Ka bokgoni ba selemo le selemo ba ditone tse kgutshwane tse dimilione tse 1.5, ho kwalwa ho emetseng ho tla fokotsa bokgoni ba Amerika ka kakaretso. Seo se boletse, mmaraka wa lehae o ntse o tswela pele ho tobana le ho eketseha ha phepelo. Bothata bona bo lebisitse ho theoheng ha ditheko tsa HRC, CRC le HDG ho tloha mafelong a Mmesa. Ho feta moo, bokgoni bo botjha bo ntse bo tswela pele ho hlaha inthaneteng. BlueScope, Nucor le Steel Dynamics (SDI) di ntse di tswela pele ho eketsa tlhahiso hodima difeme tse atolositsweng/tse qadileng botjha. Dikhakanyo di bontsha hore difeme tseo di ka eketsa ditone tse kgutshwane tse ka bang 15,000 ka letsatsi tsa bokgoni ba tshepe e bataletseng le e tala.

Ha e se e le matla ka botlalo, SDI Sinton e tla hlahisa lithane tse 3 tse khutšoane ka selemo, 'me thepa e lebelletsoe ho fihla ho lithane tse 1.5 tse khutšoane qetellong ea 2022. Katoloso ea Nucor Gallatin, e ekelitseng lithane tse 1.4 tse khutšoane ka selemo tsa bokhoni, ho lebelletsoe hore e tla fihla sekgahla sa eona se felletseng sa lithane tse 3 tse khutšoane ka selemo ho kotara ea bone ea 2022. Ho sa le joalo, North Star BlueScope e ekelitse katoloso ea lithane tse 937,000 tse khutšoane ka selemo eo ho lebelletsoeng hore e tla sebetsa ka botlalo nakong ea likhoeli tse 18 tse tlang. Litlatsetso tseo tse kopaneng 'marakeng li tla lefella ho feta se lahlehileng ha UPI e koaloa.