On Aug. 11, 2025, an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a 392-acre riverside industrial facility and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere — killed two U.S.
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — The sale of United States Steel was always going to be a global affair. Reporters from across the world descended into the Monongahela River Valley, south of Pittsburgh, to cover ...
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling ...
APTOPIX US Steel Plant Explosion U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Quinn Glabicki/Pittsburgh's Public Source via AP) (Quinn Glabicki) (Quinn Glabicki/AP) On ...