Partnerships

2024 Partnerships

U. S. Steel protects the HGTV® Smart Home 2024

U. S. Steel was a proud sponsor of the HGTV Smart Home 2024, a tech-forward home given away to one lucky winner and featured on HGTV.com and one-hour linear special in April 2024. The roof was crafted by McElroy Metal using steel manufactured by U. S. Steel, blending innovation with smart design. 

Teaming up with Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and FreightCar America
When CN needed to expand its fleet of iron-ore hopper rail cars, it partnered with FreightCar America and U. S. Steel. The result was 600 new “jennies,” as the specialized cars are known, crafted from our high-quality steel and uniquely designed to transport heavy iron-ore loads. Not only have the state-of-the-art cars expanded CN’s fleet while enhancing its performance and durability, but they’ve also helped step up shipments of iron ore throughout northern Minnesota’s Iron Range, including at our Minntac and Keetac Minnesota Ore Operations facilities. Fittingly enough, some of that iron ore will eventually end up in new rail cars.
AIST’s Silver 2024 Reliability Achievement Award

In March 2024, U. S. Steel was presented with the Association for Iron & Steel Technology’s (AIST) Silver 2024 Reliability Achievement Award during the Midwest Member Chapter meeting. Our winning project, titled “#2 Caster Stopper Rod Actuator Delay Reductions,” was initially implemented to reduce delays on critical equipment. But as our team collaborated with different departments of the mill on the project, they came up with ways their innovation could generate even more cost savings throughout the plant on a range of maintenance projects. 

U. S. Steel invests in Freespace Robotics
U. S. Steel announced in March 2024 a strategic investment in Pittsburgh-based Freespace Robotics, a pioneering manufacturer of robotic storage and retrieval systems in demand by warehouses worldwide. This investment will help Freespace hire and retain local talent as well as recruit others into the region. 

Collaboration List

Asset Publisher

CarbonFree
Carbon Capture Definitive Agreement

Carnegie Foundry
Industrial automation driven by advanced robotics and AI

Form Energy, University of Oregon and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Direct Electrification of Ironmaking

GTI Energy and U.S. Department of Energy
ROTA-CAP™ Engineering-Scale Testing of Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies for Industrial Plants

Molten Industries Inc. and U.S. Department of Energy
Carbon-Neutral Steel Production with Methane Pyrolysis Driven Direct Reduced Iron Project

Carnegie Mellon University
- Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research
- Frontiers in Steelmaking Project Course
- Scaling Hydrogen-Direct Reduced Iron Pathways to Decarbonize Iron and Steelmaking (with DOE)

Colorado School of Mines
Advanced Steel Processing & Products
Research Center and Continuous
Casting Center

McMaster University
Steel Research Centre

Missouri University of Science & Technology
Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center

Purdue University Northwest and U.S. Department of Energy
Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium

Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling

University of Michigan
Global CO2 Initiative at the College of Engineering

Allegheny Conference
Community Development Energy Task Force

Association for Iron & Steel Technology

Energy Horizons Cross-Sector Collaborative
Convened by Team Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan public-private partnership

ResponsibleSteel™

RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute)
Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group

World Steel Association
Sustainability Charter Member

U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory
Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Membrane Technology