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Website: http://www.ussteel.com Career Site U. S. Steel's facilities include Gary Works, which is made up of Gary Works in Gary, Ind., East Chicago Tin in East Chicago, Ind., and the Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind.; Great Lakes Works in Ecorse and River Rouge, Mich.; Mon Valley Works, which includes the Edgar Thomson Plant and the Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Fairless Plant near Philadelphia, Pa.; Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill.; Fairfield Works in Fairfield, Ala.; Lake Erie Works in Naticoke, Ontario, and Hamilton Works in Hamilton, Ontario, both of which make up U. S. Steel Canada; U. S. Steel Koice in the Slovak Republic; and U. S. Steel Serbia in the Republic of Serbia. U. S. Steel also operates a steel distribution and processing services subsidiary, ProCoil Company in Canton, Mich., and is involved in several steel finishing joint ventures in the United States, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. The company's tubular business is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. U. S. Steel has tubular operations in Bellville, Lone Star, Houston and Hughes Springs, Texas; Tulsa, Okla.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Birmingham, Ala.; Lorain, Ohio; and Monterrey, Mexico. U. S. Steel produces coke at Mon Valley Works' Clairton Plant near Pittsburgh as well as at Gary Works, Granite City Works, Lake Erie Works, Hamilton Works and U. S. Steel Koice. The company operates two iron ore mines through its Minnesota Ore Operations on the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota: one in Mt. Iron (Minntac) and one in Keewatin (Keetac). Both mine an iron-bearing rock called taconite and process it into concentrated iron ore pellets, which are converted to liquid iron in the company's blast furnaces. U. S. Steel is also involved in railroad and barge transportation services through its Transtar, Inc. subsidiary and real estate operations through its USS Real Estate division. In 2007, the company reported revenues of $16.8 billion and net income of $879 million. History When founded in 1901, United States Steel Corporation was the largest business enterprise ever launched, with an authorized capitalization of $1.4 billion. U. S. Steel had its origins in the dealings of some of America's most legendary businessmen, including Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and Charles Schwab. However, its principal architect was Elbert H. Gary, who also became U. S. Steel's first chairman. At the turn of the century, a group headed by Gary and Morgan bought Carnegie's steel company and combined it with their holdings in the Federal Steel Company. These two companies became the nucleus of U. S. Steel, which also included American Steel & Wire Co., National Tube Company, American Tin Plate Co., American Steel Hoop Co., and American Sheet Steel Co. In its first full year of operation, U. S. Steel made 67 percent of all the steel produced in the United States. The company changed its name to USX Corporation in 1986 after becoming involved in the energy business. In 2002, the energy business was spunoff as Marathon Oil and U.S. Steel became an independent company once again. Benefits Health Coverage Updated March 14, 2008 |