Large steel producing operations were located near Detroit, providing the company with low shipping costs.

China is currently the largest consumer of iron ore, which translates to be the world's largest steel producing country.

Forges de la Providence was a Belgian steel producing company based in the Hainaut region around Charleroi.

This was the first steel producing plant in the Valley, as well as in Mercer County.

Without crucible steel, Sheffield could not have emerged as the major steel producing town in Europe.

Wolverhampton was one of Britain's top three iron and steel producing centres.

The story ends with the news that many of the steel producing plants in America have been destroyed, thus depriving them of ammunition.

The town grew from a mere idea in the late-1820s, to become the commercial centre of one of the world's greatest iron and steel producing regions in little over two generations.

The line to Sheffield was Rotherham's busiest as it served the main steel producing area of Great Britain.

Also included is the nearby industrial town of Scunthorpe, a once important steel producing town, but now somewhat in post-industrial decline.