Can you recycle steel? And if you wanted to buy some recycled steel, where would you get it?
Yes; steel can be recycled. Look on the Internet for dealers who sale recycled steel. Good luck! Smile!
Hi, You bet ya.Right now its the big boom here in Maine.A lot of people are doing it ,its a good thing cause its helping clean up a lot of the junk around here. You could go to a scrap yard But I don't think they would seel much right now they are busier then ever just bringing in stuff. Anyways if you really got a lot let me know I can tell you everything you need to know and what to do with what you got. Mike
V J is right when he says that steel is the most recycled commodity on the planet. When the price of steel is high, everyone in the steel recycling and forming industry wants their equipment up and running - that's what keeps my husband employed. You would buy some of the steel for a cruise ship from an industrial roll mill, it would likely need to be 3/8' or more thick, not sure how big the rolls would be. Other steel would be purchased from a bar, angle, flat and channel mill, and still other material for your cruise ship would come from a mill that casts beams and other structural parts. My husband made the hull for a 41' steel sail boat by himself, it was all made from steel materials that were readily available in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada. China sells steel - lots and lots and lots of it.
Steel is the most recycled material. But in recycling steel you would need the usual equipment in a foundry. The finished (recycled) product cannot be discerned visually. You cannot differ it from those coming from virgin steel ingots. The finished product (or steel material) would have to depend on your requirement, whether it is for structural, architectural or otherwise. For your requirement (enough to build a cruise ship), it would be best to go to a smelter. You might get better prices and quality compared to that from a scrap yard.
