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Originally Posted by Scoobe
Nope, Krupp Steel is forged from ore, as is most of US steel for auto manufacturing. Japan has no ore, thus they import and recycle all of their steel. To my knowledge, Japan imports no ore and have no ore foundries. Much cheaper to import crushed cars. Here and in Germany however, its cheaper to foundry ore than to recycle it.
edit: We do recycle steel here as well, but to my knowledge its not used often in auto manufacturing.
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Just wanted to set the record straight - iron ore is exported to Japan - curshed cars ? I cant see ships loaded with bunches of crushed cars sailing into Japan ports.
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