Sioux City Compressed Steel

The scrap industry in general contributes to the overall health of our country in many ways. Scrap exports improve our country’s balance of trade as one of the nation’s larger net exporters. We help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because it takes far less energy to make new metals from scrap rather than from virgin ores. Also, we divert material from landfills and ditches improves our environment and helps to delay the obsolescence of landfills.