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TOP-10 CASTING PRODUCERS

1. China: 39.60 million tonsGray iron: 19.6 million tonsDuctile iron: 9.9 million tonsSteel: 5.3 million tonsNonferrous: 4.8 million tons 2. India: 9.05 million tonsGray iron: 6.18 million tonsDuctile iron: 1.05 million tonsSteel: 1.07 million tonsNonferrous: 750,000 tons
3. U.S.: 8.24 million tonsGray iron: 2.63 million tonsDuctile iron: 2.75 million tonsSteel: 980,000 tonsNonferrous: 1.87 million tons 4. Germany: 4.79 million tonsGray iron: 2.18 million tonsDuctile iron: 1.49 million tonsSteel: 192,000 tonsNonferrous: 930,000 tons
5. Japan: 4.76 million tonsGray iron: 2.16 million tonsDuctile iron: 1.35 million tonsSteel: 207,000 tonsNonferrous: 1.04 million tons 6. Russia: 4.20 million tonsGray iron: 1.74 million tonsDuctile iron: 1.26 million tonsSteel: 700,000 tonsNonferrous: 500,000 tons
7. Brazil: 3.24 million tonsGray iron: 1.94 million tonsDuctile iron: 786,000 tonsSteel: 243,000 tonsNonferrous: 273,000 tons 8. Korea: 2.23 million tonsGray iron: 1.04 million tonsDuctile iron: 653,000 tonsSteel: 157,000 tonsNonferrous: 382,000 tons
9. Italy: 1.97 million tonsGray iron: 630,000 tonsDuctile iron: 405,000 tonsSteel: 64,000 tonsNonferrous: 870,000 tons 10. France: 1.96 million tonsGray iron: 623,000 tonsDuctile iron: 916,000 tonsSteel: 85,000 tonsNonferrous: 333,000 tons

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*Every top-10 nation reported growth in productivity per plant (calculated as total tonnage divided by number of plants) in 2010. Brazil showed the

largest productivity increase (by 39%). India was a close second, increasing its productivity by 24%. (Russia’s numbers are based on 2009 reports.)

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