Steel Mills
April 3, 2014
US Steel has Curtailed Steelmaking Operations at Gary Works
Written by John Packard
In a letter to their customers, US Steel advised that their Gary Works blast furnaces and steelmaking operations will be down temporarily due to “unforeseen and unprecedented ice conditions on the Great Lakes that is delaying the transportation of critical raw materials.” The mill went on to say that these conditions have not occurred on the Great Lakes for more than thirty years.
This comes just a few days after US Steel Great Lakes steelmaking operations were taken offline due to a large pipe used to collect dust and fumes from the BOF’s fell and collapsed a portion of the roof protecting the BOF’s from the elements.
