(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa. is shown on Feb. 26, 2019. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation’s industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt. Nippon, which will pay $55 per share for U.S. Steel, said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 that the deal will bolster its manufacturing and technology capabilities. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Braddock, PA) Investment plans got approved this week by the board of U.S. Steel to improve U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania with approval also coming from U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel. An about $100 million project will be in the works as a permit will be submitted for a new slag recycler at the Braddock plant. The Allegheny County Health Department will have to approve the recycler, and if it is approved, an engineering plan will be finalized, with construction expected to start in 2026.