Lindsay W via luv-talk wrote:
My main reason for mentioning the steel train and what it carries that inspite of what some of the politicians are telling us there is still plenty of manufacturing in Melbourne turning raw steel into finished products and this does include both steel forgings and steel castings.
Maybe, but it's not a major part of Australia's economy. The light blue bit here is the entire "making things" sector: http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/aus/ http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/rus/ http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/ukr/ Compare with China, where the light blue bit is the biggest bit: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/chn/ https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/gbr/ PS: those pages are very slow (for me); this narrower view is faster (click on "HS2" at centre-bottom for a simpler summary): https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/aus/all/show/2... https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/stacked/hs92/export/aus/all/show/19...