Stick your hand into a powerful electric induction coil. Nothing happens. Then stick a steel rod into it—the metal becomes red hot almost at once. This phenomenon is the basis of the fast-growing ...

A worker uses an electric furnace to make steel. Steelmaking contributes roughly 7–9% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, posing a huge climate challenge. Credit: Shutterstock Achieving that ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds. The company shut down the last blast furnace there in 2023, and it ...