Decatur Steel tells board mitigation is improving and warns immediate shutdown would cost jobs

Aug 18, 2026

Decatur Steel's representatives said mitigation measures are ongoing and asked the board to avoid immediate revocation, warning that shuttering operations would eliminate jobs and requesting at least six months to cease operations if ordered to stop.

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Decatur Steel's attorney and the company representative told the board the company has been making mitigation efforts and that those efforts are producing improvements, according to testimony.

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