Stelco

US Steel Canada (formerly Stelco) is a steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Stelco was founded in 1910 from several smaller firms. It continued on for almost 100 years, until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and was bought by U.S. Steel. The Hamilton plant has not produced steel since 2011, but its coke ovens and cold rolling finishing works remain in operation.

History

Several existing smaller steelworks combined and were incorporated as the Steel Company of Canada in 1910. Charles S. Wilcox was the first president of Iron and Steel Company of Canada, (later called simply Stelco), which was formed from five companies:

Hamilton Steel and Iron Company and The Canada Screw Company were founded before 1867 and Montreal Rolling Mills predates to the 1790s by businessman John Bigelow, succeeded by Alured Bigelow, later becoming Pillow & Hersey. During this time horses were used onsite and there was a blacksmith shop that was open until about 2004.