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 ...

U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works' current limited coke-making capacity due to Monday's explosion is prompting concerns from some steelworkers that the plant won't produce enough coke for U.S. Steel's ...

In the aftermath of an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works that injured 20 workers in July 2010, the Allegheny County emergency management chief was grateful it hadn’t been worse. “By the ...

Coke is the fuel used to generate the 2,912-degree heat needed to melt iron ore to make steel. Making coke requires coal to be superheated to nearly 2,000 degrees itself so it becomes pure carbon. U.S ...

SMM Daily Brief on Coking Coal and Coke] News-wise, some regional steel mills have accepted an increase of 50 yuan/mt for wet-quenched coke and 55 yuan/mt for dry-quenched coke, effective from 0:00 on ...

Multiple explosions Monday at a U.S. Steel coke-making plant near Pittsburgh left two people dead and at least 10 injured, officials confirmed to sister station WTAE.Stream live news coverage from ...

Brian Doyle remembers the explosion that hurled him to the coke plant’s floor — but little else from that day. It was a Wednesday — July 14, 2010 — and Doyle, a steamfitters union member and ...

Southwestern Pennsylvania officials join U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt at a news conference Tuesday outside the company's Clairton Coke Works. Investigators are beginning to piece together what led to ...

A portion of the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, is seen Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Clairton, Pa. U.S. Steel says it believes a gas-valve failure led to the explosion Monday morning at its ...