Hamilton steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco decommissioning 1 of 2 remaining coke plants (www.cbc.ca)

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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it's decommissioning one of its two remaining coke plants in Hamilton, with "the last push of coke" to be completed April 13.

People who work at the coke plant are being reassigned to new roles within the company, Verdun said, though she didn't say how many people or whether their new jobs will pay as much.

In 2022, federal and provincial governments touted investments in ArcelorMittal Dofasco's plan, saying the business would decommission its blast furnaces and coke plants and replace them with direct reduced iron technology and electric arc furnaces by 2028.

That quietly changed, CBC Hamilton reported in January, with the company extending its timeline to 2050, according to federal documents. Facing scrutiny at a heated community meeting later that month, Gas Gebara, Dofasco's general manager of environment and energy, acknowledged "timelines have shifted." He refused to provide any indication of when it will follow through on its plan, or even if it would happen in the next quarter century.

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[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago

ArcelorMittal donated European steel for Trump's ballroom

According to a report by the New York Times from earlier this week, two people familiar with the White House ballroom plans said the steel was made in Europe by ArcelorMittal, a Luxembourg-based steel manufacturer.

Last October, the president said he received a “generous” offer of steel worth $37 million—but did not mention where the steel was coming from. According to the same Times report, shortly after the donation, the White House agreed to revise its tariffs in a manner “that could benefit ArcelorMittal, by cutting in half the tariffs applied to exports of automotive steel from its Canadian plant.”