http://dailysignal.com/2017/05/08/how-trumps-buy-america-push-could-harm-this-us-steel-mill/

"Through a recent executive order, President Donald Trump has offered strong support for the Buy America policy, signaling his intent to strictly enforce the already-existing rules and apply it to his proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

In anticipation of that executive order, signed April 18, steel mills such as NLMK that depend on imported steel — known in industry terms as “re-rollers” — increased their government lobbying efforts, worried that Trump could impose a more restrictive “Buy America” standard to other categories of government spending.

If this were to happen, to compete for lucrative government work NLMK would have to buy more expensive steel slabs domestically, and the supply isn’t readily available, company executives say."

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So, how to fix this re-roller problem...

 Outokumpu in Alabama, USA at the Calvert plant is also highlighting  this problem.

http://www.amm.com/events/download.ashx/document/speaker/7231/a0ID000000X0k0JMAR/Presentation

on page 7

Low Flexibility due to long supply chain (e.g. extended lead times)  Capacity and Cost Constraints at TK Mexinox (Re-roller disadvantage)

When you look at the data sheet for TK Merxinox ..re-roller...you'll see the high level of chromium and nickel.

http://www.mexinox.com/documents/304_304L_Data_Sheet.pdf

So how do you solve long lead times and the problem of more expensive domestic re-rollers including a shortage of inventory....

Supply from the ROF of combined nickel and chromium would  fix BOTH problems.