It was about 13 years ago that AK Steel announced the closure of the coke plant in east Ashland. It was approximately 10 years ago that the plant was imploded. AK Steel retirees and former workers who ...

Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near ...

An explosion at the company’s blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace complex in Pennsylvania occurred during a maintenance procedure, according to the steelmaker.