When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable ...

The system works like a toaster crossed with a blast furnace. Electricity from solar arrays heat iron wires similar to those in a toaster oven. These warm hundreds of tonnes of refractory bricks to ...

Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there's growing demand for iron-derived products. Traditionally, blast furnaces transform iron ore into purified ...

Dr. Janet Seabrook, Gary’s health commissioner, believes it’s important for the city to prioritize its residents’ health, she said at a steel pollution study announcement Wednesday. “I think it’s ...

Just about three months after a partnership between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel was finalized, some Northwest Indiana activists are asking the corporations to consider a green steel mill in Gary. In ...

Cleveland has big ambitions to reduce its planet-warming emissions. But a massive steelmaking facility run by Cleveland-Cliffs, one of Ohio’s major employers, could make it difficult for the city to ...

Cleveland Works currently relies on two blast furnaces, which use coal to refine iron ore that is later processed into steel. (The Center For Land Use Interpretation; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Cleveland has ...

In Pittsburgh, we have plenty to remind us of famous names like Carnegie, Frick and Mellon. We have historic sites like Clayton; we have institutions like the Carnegie Museums. Less common, though, ...

Nippon Steel plans to reline a blast furnace at U.S. Steel Gary Works next year as part of its more than $3 billion investment in the plant. The Japanese company acquired U.S. Steel in June. Blast ...

The Gary Works plant in Indiana is home to four operating blast furnaces. (Gerald Zaffuts via Getty Images) Nippon Steel, the parent company of U.S. Steel, is moving forward with its plans to renovate ...

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology construct a naturally drafting furnace that efficiently smelts iron using only traditional materials. Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people ...

This file photo shows a U. S. Steel worker in Granite City watch a slab of steel move through the production process. Derik Holtmann Belleville News-Democrat The neighboring company to Granite City’s ...