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Wen丨Xiaofei is a little annoyed
Editor丨Xiaofei is a little annoyed
Preface
Speaking of steel, we should be no stranger to this material, we can see steel everywhere in our lives, in the history of the world steel appeared relatively early, with the development of science and technology around the world, steel has become an important material produced in every country, according to the relevant data can be known, steel in the world will produce about one billion tons of steel every year.
In the stereotype, many people will think that superpowers like Russia, the United States and China produce the most steel each year, but in fact, it is not easy for everyone to think of the countries that produce the most steel in the world, so how much do they produce each year?
Japan exports an astonishing amount of steel every year, leaving behind the United States
The importance of steel is self-evident, whether it is in our ordinary life, or in the process of national research on some large-scale construction, steel can be said to be seen everywhere, but everyone is not clear about the production of steel, but it is often seen in some reports.
Now the first country we want to talk about is Japan, although Japan's geographical area is not large, but they are a "big country" that produces steel, it may be that they themselves are more aware that many kinds of resources their country has not a lot, so they started in this aspect of steel.
According to relevant statistics, Japan produced about 96.3 million tons of steel in 2021, and in 2022, this figure has declined, reaching only 89.2 million tons.
Although Japan's steel production data has declined somewhat, they are still the third largest country in the world in terms of steel production, and looking at the data, the number of Japanese steel production directly exceeds their "boss" the United States, and it is much higher, which breaks the impression of many people that Japan cannot compare with the number of steel produced by the United States.
However, how to say, Japan is indeed in the world to produce steel products this piece has a high status, first aside from the amount of steel produced in China, just look at the number of steel produced by Japan, India, the United States, Japan is indeed the third place, and then from the price of steel and production quality, Japan's steel is also better than the United States.
Even in the world's steel market, Japan is also the second country in the world in terms of exports, which also shows how important steel is for Japan as an economic source, and it is also an industry supported by the Japanese government, and Japan can also occupy 5% of the market share in the global steel market.
There are three largest iron ore mines in the world (Vale in Brazil, Rio Tinto in the United Kingdom and BHP Billiton in Australia), but in these three super iron ore mines there are Japanese presences, that is, the shares of some Japanese chaebol groups are in them.
This has led to Japan's ability to get a lot of profits and benefits on iron ore and steel in the world, because Japan has a certain influence in the steel market around the world, and even many netizens believe that Japan's influence in the global steel market is higher than that of the United States.
Moreover, the steel produced in Japan is still relatively good in terms of quality and foundation, and it can also be said that they surpass many countries in the world in these two aspects, and many countries are also willing to look for Japan to buy steel, which makes Japan make a lot of money for a while.
But the good times didn't last long, maybe Japan felt that the amount of steel they produced could make up for everything, and in some media it was often seen that Japanese steel companies emitted toxic compounds (chlorides, containing toxicity) and manipulated the media, which eventually led to Japanese steel companies paying more than 60 billion yen in fines.
The second largest country in steel production - India
The above describes the secret emission of toxic gases from Japan's production of steel, and here it can only be said that if you don't die, you won't die, but in addition to Japan, the second superpower that produces the most steel in the world is India, and India produces more steel than Japan.
In the process of development, India has gradually surpassed the amount of steel produced by Japan, and even after 2021, the data of steel production has exceeded 100 million tons, surpassing Japan by a large margin, but everyone is beginning to wonder, why is India suddenly so fierce?
Speaking of which, we have to mention India's own institutional problems and national needs, because at the beginning, India was not very strong in the production of steel, and the output of steel cannot be compared with today, but they were the first country to discover high-carbon steel, and gradually India is getting bigger and bigger in terms of steel, becoming the second existence in the world.
In the last 20 years, India's steel production enterprises have developed rapidly, coupled with India's special geographical location, resulting in many iron mines in their country, in this case, India's steel production only needs the support of technology and the support of the domestic market to develop steel, it is just a matter of time.
Since everything has a relatively high-quality foundation, it is necessary to have the support of the Indian authorities, and they are also smarter, after all, steel is also a relatively high-quality economy, and in this case, the Indian government has directly arranged some support policies for foreign countries.
In this aspect of steel production, India has become a country accounting for 6% of the world, and the number of steel exports each year is also very considerable, but everyone is still a little optimistic about India's domestic steel production, because India is only the number of steel production, but there are few domestic processing plants, and the level is relatively low.
China is far ahead
The above describes India and Japan, the second largest producer of steel in the world, and Japan, but in the final analysis, the production of steel still depends on China, and there is often a saying on the Internet: "The steel produced in Tangshan, Hebei Province alone can wrestle with India, the second largest country in the world." That's not an exaggeration.
Because the relevant data is here, China's steel production data in 2021 has exceeded 1 billion tons, although it is a little unbelievable but it is true, many foreign netizens are also curious, how China did this.
Just looking at the data, you can see that the gap between the first and second places is not a little bit and a half, which is simply thrown off several streets, but China's share of steel production in the world is about 53%, and it is the world's largest steel producer.
Speaking of which, we have to mention Hebei, the largest steel production province in China, the main steel production area in the mainland is in Hebei, with an annual output of about 200 million tons, and many people are ridiculing that "China is the largest producer of steel, so Hebei can rank second!"
Under such data, the mainland is well-deserved as the world's largest steel producer, but when it comes to this, it has to be mentioned that a few decades ago today, the continent in this aspect of steel production is far more than that, just take the year when our new China was founded (1949), the continent accounted for about 0.2% of steel production in the world.
epilogue
But along the way, the mainland has gradually become the first in the world from the ranking of basically no movement in the world, with the support of the government, and countless Chinese compatriots are working hard, and our country has never made a big propaganda in this regard, but has just quietly buried its head in hard work.
In the follow-up development process, our country has achieved many breakthroughs in the production technology and quality of production, not only the data is raised, but also the quality of steel production is also very objective, I believe that in the future the first throne is still our China, and the data will always be so gorgeous!