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What is a coke-making plant? Explaining its role in steelmaking after explosions at US Steel facility

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 ...

Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing ...

“This could have been prevented”: Clairton steelworkers speak out after deadly plant explosion

Steelworkers at US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have come forward to expose the long-standing and deadly safety hazards that ...
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Clairton Coke Works, site of Monday’s explosion, has a history of problems

The U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pa., where an explosion killed two workers and injured 10 on Monday, has a history of ...
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US Steel probes cause of blast

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