Stoilensky’s open-pit mine

Scrap metal waiting to be recycled into new steel

Stacks of steel beams in the shipping yard

Hot wire rod in the rolling mill

Cutting steel slab

Cooled wire rod being coiled up for storage and transport

Hot-dip coated steel waiting to be galvanised. Galvanisation gives the steel a protective zinc coating to prevent rust

Iron samples are taken from the blast furnace tap