31. The remainder is metallurgical, or coking, coal used in making steel. 32. The remainder is higher-quality metallurgical, or coking, coal, which is generally used for making steel. 33. The plant also makes steel wheels used on Chevrolet Malibu cars and control arms and other parts used on trucks. 34. The union has penetrated fewer than half of all U.S. mini-mills, which make steel from melted scrap metal rather than processed coke and iron. 35. Though the odds seemed stacked against the industry, the increasing cost of making steel in India could save it. 36. Traditional mills that make steel from iron ore have increasingly been replaced by minimills, which turn items like cars and large kitchen appliances back into steel. 37. Vagrants hang out in the building where furnaces made molten steel. 38. What is ailing is the heavily unionized, older half of the industry, which makes steel with coke, iron ore and blast furnaces. 39. You also walk away from the plant with a profound respect for those who make steel. 40. Han said under normal circumstances, South Korea makes steel for domestic use, but because of its economic slowdown, local demand has dropped. |