<b>Tata-Corus</b>: From nowhere to World No 5!

Tata Steel's successful takeover of Corus Group Plc - Europe's second-largest and the world's eight-largest steelmaker - has catapulted it to fifth position among world's top steel producers.

From a mere 5.6 million tonne, the Corus acquisition will multiply Tata Steel's total production capacity to 23.8 million tonne. The deal also leaves domestic major SAIL far behind as the state-run company has a capacity of only 13.4 MT and is ranked 16th in the world.

Following are the top ten steel makers (with annual production in million tonne):
 

TOP TEN GLOBAL STEELMAKERS
Rank	Company Name	Capacity
1	Arcelor-Mittal (Luxembourg)	109.7 MT
2	Nippon Steel (Japan)	32.0 MT
3	Posco (South Korea)	30.5 MT
4	JFE (Japan)	29.9 MT
5	Tata-Corus (India)	23.8 MT
6	Baosteel (China)	22.7 MT
7	US Steel (USA)	19.3 MT
8	Nucor (USA)	18.4 MT
9	Riva (Italy)	17.5 MT
10	ThyssenKrupp (Germany)	16.5 MT