Employment in the U.S. iron and steel industry has seen a continuous decline over the past three years, but employment figures have shown some signs of recovery of late. The number of employees working in blast furnaces and steel mills increased moderately to * in 2019.
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Nucor and U.S. Steel Corporation are the largest producers of steel in the United States. At the end of 2018, these two companies had some * employees on their payrolls, some * of which were employed by U.S. Steel in the United States. Nucor employs most of its workforce in the U.S., although the company has some facilities in Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Dubai. Iron and steel workers in the United States process large quantities of iron, which is the main material used in the manufacture of steel. The main producers of usable iron ore include Australia and Brazil. The U.S. has to rely on iron imports due to the low level of domestic production. As a result, the United States imported almost ** million metric tons of steel in 2018.
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US Geological Survey. (February 7, 2020). Employment in the U.S. iron and steel industry from 2013 to 2019, by category (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/813419/employment-in-the-us-steel-industry/
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