USX Plant to Start High-Tech Caster
Associated Press
BRADDOCK, Pa. —
USX Corp. expects to fire up a continuous caster at a suburban Pittsburgh plant in less than a month.
The $250-million caster, considered the industry’s most modern equipment for turning molten steel into slabs, is considered essential to the survival of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works.
Construction of the caster is near completion and startup is scheduled for Aug. 17.
