<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="http://www.steel.org/about-aisi/reports.aspx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1;text-decoration:none;outline:none;color:#005A85;">Visit our reports page to see our latest Industry Profile along with archived profile books</a>. </p> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> The U.S. steel industry operates more than 100 steelmaking and production facilities, producing 87 million tons in steel shipments valued at $75 billion in 2014. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> The steel industry directly employs about 142,000 people in the United States, and it directly or indirectly supports almost one million U.S. jobs. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Labor productivity has seen a five-fold increase since the early 1980s, going from an average of 10.1 man-hours per finished ton to an average of 1.9 man-hours per finished ton of steel in 2015.<br /> <br /> </li> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Steel is the most recycled material in the world – more than aluminum, copper, paper, glass and plastic combined. In North America alone, more than 60 million tons of steel are recycled or exported for recycling each year. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Today, 97 percent of steel by-products can be re-used and the recycling rate for steel itself is 86 percent. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Through recycling, the steel industry saves the energy needed to power 20 million homes for one year. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Advanced high-strength steel is the only material that reduces greenhouse gas emissions in all phases of an automobile’s life: manufacturing, driving and end-of-life. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> Since 1990, the industry has reduced energy intensity by 31 percent and CO2 emissions by 36 percent per ton of steel shipped. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;"> The North American steel industry is committed to the highest safety and health standards. Since 2005, U.S. steel producers have achieved a reduction of 50 percent in both the total OSHA recordable injury and illness and lost workday case rates. </li> </ul>