GRANITE CITY — United States Steel Corp. fired up one of its two blast furnaces in Granite City at the end of March, bringing new life to the century-old steel mill with a tumultuous history.
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Laura Ahlers, the plant manager of rolling and finishing at Granite City Steel, gives a tour of the building where steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Jeff Klee, plant manager of primary operations at Granite City Steel, gives a tour of the hot strip mill on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Jeff Klee, Granite City SteelÌýPlant Manager, Primary Operations, talks about the hot strip mill at the plant and his family's history working in the steel industry in Granite City. Video by David Carson, ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ
Strand operators monitor equipment in their work area at Granite City Steel where 20-ton steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Granite City Steel workers wrap a wire around a freshly rolled 20-ton steel coil that just moved off the hot strip mill on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Photos: Inside look at U.S. Steel's Granite City Steel plant
Steam rises off equipment on the hot strip mill at Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026. The hot strip reduces the thickness of a steel slab by running it through a series of rollers that stretch it into thinner sheets, which are eventually rolled into coils.
Glowing hot steel moves along the hot strip mill at Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026. The hot strip reduces the thickness of a steel slab by running it through a series of rollers that stretch it into thinner sheets, which are eventually rolled into coils for the customer.
Strand operators monitor equipment in their work area at Granite City Steel where 20-ton steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Sparks fly as a 20-ton steel slab rolls through the line at Granite City Steel where molten metal is formed into slabs on Monday, April 27, 2026.
A glowing hot, freshly made 20-ton steel slab rolls through the line at Granite City Steel, where molten metal is formed into slabs on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Workers gather in a control room inside a building at Granite City Steel where steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Glowing hot steel moves along the hot strip mill at Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026. The hot strip reduces the thickness of a steel slab by running it through a series of rollers that stretch it into thinner sheets, which are eventually rolled into coils for the customer.
Granite City Steel workers wrap a wire around a freshly rolled 20-ton steel coil that just moved off the hot strip mill on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Thin sheet steel is rolled into a coil on the hot strip line at Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Twenty-ton steel slabs are stacked outside Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Mechanics prepare to repair a furnace door on the hot strip mill at Granite City Steel on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Strand operator Celtan Connor stands near his work area in Granite City Steel where 20-ton steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Laura Ahlers, the plant manager of rolling and finishing at Granite City Steel, gives a tour of the building where steel slabs are manufactured on Monday, April 27, 2026.
