The air tastes like pennies at this gritty port at the southern tip of Texas, where ships' final voyages end and steel is reborn.

Recycling here is big business, on a scale that counts in thousands of tons, not pounds. It's where torch-wielding workers strip ships' decks and cut their hulls for the metal to form new steel that could end up in washing machines or even new ships.

Source: AP

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