Stelco Lake Erie Works
| Lake Erie Works | |
Stelco Lake Erie Works; image current as of September 3, 2011
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| Steel | |
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| Greenfield steel mill | |
| Location | 111 Rainham Road Nanticoke, Ontario N0A 1L0 |
| Serving canal | Welland Canal |
| Serving railway | Southern Ontario Railway |
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| Coordinates | 42°48′38″N 80°04′22″W / 42.810672°N 80.072694°W |
| Construction | |
| Completed | June 1, 1980 |
| Employees | 1250 |
| Main contractor | Peter Gordon |
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 Stelco Lake Erie Works
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U. S. Steel Canada Lake Erie Works (formally known as Stelco Lake Erie Works) is a greenfield steel mill located in Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada.
All the employees who work for this operation are unionized by United Steelworkers Local 8782; which is a local that is exclusive to the employees of the former Stelco Lake Erie Works. The site has been a source of jobs for many people in both Haldimand County and Norfolk County for more than 30 years. Ever since the first elements of steel were manufactured during the summer of 1980, this steel mill has produced materials for major industrial workplaces like General Motors and the other major North American manufacturing companies. A lockout and resulting lay-off of non-striking workers shut the plant down completely in 2009, with the plant not reopening until near the end of April 2010. Another lockout occurred on April 28, 2013 that finally ended on September 1 of that year with the steelworkers having a contract until 2018.
The current owner of this business venture is U.S. Steel Canada, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of United States Steel and the fifth largest steelmaker in the world. U.S. Steel Canada purchased Stelco in 2007 for an exact sum figure of $1,100,000,000 ($1,270,534,424.65 in today's money). The merger between the final independent Canadian company and the American steel conglomerate was finalized on August 27 of that year. This operation has a focus on making steel for the automotive sector. As North America's newest greenfield steel mill and one of its most efficient mills in North America, this facility is a lifeline for its employees.
Stelco Lake Erie Works generally operates in a region of Southern Ontario where there are no wind generators planned until 2013. Its electricity is provided mostly by the nearby coal-power plant (which is scheduled to close in 2014, due to an Ontario government regulation to get rid of coal power as a supplement to their hydro energy as no decision has yet been made as of June 2012 on converting it to biomass or natural gas ) and through the hydroelectric grid centered around Niagara Falls at the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations.
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