Joint economic news event slated for Warren on Tuesday

WARREN

Officials from Warren, Howland, Warren Township, and BDM Warren Steel Holdings will have a joint economic development press conference at noon Tuesday.

It will be held at the BDM Warren Holdings site entrance on Niles Warren River Road just south of the city.

BDM Warren Steel Holdings is the name of the company that bought the former RG Steel/Republic Steel mill in 2012 out of bankruptcy.

It begin demolition of the buildings at the 1,100-acre site a year or so later, and demolition is nearly complete, though BDM recently put on hold the demolition of the Mill's blast furnace.