United States Steel Corp. Clariton coke plant, located in Clariton, PA. was scheduled for a ten year, 10 billion dollar upgrade. When the economy went Obama (south) they postponed the work. Clariton is about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River.
A lot of rail and barge work will be lost, along with support services jobs in KY. 263 jobs will turn into 1000+.
Very sad!
if the paper did a little more digging, they’d find the met coal is being exported to China where it is turned into coke, and then sent back to the USA.