[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

I have no clue what they are building.   Alcoa in Lancaster produces  
aluminum (or al-u-min-e-um as the Brits would say) building products  
like gutters , down spouts, siding).  They are not doing well because  
of the downturn in the construction industry.


On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> Hmm, lets see now. 1250 employees, 50 hourly and 50 salary (office not
> plant) that leaves probably 1000 in the plant. Sounds pretty strong  
> to me by
> today's standards. Arcelor-Mittal wishes they had never sold the  
> Scranton
> Road Mill to the developers who built Steelyard Commons shopping  
> center.
> They could now use the production facility.
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Schneider Fred  
> <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> And the rest burnt off when the river caught fire.   Hee Hee Hee Hee
>> Hee.
>> By the way, Herb, ALCOA isn't as strong as you claim.   There was a
>> story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer less than three weeks ago about
>> layoffs at the Cleveland plant.
>>
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>> Alcoa Cuts 13,500 Jobs, Shuts Some Operations 100 Workers Here Will
>> Be Dismissed
>> 01/07/2009
>> But to the relief of most of the 1,250 employees at Alcoa's Forged
>> and Cast Products facility in Cleveland, the operations here will
>> remain mostly intact. Still, managers today will end the jobs of 100
>> workers, 50 salaried and 50 hourly, said...
>> - Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) : Read More
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>> On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ken and Tracie
>>> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>>>> I've read reports that the poisonous muck is concealed under
>>>> twenty five to
>>>> thirty years of cleaner sediment. Any dredging exposes and stirs
>>>> up the
>>>> layers of poisonous sediments and it would kill surrounding marine
>>>> life.
>>>>
>>>> K.
>>>>
>>>> Not true. Lake Erie is clean and clear again. Dredging goes on
>>>> constantly
>>> inside the sea wall to keep the harbor deep enough for all the
>>> ocean going
>>> ships going in and out. Also the Cuyahoga River is open to ocean
>>> going ships
>>> as far South as Clark Avenue and open to lake freighter ships as
>>> far South
>>> as Harvard Avenue. This requires constant dredging. Enough "bottom
>>> material"
>>> was probably removed in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s to remove the bad
>>> stuff. The
>>> main industry along the river is steel (9 works) and aluminum
>>> (three works).
>>> Arcelor-Mittal runs all 7 of its works at 100% capacity and does
>>> not pollute
>>> as does Charter Steel with its 2 works running three shifts per
>>> day. Alcoa
>>> Aluminum has three works (all running at 100% capacity) along the
>>> upper area
>>> of the Cuyahoga and does not pollute. These factories are monitored
>>> by the
>>> local and Federal governments. So for now at least everything is
>>> going good.
>>> --
>>> Herb Brannon
>>> On America's North Coast
>>>
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> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
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