PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- United States
Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today it will adjust its hot
strip mill operating configuration to support a previously
announced asset revitalization process. The company will
begin processing slabs on the currently idled hot strip mill at
Granite City Works in Granite City,
Ill., in mid-February 2017.
U. S. Steel intends to source slabs from its own domestic
facilities.
U. S. Steel is making this adjustment to its hot strip mill
operating configuration to provide better
alignment with customer needs and improve service while
increasing the pace of its asset revitalization plan. The
company plans to take periodic outages at Gary Works (Gary, Ind.), Great Lakes Works (Detroit, Mich.), and Mon Valley Works
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) to improve the
capabilities and reliability of the hot strip mills.
The Granite City Works blast furnaces
and steelmaking facilities were idled in December 2015 and the hot strip mill was idled in
January 2016 in response to
challenging global market conditions. The blast
furnaces and steelmaking facilities will remain idled.
The pickle line, cold mill and finishing
lines at Granite City Works will continue to
operate.
United States Steel Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading integrated steel
producer and Fortune 250 company with major operations in
the United States and Central
Europe. For more information about U. S. Steel, please visit
www.ussteel.com.
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