U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Read full article: Man talks intense moments after his work car was stolen during police chase in St. Johns CountyRain Chances Increase Across Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida This WeekendFILE - A giant ladle glows red after pouring molten iron in to a vessel inside the basic oxygen furnace as part of the processes of making steel at the U.
S. Steel Granite City Works facility Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Granite City, Ill. FILE - In this June 28, 2018 photo, senior melt operator Randy Feltmeyer watches a giant ladle as it backs away after pouring its contents of red-hot iron into a vessel in the basic oxygen furnace as part of the process of producing steel at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility in Granite City, Ill. FILE - Molten iron is poured into a vessel as part of the process of producing steel at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility, Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Granite City, Ill. FILE - A giant ladle glows red after pouring molten iron in to a vessel inside the basic oxygen furnace as part of the processes of making steel at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Granite City, Ill. – U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds.U.S. Steel on Thursday cited “customer demand” in beginning the process of restarting a blast furnace at the plant in Southern Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. “After several months of carefully analyzing customer demand, we made the decision to restart a blast furnace,” CEO David Burritt said a statement. “Steel remains a highly competitive and highly cyclical industry, but we are confident in our ability to safely and profitably operate the mill to meet 2026 demand." The Pittsburgh company expects to resume steel production in the first half of next year after it hires and trains workers and gets equipment in safe working order. It will need to hire 400 of the 500 workers necessary to operate the plant, the company said. Currently, there are 12 operating blast furnaces in the U.S., the American Iron and Steel Institute said, down from about 140 in the 1970s before foreign competition devastated the American steel industry. Nobody in the U.S. has opened a new blast furnace in decades.Analysts say a robust U.S. steel market has been strengthened by tariffs under President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden.The institute reported that domestic steel mills in October shipped 7.7 million net tons, a 9% percent increase over the same month a year ago. Year-to-date shipments through October were up 5% over the same period in 2024, it said.To resolve national security objections to the acquisition, Nippon Steel agreed to give the federal government a say in certain company decisions involving domestic steel production, including over closing or idling U.S. Steel’s plants. It also pledged to invest some $14 billion in steel production in the U.S., including building a new electric furnace. Under the national security agreement, protections expire in 2027 for Granite City Works, but last until 2035 for U.S. Steel’s other facilities.This story has been corrected to show that the last blast furnace at Granite City closed two years ago, not three.Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Jacksonville mother, 2 young children homeless after apartment fireNews4JAX wraps up its 2025 Toy DriveNew fire station coming to Clay County for the first time in over 25 yearsLocal man shares warning after catching rare bacteria while fishing in St. Johns CountyVoices of the 904 Ep. 7 - The one-man army cooking with a passion to feed the city that raised himVoices of the 904 Ep. 7 - The one-man army cooking with a passion to feed the city that raised himSt. Johns County sheriff explains what led to deadly deputy-involved shootingFinal full moon of 2025 expected to be supermoon3 bills propose rules to prevent child drownings in Florida. There have already been 112 this yearSt. Johns County commissioners push for developers to pay for land conservationTracking rain, storms across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia
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