(Shorted by Highest to Lowest Weighted-Average Score)

1-least favorable                10-most favorable

(1)   Each company included in this list, in WSD’s opinion, is positioned to be a “winning performer” in the year ahead. The purpose of the World-Class Steelmaker ranking is to better understand the companies’ attributes rather than to imply that one company is better or more worthy than another. The rankings reward pro-active management, size, and integration from raw materials to downstream businesses. The ranking system is subjective and duplicative.

World-Class non-Chinese companies represent about 42% of non-Chinese steel product deliveries. World-Class Chinese companies represent about 23% of Chinese deliveries.

Na=Not applicable. Excluded from the rankings calculations.

Source: World Steel Dynamics