At a forum on industry and infrastructure with Senator Pat Toomey in Beechview today, U.S. Steel was a big topic of interest.
Toomey said at the local Steamfitters union offices Wednesday he's perplexed by U.S. Steel's choice to pull the plug on their Mon Valley Works upgrade project.
He called the decision devastating for the region - and says he still doesn't have enough information on why it happened.
"An investment that would have meant a lot of jobs, just in the short run and the long run, and I thought we were on path to upgrade these facilities so we'd be making steel to world-class standards as clean as anybody makes steel anywhere in the world."
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Toomey says he plans to have a conversation with senior officials in the company in the coming days.