U.S. Steel
American metal giant
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Steel is a major American steel producer, founded in 1901 as the United States Steel Corporation.
Once the world's largest steel company and a symbol of American industrial power, it remains significant in manufacturing though diminished from its peak dominance: U.S. Steel announced layoffs at its Pittsburgh plant.
Western Pennsylvania industrial city
- CarnegieGilded Age industrialist
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- vertical integrationOwning multiple production stages
tariffs · unionization · labor strikes · mergers · shareholders · board of directors · executives · Fortune 500
Ore-to-metal converter
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- ingotCast metal block
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
tempering · galvanizing · coke · slag · billets · foundry · pig iron · iron ore
Metallic combination
- tensile strengthResistance to pulling force
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- corrosionChemical wearing away
rust · carbon · girder · beam · rebar · plate · coil · gauge
Structures spanning obstacles
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- constructionProcess of building something
- frameworkUnderlying support system
tunnels · pipelines · highrise · public works · architecture · foundations · urban development · Empire State Building
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania industrial city
- CarnegieGilded Age industrialist
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
vertical integration · tariffs · unionization · labor strikes · mergers · shareholders · board of directors · executives · Fortune 500 · blue-collar
blast furnace
Ore-to-metal converter
annealing · tempering · galvanizing · coke · slag · billets · foundry · pig iron · iron ore · taconite
alloy
Metallic combination
- tensile strengthResistance to pulling force
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
corrosion · rust · carbon · girder · beam · rebar · plate · coil · gauge · hardness
bridges
Structures spanning obstacles
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- constructionProcess of building something
framework · tunnels · pipelines · highrise · public works · architecture · foundations · urban development · Empire State Building · Golden Gate
- Northwest IndianaGary, Hammond, Valparaiso, Hobart, Griffith
- Steelmakers
- Steel Industryblast furnaces, steelworkers, pig iron, molten metal, rolling mills
- Pittsburgh AreaPittsburgh, North Shore, South Side, Lawrenceville, Oakland
- PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, Erie, Harrisburg
- Iron Rangeiron ore, iron mining, taconite, open-pit mining, mining towns
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