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429. Kobe Steel

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Rank: 429 (Previous rank: 451)
CEO: Hiroshi Sato
Employees: 33,526
Address: 2-10-26 Wakinohamacho
Kobe, 651-8585
Country: Japan
Website: www.kobelco.co.jp

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	21,672.8	16.1
Profits	-312.9	-140.2
Assets	23,240.7	—
Stockholders' equity	5,239.6	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	-1.4
Assets	-1.3

Industry: Metals

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	ArcelorMittal	28	124,936.0
2	ThyssenKrupp	74	80,210.0
3	Nippon Steel	157	47,479.0


4	JFE Holdings	194	38,903.2
5	POSCO	199	37,976.2
6	Baosteel Group	220	35,516.6
7	Tata Steel	258	32,018.0
8	Alcoa	314	28,119.0
9	China Minmetals	331	26,667.2
10	Sinosteel	372	24,163.6
11	Hebei Iron & Steel Group	375	24,033.7
12	United States Steel	382	23,754.0
13	Nucor	386	23,663.3
14	Heraeus Holding	392	23,292.4
15	Metal�rgica Gerdau	400	22,859.7
16	SeverStal	409	22,392.7
17	Kobe Steel	429	21,672.8
18	Jiangsu Shagang Group	444	20,896.9
19	Evraz Group	454	20,380.0
20	Aluminum Corp. of China	499	18,578.7

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