在十九世纪时期,资本主义国家的钢铁企业的生产规模都是比较小的。随着资本主义发展到帝国主义阶段,钢铁工业也出现了垄断性的康采恩组织,为数众多的小型工厂都被不断併吞和改造。到二次大战前后,备主要资本主义国家,如英、法、德、意、日、美等国,为了扩军备战,或争夺世界市场,新建了许多 In the 19th century, the production scale of the iron and steel enterprises in capitalist countries was relatively small. With the development of capitalism to the stage of imperialism, there has also been a monopoly of the Konzern organization in the steel industry. A large number of small factories have been continuously annexed and reformed. Before and after the Second World War, major capitalist countries, such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, built many new ones in order to expand their military preparations or compete for the world market.