Permanent, Not Temporary: Republic Steel Won’t Reopen In Canton

Republic Steel’s shutdown of mills in Ohio and New York ? originally announced as an indefinite “idle,” ? is permanent.

An attorney with Tucker Ellis LLP in Cleveland told the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on Sept. 22 about the Canton plant’s permanent closure by email, which The Canton Repository obtained this week through a public records request. The attorney described the information as “confidential” but “critical” to share because of ongoing settlement negotiations in the state’s air pollution case against the company.