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Nippon Steel Looks to Woo US Union With Extra $1.3 Billion
Additional investments pledged for Mon Valley, Gary operations
Plants are among the legacy shops operated by US Steel

Bloomberg

Nippon Steel Corp. plans to invest an additional $1.3 billion at plants operated by United States Steel Corp. as the Japanese company steps up efforts to secure union support for a takeover bid that’s been opposed by both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Nippon Steel plans to make the investments at the Mon Valley Works and Gary Works, as part of its pending $14.1 billion acquisition of US Steel, it said Wednesday in a statement.

Mon Valley, a flagship plant where founder Andrew Carnegie built his first mill in the 1870s, and Gary are among the legacy US Steel operations that use traditional blast-furnace production of steel from iron ore. Those types of facilities are typically unionized, and increasing spending to extend their lifelines is part of a bid by Nippon Steel to garner support from the United Steelworkers union, which has so far opposed the corporate tie-up.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-28/nippon-steel-plans-additional-1-3-billion-spending-at-us-steel?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=XLA0GJqR