POSCO has been ranked as the World's Most Competitive Steelmaker by World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a world-renowned steel analyst, for the 13th consecutive year. Established in 1999, WSD evaluates global steelmakers annually on 23 items and announces a comprehensive ranking of competitiveness. POSCO received perfect scores in seven categories, including eco-friendly technological innovation, high value-added products, processing costs, human capabilities, new growth businesses, investment environment and national risk factors, and ranked first overall with an average of 8.5 points out of 10.