BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 28, 2000 ISSUE
INDUSTRY INSIDER

Steelers


Top producers of steel worldwide, 1999,
millions of metric tons

1.  Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea)          26.5
2.  Nippon Steel (Japan)                         25.2
3.  (TIE) Usinor (France)                        22.2
3.  (TIE) Arbed (Luxembourg)                     22.2
5.  Corus (Britain)                              21.3
6.  LNM Group/Ispat (Britain)                    20.0
7.  Shangai Baosteel (China)                     16.7
8.  Thyssen Krupp Steel (Germany)                16.1
9.  Riva (Italy)                                 14.1
10. NKK (Japan)                                  12.8

SOURCE: STEEL INFORMATION AGENCY


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