Bethlehem Steel Is Lobbying for a Comeback

Domestic steel production is increasing, and a company using the once-storied name is looking for help in Washington.

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The former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Ted Shaffrey/AP

In 2003, a steel giant finally crumbled.

Once the second-largest steel manufacturer in the United States, Bethlehem Steel had filed for bankruptcy two years earlier. The cause of death was attributed, in part, to cheaper imports that ate into the domestic steel market.

But now, two brothers are resurrecting the Bethlehem Steel name, and they’re turning to K Street’s professional influencers for help.