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The new Japanese owner’s acknowledgement that it will maintain the status quo at the Metro East mill provides the first public remarks the company has made about Granite City Works’ future since late 2023.

SunCoke Energy Inc. confirmed this week it plans to forge ahead with its plans to buy the blast furnaces in Granite City that would permanently shut down steelmaking at the Metro East mill. It remains unclear if U.S. Steel or Nippon has the appetite, however.

After President Donald Trump said last week that the Japanese company Nippon would invest $14 billion in U.S. Steel, it’s unclear what could happen to the Metro East steel mill.