Alongside Fastmarkets' annual global ranking of steelmakers by crude steel output in 2020, our correspondents around the world review developments in their regional steel sectors.
The year 2020 will forever be remembered as the one in which the Covid-19 pandemic spread globally, impacting every area of life and business. The world's steel industry was no exception, with many of the largest steelmakers seeing lower production levels over the year, resulting from the repercussions of national lockdowns and restrictions on international travel reducing steel demand and constraining many steelmakers' output.Fastmarkets' latest list of the world's largest steelmaking companies, based on steel output in 2020, continues to provide an interesting annual snapshot of the evolving geographical pattern of global steel production. In addition to the table itself, in the pages that follow a team of six of our global steel writers have provided reviews of the big...