Layoffs coming to Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill in Conshohocken, as it closes indefinitely

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Cleveland-Cliffs, the second-largest U.S. steelmaker, will idle two plants in Pennsylvania and one in Illinois this summer due to weak demand and low prices.

The “temporary, indefinite” closures at the end of June include its Conshohocken plate-finishing works, which employs around 80, the company said Tuesday. The plant is located just outside the borough in Plymouth Township.

Other closures include its rail mill in Steelton, near Harrisburg, which employs around 550, and a hot-rolling mill in Riverdale, Ill., near its East Chicago, Ind., steel complex, which employs around 400.

“The indefinite idling of these facilities is not due to steel tariffs,” Cleveland-Cliffs spokesperson Patricia Persico said in a statement.

2,000 steelworkers unemployed

The Conshohocken plant processes heavy steel plates produced for high-rise construction, ships and other customers at Cleveland-Cliffs’ larger plant and lab in Coatesville, the former Lukens steel company, which will not be affected.

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1. "The indefinite idling of these facilities is not due to steel tariffs,"

Maybe not directly.

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2. Opens the door for import

India, Thailand or South Korea can fill the gap.

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3. Wierd, I thought steel jobs would be protected.

Oh wait, their customers are getting clobbered by tariffs in both ways...import and export.

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4. Didn't Trump use a lot of foreign steel in his buildings across the country?

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5. Foreign wife (twice), foreign workers, foreign clothing propaganda, foreign envy of pope and Queen. . . nt

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6. My husband worked there

In the '90s, when it was Luken's Steel. Lots of Trumpers there