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Planned move of scrap shredder alarms Southeast Side pollution fighters: 'We’re tired of being the city’s dumping ground'

Under the deal announced last week, General Iron plans to move its shredding operation ... live within a mile of the Southeast Side site, compared with about 47,500 who live that close to the scrap sh... read more

New Recycling Plant Not Welcomed By Some Residents

The recycling plant where they take their goods is on the move ... of the Southeast Environmental Task Force. The site of the old Republic Steel Mill at 116th and Avenue O is the planned new entrance ... read more

Upfront consideration

Many advances have been made on the downstream side of shredding plants ... (council representative) from General Iron’s neighborhood had “offered to help General Iron relocate,” saying the shredding ... read more

Illinois circling the drain? This boom town begs to differ.

Bruce Rauner, who has openly complained his state is "slowly, slowly starting to become southeast Michigan," and that Chicago ... Rochelle offers a good case in point. The north side residential area ... read more

EPA probes pollution from scrap yard near potential Amazon HQ2 site in gentrifying Clybourn Corridor

Nearly every day, claw-mounted cranes at the General Iron Industries ... relocated to the South Side; Sipi Metals, another steelmaker on Elston Avenue; a sprawling fleet management building the city s... read more

Neither up nor out

On the demand side, domestic output from steel mills year to date has been nearly on pace with 2013. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Washington, D.C., year-to-date productio... read more