Blast Furnace

Electric arc furnace oxidizing slag (EAFOS) represents 80% of the electric arc furnace slag generated. Recently, EAFOS has been utilized as high value-added functional aggregate in a growing number of cases for the construction of air-cooling technology that turns EAFOS into fine aggregate-sized particles by spraying it into the air using high-pressure compressed air. Ladle furnace slag (LFS) is a product of the…

Nippon Steel was poised to buy U.S. Steel—until Joe Biden said no. With Donald Trump announcing that a new version of the deal is back on, Paige Williams reports from Gary, Indiana, a place defined by the industry's rise and fall.

President Joe Biden's decision to thwart a Japanese firm from buying U.S. Steel doesn't pen an obituary for the Pittsburgh-based industrial titan whose decades-long fall from grace has been inextricably linked to the city where it was born. But it does portend an uncertain future for an industry that built

A pair of former British politicians say President Biden's opposition to the $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese company will hurt global relations, and accuse him of blocking the deal solely to score political points.

No one knows for sure when steel was invented, but some of the earliest examples crop up in the first millennium B.C. in Central and South Asia.

It's already possible to produce steel in a more climate-friendly way, but neither U.S. Steel nor Nippon Steel seems ready to adapt.

White House officials have signaled a delay in President Joe Biden's decision on whether to block a $14.9 billion Japanese takeover of U.S. Steel, a small reversal of fortune for a deal that looked as good as dead earlier this month. Reacting to a Washington Post report that Biden might

The power of unions in the swing state of Pennsylvania is on display in the debate over the sale of US Steel

President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have all publicly opposed the Tokyo-based Nippon deal.

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U.S. Steel's new carbon capture tech at its largest steel mill will capture less than 0.5% of its annual emissions.

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The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S...

Funding will go to recipients in more than 20 states in industrial sector, which is responsible for roughly 25% of US emissions

Some longtime residents of Pittsburgh are mourning the expected sale of U.S. Steel. The assets could be sold to a Japanese firm in what some say is a particularly ironic twist.

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By Daren E. Daugaard, PhD, PE, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest Since its inception over 4,000 years ago, steel has been the foundation of global modernization in building construction, transportation, and manufacturing.  Steel and iron production ranks first in total global CO2 emissions at 8% and second in overall energy consumption.  The industry […]

As the UAW strike continues, automotive suppliers are being hit hard, with firms in Michigan and Ohio resorting to temporary layoffs and warning of bankruptcy.

1,450 people work at the Granite City plant; temporary layoffs are expected and will begin in phases as equipment is idled, but its unsure how many workers will be impacted.