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    Demand Merited Mon Valley #3 Restart, Gary #8 Idled 'For Now': USS

    Written by Michael Cowden


    US Steel restarted the No. 3 blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works in western Pennsylvania because of stronger demand, company executives said.

    The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker intends to keep the No. 8 blast furnace at its Gary Works in northwest Indiana temporarily idled “for now,” chief financial officer Jessica Graziano said.

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