Steel is a basic ingredient of modern industry. Steel is produced in numerous countries with most of it coming from countries such as Russia, Japan, United Kingdom and France.
It is then exported by sea all around the world.
It is important to know something about iron because steel is iron, which has been refined with carefully measured amounts of other elements added to it. Steel is the worlds most recycled metal.
Recycling steel has always been part of the steel making process – it is more environmentally friendly than using raw material as it produces less emissions.
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