The basic process for making steel hasn’t changed a whole lot in the past few hundred years. Into the top of a big, lava lamp-shaped blast furnace goes iron ore and coking coal, and out comes waste ...

CANTON – For years, decades even, residents near Republic Steel say they've been concerned about dust and dirt spewed from the plant. Republic's use of lead has become a particular point of contention ...

The modern world has grown around steel bones — everything from tools and home appliances to skyscrapers and airplanes use the versatile material in their construction. But the process of making steel ...

Explosions at a massive United States Steel mill in Western Pennsylvania left two people dead and at least 10 injured, according to officials from Allegheny County and U.S. Steel. The explosions ...

An activity centre for babies and toddlers, an Indian restaurant, an indoor golf centre – and a mini experimental steel plant. These businesses are among those that make up a small retail and ...

Some companies in Sweden have found a way to cut steel's carbon footprint down to almost zero. That's a big deal because its production accounts for nearly 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Reid ...

LULEA, Sweden — For hundreds of years, raging blast furnaces — fed with coking coal — have forged steel used in cars, railways, bridges and skyscrapers. But the puffs of coal-fired smoke are a big ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the Mon Valley of western Pennsylvania, steel was once a way of life, one synonymous with the image of ...

A giant ladle glows red after pouring molten iron into a vessel inside the basic oxygen furnace as part of the process of making steel in 2018 at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility in Granite ...