Steel Production By Country 2021
This is a 1.5% increase from 2018. The U.S. produced about 8.8% of what China produced in 2019 (87.9 Mt vs. 996.3 Mt). Over the past few years, employment in the steel and iron industry has seen a decline; however, employment has seen a recent recovery. There are about 83,000 employees working in blast furnaces and steel mills in the U.S.