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Because you buy your steel in the wrong places.
Look for steel and aluminum recyclers within a range of miles you are willing to drive. Steel at my local recycling yard is 45 cents/lb and across the street aluminum is $1.25/lb. Many of the local machine shops sell their drops to the recyclers who in turn mark it up for sale to everyone else. The steel yard also stocks and sells new steel in sheets, angle iron, and strips at full market rate. Either way, shipping metals is expensive and somebody is going to pay for it.
Look for steel and aluminum recyclers within a range of miles you are willing to drive. Steel at my local recycling yard is 45 cents/lb and across the street aluminum is $1.25/lb. Many of the local machine shops sell their drops to the recyclers who in turn mark it up for sale to everyone else. The steel yard also stocks and sells new steel in sheets, angle iron, and strips at full market rate. Either way, shipping metals is expensive and somebody is going to pay for it.