On a different tack, it’s also worth noting how steel mills can have so much of an impact on the environment (if regular prevention/remediation measures aren’t done) such that it would be too expensive to ever restore the land back. Thus instead commercial / industrial operations take over. A good example story is this on Bethlehem steel mill in the northeast US: https://blog.esghound.com/p/the-death-of-the-bethlehem-mill
On a different tack, it’s also worth noting how steel mills can have so much of an impact on the environment (if regular prevention/remediation measures aren’t done) such that it would be too expensive to ever restore the land back. Thus instead commercial / industrial operations take over. A good example story is this on Bethlehem steel mill in the northeast US: https://blog.esghound.com/p/the-death-of-the-bethlehem-mill
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