But retrofitting an existing design with more steel can be "very expensive and very heavy, " potentially undermining fuel efficiency, he says.
The trick is seeing just how fast Steel can clean up Wachovia at the same time he is learning the ropes there.
The region had been the soot-coated centre of Germany's coal and steel industries, but mining is being wound down and steel can be forged with many fewer workers.
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It is estimated that the world's steel industry can produce a third more steel than the markets want.
Aluminum can be more flexible than steel which can cause some issues when stamping the metal into shape, but those details are being worked out.
Hence, competition in steel pricing can prove harmful for ArcelorMittal if steel demand drops or remains constant.
Rats are legendary swimmers, can chew through steel cable and can leap from great heights and survive, but the force of the water gushing through tight spaces may have been just too much for them to handle.
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We recognise that ex-coal miners and steel workers can work in modern industrial centres.
The same drive that has made him such a pugnacious entrepreneur pushes him to accumulate ever grander pieces, including monumental works by sculptors like Richard Serra, whose steel structures can stretch hundreds of feet, and room-size installations by artists like Mike Kelley.
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In this respect, Secretary Clinton has likened our information networks to nuclear power, which can either fuel a city or destroy it, and to steel, which can be used to build a hospital or a machine gun.
But postponed only: the collapse will come unless America can steel itself to call a betrayal a betrayal.
Steel workers, as opposed to steel companies, can be helped in ways that do not interfere with free trade.
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While we know that it is not easy for folks to endure the emotional roller-coaster that has characterized the equity markets for as long as most can remember, we think investors can steel their nerves by focusing on a diversified basket of undervalued dividend-paying stocks.
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If you have sensitive teeth or are concerned about germs on glasses at restaurants, there are glass or stainless steel straws you can buy and bring with you, but the easiest way to avoid straws is just to ask your waiter not to bring one.
In a 20-knot breeze, the steel-hulled yacht can easily accelerate past 14 knots, or 16mph.
Nucor Corporation, a steelmaker, gives its workers bonuses if they can produce steel more efficiently.
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Pound for pound, aluminium is up to two-and-a-half times stronger than conventional steel and can absorb twice the energy in a crash.
The Nucor Steel plant, built in 1992 near the small town of Hickman, makes huge rolls of flat steel, metal that can be pressed or bent into shapes and parts.
The trick, if you can call it that, lies in the prefabrication of steel-and-concrete blocks that can be hoisted into position, just as bricks form a wall.
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You can simulate the steel mill or production line, but ultimately the results are purely informational.
Thermite is a substance that can literally melt steel and is made up of iron oxide and aluminium.
The alloy mount is lighter and more durable than a steel one, but it can't be repaired if seriously bent.
The countries where ship-breaking now takes place sorely need that income and steel it generates, and can largely ignore nettlesome safety regulations.
Among the future possibilities: bridges that won't buckle under severe seismic stress, a new generation of Frank Gehry-inspired forms of improbably twisted steel, car frames that can absorb the shock of head-on collisions and, yes, knives that may never need sharpening.
He believes we can meet worldwide housing demand AND constrain carbon emissions by replacing steel and concrete construction with wood construction, that can even be applied to skyscrapers.
You can choose between stainless steel with emeralds, yellow gold with diamonds or ruby with black stainless steel.
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It's because steel is more dense so you can sculpt less from it.
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Aluminum is beginning to replace low-strength steel and how much more aluminum can be used in cars depends on auto engineers.
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