Forging the Future: What the Hot Strip Mill Means for Employees (Part 2)
August 5, 2026
A new hot strip mill will transform how steel is made in Pittsburgh's Mon Valley. But what will it mean for the people who make it?
In Part 2 of this special Steel Stories series, host Ethan Epstein speaks with Chad Whelan, a process coordinator at U. S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant, about how U. S. Steel’s investments are changing the outlook for employees, customers and the surrounding community.
A new hot strip mill will transform how steel is made in Pittsburgh's Mon Valley. But what will it mean for the people who make it?
In Part 2 of this special Steel Stories series, host Ethan Epstein speaks with Chad Whelan, a process coordinator at U. S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant, about how U. S. Steel’s investments are changing the outlook for employees, customers and the surrounding community.
Chad shares how new technology, expanded capabilities and major upgrades across the steelmaking process could create a safer, more competitive operation and new opportunities for the people behind it.
This is the story of more than a new mill. It is about an investment in strong careers and a future being built in Pittsburgh's Mon Valley.
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