Is pollution from steel mills behind cancer rates in Gary, Indiana? Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to figure out if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the ...

No specifics have been released yet. Gary, Indiana Mayor Eddie Melton has said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion into the U.S. Steel Gary Works — the largest U.S. Steel mill in the country.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- U.S. Steel says it will lay off more than 350 workers as part of a temporary closure of its tin mill in East Chicago, Ind. The company says layoffs will begin in mid ...

CBS News Chicago Investigatiors dug into EPA records dating back to 1977 and found that since then the EPA took 152 formal actions against the steel production facilities. Nearly half of those ...