Originally Posted by
MegademiC
12 million lb is 0.085% of the us steel capacity (whole country, not the company).
There are a lot of steel sources besides china that make quality steel.
Raw numbers mean nothing, it's supply/demand if supply for a certain product, say 4150 steel, is geared to a certain level and suddenly demand increases drastically there will be shortages until supply can catch up. Right now the war is burning through a lot of stockpiles and NATO announced they are going on a big buying spree. The US is another matter, this administration is not trustworthy, possible their goal is to weaken the US which means they will suck down stocks of war reserve material and not replace. Already they are sucking down the Strategic Oil Reserve and sending lots of Javelin's and Stinger's that will take some time to replace.
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