Headquartered in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, ArcelorMittal South Africa is the largest steel producer on the African continent., with a production capacity, in a normal year, of 7 million tonnes of liquid steel  per annum , after taking into account various yield factors, amounts to approximately 4.8 million tonnes of saleable steel products. The company supplies over 61% of the steel used in South Africa and exports the rest to sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.