Types of Scrap feedstock used in steel making
Heavy Melting Steel
- Industrial or commercial scrap steel greater than 6 mm thick, such as plates, beams, columns, channels; may also include scrap machinery or implements or certain metal stampings
Old car bodies
- Vehicles with or without interiors and their original wheels
Cast Iron
- Cast iron bathtubs, machinery, pipe and engine blocks
Pressing Steel
- Domestic scrap metal up to approx. 6 mm (0.24 in) thick. Examples – White goods (fridges, washing machines, etc.), roofing iron, water heaters, water tanks and sheet metal off cuts.
Reinforcing Bars or Mesh
- Used in the construction industry within concrete structures
Turnings
- Remains of drilling or shaping steels. Also known as “boring”.
Manganese Steel
- Non magnetic, hardened steel used in the mining industry, cement mixers, rock crushers, and other high impact and abrasive environments.
Rails
- Railway products are railway and track construction material including rails, check rails, rack rails, sleepers(cross ties), fish plates and sole plates.
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