Articles tagged as: steel
August 22, 2023
Northern steel plant delays new project following activists’ calls
A Northwestern steel plant announced plans to delay relining a blast furnace in Burns Harbor, Indiana. This comes after calls from advocates to abandon its plan to lock in “dirty” steel techniques.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2023
Proposed steel pollution rule too strict for industry, not strict enough for residents, activists
The rule would tighten some emissions limits and regulate five new pollutants at sinter plants which use iron ore dust and other materials to make a product for use in steel blast furnaces.
Read MoreMay 25, 2022
Slag pit blast at East Chicago steel mill being probed
The explosion Sunday in a raw materials section of the sprawling Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor West mill on the Lake Michigan shoreline “was caused by rainwater meeting the hot slag.”
Read MoreMarch 14, 2022
Most of Indiana's greenhouse gas emissions are from coal and steel
The Environmental Protection Agency hopes states like Indiana will use new greenhouse gas inventory tools to reduce their emissions.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2021
Indiana Steel Companies Will Have To Get Greener But It Won't Be Easy
Indiana releases the most toxic pollution per square mile and the state's top three emitters are steel companies.
Read MoreDecember 5, 2018
Illinois Steel Company Plans To Move Operations To Indiana
The state of Indiana announced Wednesday that Alliance Steel plans to invest $19.7 million in Gary, about 25 miles from its plant in Bedford Park, Illinois.
Read MoreOctober 16, 2018
US Steel, Union Announce 4-Year Pact Covering Thousands
Details weren't announced pending ratification meetings, which are expected take place in coming weeks. But the union says the deal includes only some of the company's Indiana workers.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2018
Steel Industry Standoff Could Lead To One Of The Largest Strikes In Years
Steelworkers say they're not benefiting from the industry's rising prices and profits, brought on partly by the Trump administration's tariffs on steel imports.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2018
US Steel To Invest $750M In Gary Works Plant In Indiana
Company and government officials say the project will help preserve Gary Works' nearly 3,900 steelworker jobs and could help ensure the 112-year-old mill lasts another century.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2018
Newspaper: Regulators Unsure Where Burns Harbor Mill's Pollution Goes
A state analysis of local wind patterns suggest that the lead released by the mill complex could be blowing north and west toward Chicago or south toward the Indiana community of Chesterton.
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