[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

How much will be left after "consolidation". Etc.

Great, production is trending down.It's still a long way from 93.9 million tonnes to production almost gone.

It helps to look at more than one point on a graph.

That's funny, considering you provided no points when you said American production was already almost gone.
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I've checked, and I stand corrected (though cold comfort to the work force in this industry - - note the trend there). The Indian clearly will not be able to "consolidate" this away in any forseeable time, so I'm wrong on that. Still gotta go.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/manufact.pdf
(table 996)

[Toddsterpatriot]

I've checked, and I stand corrected (though cold comfort to the work force in this industry - - note the trend there). The Indian clearly will not be able to "consolidate" this away in any forseeable time, so I'm wrong on that. Still gotta go.

Thank you for the link and the admission. Yes, I'm afraid employment in the steel industry will probably continue to shrink.