ArcelorMittal to Idle Plate Rolling Mill

ArcelorMittal USA will idle its rolling mill in Conshohocken, Pa., within the next year and consolidate its plate operations. Production from the mill will be transferred to the Coatesville and Burns Harbor facilities. The heat treat and inspection operation will continue at Conshohocken using steel rolled by the sister facilities.

The decision to idle the mill was based on declining demand from manufacturers that build bridges, ships, tank cars and military equipment, said ArcelorMittal spokeswoman Mary Beth Holdford, as well as competition from “an ongoing surge of unfairly traded imports of steel.”