Steel Mills
May 2, 2019
U.S. Steel Investing $1.2 Billion at Mon Valley Works
Written by Sandy Williams
U.S. Steel announced plans to give Mon Valley Works a $1.2 billion upgrade. Expansion plans include a new sustainable endless casting and rolling facility at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and a cogeneration facility at its Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa.
The endless casting and rolling technology combines thin slab casting and hot rolled band production into one continuous operation. The new technology will replace the existing slab caster and hot strip mill and utilize the facility’s two blast furnaces. The slabs are reduced by the hot rolling stands to a thickness of approximately 0.030 inches. Construction is expected to take 24 months, once permits are approved, with steel coil production starting in 2022. The new facility will have the same level of annual steelmaking capacity currently at Mon Valley, 2.9 million tons.
