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Cleveland-Cliffs announced the layoff of about one-third of its workforce at the former Weirton Steel plant
Weirton, located in southern Hancock and northern Brooke counties, is an industrial city once dominated by Weirton Steel Company, once the largest private employer in West Virginia and the state's first billion-dollar corporation.Incorporated in 1...
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