Global 500 
Industry: Metals
   
1 Arcelor 118 37,532 2,878
2 Nippon Steel 157 31,537 2,053
3 JFE Holdings 202 26,088 1,489
4 Alcan 214 24,885 258
5 Norsk Hydro 216 24,553 1,864
6 Alcoa 223 23,960 1,310
7 Mittal Steel 253 22,197 4,701
8 POSCO 276 20,929 3,330
9 Shanghai Baosteel Group 309 19,543 1,537
10 Corus Group 350 17,099 817
11 United States Steel 437 14,108 1,091
12 Kobe Steel 462 13,434 477
From the July 25, 2005 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
U.S. 176
Japan 81
France 39
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
Wal-Mart Stores 1,600,000
China National Petroleum 1,133,985
U.S. Postal Service 807,596
Most profitable companies
ExxonMobil 25,330.0
Royal Dutch/Shell Group 18,183.0
Citigroup 17,046.0
General Electric 16,593.0
Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 172,616.3
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 100,545.3
Hitachi 83,993.9
Matsushita Electric Industrial 81,077.7
Honda Motor 80,486.6

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