WHERE: U. S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS
1951 STATE STREET
GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS 62040
WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008, 11 A.M.
GRANITE CITY, Ill. - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), in
partnership with SunCoke Energy, Inc., will be hosting a groundbreaking
ceremony for their joint capital investment program to support U. S. Steel's
Granite City Works. The groundbreaking is scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2008,
at 11 a.m. at U. S. Steel's Granite City Works.
Among those scheduled to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony are
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich; U.S. Rep. John Shimkus; Illinois state Reps.
Tom Holbrook, Jay Hoffman and Daniel Beiser; Illinois state Sen. William
Haine; Ed Hagnauer, mayor of Granite City; John Goodish, executive vice
president and chief operating officer of United States Steel Corporation; Mike
Thomson, executive vice president and chief operating officer of SunCoke
Energy, Inc.; Sharon Owen, general manager of U. S. Steel Granite City Works;
employees of U. S. Steel and SunCoke Energy as well as other state and local
elected officials.
For more information about U. S. Steel, visit www.ussteel.com.
Contact: Courtney Boone
412.433.6791
John Armstrong
412.433.6792
Erin DiPietro
412.433.6845
SOURCE United States Steel Corporation