To the Journal editor: Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. and its CEO, Lourenco Goncalves, have been prominent in the news lately with their unsuccessful bid to purcha
The history of the steel industry in America can’t be written without Southwestern Pennsylvania. Sure, iron was mined and smelted before Andrew Carnegie built his first mill here in 1875. It was even made in Pittsburgh, the intersection of ore to craft, coal to burn and the rivers for transportation.