[Cboldt]

-- Don't the buyers test their shipments to assure the specs are met? --

For some attributes, sure. But chemical composition is not commonly re-assayed, and "statistical" statements about properties (that is, the amount of variation in a lot or over time) are also reported or promised, and it is considerably more difficult to disprove those claims.

I'm not saying Kobe lied about chemical composition (maybe they did, I just don't know the details), just using that as an example.

[philman_36]

The big question, to me, is where is that tainted steel supposed to be used?
Pipelines, ships, planes, trains, automobiles, roads/bridges, military applications.
Every project that is slated to use that sh|t steel is now suspect.
And what about the degradation rate for what has already been used? Will that all need to be rebuilt if it's critical?