Steel Mills
August 25, 2019
U.S. Steel to Idle East Chicago Tin
Written by Sandy Williams
U.S. Steel announced that it will idle its East Chicago Tin facility due to low capacity utilization and consolidate production from three to two facilities. The company hopes to transfer about half of the 297 employees at East Chicago to Gary Works and the Midwest plant. The statement below was sent to employees on Friday.
Following extensive market analysis of our global competitiveness in light of high levels of low-priced imported tin mill products entering the United States, we have decided to consolidate our current tin mill products production from three to two facilities, idling our East Chicago, Ind., facility by mid-November 2019. Our goal is to place as many East Chicago Tin employees as possible at other nearby U.S. Steel facilities.
