US Steel plans tinning operation restart

“Tin mill products produced at the Gary Tin Mill will be used in essential applications, including food and beverage packaging, aerosol products, oil filtration goods and other critical end markets,” states the firm.

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By Brian Taylor, Senior Editor

Published April 20, 2026

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The Pittsburgh-based United States Steel business unit of Nippon Steel Corp. has announced it plans to restart tinning operations at the Gary Tin Mill section of its Gary Works complex in that northwest Indiana city.

U.S. Steel says the move will position it to increase domestic tin mill production and provide customers with American-made supply, which could contribute to additional domestic melt shop output.

“Customers are increasingly focused on securing dependable domestic supply they can count on over the long term,” says U. S. Steel president and CEO David B. Burritt. “Restarting the Gary Tin Mill positions us to serve that demand, support domestic manufacturing and strengthen critical U.S. supply chains—including those that help support American farmers and food producers—provided trade is fair and enforced.”

On the trade front, U. S. Steel points to a joint action earlier this month with labor union the United Steelworkers to file antidumping duty (AD) petitions against imports of tin- and chromium-coated sheet steel (tin mill products) from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Turkey.

Another joint action involved filing a countervailing duty (CVD) petition against subsidized imports of tin mill products from China.

The outcome of those filings is not yet known. In the meantime, U. S. Steel says it expects the restart of the Gary Tin Mill to occur early next year, “subject to completion of maintenance activities, procurement of materials and workforce readiness.”

The company says it is taking a deliberate approach to ensure the Gary Tin Mill can operate safely and reliably once production resumes, and that the timing is intended to position the facility to support customer needs aligned with the annual contracting cycle for tin mill products.

U.S. Steel estimates up to $20 million in restart-related costs, in part to procure materials necessary to resume production, and says the restart is expected to support approximately 225 jobs in Gary.

“Tin mill products produced at the Gary Tin Mill will be used in essential applications, including food and beverage packaging, aerosol products, oil filtration goods and other critical end markets,” states the firm.

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On its website, U.S. Steel indicates it has two electrolytic tinning lines in Gary, where it operates a blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace complex. The tinning process coats steel strips or sheets with a thin layer of tin to create the tinplate grade of steel used in the packaging applications mentioned by the firm.

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