Polish Steel Industry

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Polish Steel Industry

• Few facts and brief history

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Why?

• Metallurgical industry was mainly developed close
  to coal mines. And we do not refer here to hard
  coal, but to coked plant ore, with very high
  caloric parameters. Steel production requires
  high temperatures, which are kept by burning
  coke. The ore, which is a resource used for steel
  production, was imported from Sweden (Kiruna),
  Russia and China. The development of this
  industry in the 20th century was determined by
  fast development of all machine industries,
  roads, ship building etc. Currently it should be
  admitted that there exist a lot of materials
  replacing pure steel form, e.g. aluminium,
  duralumin, or materials made of chemical
  compounds or resin. However, there still exist
  many fields where steel is indispensable, and
  that is why steel industry is still developing,
  e.g. in 2006 world production reached over 1
  million tons, which is a 1000 increase within
  the space of 100 years.

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Why?
Iron ore
Pre-1991 map showing Kiruna
Mining ore in ,,old times