11.39 10.83 11.05 35 32
Jinxi Steel *** China 9.04 9.10 8.75 9.12 9.77 11.05 39 33
Jingye Steel China 5.83 7.30 9.69 10.54 11.32 11.01 34 34
Anyang Steel China 9.38 7.74 10.32 10.89 10.74 10.48 36 35
Sanming Steel China 5.72 6.95 8.22 9.21 9.58 10.39 41 36
Metinvest Holding LLC * Ukraine 14.38 14.34 14.29 11.18 9.65 10.34 40 37
Taiyuan Steel China 9.90 10.13 9.99 10.72 10.26 10.28 38 38
Zongheng Steel China 8.65 9.11 10.19 10.32 10.38 10.23 37 39
Zenith Steel China 7.01 7.57 8.51 9.01 9.08 9.24 42 40
Erdemir Group * Turkey 7.47 7.87 8.27 8.49 8.93 9.18 43 41
Nanjing Steel China 7.65 7.18 6.05 8.04 8.59 9.01 45 42
Xinyu Steel China 8.72 8.66 8.50 8.82 8.64 8.57 44 43
CITIC Pacific Special Steel * China 6.73 6.62 7.66 7.93 7.61 8.40 50 44
SSAB * Sweden 5.67 5.25 5.57 8.07 7.59 7.99 51 45
Techint Group * Argentina 9.53 8.71 9.00 9.38 8.40 7.98 46 46
voestalpine Group * Austria 7.67 7.36 8.02 7.95 7.76 7.47 48 47
Top steelmakers in 2016
List of companies with tonnage above 3 million in 2016
million tonnes crude steel production
Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage 2015 2016
Companies HQ
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Ranking Ranking
Essar Steel Group * India 6.82 6.70 6.09 5.50 5.66 7.45 61 48
Shaanxi Steel China 5.20 6.65 8.00 7.91 7.47 7.30 53 49
Kobe Steel, Ltd. * Japan 7.39 7.09 7.53 7.57 7.52 7.26 52 50
CELSA Steel Group * Spain 7.84 7.62 6.99 7.03 7.08 6.94 55 51
Guofeng Steel China 8.21 7.98 8.06 8.40 8.29 6.90 47 52
Salzgitter AG Stahl und Technologie * Germany 5.66 6.09 5.58 5.74 6.65 6.80 56 53
Ruifeng Steel China 3.36 5.03 6.29 6.26 57 54
Binxin Special Steel China 3.14 3.12 4.48 6.06 71 55
Donghai Steel China 1.37 2.31 3.88 4.36 3.30 5.90 86 56
Tianjin Steel China 5.94 5.82 57
Tsingshan Holding Group * China 5.80 58
Hangzhou Steel China 3.65 3.25 3.43 3.60 7.12 4.50 e 54 59
Yingkou Plate China 2.21 2.25 3.33 4.70 5.68 5.78 60 60
ILVA SpA * Italy 5.68 6.22 4.76 5.67 66 61
BlueScope Steel Limited * Australia 6.00 4.23 4.20 4.10 4.52 5.63 69 62
Jiuquan Steel China 10.22 10.10 11.16 10.34 7.69 5.50 49 63
RIVA Group * Luxembourg 7.59 7.76 6.21 5.47 58 64
Yuhua Steel China 4.60 4.60 5.42 68 65
Saudi Iron & Steel Co. (Hadeed, an affiliate of SABIC) * KSA 5.28 5.20 5.47 6.29 5.23 5.27 62 66
AK Steel Corporation * USA 5.95 6.17 5.05 59 67
Ji'nan Steel (Hebei, China) China 4.49 5.01 68
Puyang Steel China 4.53 4.35 3.40 3.30 3.55 4.96 81 69
Lingyuan Steel China 3.59 3.56 5.21 5.14 4.64 4.88 67 70
Tianjin Metallurgy Group China 5.69 4.88 71
Metalloinvest Management Company * Russia 5.82 5.61 4.68 4.50 4.50 4.66 70 72
Altos Hornos de Mxico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) * Mexico 3.81 3.88 4.16 4.42 4.46 4.65 72 73
ISD (Industrial Union of Donbass) Ukraine 8.49 7.94 6.03 4.80 4.61 65 74
Hangzhou Steel China 3.65 3.25 3.43 3.60 7.12 4.50 e 54 75
Yuanli Group China 3.11 3.49 3.82 4.29 4.39 4.39 73 76
Mechel Russia 6.53 4.65 4.27 4.32 4.19 74 77
Usinas Siderrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (USIMINAS) * Brazil 6.84 7.16 6.86 6.05 5.01 4.06 64 78
Companhia Siderrgica Nacional (CSN) * Brazil 4.87 4.64 4.48 5.41 5.16 4.06 63 79
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (VIZAG Steel) * India 3.19 3.11 3.11 3.28 3.64 3.82 79 80
Delong Steel China 3.57 3.75 3.63 3.31 3.31 3.69 85 81
Ezz Steel * Egypt 4.32 4.56 4.33 4.01 3.28 3.66 87 82
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. * (part of NSSMC from March 2017) Japan 3.76 3.81 3.70 4.07 3.82 3.65 77 83
Jiyuan Steel China 2.61 3.25 3.50 3.55 3.41 3.60 83 84
Shiheng Special Steel China 2.81 2.96 3.07 3.16 3.14 3.54 90 85
Rockcheck Steel China 2.99 3.22 3.30 3.59 3.55 3.51 82 86
Qianjin Steel China 3.54 3.43 3.46 3.09 3.65 3.49 78 87
Tianzhu Steel China 3.09 3.49 88
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) * India 2.62 2.73 2.87 2.95 3.08 3.48 92 89
Xinxing Ductile China 3.76 4.36 3.65 3.27 3.83 3.48 76 90
Donghua Steel China 2.70 3.38 3.27 3.30 88 91
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. * South Korea 3.07 3.31 3.33 3.04 3.32 3.29 84 92
Taishan Steel China 2.53 2.81 3.02 3.12 3.26 3.28 89 93
Outokumpu Oyj * Sweden 1.68 1.68 2.97 3.41 2.71 3.20 94
Emirates Steel * UAE 2.38 2.88 2.39 3.01 3.15 94 95
Ganglu Steel China 3.01 3.06 3.10 3.07 3.07 3.07 93 96
Tranvic Steel China 2.63 2.66 3.02 97
Tosyali Holding Turkey 3.00 e 98
* worldsteel member e: estimates
** New company formed from the merger of Baosteel Group and Wuhan Group - worldsteel member
*** Also known as China Oriental, partly owned by ArcelorMittal - worldsteel member
