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About U. S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation,
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is an integrated
steel producer with major production operations in the United
States, Canada and Central Europe and an annual raw
steelmaking capability of 31.7 million net tons. The company
manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and
tubular products for the automotive, appliance, container,
industrial machinery, construction, and oil and gas
industries.
U. S. Steel’s integrated steel facilities include Gary
Works, which is made up of Gary Works in Gary, Ind., East
Chicago Tin in East Chicago, Ind., and the Midwest Plant in
Portage, Ind.; Great Lakes Works in Ecorse and River Rouge,
Mich.; Mon Valley Works, which includes the Edgar Thomson
Plant and the Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh, Pa., and the
Fairless Plant near Philadelphia, Pa.; Granite City Works in
Granite City, Ill.; Fairfield Works in Fairfield, Ala.; Lake
Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario, and Hamilton Works in
Hamilton, Ontario, both of which make up U. S. Steel Canada;
U. S. Steel Košice in the Slovak Republic; and U. S. Steel
Serbia in the Republic of Serbia.
U. S. Steel is also involved in several steel finishing joint
ventures in the United States, Brazil, Canada and Mexico.
U. S. Steel prides itself on being a leader in both process
and product technology and has three research and development
facilities dedicated to advancing the boundaries of
steelmaking: the Research and Technology Center in Munhall,
Pa.; the Automotive Center, a research and sales facility in
Troy, Mich.; and USSE Research in Košice.
U. S. Steel has tubular operations in Bellville, Houston,
Hughes Springs, and Lone Star Texas; Tulsa, Okla.; Pine Bluff,
Ark.; Birmingham, Ala.; Lorain, Ohio; and Monterrey, Mexico.
U. S. Steel produces coke at Mon Valley Works’ Clairton
Plant near Pittsburgh as well as at Gary Works, Granite City
Works, Lake Erie Works, Hamilton Works and U. S. Steel Košice.
The company operates two iron ore mines through its Minnesota
Ore Operations on the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota:
one in Mt. Iron (Minntac) and one in Keewatin (Keetac). Both
mine an iron-bearing rock called taconite and process it into
concentrated iron ore pellets, which are converted to liquid
iron in the company’s blast furnaces.
U. S. Steel is also involved in railroad and barge
transportation services through its Transtar, Inc. subsidiary
and real estate operations through its USS Real Estate
division.
Every day, U. S. Steel employees around the world dedicate
themselves to putting our five core values into action. Safety
is first – it’s our company’s top priority. Our other
core values are diversity and inclusion; environmental
stewardship; focus on cost, quality and customer; and results
and accountability. Focusing on these values guides our highly
skilled workforce toward realizing our Vision:
Making Steel. World Competitive. Building Value.
U. S. Steel’s operations are efficient and high tech, and
our customer focus is intense. We’ve been making steel for
more than 100 years, always with an eye to serving our
customers’ needs in the most cost-effective ways possible.
Companies that want to be competitive in an increasingly
global marketplace must have a global outlook and presence. U.
S. Steel continually looks for opportunities to strengthen our
existing presence in the global arena and strives to meet and
set world-class standards in everything we do.
At U. S. Steel, creating value for our stakeholders is a
priority. To ensure our long-term success, we aim to build
value for our customers, employees, shareholders, creditors,
and the communities in which we operate using the same
responsible approach that has positioned us as a leader in our
industry.
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