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U.S. Steel breaks ground on Arkansas direct reduced iron plant

Leading U.S. Steel through its electric arc furnace expansion

U.S. Steel broke ground Friday on a $1.9 billion direct reduced iron plant at its Big River Steel Works campus in Osceola, Arkansas. The plant will take iron ore pellets from Minnesota, strip out the oxygen, and feed the result hot into the electric arc furnaces next door.

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