GRANITE CITY - Granite City Works is ready to resume steel production in Granite City, Illinois, restarting one of its two blast furnaces after the Metro East mill has been idle for more than two years, union officials said.The planned restart by April 1, 2026, is being viewed by union members as “a win and an opportunity to prove their worth to new owners." The restart marks another chapter for Granite City steelworkers and a community long dependent on the mill’s labor to fuel the ...