U. S.
Steel, with executive offices in
Pittsburgh, manufactures and sells a wide
variety of steel mill products, coke and
taconite pellets. Primary steel
operations include the Gary (Indiana)
Works, the Fairfield (Alabama) Works near
Birmingham, and the Mon Valley Works,
which includes the Edgar Thomson
steelmaking and Irvin finishing
operations on the Monongahela River near
Pittsburgh. In addition, U. S. Steel
operates a sheet and tin finishing plant
at the Fairless Works near Philadelphia.
U. S. Steel's coke production takes place
at the Clairton Works - also on the
Monongahela River - and at Gary Works. At
Minntac, on the northern Minnesota's
Mesabi Iron Range, iron ore mining and
taconite pellet operations support the
steelmaking effort. Heavy investment
in advanced technology has kept the
company in the forefront among American
integrated steelmakers. U. S. Steel now
produces 100 percent of its steel via
continuous casters and has reduced
man-hours per ton of output to
historically low levels that place the
company in a leading position worldwide.
U. S.
Steel's steep capital investment reflects
a strong commitment to environmental
enhancement.
State-of-the-art
technology controls more than 95 percent
of emissions from company production
facilities. While U. S. Steel continues
to improve its control technology, it
increasingly is focusing on outright
prevention of pollution at the source. At
Clairton - the most environmentally
advanced coke plant in the country - an
internally developed program trains all
employees on the efficient and effective
operation of their facilities and their
responsibility to the environment. The
program has proven so successful that U.
S. Steel has expanded it to other plants.
In
addition to primary steel mill
operations, U. S. Steel participates in
several steel joint ventures. The major
ones includes USS-POSCO
Industries, Pittsburg,
California; USS/Kobe Steel Company,
Lorain, Ohio; PRO-TEC Coating Company,
Leipsic, Ohio; Worthington Specialty
Processing, Jackson, Michigan, and Double
Eagle Steel Coating Company, Detroit,
Michigan. U.S. Steel is also involved in
a number of other businesses, among them
coal mining, mineral resources
management, real estate development,
engineering and consulting services,
technology licensing, and leasing and
financial services.
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