text: can cast iron be reprocessed into wrought iron, if so would it be economical?   of course! in fact, in the steel industry, cast iron is made into wrought iron. several processes r useful; i personally know of the puddling process. there cast iron is melted when impurities escape in the form of their oxides, & then it solidifies as wrought iron . this is then employed to prepare steel by the bessemer process.