ST. LOUIS — U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City facility — another blow for steelworkers in the Metro East.

The company said Tuesday it would end delivery of slabs to Granite City in November and shift slab processing to its facilities in Indiana and Pennsylvania.

A statement from U.S. Steel said no layoffs would occur due to the decision. The 800-worker Granite City Works facility "will be maintained in an operational state," the company said in a statement from an unnamed spokesperson.

But the company wasn't clear on what work, if any, workers would be doing there. The unnamed spokesperson said employees would "maintain the facility in case the situation changes and run auxiliary facilities."

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, said the move puts job

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