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Earliest known steel artifacts are from 1800 BCE, earliest discoverings of reliable steel production are from XIII century BCE Anatolia, X century BCE Egyptians discovered tempering which allowed for high-carbon steel, and V-III century BCE south India produced high quality wootz steel.
So steel was actually produced as early as iron, but iron remained easier to produce for most of that time.