steel industry

Beaver County’s population has been declining since the steel mill there closed 40 years ago. The shift to plastic manufacturing isn’t panning out, so some residents are investing in a different kind of economic model.

The 50% tariffs are supposed to apply to foreign-produced steel and aluminum starting from June 4.

The president says the sale could threaten U.S. national security. The companies say they will fight the decision.

Trade protections and the Chinese real estate market both play a role.

But the hoped-for rebound not materialize.

If you use renewable energy to make hydrogen and use the hydrogen to manufacture steel, the process would be friendlier to the environment.

Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co., believes the labor shortage could be a long-term issue.

“When you take out major players, anything that destabilizes the world economy affects steel, affects all of us,” says Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Company.

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Delaware Steel President Lisa Goldenberg talks soaring steel prices and the possibility of a Biden infrastructure bill.