The proposals for these tariffs came about through a different process, after the United Steelworkers union and one of the few U.S. firms that still makes tinplate, Cleveland-Cliffs, alleged they ...

Last week, the department gave a green light to placing new tariffs on tinplate steel—the metal used to manufacture tin cans and a wide variety of other consumer goods—imported from Canada ...

Tinplate steel, while vital, isn’t used in tanks or towers. It makes food cans. And while the steel industry saw a much-needed resurgence, it left tinplate behind.

Cliffs said the transformation will create 600 jobs in Weirton, creating reemployment opportunities for hundreds of workers who worked at the tinplate plant. The transformer plant is expected to ...