US Steel also enlist two Korean partners to enhance its position at home

摘要

To build a presence in what it sees as a rapidly growing large-diameter linepipe market in North America, US Steel Corp announced on April 4 that it would form a joint venture for a new spiral-weld facility with two South Korean companies. These companies are Posco, the leading steel producer in that republic, and SeAH Steel Corp, a tubular products manufacturer. The site is adjacent to existing USS-Posco Industries (UPI) facilities in Pittsburg, California - not to be confused with US Steel's headquarters city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The joint venture - United Spiral Pipe LLC - will design, engineer and build of mills capable of producing 300,000 net tons per year of spiral-welded tubular products in the range 24" to 64" in diameter. High-quality hot rolled coil will be supplied to the mill by both US Steel and Posco, with the newly formed company responsible for marketing the output.