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E.F. Wondris
Metallurgical consultant. Former Chief Metallurgical Engineer, National Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Jack Nutting
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The table provides a list of raw steel production by country.

Steel (raw)
*Estimate.
**Detail does not add to total given because of rounding.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2015.
country production 2014 (metric tons)* % of world production
China 820,000,000 49.7  
Japan 111,000,000 6.7  
United States 88,000,000 5.3  
India 83,000,000 5.0  
Russia 71,000,000 4.3  
South Korea 65,000,000 3.9  
Germany 44,000,000 2.7  
Brazil 34,000,000 2.1  
Ukraine 26,000,000 1.6  
France 17,000,000 1.0  
United Kingdom 12,000,000 0.7  
other countries 274,000,000 16.6  
world total 1,650,000,000 100**