[dennisw]

You're asking this about a country that sold scrap metal to the Japanese in the 1930's? As my beloved mother told me, "We sold them the metal they shot back at us."

Amusingly enough I hear China is in our scrap market in a huge way and is one factor forcing up scrap prices. Is scrap steel our largest export to ChiCom land? LOL.

[1rudeboy]

Wait a minute . . . aren't high (scrap) steel prices supposed to be good? Or are they supposed to be bad? Certainly they cannot be both good and bad.