Recycled Steel Smelting in the DR. Is there any?

kevadair

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Hello environmental group. Where can I go to learn more about the industry of recycling steel here in the DR. Are companies producing new steel locally? Is scrapped steel just being shipped to China? What is the state of that industry?

Thanks!

Kevin
 

Hillbilly

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As I understand it, the Metaldom company, part of the Vicini family of companies, uses scrap metal and was based on the existence of such scrap in the DR for the foreseeable future.

HB
 
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When my folks first came to the DR in the mid 60s(for Peace Corps), one of their gripes was that ALL of the man-hole covers in SD had been removed because they had TRUJILLO embossed on them. You still see missing manhole covers from people stealing them for scrap metal.
 

william webster

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As they are ripping down the hotels at Playa grande, the steel reinforcing is being salvaged and hauled away.

Its going somewhere, but I don't know whwere.
It must have value or they would bury it w/ the concrete