re: Did China or Automation kill America's Steel Industry?

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If your labor costs are too high for a commodity, you will not be competitive.

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Here's what most people don't understand about the steel industry. Making that stuff is brutal and dangerous. It's better than it used to be,but it is still about the roughest job a person can have.

Yes,steel workers make a good paycheck,in The United States. They have to..or they wouldn't do it.

You wouldn't believe how many times I've seen new hires,who had quit pretty good jobs,because of a chance at better pay,came into the melt shop ( That's exactly what it is),first explosion (which is common)or a big fire,or a hot spot on a furnace or Ladle, Maybe a bad chemistry in a heat,and the steel is boiling out. They would walk the hell out on their first day.
If it doesn't pay good,you may as well not try to have a steel mill in the U.S.