The Sparrows Point steel mill will be auctioned in January if buyers don’t step forward for all or part of the property, liquidator Hilco Industrial said Tuesday. Bids are due by Dec. 21, and an auction will be held Jan. ...

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The new owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill outside Baltimore say they have closed the deal and are looking for operators for all or part of the four-square-mile property. Spokesman Gary Epstein says the mill has state-of-the-art cold-rolling equipment. ...

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In a grim turn of events for the nearly 2,000 workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill, the reported high bidder for its assets is a well-known, international company that specializes in auctioning off equipment at closed plants.

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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Maryland Department of the Environment are calling for the potential sale of the Sparrows Point steel mill to be rejected if the deal does not contain clear language about what the new owner needs to do to clean up the site.

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The auction of RG Steel’s plants, including the historic Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County, has been postponed until next week, union officials wrote in an email to membership Tuesday, according to a local news blog.

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DOVER, Del. — Environmentalists are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to pursue a federal court appeal in a dispute involving RG Steel’s steel mill in Sparrows Point. RG Steel, the nation’s fourth-largest flat-rolled steel manufacturer, sought bankruptcy protection ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The judge presiding over the bankruptcy of RG Steel LLC is urging the company and its creditors to try to agree on a sale process of the steelmaker’s assets. RG Steel, the nation’s fourth-largest flat-rolled steel manufacturer, ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley’s gambling work group meets today in Annapolis, in its first attempt to examine expanding gambling in the state. Meanwhile, today in The Daily Record, businesses around the soon-to-open Maryland Live! casino express optimism that the casino opening ...

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A Chesapeake Bay Foundation attorney says the environmental group is keeping a close eye on the shutdown of the Sparrows Point steel mill outside Baltimore. Bay foundation attorney Jon Mueller says the environmental group has been seeking a court order ...

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Can Roland Park group buy BCC land? Residents of the well-groomed, historic Roland Park community are being asked to dig deep in their pockets to help purchase 17 acres of rolling open space at the Baltimore Country Club as part ...

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