American steel unlikely to get Keystone boost despite Trump order
Most material already purchased for Keystone; also, the specialised steel required for the big-ticket project is not produced by US firms
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WHEN US President Donald Trump signed orders to revive two controversial energy pipeline projects last week, he pledged to require new pipelines to use American-made steel, a gesture to workers in the hard-hit industry who helped propel him to power.
But US steelmakers will receive negligible benefit from the multi-billion dollar Keystone XL project, one of the two projects Mr Trump ordered to proceed, because they have limited ability to meet the stringent materials requirements for the TransCanada line.
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