The last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this week Loud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed ...

The American steel manufacturing sector continues to contract as Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel moves closer to permanently shutting down its last operating blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois.

Both the blast furnaces in the Port Talbot works are to close in a transition to electric arc furnaces Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot with ...

Cleveland-based iron and steel company has finalized its purchase of Stelco, a blast furnace/basic oxygen steelmaker in Canada. By bringing Stelco into the Cliffs family, we are building on our ...