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| tyrone schneider |
 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:27 am |
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Everyday, all around the world, we all experience steel. Our vehicles,
our roofs, and the buildings we work in-they all impact us. Sometimes
we can see it. Sometimes we walk on it and don't even know it. There's
no mistake, though, steel is not a discretionary material.
Steel is vital to the economic stability of every developing country
in the world. The steel industry supplies more that $50 billion worth
of economic activity in the United States alone.
Countries like China and Russia create enormous demands for steel-
straining full capacity steel suppliers.
This article examines the history of steel, the steel marketplace, and
the future of steel in an increasingly "green" world.
History of Steel
Many people think steel is a product of the modern age. Not so. Some
experts date steel manufacturing to 1,400 BC in Africa. The Chinese
used steel, as far back as 200 BC, to successfully manufacture
weapons. However, these were primitive steel making ages.
It wasn't until the 1600s that steel making became a large scale
operation. Again, steel was used primarily to forge weapons. But
during this time, inventors began to experiment with steel for
different uses....
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