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It's not the melting it. It's smelting it.
Where you dig what amounts to rust out of the ground, turn the rust into iron and add a little bit of carbon that stays with the iron while removing impurities.
Remelting steel and iron to recycle it using an electric arc furnace is common.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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