TOKYO -- Nippon Steel's global strategy is at a crossroads as the Japanese steelmaker looks to establish start-to-finish local production in the target markets of the U.S., India and Southeast Asia.
U.S. Steel acquisition and Indian blast furnaces critical to expansion

South Korea's POSCO and China's Baosteel have modeled their facilities after Nippon Steel's Kimitsu works, located south of Tokyo. (Photo by Yuji Ohira)
TOKYO -- Nippon Steel's global strategy is at a crossroads as the Japanese steelmaker looks to establish start-to-finish local production in the target markets of the U.S., India and Southeast Asia.