In Western Pennsylvania—the cradle of the aged United States steel industry—steelmaking has a bright future, thanks to a commitment by US Steel Corp. to spend more than $1 billion upgrading facilities at its three-plant Mon Valley Works.
The company recently announced it will invest in the three mills just outside Pittsburgh, in the region’s so-called “Mon Valley,” which is set alongside the Monongahela River. It’s a historic home to steelmaking and an important area for seminal moments in union history, including the Homestead Strike of 1892.