Interesting view of current operations:
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"When it's time to replace railroad rail, companies sell the already-used product to businesses such as Jersey Shore Steel to mold into new.
In addition, almost 100 percent of the scrap produced is recycled, too, he said. It includes everything from the ends of sheared-off rail, steel scales cleaned off of the rails and the steel dirt swept right off the floor of the mill."
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content. ... l?nav=5011
"When it's time to replace railroad rail, companies sell the already-used product to businesses such as Jersey Shore Steel to mold into new.
In addition, almost 100 percent of the scrap produced is recycled, too, he said. It includes everything from the ends of sheared-off rail, steel scales cleaned off of the rails and the steel dirt swept right off the floor of the mill."