Articles tagged as: steel
May 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.
Read MoreJune 7, 2017
Indiana's Nation-Leading Steel Production Up 5 Percent
Raw steel production in Indiana rose by 1.2 million tons last year to 24.4 million tons.
Read MoreJune 6, 2017
DOE Funds Purdue Research On Making Energy-Efficient Sheet Metals
The three-year project will focus on how to add larger amounts of silicon, which helps conserve energy, to the small steel components of electric motors.
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