Just about three months after a partnership between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel was finalized, some Northwest Indiana activists are asking the corporations to consider a green steel mill in Gary.

In an email to the Post-Tribune, Terry Steagall, a Highland resident and retired steelworker, expressed his desire for direct reduction furnaces, which he considers to be a more environmentally and economically friendly alternative.

When the partnership between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel was announced, the Japanese company planned to invest up to $4 billion in a new steel mill if the deal went through, Reuters reported in May.

Steagall wants to see the facility built in Gary, and he wants it to use direct reduction iron furnaces.

“If they’re going to spend about $4 billion for a new technolog

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