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Article: Mill to be flagship, workers told: Prime role promised to renamed Maryland Steel Sparrows Point.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- September 8, 2007
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Byline: Paul Adams
Sep. 8--Under ArcelorMittal's ownership, the Sparrows Point steel mill was put in constant competition with the company's other global plants to prove itself the lowest-cost producer.
At times, it lost, resulting in production cutbacks and temporary furloughs for hundreds of workers in periods of slow demand.
But when its new owners take over next month, the Baltimore County mill will move to first in the corporate lineup, Craig Bouchard, who will head the company, told employees yesterday. Once the deal closes, the mill will take on the name Maryland Steel Sparrows Point, he disclosed yesterday.
Speaking under a ...