Other things besides steel/metal necessary to ongoing supply are plastics, ammonia and cement. Perhaps incidental, but nevertheless.
Requires lots of energy by way of electricity. Need coal. Lots.
China relies on Australia for thermal coal. China has not been accepting or processing coal from Australia for quite some time (a year?). Lots of fully laden ships of coal sitting nearby which are now only being unloaded (slowly), not because they have decided to like Australia, but because they have to.
Requires lots of energy by way of electricity. Need coal. Lots.
China relies on Australia for thermal coal. China has not been accepting or processing coal from Australia for quite some time (a year?). Lots of fully laden ships of coal sitting nearby which are now only being unloaded (slowly), not because they have decided to like Australia, but because they have to.