Steel Mills
April 10, 2014
US Steel Gary Works & Great Lakes Update
Written by John Packard
Because of the severity of the curtailment of steelmaking at US Steel Gary Works and the shut down of steelmaking operations at USS Great Lakes we feel it is important to update our readers and the greater steel community as to what we have learned over the past 48 hours.
First, Great Lakes steelmaking operations – which include their blast furnaces and BOP’s (basic oxygen process or BOF’s) – continue to be idle and are not producing any steel. Our understanding is US Steel is continuing to work through a number of issues which are impacting the repairs needed. USS had no new comments today regarding the situation at Great Lakes.
