Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday. U.S.

Nippon Steel (OTCPK:NPSCY) (OTCPK:NISTF) promised to invest $14B to keep US Steel's aging plants operating for decades, but this week's deadly explosion at the Clairton coking plant - the largest in the U.

Family members tell Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Steven Menefee, a father of two, was a loving man who would give you the shirt off his back.

Washington Examiner senior columnist Salena Zito noted the importance of steelworkers amid the loss of two employees who died in an explosion at a US Steel plant during her appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show.