




Steel scrap - a material with excellent recycling-features
An essential contribution to the protection of resources can be achieved by using steel scrap in steel production. The outstanding chemical and physical features of ferrous scrap assure an unlimited employment without any loss in quality. Thus, steel is a material with excellent recycling features.
The material flow starts with the collection at factories or sites. Industrial processing (separation, cutting) is used to transfer the material into furnace feed grades (steel works, foundries).
Iron scrap can be obtained from different sources .
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