Canada) in 2007. These facilities were sold in 2016 to venture capital firm Bedrock Resources and has since been renamed Stelco. The blast furnaces in Hamilton have not been reactivated as they were shut down by U.S. Steel in 2013, but those at Nanticoke are functional. The company opened a training facility, the Mon Valley Works Training Hub, in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in 2008. The state-of-the-art facility, located on a portion of the property once occupied by the company's Duquesne Works, serves as the primary training site for employees at U.S. Steel's three Pittsburgh-area Mon Valley Works locations. This site also served as the company's temporary technical support headquarters during the 2009 G20 Summit. In January 2021, U.S. Steel fully acquired Big River Steel in northeast Arkansas. In February 2022, U.S. Steel began construction of a new mill in Osceola, Arkansas, which is expected to be operational by 2024.The new Osceola plant will be adjacent to U.S. Steel's Big River Steel. Together the facilities will be known as Big River Steel Works. In June 2022, U.S. Steel signed a non-binding letter of intent with SunCoke Energy that would allow SunCoke to purchase two blast furnaces from U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works for use in pig iron fabrication. List of presidents and chairmen Presidents Charles M. Schwab (1901–1903) Elbert H. Gary (1903–1911) James Augustine Farrell, Sr.– (1911–1932) William A. Irvin (19 April 1932 – 1 January 1938) Benjamin Franklin Fairless (1938–1952) Clifford Hood (1952–1959) Walter Munford (18 May 1959 – 29 September 1959) Leslie B. Worthington (1959–1967) Edwin H. Gott (1967–1969) Edgar B. Speer (1969–1973) David M. Roderick (1973–1979) William R. Roesch (1979–1983) Charles A. Corry (25 January 1988 – 31 May 1989) Thomas J. Usher (1994–1995) Paul J. Wilhelm (1994–2001) Thomas J. Usher (2001–2003) John Surma (2003–2013) Mario Longhi— President & CEO of U.S. Steel (September 1, 2013 – May 10, 2017) David Burritt— President & CEO (May 10, 2017 – present) Chairmen of the Board of Directors Elbert Henry Gary (1901–1927) J.P. Morgan Jr. (1927–1932) Myron C. Taylor (1932–1938) Edward Stettinius Jr. (1938–1940) Irving Sands Olds (1940–1952) Benjamin Franklin Fairless— Chairman & CEO of U.S. Steel (1952–1955) Roger Blough— Chairman & CEO (3 May 1955 – 31 January 1969) Edwin H. Gott— Chairman & CEO (January 31, 1969 – March 1, 1973) Edgar B. Speer— Chairman & CEO (March 1, 1973 – April 24, 1979) David M. Roderick— Chairman &