Which should I choose, nonferrous metallurgy or steel?

To talk about these two majors, we must first talk about the industry.

Nonferrous metals and steel belong to metallurgical industry. In terms of scale, the non-ferrous industry is small, with an annual output of only 30 million tons, while steel has reached more than 500 million tons. From the equipment point of view, non-ferrous metals belong to "small fights" with little equipment, but the equipment level of non-ferrous metals in China is not bad, belonging to the upper-middle level; Steel is big equipment, but most of the big enterprises in China, except Baosteel, belong to the advanced level in the world. Judging from the number of employees, steel is obviously far greater than nonferrous metals. From the bottleneck of resources and energy, steel is facing the bottleneck of higher and higher prices of iron ore and scrap steel, and the supply of resources is getting worse and worse, while the non-ferrous resources are relatively abundant and the energy supply is ok. From the perspective of technology maturity, most of the applications of steel are mature and reliable advanced technologies, while non-ferrous metals are progressing and developing at the same time, and there is still a lot of room for technological upgrading.

However, in the tradition of China, steel is generally the first, and non-ferrous metals can only rank second. From the perspective of employment, the employment of steel is wider, and the employment of non-ferrous metals is narrower. However, people of color have less talents and less competitive pressure.

Most cities where steel is located are economically developed cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, while most non-ferrous metals are developed in some remote cities.

Professionally, there is not much difference. Professional basic courses are basically the same. It's just that there are many kinds of non-ferrous metals, many specialized courses and complicated smelting process, which leads to complicated professional setting. And steel is basically uniform: only blast furnace smelting and electric furnace smelting.

When making a specific choice, please make a choice according to your own interests and situation.