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Imagine a world without cars or bicycles, without bridges or machinery, without scientific or surgical instruments, without paperclips or cans for
food and drink. This is a world without steel!
What is steel?
Steel is a type of metal. It's made from iron ore, limestone, and up to 25% scrap, or recycled, steel. This means that everything made of steel
contains recycled material.
Steel is the only common metal that sticks to a magnet – try it yourself! Steel is rescued from household rubbish by using
huge electromagnets, in a process called magnetic extraction.
Good things about steel
Steel is 100% recyclable. It's the easiest packaging material to recycle. Things made of steel can be recycled to make new products again and again.
Steel is also very energy efficient. This means that we use less power making something from steel than if we make it out of another metal. By
saving this energy, we save precious resources like coal, gas and oil.
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