Show Use of Purchased Scrap In 1947 the iron and steel industry In in- Industry consumed gross tons ton of purchased scrap in its various various various va va- rious furnaces This tonnage of at purchased scrap exceeded the previous previous pre pre- peak set during the war in 1943 b by more than tons This record supply nevertheless was wai Insufficient to boost steel operations op above a yearly average of at 93 99 per cent of capacity It is estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that millions of tons of ot potential potential po po- po steel prod production have been lost since the end of the war because because be be- cause of insufficient supplies of purchased scrap and the poor quality of available scrap |