Shutting down a car factory is one thing. Shutting down a blast furnace is an entirely different matter, a complex and largely undesirable process which can take weeks and prove extremely costly. Getting a furnace back online can similarly take weeks, and those producers who go ahead with a shutdown risk missing an upturn in the economy. In short, it is something that nobody wants to do.
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