U.S. Steel closes portion of Clairton Coke Works as part of …
Jun 7, 2024 · U.S. Steel has permanently shut down one of the most prolific batteries at its Clairton Coke Works, part of a settlement reached with environmental groups and the Allegheny County Health Department earlier this year.
Clairton Coke Works - Wikipedia
Clairton Coke Works is a coking factory in Clairton, Pennsylvania (10 miles south of Pittsburgh) on the Monongahela River. Owned by U.S. Steel, it is the largest coking operation in North America or possibly the world.
U.S. Steel Clairton plant explosion sends two workers to hospital ...
6 days ago · Clairton is the largest coke plant in the U.S. The plant has several batteries, where it turns coal into coke, a key component of steelmaking. U.S. Steel is Allegheny County’s single largest source of several pollutants like soot, benzene and sulfur pollution .
U.S. Steel closing 3 coke batteries at its Clairton plant. Move is ...
Mar 14, 2023 · U.S. Steel announced it will begin closing three of its 10 remaining coke batteries at its Clairton plant later this month. The company first announced its plan to close batteries 1, 2, and 3 – its three oldest coke batteries– two years ago.
U.S. Steel, Clairton settlement: millions for public health and more
Feb 13, 2024 · Steam clouds rise from the stacks of U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, as seen in the distance on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Clairton. U.S. Steel settled a lawsuit stemming from a 2018 fire at the Clairton plant, the largest penalty extracted under the Clean Air Act in Pennsylvania history.
In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality …
Jan 28, 2024 · More than a century later, the Clairton Coke Works is still operating in Clairton, and it is still owned by U.S. Steel, which uses coke, a fuel for blast furnaces made from coal, for steel...
U.S. Steel shutting down Clairton's three most ... - NEXTpittsburgh
Apr 30, 2021 · Zachary Barber, a clean air advocate with PennEnvironment praised the decision to permanently shut down three nearly-70-year-old coke batteries at the Clairton Coke Works in 2023.
Battery 15 at Clairton Coke Works permanently shut down
Jun 7, 2024 · CLAIRTON, Pa. (KDKA) -- One of the oldest parts of U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works has shut down for good. Environmental advocates say battery 15 at Clairton Coke Works was one of the most...
U.S. Steel idles Clairton battery following 'excess pressure' release ...
6 days ago · U.S. Steel idled a battery at its Clairton Coke Works on the Monongahela River after the release of excess gas inside the battery caused an early morning...
Enviro groups hail 'historic' settlement against Clairton Coke …
Jan 29, 2024 · Environmentalists took a victory lap Monday for a courtroom settlement with U.S. Steel that activists are hailing as a “historic” effort to reduce emissions at the Clairton Coke Works.