USS Gary Works Receives Shipment of Iron Ore - More Planned for this Week

Steel Market Update requested information from US Steel regarding the status of USS Gary Works, which has been running steelmaking at reduced capacity due to a lack of raw materials and, USS Great Lakes which has steelmaking operations temporarily down due to damages suffered when a main collector pipe fell collapsing part of the roof protecting their BOP (basic oxygen process or basic oxygen furnace). Courtney Boone, spokesperson for US Steel responded to our request this afternoon (Sunday, April 5th) with the following statement:

“Today (Sunday, April 6) our Gary Works received the first of several deliveries of iron ore planned for this week.  The facility is operating at reduced capacity as we work to replenish iron ore inventory levels over the coming weeks.  Our Great Lakes Works remains off-line and we continue to evaluate the repairs needed.  In the meantime, we are in contact with our customers in an effort to minimize the impact on their operations.”