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Jobs, employers, industry, and tech in Northwest Indiana.
Cliffs consolidates NWI plate mills — no layoffs, company says
Cleveland-Cliffs is idling a Burns Harbor plate line and its Gary Plate finishing operation inside U.S. Steel’s Gary Works, shifting work to a larger 160-inch mill while promising transfers, not cuts.
NIPSCO GenCo adds 400 MW for Amazon’s NWI data-center build
The utility’s generation spinoff expands AWS power to 2,800 MW for a planned $15 billion campus centered on Hobart — and says residential bill credits could hit about $124 a year.
BL Duke opens Portage yard to feed U.S. Steel scrap logistics
The Illinois metals firm is running a 24/7 heavy-haul program — more than 20 loads a day — from a new 10-acre Northwest Indiana base tied to U.S. Steel’s Portage mill.
Ports of Indiana targets 2026 trial as Burns Harbor container terminal nears
At an Innovate Northwest Indiana luncheon, CEO Jody Peacock said a first export trial is planned by year-end as part of a $100 million port expansion.
Cleveland-Cliffs opens NWI hiring pool for Indiana Harbor and Burns Harbor
Hourly utility jobs and mill technical posts are listed through Indiana Career Connect as Cliffs staffs two of the Region’s largest steel employers.
Hammond data-center expansion deal expires after missed milestones
The city, Decennial Group, and CoreWeave failed to clear June 30 conditions on a planned 450,000-square-foot Digital Crossroads build; no further extensions are offered.