State Senator Touts Western Pa. for New USS, Nucor Sheet Mills

A Pennsylvania state senator wants the Keystone State’s governor to work with him to land Nucor and U.S. Steel’s new, multibillion-dollar sheet mills in the western part of the state.

Sen. Joe Pittman, a Republican, wants to meet with Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in hopes of attracting the electric arc furnace (EAF) mill projects – worth a combined $5.7 billion – to either Armstrong County or Indiana County.

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