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An explosion in a coke battery Wednesday morning rocked U.S. Steel's Clairton Works, sending 17 people to hospitals, a thick black cloud of smoke skyward and inspectors scrambling for clues to the cause. The explosion injured 14 U.S. Steel employees and six contractors. A dozen workers remained hospitalized last night with severe injuries. One suffered burns on nearly a third of his body, and several were hooked to breathing machines because flames and smoke had damaged their airways. Three workers received on-site treatment, the company said. "It was a big boom, and then everything just went black," said John Chappell,...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 10:27:44 AM
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An explosion this morning at U.S. Steel's Clairton Works sent 15 people to area hospitals, at least five of them with critical injuries. "These are burn injuries for the most part," said Dan Laurent, spokesman for West Penn Hospital, which was treating three patients, one in critical condition. "We're hearing that the scene on the ground is pretty bad." A union official said no fatalities were reported. A company spokesperson did not immediately comment. The first reports of the explosion came in about 9:45 a.m. as ambulances from around the Mon Valley were dispatched to the sprawling plant. A fire...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 10:27:44 AM
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<p>For all its failures at forging a united front to control global iron-ore prices, China still has the heft to remind us that the appetite of the world’s biggest steel factory matters, a lot, when it comes to influencing commodity markets.</p>
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 10:27:44 AM
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Sen. Harry Reid and the 'double standard' GOP Chairman Michael Steele and other Republicans on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard, saying they accepted Sen. Harry Reid’s apology for racial comments about President Obama, but they also should have demanded that the Nevada Senator step down.http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/race/2010/01/sen-harry-reid-and-the-double-standard-regarding-race-.html Harry Reid Is The Latest Example Of Liberal Racial Hypocrisy http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/01/10/harry-reid-is-the-latest-example-of-liberal-racial-hypocrisy/http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___US343&q=HYPOCRISY+RACISM+DEMOCRATS+&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
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China Hits Back at US Duties, Says It's Been Made A Scapegoat Published: Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 | 1:06 AM ET Text Size By: Reuters China on Thursday decried a U.S. decision to impose duties of 10 to 16 percent on Chinese-made steel pipe, the biggest U.S. trade case to date against China, and said it had been made a scapegoat of protectionist interests. The Ministry of Commerce said it was "strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposed" to the vote of the U.S. International Trade Commission for countervailing duties, which Washington said were needed to balance out unfair state subsidies...
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With much fanfare and celebration - by Chinese steelworkers and Caltrans officials alike - the first steel pieces of the new Bay Bridge suspension span were prepared to ship out of Shanghai on Tuesday - more than a year late but in time to meet a Dec. 31 deadline that officials hope will keep construction on schedule for a 2013 opening. "It's momentous," said Ken Terpstra, Caltrans' project manager for the Bay Bridge, from Shanghai where workers staged a ceremony complete with daytime fireworks. "It was a hard, challenging road, but they're ready to go." The first shipment, delayed by...
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China, the world's largest maker and consumer of steel products, fired back Thursday at the United States for its anti-dumping measures against Chinese steel exports, launching its own punitive taxes on steel from US as well as Russia. The Ministry of Commerce said Thursday on its website that US and Russian steelmakers must pay anti-dumping duties as high as 25 percent beginning today. The US steel industry must also tack on a 12 percent tax when it exports its products to China. The announcement comes after a series of damaging measures against Chinese steel exports launched by the US and...
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