Germany To China: Behind The Biggest Industrial Transport In History | The Earths Riches

[@danielclausmeyer]

The factory is hardcore. It’s like working for Sauron. Fire everywhere.

[@LukiPWN]

i feel bad for laughing but lmao, its like the pits in isengard lol.

[@dennissalisbury496]

Sauron /ˈsaʊrɒn/[1] is the title character[a] and main antagonist[3] of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In the same work, he is identified as the Necromancer, mentioned in Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. In Tolkien's The Silmarillion (published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien),[4] he is also described as the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth. Tolkien noted that the Ainur, the "angelic" powers of his constructed myth, "were capable of many degrees of error and failing", but by far the worst was "the absolute Satanic rebellion and evil of Morgoth and his satellite Sauron".[5]

[@ph11p3540]

One does not simply walk into Mordor. The ground is fire and the air is a poisonous fume. All while the eye of Sauron gazes down on you.

[@alesh2275]

And the Eye of Sauron surveils everything ......

[@sloppyjo5371]

It’s where Luke burned himself

[@jaredwilson1323]

I like how the scrap fisher man has put a nice jacket on for the interview. Cheers to you and my you have better luck fishing

[@MrPhatties]

His wife was pretty fine too

[@free_spirit1]

This was in 2004. At the rate of development, I wonder what it looks like now. Would be nice to see a followup.

[@Sammy58328]

China alone produce 53% of World's total steel.

[@manga12]

@@Sammy58328 afraid so its near that acording to forge magazine, even with the downturn from the world wide pandemic the industry still managed to grow most of this carried on the back of chinas steel production, but its not often as high quality as japanese or western micro batch steels, or that in the west there isn't new equiptment being put into service, sdi is putting in what will be the widest thin roll mill in the world in texas, and many of the largest presses or steel making equiptment is made in germany at schuler, sheffield forgemasters, or danali bridai of italy, you also have places in the usa though that make presses though like ajax ceco chambersburg erie, beckwood, and minster to name a few, and national machineery, as well as morgan engineering of ohio.

[@sblbb929]

Not all steel is made thr same tho. Thats why the whole world imports German or US steel. Sometime projects need extremly high quality steel. It would be interesting to know if China can produce this high quality steel as well now.

[@manga12]

@@sblbb929 some of it yes, not all of it is garbage, and they are getting investers from of course western companies because of the cost of production and large amount of workers, and they are building some of the largest forging equiptment, like largest forging presses, and seamless ring rollers, though the largest works and blast furnace is in korea, though I belive the second largest integrated mill is one in Alabama or Georgia, at least that is the information that google gives, and there is the larest thing roll plate operation is in texas being brought online by steel dynamics, which was born and raised from right here in north east indiana most of the large equiptment makers though for the largest furnaces are in europe, like danali bredai, and sms group, though there are places here in the usa as well as other parts of the world that build differant sorts of presses, types of furnaces or heat treat sorts of stuff, and large presses often have parts that are usually found to be cast by forgemasters in sheffild england, or china, but there are as you say a few companies that can pour the super large parts in steel foundries, we have the largest foundry company in the world though as far as amount of people employed and that would be wapaca which has plants all over including one in tell city indiana which is somewhere in southern indiana I think in the heel of indiana across the river from kentucky, they mostly make auto and brake parts they cast though, and I think stuff for john deer actually indiana lead the nation in steel production for the last 2 years I think

[@collinsjean2422]

@@sblbb929 China use almost 96 percent of their steel. Those mega structures in Beijing are made with Chinese steel. Their warships , cargo ships, bridges , skyscrapers they all use Chinese steel.

[@chris-hayes]

Crazy to think how different things must be now almost 20 years since this doc was made. The fisherman looked like he was in his 40s, so he would now be approaching his 60s. He's probably sold his boat at this point. His son is now an adult. All of the younger steel workers shown are now middle age and the middle age workers are becoming older workers.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

The overly positive outlook is beautifully obfuscatory. I'll take mindless self indulgence, over stark raving reality, any day, though. So, I guess, keep it up...

[@wertiaaudit5746]

From what I hear, steel mills are fullfilling jobs , death is only of greater sadness than a live without fullfillment

[@rinnhart]

I work at a foundry celebrating their 125th anniversary. Five generations of steel. And the furnaces light every night. And the cranes keep flying over head. ...a lot of effort goes into environmental remediation and recycling, now, though.

[@IvysAdventures2016]

I love how that guy has a suit on as hes fishing for scrap metal in a river

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

dressed up for 15 minutes of fame on KZbin

[@pvajit1109]

Poor in China buy second hand clothes. Winters are harsh and poor cannot afford suits. Second coat jacket might be 10 RMB about $1.5.

[@IvysAdventures2016]

@Sheridan Isashitstain I was just saying how I like him doing it dressed up it be cool if everyone always was for their job dont be so defensive I love living in the usa is pretty nice

[@Luke-tg9jy]

Moved to Shanghai dressed like a fisherman to catch eel. Now he's fishing for iron dressed in a suit. Capitalism.

[@Omgitsmario100]

I came to the comments to find this

[@folk.]

This belong on the History Channel. It's a 2004 doc called: Glanz der Erde - Eisen in China

[@mingmingzhao3518]

And it was transported to china in 2002, 18 years already, at that time i was just a little boy in kindergarten, now i’m a mother with 2 kids xD

[@liyz7142]

@@mingmingzhao3518 So,the question is :Are you a boy or a girl

[@ionesand3393]

We will see it again in 10 years !!

[@marke9036]

@@liyz7142 *Are you stupid she already said she is a mother*

[@mingmingzhao3518]

LI YZ oh, im absolutly a man, haha, its a meme on chinese internet. Teenagers use it to express how fast time flies and things change

[@DLT-po6to]

My grandfather worked at that furnace. Back in the day when it still was in Dortmund, Germany. We lovingly called her "Westfalenhütte" and she was well known around germany for her excellent steel. The plant was in operation since 1871 in germany and now its latest furnaces and the steel mill will continue working in china. Quite sad but still fascinating.

[@thomaslewis7855]

The quality of the steel she produced has gone downhill.

[@DLT-po6to]

@@thomaslewis7855 Of course it has. The Chinese have a different understanding of quality than we do.

[@toddcolclough3177]

@@DLT-po6to no they just dont care as much about quality.

[@DLT-po6to]

@@toddcolclough3177 They do. But they only try to get the quality just good enough and and not as good as possible.

[@toddcolclough3177]

yes agreed , but the mentality toward manual work and the production of products between Germans and the Chinese could not be more different, so your open mindedness toward the mill being torn down and shipped to china surprised me a lot. i see no continuation in it. to me its not the same mill at all. Would most Germans see it the way you do?

[@michaelf.2449]

The guy with the boat who only makes 200 euro a month, but its enough to provide for his family is doing a great job. There ain't nothing wrong with small business man aslong as you're putting food on the table and shoes on their feet you're doing you job sir!

[@Kyle_Harding]

Guy worked 7 days a week for the last 20 years and not a single accident, boss gave him air conditioning lol

[@looper9264]

I know, seems strange to see happy workers in these conditions. The land can no longer support the amount of agriculture needed to sustain the population, the eels are gone, the water is filthy, the air can't be much better...

[@okthen7012]

@@looper9264 trust me I used to live in shanghai and the air is filthy, most stores you see are just stands, and the schools look like prison

[@jimmydcricket5893]

@Zechariah Justin Scam.

[@jamesmcdermott8947]

This video needs more love. It deserves to be front page.

[@csn6234]

@@jimmydcricket5893 I reported him

[@hondaguy425able]

So this is how my local harbor freight gets its steel.

[@CM-oy2kd]

Edward Duran 📠

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

This is how Chinese factories get there steel.

[@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101]

Edward Duran 👀

[@смиренный-х2б]

I've never seen any harbor freight sell steel?

[@GodWasAnAlien]

@@смиренный-х2б Pittsburgh Tools aren't actually made in Pittsburgh, they're made in China. Fine if you're just looking for a prybar, don't get anything serious like a ball joint press. Couldn't figure out why it kept pressing my ball joints in sideways...take it off, look at it, the C clamp has now opened up to more of an L clamp bc the steel is absolute shit.

[@shenghan9385]

This is made quite long ago, but it still gives a good insight into the reality of China

[@wallacewood2126]

The Russians did some pretty impressive factory moving in '42.

[@radialorbits]

hahahaha, yes they did!

[@AB-wf8ek]

Wow, they're lunch is huge! Nice to see managers get in the same line as everyone else.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Their value system disallows individual distinction. Even though he owns part of, maybe even the whole place, the only thing that matters is the growth of the system. He had his own space away from the other houses, sure, but 750sqft. It's like my living room and family room. That's a tiny house. Sure the workers make a small take home salary, but not wage level. Most of it is, what we would call, taxed. The community springs up around the needs of the families working the plant. As the plant gets bigger, and more people are needed, the community naturally grows and integrates. I feel like it has its pros and cons. Like, I assume, not much ladder climbing. Gentrification, as the plant complexifies, new skilled workers must be brought in to maintain steady work flow. This would change the balance of locals and legacy staff members who have lived there longest, as managers and new teams would be from other places. I also assume that education, and what you are allowed to do, are engineered. So to speak... Like in the movie the Truman show, does not-knowing make that reality any less special? After he knows, does it do him any good to understand that he ultimately has no other options? 🧐

[@jarednovel]

ONLY IN CHINA.....Once upon a time I used to catch eel but now I catch steel

[@bigpjohnson]

These eels are very healthy, rich in iron! lol That's most industrialized countries. All were built on the backs of farmers and rural people drawn to the big cities and industry.

[@michelangelo644]

lolol why is this not the top comment

[@SupraNaturalTT]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏

[@nicholasjohnson1295]

Chinese steel sucks eels have way more iron content than chinese steel.

[@zyrtec3]

.. "it's good I don't have to steal"!

[@paulmckenzie5155]

Seems miserable, but seeing that guy's smile as he talks about the house he built shows that your experience in life is based on your attitude. Amazing to see the pride the guys they interviewed had in their work.

[@powerzx]

It's sad to watch that metal industry in Germany has collapsed. The same thing was in Poland, thousands of people lost their jobs. It could be a big problem for Europe in the future, if most of the manufacturing jobs are moved to Asia.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

The same for people all over the world, as large corporations are more important than the people in most countries. This is why many of the bad things are happening world wide.

[@terriesmith8219]

Yet Europe are importing more migrants and refugees to leech of of European tax payers. More immigrants and refugees mean less competition from employers. Employers can have their pick of workers with more immigrants. Employers don't have to pay higher wage either as workers have to compete for jobs now. Supply and demand.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

@@terriesmith8219 Yes, and we have that problem here as well. You probably see it from your home as well when you get out. I hope that you have been safe from the fires recently. Also my focus lately has been my wife, if you are the person by that name and not too far from the 78, you probably know her. She has had problems with her hands due to neuropathy and has not used pencils for sometime, then about week before thanksgiving and the snow had heart attack. If you are the same person she was with a friend of hers at your place and she used to draw dragons and other things and 3d as well. I have a link on this account if you want to contact me, as I'm not on FB very much.

[@terriesmith8219]

@@Paul-gz5dp Yup. We have a big immigration and refugees problem here, that's why our wages are stagnant. Our wages hasn't risen since the late 80s. We have so many immigrants and refugees in our country that it's ruining the middle class. The middle class has pretty much disappeared. Gone. Tax payers are paying for refugees and migrants homes, foods, medical, schools. ALL paid by tax payers, yet the real citizen end up homeless because all the housing goes to immigrants and refugees first. Real citizens are a last priority. These globalists leaders are actively trying to destroy Europe and America. They want to destroy the West so they can rule over everyone. We'll become serfs by then.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

@@terriesmith8219 That is true, and from what I know of history it is not the first time they have done this.They were behind the destruction of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Persia, and many others as well. Some of this is in Robert Greene's books. Other places as well. Even Caesar had a problem with them.

[@karlxu1548]

Thanks for the interesting documentary! Introduced the steel industry in China from a ecosystem perspective: - technology source: buy up foreign steel mill - material sources: Australian ore, scrapes fished in the Yangtze river, - transportation: small ship business - steel production process - end product

[@johnwilletts3984]

I’m British now retired after a lifetime in the Steel Industry. During my last ten years I worked for a project management company called Primetals Technologies supplying Iron and Steel making plant mostly to the Far East. At the moment China’s low wage economy justifies this type of work being done there. As stated in the film the Chinese workers are becoming better paid and this is driving up demand for cars etc. However the industry is now changing new low energy methods of production are being developed. Metal products are being produced with little or no offcuts to be remelted. Automation is reducing the number of people required to produce metals. Soon low wages will lose out to better science. A competition between universities will in future decide who makes metals. I for one expect volume steel production to start returning to Europe, Britain and North America very soon.

[@archerc3811]

Wages only make up around 7 percent of the cost of producing Chinese steel

[@TheReesew1974]

Just when I thought my job was difficult. Certaingly won't be complaining at my desk tomorrow.

[@michaelmarkmartiniii8139]

A lot of jobs in your hi tech America aren't much better than that get a grip on reality before you open your yap.

[@unemployedgringo]

Michael Mark Martin III just shut the fuck up idiot

[@callumbolitho4992]

Whats your job?

[@hawkboy000]

@@unemployedgringo 😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@boblobotomy7982]

27:24 when your water is so polluted you can use it as boat fuel.

[@nickopedia5669]

that was cooling water. The fuel tank still has the cap on.

[@boblobotomy7982]

@@nickopedia5669 i know, they are different colors. i still had to rewatch it when i saw it the first time because i'm not used to seeing that setup.

[@default2591]

bruh that's for the cooling system, ain't no combustion engine could run with the slightest moisture.

[@jerrypeevey]

@@default2591 You should search out Stanley Meyer's water car LOL

[@m2heavyindustries378]

@@jerrypeevey Fueled by snake oil and clickbait loL

[@mingmingzhao3518]

It all happened in 2002, 18 years ago. At that time i was just a little boy in kindergarten, but now i am a mother with 2 kids

[@nickgehr6916]

Hol up!! There's something wrong here

[@vicsantana7116]

@@nickgehr6916 sex change? 🤣😂

[@iconsumedmt1350]

@@vicsantana7116 no it's a Chinese meme about how time flies

[@ongkyferdynan7178]

What?

[@gladdylowe]

@@vicsantana7116 hy

[@simeon2851]

*"I-Ron."*

[@frankcastle4715]

Hi I-ron . I'm I-ran 😂😂 and you are a friend, yes?

[@dlock2k]

Lad-dles, full of pick i-ron.

[@JUSJAK]

Most annoying narrator ive ever heard

[@yelnaw]

@@JUSJAK I thought it was Christophe Waltz...

[@ge200099]

@@JUSJAK I'd like to hear you speak german

[@cindytepper8878]

BTW, that electric arc furnace uses massive amounts of anthracite coal for slag formation. North Korea has huge reserves of anthracite coal. So does The Ukraine in the Donots Basin. Right now Pennsylvania is the most politically stable area supplying anthracite

[@linmal2242]

You forgot about us in Aust Cindy; but then we SouthernHemispherans don't really count, do we?

[@berryreading4809]

Upside down lives matter! 😄👍

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

19:43 - no hearing protection , safety shields , safety glasses , dust masks ? Should interview former workers , if any are alive

[@orlandofross4817]

Who else can do this wearing flip flops and short shorts?

[@nicholass5405]

That is why they are hiring so many people.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Accursed Nature - most people who learn the truth are not able to communicate . Really helpless minority , alone , divided .

[@MichaelWilson-dm4gz]

That's why they are kicking our asses. They don't the restrictions the west does.

[@Will-tm5bj]

@@MichaelWilson-dm4gz by restrictions you mean labor laws and workers rights?

[@kingmilli22]

Only in China would people be upset that there isn't trash in the water.

[@lancelotkillz]

😂

[@lancelotkillz]

I'm eating a hot pocket in the kitchen. It's 1.04am and your comment made me chuckle

[@ismaylovpetrovich6876]

Well this was filmed in 2002-2004 so get on with the times little boy.

[@Hogscraper]

And apparently it's entirely illegal to clean up the river...

[@AB-wf8ek]

Other way around, only in China do they find a way to make money from cleaning up their rivers.

[@dev89368]

Curious how old this documentary is, looks over 10 years old.

[@iannens3316]

It's from 2004.

[@taoma9541]

@@iannens3316 that is old

[@fortred735]

It's a good informative thing to see now though. Cuz enough time has passed that when there's even a moderate earthquake, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapses because of the Chinese steel they used on it, we'll all at least think hey we knew about this

[@zhouzhang9102]

I'd agree with that. I've lived in China for many years now and originally did some work with the foundries over here. I gave it up for reasons of personal ethical considerations. However, people are wearing personal protection equipment in the video which they sure didn't ten years ago, but that could be for the cameras. The rest definitely is consistent with your view in my opinion. I mean, look at the state of the place generally, it isn't a modern foundry by any means.

[@nelsondisalvatore9812]

2004 was a looong time along

[@philliplopez8745]

Economies fall as fast as they rise . Nothing is forever , empire falls .

[@nojhampton]

When you're green you grow, when you're ripe you rot.

[@ES-pr8bt]

Phillip Lopez every empire falls eventually, even America will fall someday.

[@antoniorsoftware]

Well, China has been around continuously for over 4000 years, maybe they are an exception.

[@ES-pr8bt]

AntonioR Software China has hardly been an empire the entire time. That’s like saying Rome has been an empire for thousands of years lol.

[@PresidentCamacho2024]

economies will fall yes,... but only when people stop working,. and place tariffs on those that do,...

[@GoofieNewfie69]

The great thing about Chinese steel (Chinesium) is that it is highly biodegradable, in that it rusts away to nothing very quickly.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

I don't know about that, but low alloy steel no matter where made rusts away. The equipment left here to go to China and along with it the ability to make it here. Used to have one in Fontana and it is now a distribution center. It would have been much smarter to have made the plant operate cleaner, and the same for the one at Jorgensen in Lynwood. They would need all new equipment along with buildings to start production again. Investment should be here at home, as it is very stupid for any country to rely on other countries for its materials. If they cut you off you are at their mercy, and a great way to win a war without even fighting. If the equipment is broken down and can't get or make parts it is rather stupid on our part.

[@coleomo]

I mean you are correct about chinesium, but don't forget it's the business owners that push for more low quality chinesium to put in everything. its *not* like its the actual foundry workers who purposely make the steel shitty for their own gain.

[@Vert-k3j]

And that is how we go from Pig Iron to Chineseium

[@IronWarrior4Ever]

Based on 24:00 This bridge is in the early stages and was started in late 1997 and finished in early 2001, So this setting of this documentary is some time in '98 or '99.

[@JustinTopp]

It came out in 2004

[@LostAnFound]

Nicely done. I was there in ‘01 and remember this old Shanghai, right on the cusp of explosive growth.

[@trafalgar22a8]

Impressive. What I don't see is the huge behind-the-scenes infrastructure. All this required immense foresight and planning... Bravo!!

[@Michael-lg4wz]

New Zealand has an issue where imported steel from china met the tests at first, but later failed after many bridges and buildings were constructed with it. Very fustrating.

[@japesfornyay6350]

Trust but verify... especially when lives depend on it eh

[@thomaswilliam630]

I like how everyone is happy and appreciative

[@linmal2242]

I love how the workers in the pig iron plant have no 'silver suits' for protection like in Western plants! Human capital is cheap in China; people are disposable !

[@kezzler9556]

@pegan farm They are so used to be stepped on they believe 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week with no safety equipment is a damn good life.

[@hdj81Vlimited]

@pegan farm yes, the shoes melting....

[@rabidfarmer9765]

They got 3 billion people - you cannot kill enough of them at any speed.

[@drdefecation]

@@rabidfarmer9765 what??

[@dr.feelgood2358]

14:50 that's some good PPE right there! safety first. he's ready for anything.

[@bigjd2k]

Thing is, the Chinese steelworks are state subsidised, but in the West no government wants to help domestic manufacturing. They’d rather play at the money markets than have proper industry and a skilled, motivated population.

[@slothsloth4651]

this was a beautiful doco. the multimedia here is breathtaking

[@looper9264]

History has shown us this before. I'd worry about a group that's innovative enough, smart enough, resourceful enough, and determined enough to pull off a project like this. A great way to build an empire and conquer your surrounding enemies is to remove/reuse their idle refuse and repurpose it for yourself, right under their noses.

[@zhouzhang9102]

Nice documentary, but really a 40 tonne arc furnace is only a toy. I've seen the British Steel 240 tonne monsters in action in the 1980s, now that's real noise! Like being in the middle of a thunderstorm; ear protection is mandatory and only just works. Also the commentator describes it as 'smelting,' which it isn't: it's melting, which is a different thing.

[@ajpool9990]

How is it not smelting by definition ? Melting and smelting are two different chemical terms that describe two different processes. The maindifference between meltingand smelting is that melting converts a solid substance into a liquid whereas smeltingconverts an ore to its purest form.and they do both ...

[@cheng8881]

I'm sure they will be hearing that noise soon. Haven't you heard, the sweet n sours are buying up Scunthorpe :)

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Aj Pool 🏊 you kinda answered your question . But taking iron ore / dirt and turning it into iron pellets is called - smelting . Taking good steel and melting it back into liquid steel is Not called smelting

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

cheng8881 - looked up the story . China 🇨🇳 is going to try to keep British steel running ? Japan 🇯🇵 tried the same thing in the USA in the 1980s . 🇯🇵 were way to polite . They got totally forked . will be interesting to see how Chinese do in Britain 🇬🇧

[@cheng8881]

@@psychiatry-is-eugenics No one negotiates better than the Chinese. Indeed it will be fascinating to watch it all unfold.

[@Souchirouu]

It is really amazing how quality of life differs around the world and it hurts my soul to see people struggle to this extent for little more than scraps. I was lucky to be born in the Netherlands but unlucky to born with many medical complications and it's just insane to me that my life is not just a bit better than any of the people in this video but significantly better and I don't even have to work for it. I am hugely grateful for my luck of being born here, if I was born in China or any less wealthy country I would either be working the worst of the worst jobs, be living as a beggar or be dead. Regardless of what you believe in or what politicians you vote for all I can ask for is for you to consider all the people in the world when you do. In the end, regardless where you're from or what you believe in we are all human beings we all have sons and daughters, mothers and fathers etc.. Raising the quality of life for as many people as possible around the world helps *everyone* in the long term. And lets be honest, even the poorest in the western world have more to give than the average person in the poorest countries in the world. We have to work together and raise humanity to a better place, not for me, not for you but for our sons and daughters and their children.. for our future as a species.

[@ColonelClusterFunk]

33:29 I was expecting to hear combine voices coming through the radio

[@CuriousScientist]

Nice documentary, it was interesting to watch it! Actually, it is a pretty big problem to compete with Chinese and Asian steel prices for for example European steelmakers which makes their situation very difficult. Unfortunately, most of the buyers care about the price and not the quality. Just as a side note, there is small inaccuracy in the used terms. The process used to melt scrap steel is called melting. Smelting is when you produce the pig iron from the iron ore in the blast furnace.

[@japesfornyay6350]

Thanks!

[@mikestirewalt5193]

What an informative and well-done documentary of the steel industry in China. Great camera and editing work!

[@rosewhite---]

30 years ago I saw mountains of scrap being exported from UK and on other side of country mountains of iron ore and limestone were being imported to make iron. crazy situation as melting scrap is cheaper and cleaner than making basic iron then melting it to make steel.

[@galihad1980]

Back then it actually would cost more to ship the scrap across the country then ship it to China. Until fairly recently that was also part of the reason e-waste and recyclables mostly went to China. Crazy but true do to the shipping arrangements most countries have with China and the huge amount of export China ships.

[@thomaslewis7855]

China doesn’t have much concern for the environment.

[@galihad1980]

@@thomaslewis7855 that honestly was only part of the equation. The shipping aspect was massive. China has been cutting back on waste shipments more recently. As a result much of our recyclables are not being recycled at all. E- waste is headed to West Africa, India and Bangladesh these days.

[@yeshiyangzom8532]

Thomas Lewis China would to like to concern but white countries give it too much pressure. China is too weak to resist.

[@frankmill5172]

the most Epic intro of a Steel Mill in KZbin History

[@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101]

Frank Mill 👌

[@Bob-jn8gt]

Imagine the pride that crane operator feels. Good for him!

[@oneshotme]

So this is really over ten years old now

[@ionesand3393]

You will see it again every 10 years !!

[@vinnievalentine421]

Looks nothing like America

[@YZFMANIAC08]

16 years

[@KidKat__]

The documentary is from 2004. It's turning 17 here in 2021

[@josephlee4337]

Excellently produced documentary and equally informative. Thank you.

[@32353235e]

Judging by image quality, and fliphones it is early 200x? Those were great years

[@vincentconti3633]

So are these.

[@jakeshaw6827]

The early 2000s were good times indeed my friend.

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

any Era is much much better than now... except maybe for 1900something when the great plague, or the last ice age...

[@djscottdog1]

Dat intro is fire

[@soundknight]

I'm pretty certain they have been watering down the quality of steel for a long time.

[@lml6.653]

They have their own sh*tty formula.. its called chineseium....

[@slickstrings]

I work for an engineering company and we pretty much have a constant presence in chinese steel factories supervising and testing their steel to ensure its to standard. They try to divert attention away and hide their corner cutting. As soon as you turn your back, they will attempt to rip you off and give you sub standard steel. We have sent entire shiploads of steel back to china for failing standards. I wish the world would wake up, the chinese culture is 'fuck everyone else, beg, lie, steal' anything to take over and when they do, they opress. The world will not benefit from a powerful china.

[@rickyr4051]

slickstrings I wish more people understood this. We also need our governments to incentivize local manufacturing . This would create higher quality products

[@OttoDeCalumnias]

@@slickstrings I think the world has not benefit from anything "too powerful" never ever. Not a Germany, not a France Not a USA. The problem is that the so-called "developed world" is getting lazy and complacent. They forget that most of the processes that have made this "modern" life possible rely on many hands on the floor and cheap labor. Once these processes become too polluting to be feasible in the US, they are outsourced to some poor buggers in China. Let them breathe the bad air instead of us, now its their problem. All that will fall back on US when China is becoming so powerful that they outsource THEIR polluting production to... {your guess}

[@AuntAlnico4]

@@OttoDeCalumnias China already exports their fluoride from aluminum plants in China to be added to our water supply here in the USA.

[@jackyma1024]

2004 China GDP is 1.95T, 2018 is 13.61T. Not only double after 20 years, but it will be 10 times

[@edisinmedicine5512]

I like how the narrator alters the ambience of his tone to make it sound like he’s talking over the loud noise while translating 😂

[@timmyjones1921]

My father was a foreman for Granite City Steel in Illinois , The Industry is Up & Down In Constant Turmoil .

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Timmy Jones - us steel cutting back it’s Detroit works to . Doesn’t look good ; can’t compete with China 🇨🇳

[@granskare]

on the Great Lakes of Canada/USA we have 1000 foot/1,6093 km for iron ore. There is much iron ore in Australia, Port Hedland I believe. In Canada/USA we have good safety for workers now.

[@Alanoffer]

What an irony , a fisherman came to shanghai to catch eels .. the eels have gone and now they fish for scrap metal

[@linmal2242]

@陈天龙 It is all about control. That is communism for you, total control over the individual, with no deviation from the party line( except for the leadership of course)

[@totenkopf999]

They bought an oil refinery in Winnipeg and dismantled it and shipped it to china in the 80's.

[@pascobori9099]

I see osha regulation are no where to be found in China they let those workers stand next to that furnace with no fire protection or face shield of any kind

[@casadelshed9128]

This is an old documentary, judging from the cars seen maybe the mid 2000’s the steel mill from Dortmund has probably been cut for scrap by now, the world an China has moved a long way. This is an interesting historical document.

[@sprd2thin]

Nice to watch the country where our (USA) economy was given.

[@juliusraben3526]

You have given your economy to the chinese by chinese guys who bought a favtory in Dortmund ?

[@Girtharmstrong69]

@@juliusraben3526 you’re an idiot if that’s how deeply you think on the subject

[@juliusraben3526]

@@Girtharmstrong69 ........... maybe watch the clip again

[@Girtharmstrong69]

@@juliusraben3526 his comment isn’t exclusively about the purchase of a Dortmund refinery dumbass

[@thomaslewis7855]

Our economy is still larger, our leaders have decided to let China endure the environmental degradation. The West can still do it cheaper and more efficiently, but not with pollution control. China is like the West in the 20th century, no concern for the environment.

[@trainman071]

these people work so hard for so little not fair

[@ruoyaowang2198]

This documentry was probably filmed around 2002~2004. Many things has changed so far.

[@marke9036]

*They can't film bad stuff today, so they use old stuff*

[@ignacioaguirrenoguez6218]

Dont think it has got any better

[@chris-hayes]

Spark creates documentaries for television and has been releasing all of it's old docs to KZbin. So, of course you won't find a new doc here.

[@nos9341]

I was there when a Canadian foundry, the most advanced in North America was bought by an American company. They ran it until the contract were ready to be renewed and they moved the work to other plants they owned. Then came the Chinese, they bought our machinery. Now they make the best parts.. It was never about making the best parts in Canada or the USA it was all about getting rid of competition. I hope the Chinese put those Americans out on their arses like us.

[@aneimn]

Tapping a furnace is hugely dangerous, few minor accidents, lots of major ones

[@shxtbox]

“Even the cranes have air conditioning” -Has a cigarette in there anyway

[@SoulsaverNlife]

WE ALL NEED TO PRAY NOW FOR OUR SELVES, OUR PRESIDENT, OUR PATRIOTS THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GODS PLAN LETS ALL PRAY TOGETHER FOR PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TO ALL NATIONS UNDER GOD WHO WILL JOIN ME NOW, LETS PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY, POTUS FLOTUS AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES AND PRAY THAT GOD SURROUNDS THEM ALL WITH THE ARMOR OF GODS ARMY LETS BREAK A RECORD ALL IN SAY aMEN AND LETS BEGIN THE LONGEST PRAYER GROUP IN HISTORY ONE FOR THE BOOK OF HEAVEN AMEN AND GENIUS WORLD RECORD OF A WORLD AND ALL NATIONS PRAYING AT ONCE, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL NATIONS, AND PASS IT ON SEE HOW MANY WE CAN GET TO LIKE AND PRAY

[@XOPOIIIO]

Thank you for proper translation, I hate these channels that doing subtitles bullshit.

[@fender10g]

nice to see someone really taking pride in their work.

[@harryhill3078]

lol

[@richh9904]

And even the business owners in China are already looking for the next land of cheap labor. Hint; N. K.

[@JohnDoeRando]

Africa also.

[@reidl587]

Great work on those who created this documentary! Looks like it was a lot of work!

[@taffythegreat1986]

It’s a really good video. Enjoyed watching it. Gives you a little insight into the Chinese industrial way of life 👍👍👍👍

[@taffythegreat1986]

Arch Stanton that’s old

[@tomkelly8827]

I think that the scrap fishermen should be hired to take the copper out of the motors and that low grade steel scrap. Copper is worth a lot but not in steel it isn't! Their pay could go up a lot if they would just be hired to separate the metals. It would improve the quality of the steel too

[@jonusjonus9271]

Very creative solution! I thought it was funny when he was complaining about copper..scrap steel = $0.06 per lb, scrap copper = $2+ per lb

[@stevescherer6602]

It takes capitalism to figure that out. There's no incentive in a communist economy to do anything better.

[@NB97234]

everybody busy condamning Chinese quality without realizing this video was from 2004. 15 years changed a lot. back then they don't have a single inch of high-speed rail. look what they have achieved in 10 years. damn people are blind

[@jackheffle8477]

Chinese steel is made fast but quality isn't as good as you think it's still mediocre just in high quantity

[@karozans]

@@jackheffle8477 You're right. I used to work for a machine shop in the US. I would buy several tons of aluminum and steel every week or so. Aluminum and steel from China sure was cheap, but it was bad quality and didn't have any certification documents with it. We would only buy China steel and aluminum if we needed to make parts for fences or garden tools or stuff like that. If we were making automotive parts or other things that were high quality, we had to use US made steel and aluminum.

[@nobody6803]

Voice = Normal Level ...... Music ++++5000db ...... Nice job ;)

[@kingcuan5261]

Their p.p.e is terrifyingly inadequate

[@trevorwilson5461]

The sucker with the Lance and a cloth over his face and they say that it's very hot almost 100degrees.more like 1000.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

I found this highly enjoyable. Very well done. Wish the steel workers had better PPE but they’re making due with what they have.

[@curbstomp3126]

31:00 putting their hands between the cracks lololol

[@ramz1455]

ah yes! I was tucking my hands when I saw this.

[@jonusjonus9271]

right?! i was like jesus people, one strong gust of wind...get you freakin hands outta there!!

[@default2591]

For those 1st world citizens who are flaming China for producing steel in such horrendous conditions, remember that your country done this before.

[@heartminer5487]

realize that this is more of a documentary of a pig iron factory

[@thomaslewis7855]

This was a documentary about economic change and how manufacturing is moving from the west to China. And pig iron was merely a semi finished product for them. That is a steel plant.

[@Sophocles13]

Not only did they take his *job,* they took his entire freaking _Foundry_

[@apexheavy]

this ENTIRE music score is from "The Last Samurai" 😶

[@BearMeOut]

Boss, does this music sounds like a Chinese music? Ehh, who cares! Just put it in

[@chris77777777ify]

The problem with say the UK is, it was geared up for mass production rather than production. It’s better to have a small functioning company that a big company that isn’t profitable

[@blueapple9077]

When you wear a suit jacket to collect scrap metal. 28:00

[@Riley_183]

Haha, right!

[@magicalempire]

I lived in Pudong Shanghai just behind the TV tower many years, Shanghai is remarkable how fast it develops

[@daultimate100]

The way he pronounces Iron though. EyeRon

[@ProfessorIgor]

if we don't smarten up here in the USA, many of us have seen our new way of "life".. a carbon based robot for the giant corporations.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

The same happened here in many cities here in the USA, as we do not have enough steel plants to maintain our industry any longer, as most of the plants have been moved to China. Iron ore and Coal makes steel. The tariffs that were put on iron will not bring back the steel plants back to the USA.

[@sc1338]

Not exactly true

[@arenl.s.6119]

9:43 best part, that is a really long wire

[@nunyabidness117]

I'm sure the Chinese will be gentle and caring overlords.

[@nunyabidness117]

@Yee Vang Yes, that will be the excuse they give.

[@shifty7082]

That last samurai music is killing me xd

[@djscottdog1]

Me 2 is fucking class

[@JO-bw5wx]

Amazing a factory worker can afford a 250m square brand new banglow, no factory workers in New Zealand can afford that in New Zealand.

[@jakeshaw6827]

No factory workers In the United States can afford that either.🇺🇸

[@artyzinn7725]

This is a good overview of what steel making tech was like in 2003.

[@excitedbox5705]

The magnet fisher needs multiple magnets in a net configuration to catch more scrap quicker.

[@gregparrott]

Interesting documentary. At 42:55, the copyright is 2004, but the video itself may have been created later than that. What's said at 41:05 reveals that this video was created sometime before 2010, When 'Spark' posts a documentary, it should include in the publisher's notes WHEN it was created.

[@DES1GN3R007]

I agree though, canceling lunch is unforgivable

[@davidshaw7105]

Hi great 👍 to see steel workers who love the hard working steel mills keep up the good work.

[@hulado]

steel workers are a breed of their own. worldwide.

[@beoknez6145]

i like how they use gipsy music when they talk about scrap metals

[@maximvsdread1610]

Lolz....

[@Quantum3691]

Super industrious and powerful.

[@manakara9821]

We have Chinese nails here and I can bend a 6 inch one with my bare hands.

[@Adamz678]

@Meyaka Brown Just like how they couldn't look you straight in the eye, everything there is crooked as fuck. Fucking trash, their government, their people, the country, trash.

[@cum_soup6356]

@@Adamz678 seeing that the processor you are using is most likely from china, I wouldn't say everything from there is trash. All I see is racism.

[@donnk]

>buys $0.02 cent nails >be surprised they bend easily maybe pay more you cheap ass

[@bh8671]

Meyaka Brown buys a $10 socket set, uses a bar on the ratchet like it was never designed to do, breaks or bends said cheap tools, surprised pikachu face. 🤔 wow people like you and Adam are morons. Buy cheap shit and get cheap shit quality. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work that out and thanks to morons like you lot that refuse to pay good money for good gear that’s the exact reason why there is hardly any good quality stuff anymore. Just all cheap shit for weekend warriors like yourself.

[@Adamz678]

@@cum_soup6356 How is it being racist if I just dislike that country? btw not all intel processors are made in china dipshit.

[@deusexaethera]

It's good that scrap iron is recycled so effectively, but it's a shame that no other metal is recycled as much, because aluminum takes a LOT more power to refine. You'd think that the cost of refining new aluminum would make aluminum recycling just as economical as iron recycling is.

[@secretsanta9293]

There went all the steel machinery I helped redesign & build. They shipped it all in containers to China. They told us they would use all that steel machinery in China along with all that scrap steel shipped in the early 2000's. Not! That was after we spent about 15 years rebuilding the industry as mini-mills that could compete with anyone in the world. That we could provided that the importer didn't subsidize its steel industry & then dump their product in our country, the USA.

[@morrisl7]

tell us more claus!