Except for regulatory compliance, surely it would be cheaper to use the coal here, and produce the steel hear saving two trans-pacific shipping costs.
It depends on how much it would cost to ship iron ore and scrap steel from China to here vs. shipping coal from here to China then finished steel from China back here.
And don't call me Shirley.
5 posted on 12/21/2017 6:27:15 PM PST by Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)