HC Deb 16 November 1981 vol 13 cc27-8W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list by company the 10 leading world steel producers and by country the 10 largest producers of crude steel.

Mr. Wakeham

Information relating to 1980 is as follows:

10 leading steel producers, 1980*

  • Nippon Steel (Japan)
  • US Steel (USA)
  • Nipon Kokan (Japan)
  • FINSIDER (Italy)
  • Bethlehem (USA)
  • Sumitomo (Japan)
  • Kawasaki (Japan)
  • Thyssen-Aktiengesellschaft (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • USINOR (France)
  • Jones and Laughlin (USA)

* Covers IISI countries only, that is essentially Western World.

Source: International lion and Steel Institute (IISI).

10 largest steel-producing countries, 1980

  • USSR
  • Japan
  • USA
  • Federal Republic of Germany
  • China

Manufacturing investment decisions, known to the IBB, by foreign owned companies, including first-time investments, expansions and joint ventures, and estimate of associated long-term employment* (January 1979—November 1981)
U.S.A. Canada Japan
Projects Employment Projects Employment Projects Employment
Scotland 36 5,220 5 269 3 919
Wales 19 1,341 5 3,472 7 3,070
Northern Ireland 27 7,665 1 133
North East 14 2,235 1 50 1 49

  • Italy
  • France
  • Poland
  • Canada
  • Brazil

Source: International Iron and Steel Institute.

Note:

Steel production in the United Kingdom in 1980 was reduced by the effect of the steel strike. As a result, the British Steel Corporation was 11th in the IISI list in 1980, having been 4th in 1979; by country, the United Kingdom was 15th in 1980, compared with 8th in 1979.

Back to