<p>1) You’re looking to fix the most obvious error in the sentence, not debate whether some part could sound nicer.</p>
<p>2) “than that of steel”</p>
<p>3) To check a Turkish villager’s reporting would be like saying you need to go check up on his “reporting skills” as if he were a news reporter. But this is not the case, and nor is it implied. They’re going to check on his “report” not his “reporting”.</p>