The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2012 edition of World Steel in Figures.

World Steel in Figures provides essential facts and statistics about the global steel industry. The book contains comprehensive information on crude steel production, apparent steel use, pig iron production, steel trade, iron ore production and trade, and scrap trade.

World Steel in Figures lists major steel-producing countries, top steel-producing companies, and top steel-consuming countries.

Table 1: Major steel-producing countries

	2011		2010
1.	China	683.9 Mt	China	637.4 Mt
2.	Japan	107.6 Mt	Japan	109.6 Mt
3.	United States	86.4 Mt	United States	80.5 Mt
4.	India	71.3 Mt	India	68.3 Mt
5.	Russia	68.9 Mt	Russia	66.9 Mt

 
Table 2: Top steel-producing companies

2011
1.	ArcelorMittal	97.2 Mt	6	Nippon Steel	33.4 Mt
2.	Hebei Group	44.4 Mt	7	Shagang Group	31.9 Mt
3.	Baosteel Group	43.3 Mt	8	Shougang Group	30.0 Mt
4.	POSCO	39.1 Mt	9	JFE	29.9 Mt
5.	Wuhan Group	37.7 Mt	10	Ansteel Group	29.8 Mt

 Table 3: Countries with the highest apparent steel use per capita

2011
1.	South Korea	1,156.6 kg	6	Austria	473.1 kg
2.	Taiwan, China	784.4 kg	7	China	459.8 kg
3.	Czech Republic	595.7 kg	8	Italy	459.5 kg
4.	Japan	506.7 kg	9	Sweden	424.5 kg
5.	Germany	479.6 kg	10	Belgium-Luxembourg	422.5 kg

 

 

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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) represents approximately 180 steel producers (including 17 of the world's 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members represent around 85% of world steel production.