一百多年来全球十大钢厂排行榜的演变,反映出了全球钢铁工业兼并、联合的发展趋势。全球十大钢厂的演变,可分为3个历程:第一阶段,美国钢厂独领风骚。二十世纪初美国历史上的第一次“收购和兼并”浪潮,造就了世界第一钢厂———美国钢铁公司。起步较早的美国钢铁业使钢铁盛世绵 The evolution of the world’s top ten steel mills in more than one hundred years reflects the trend of mergers and alliances in the global steel industry. The evolution of the world’s top ten steel mills can be divided into three courses: the first stage, the United States dominate the steel mills. The first wave of “takeovers and mergers” in the history of the United States in the early twentieth century created the world’s first steel mill, the U.S. Steel Corporation. The US steel industry, which started earlier, made steel flourish