[Steely Tom]

This is BS. The factories in the USA closed down completely! They're gone which has NOTHING to do with automation.. The jobs went to the third world and if anything, off shoring slows technological advancement by the universal use of slave wage labor. Free Traitors™ are liars and deceivers.

Perhaps you've not heard of Nucor Steel, which in 2016 produced and sold about 22 millions of steel. Most of Nucor's production assets are in the United States. Their corporate headquarters are located in Charlotte, North Carolina, which (I believe) is located in the United States.

Here is Nucor's Wikipedia page.

[central_va]

We real Americans want ALL USA's steel needs to be made in the USA. ALL OF IT.

The United States was a distant third at almost 89 million. A “tonne” is equal to 1,000 kilograms; it is about 10 percent more than a traditional ton. Around the world, 1.41 billion tonnes of steel was used in 2012. The United States consumed almost 97 million tonnes.

The USA is about 10 Million tons short of meeting its own (current)needs. We'll get there despite the lamentations of traitors.

[Fred Hayek]

Nucor Steel has the highest steelworker wages and they are non-union.

[Ozark Tom]

Electric furnace recycling of scrap steel still needs pig iron to thin the non-iron component and make up for shortfall of scrap. Republic in Lorain, Ohio appears to be resurrected by the Trump tariff move; and, with ERP Iron Ore, will restart Pig production.