The NW Times reported that no one was injured after the fire at the ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor steel mill in East Chicago. United Unionworkers Union District 7 director Mike Millsap and USW Local 1010 president Steve Wagner said none of the steelworkers were injured in the Friday night fire that forced the evacuation of workers at an 80-inch hot mill at ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East, a former steel mill. plant Inland.
The hot rolling mill, known as the Mighty 80, stretches half a mile long, turning red-hot steel plates into coils of steel coil after dumping Lake Michigan water from Lake Michigan onto superheated metal to cool it in seconds. ArcelorMittal Indiana's eastern harbor steel plant, the largest integrated steel mill in North America, can produce up to 5 million tonnes of steel per year.
ArcelorMittal recently invested US $ 32 million to renovate an 80-inch hot rolling mill and has invested heavily in upgrades to improve the reliability of its overhead cranes.
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