PITTSBURGH (AP) — Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the ...

Updated: October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM EDT This story has been corrected to show that maintenance was being performed on a gas isolation valve. The federal board investigating the fatal August explosion ...

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Refrigeration control valves for industrial refrigeration systems have been an important system component since the 1920s. When a control valve fails, the result can be as significant as a more costly ...

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As a result of legislative actions across the U.S., acquiring permits for greenfield natural gas-powered plants has increasingly become a challenge. In New York, for example, state officials denied ...