US exporting steel to Mexico, South America and India

It is reported that with US domestic market still struggling to recover from the recession, Alabama's steel producers are looking abroad.

All along the banks of the Mobile River, warehouses are stuffed full of steel waiting to be loaded onto ships to be carried to Mexico, South America, even Egypt and India.The surge in export business is driven by several factors. First, ThyssenKrupp AG is sending quantities of steel overseas as it gears up production. Second, the weak dollar and greater economic strength abroad make American steel more attractive, although on balance the US still imports more of the industrial building block than it sends out.