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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pa., where an explosion killed two workers and injured 10 on Monday, has a history of maintenance issues, explosions and environmental violations. The Clairton Coke ...

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 ...

SMM Coking Coal and Coke Daily Brief] In terms of supply, coking costs were generally stable with a slight increase, and coke enterprises had good shipments, with their own coke inventory falling to ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH. SARAH, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? WELL, ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE WAS AN INITIAL EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE OTHER SMALLER BLASTS. NOW, THE DAMAGE IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING ...

FOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE INTERRUPTING YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMING TONIGHT FOR A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE ON THE DEADLY EXPLOSION AT THE U.S. STEEL CLAIRTON COKE PLANT. I’M MIKE CLARK. AND ...