# U. S. Steel breaks ground on $475M quench and tempering facility at Fairfield Tubular Operations

U. S. Steel held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new $475 million Quench and Tempering facility at its Fairfield Tubular Operations in Alabama. The investment is expected to create approximately 250 permanent jobs and 600 construction jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-05-25
- Where: Fairfield, Alabama, United States
- Value: $475.0M
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: Oct 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: quenched and tempered steel tubular products
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [United States Steel Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/15282.md)

## Sources

- [business.sherbrookerecord.com](https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/bizwire-2026-9-21-u-s-steel-breaks-ground-on-475-million-quench-and-tempering-facility-at-fairfield-tubular-operations), 2018-05-25: "U. S. Steel held a ceremonial groundbreaking today for the new $475 million Quench and Tempering (Q&T) facility coming to its Fairfield Tubular Operations."
- [cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/us-steel-to-add-300-jobs-restart-second-blast-furnace-plant/), 2018-06-06: "After careful consideration of market conditions and customer demand, including the impact of Section 232, the restart of the two blast furnaces at Granite City Works will allow us to serve our customers' growing demand for high quality products melted and poured in the United States."

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