As we all know, my country is a major industrial country, so it also needs a lot of bulk materials such as steel. However, relying on its own strength cannot meet the country's demand for raw materials at all. In comparison, imports are more advantageous.

As we all know, my country is a major industrial country, so it requires a lot of bulk materials such as steel. However, relying on its own strength cannot meet the country's demand for raw materials at all. In comparison, imports are more advantageous.

At present, domestic steelmaking methods mainly use two types of , one is traditional long-process steelmaking, and the other is contemporary new short-process steelmaking. Both methods are used for steelmaking, but the raw materials required are completely different.

According to relevant reports, the total amount of raw iron ore required for my country's import of steelmaking last year exceeded 10 trillion tons, with a total amount of as high as 1 trillion yuan.

This amazing number makes it difficult for many people to understand why our country needs to spend a high price to import iron ore instead of recycling scrap iron? Where did a lot of scrap steel go?

Reasons for my country's high price import of iron ore

Speaking of my country's imported iron ore, we should start with steelmaking raw materials. As mentioned above, my country is a major industrial country, so there are so many places where steel is needed. It can be said that it is "everywhere and everywhere".

Iron ore, as the main raw material of steel, is one of the indispensable raw materials in traditional long-process steelmaking. The reason why iron ore is used in this strict process is because its purity can achieve a highly pure effect compared to other materials.

The amount of iron ore directly affects the quality and service life of the finished steel product. If other materials are used instead, the quality will not meet the national standards. iron ore is a scarce material for my country.

So I have to rely on imports to meet industrial requirements. This is an important reason why my country imports a large amount of iron ore.

We are increasingly inseparable from steel in our lives, and the number of imported materials has also increased accordingly, so the price will naturally not be low. According to relevant statistics, the number of iron ore imported by in the first half of this year in my country, increased by 15% year-on-year, thus leading to the practice of high-priced imported iron ore.

is used for steel in daily life. Manufacturers need to strictly control the quality of steel in accordance with relevant national laws, regulations and standards.

on the one hand to ensure the durability of steel, and on the other hand to consider that qualified steel will not pose a threat to people's health.

From the most common buildings, with the continuous progress of society and the continuous improvement of economic conditions, high-rise buildings can be seen everywhere. One of the types of buildings is steel frame structure. As the name suggests, the main material of this kind of building is steel.

So if these steels cannot meet durability and corrosion resistance, and cannot meet some extreme weather conditions such as compression resistance, and then they cannot meet the safety standards required by the building, and their service life will naturally decrease.

There are also steel used in diet, the most common one is stainless steel product . If iron ore and other materials are made into tableware that people use every day, over time, it will have an adverse impact on people's health.

Our country is to consider the people in everything, and health is the most important thing for the country, so this is the reason why our country spends high prices to import iron ore.

The place for a large amount of scrap iron

In addition to the long process, the other type of steelmaking is new short-process steelmaking. The most significant difference between this method and the traditional method is that the raw material used by is scrap steel rather than iron ore, and the time required for manufacturing is also relatively short.

This makes people question why the country does not focus on recycling scrap steel but imports iron ore. Recycling scrap steel can achieve the secondary utilization of waste items and can effectively reduce state expenditure.

Related persons have reported on where scrap iron is going. my country's scrap steel has been recycled, and the recycled scrap steel is also reused in some new products through this new method. is reused into some new products.The shortcomings of this new method are that its process is relatively complex, and the relevant parameters that need to be controlled in the intermediate process are strictly required. During the production process, a large amount of manual control is also required.

After all, this method of using scrap steel to replace iron ore in my country is not very perfect, and it needs to be improved to achieve the same effect as using iron ore.

From another perspective, the hardness and density of steel are very high . The steel we use in our daily lives are all products that meet the standards, so they are used for relatively long time, so scrap steel mainly comes from the remaining materials in the production process of some finished products.

Just recycling scrap steel in daily life is obviously not enough to reach the amount of steel in my country. my country's scrap steel recycling volume has reached nearly 13 million tons in recent years, while last year alone the steel we used exceeded 30 million tons.

Another part of the reason is that it is because scrap steel is used for production, and the purity cannot meet the requirements of iron ore, so the quality is very difficult to grasp. Products produced in this way can only be used in some secondary occasions.

It can be seen that although my country's comprehensive national strength is rising rapidly, as young people in the new era, they still need to continue to work hard and continue to contribute to the development of the country, so that our country can stand on the world stage as soon as possible.

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