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Nov 29, 2023 · U.S. Steel announced Tuesday it will idle most of its Granite City Works plant, permanently laying off up to 1,000 workers. The 1,000 workers include about 400 who have been on temporary layoff since Oct. 1 plus an additional 600.
- Will Bauer
Sep 20, 2023 · The long-term future of the Granite City plant has been in limbo since last summer, when U.S. Steel announced plans to sell a portion of the facility to Chicago-based SunCoke Energy in a deal...
Mar 6, 2024 · More than 100 acres of contaminated former industrial land on the Southeast Side have been added to the government’s Superfund priority cleanup list, providing hope that a legacy of the city’s steel-making era can be converted into a park or another future recreational use.
- Brett Chase
Jun 29, 2021 · A fire at a Morris, Illinois, industrial site containing lithium batteries prompted homes to be evacuated due to poisonous gas and other hazards, officials said.
A large fire that began Saturday night at a metal recycling complex on the city's West Side burned for hours. Firefighters monitored the flames at two warehouses near North Western Avenue and...
Mar 3, 2024 · Chicago firefighters spent hours fighting a massive blaze at a metal recycling facility on the city’s Near West Side from Saturday night through Sunday morning. NBC 5’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports.
Mar 3, 2024 · CHICAGO — Firefighters battled a massive, gas-fueled warehouse fire on the Near West Side overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Officials say the fire broke out at Universal Scrap Metals ...