They are going to idle 7 of the 12 batteries at the plant this spring, I wonder if they will ever start them back up again. Like a blast furnace, they don’t like to be idled.
Also in the news around here, the EPA is testing air quality in the schools that are around this plant.
Clairton.
That’s near Pittsburgh , right?
Isn’t that where the steelworker and Polish Catholic wedding scenes
for the movie “The Deerhunter” were filmed?
You know, working at Alan Wood Steel in Bridgeport, Pa, was one of the best jobs that I ever had, and I worked on the Batteries.
When they pushed the coke out at night it lit up the sky in the nearby town of Swedeland.
Locals called it "The Swedeland Sunset."
Hard, hot, and cruel, it was great work.
Of course endless regulations and union demands got that plant shipped right to Japan. - At least the BOF was shipped there.
The batteries are long gone and the only thing remaining is the rolling mill, which is some other company, of course.
We worked endless swing shifts to keep it going.
You are correct - they don't like to be shut.
I didn't think that you could restart one after a protracted cool down. - too much damage.
If the EPA is sniffing around then that isn't good.
Obviously the job of destroying American industry is not yet complete if they are on the prowl.