Enough domestic ferrous scrap is available for electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers to supply nearly all the steel the U.S.

The Steel Manufacturers Association cites the study as a bright spot for recycled-content steelmakers in the United States.

Pacific Steel Group has broken ground on a recycled-content electric arc furnace steel mill in Southern California.

The EAF will melt mostly scrap steel and will replace both blast furnaces which closed in Port Talbot last year. In its planning application Tata Steel said it had lost £4bn in Port Talbot since ...