8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C.  20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                December 2, 2008


                         United States Steel Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Delaware                1-16811               25-1897152
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   (State or other        (Commission File          (IRS Employer
   jurisdiction of             Number)           Identification No.)
    incorporation)

        600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA            15219-2800
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         (Address of principal executive            (Zip Code)
                    offices)

                                 (412) 433-1121
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                         (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

     On December 2, 2008, United States Steel Corporation ("U. S. Steel")
announced that as a result of the company's continuing review and analysis of
market conditions and their impact on customers' orders, it is taking further
steps to temporarily concentrate North American steelmaking production at
Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh, Pa.; Gary Works in Gary, Ind.; Fairfield Works
near Birmingham, Ala.; and Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario.  As a result,
over the next few weeks the company will idle Keetac, an iron ore mining and
pelletizing facility in Keewatin, Minn.; Great Lakes Works near Detroit, Mich.;
and Granite City Works near St. Louis, Mo.  Approximately 3,500 employees will
be affected.  The unions representing workers at these facilities have been
notified of the temporary idling and Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (WARN) notices will be filed.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (d)  Exhibits

           99.1 Press release titled "U. S. Steel Consolidates Production for
                Greater Efficiency"


SIGNATURE

     Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has  duly  caused this report to be signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION


By   /s/ Larry G. Schultz
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     Larry G. Schultz
     Senior Vice President & Controller



Dated:  December 3, 2008

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

           U. S. STEEL CONSOLIDATES PRODUCTION FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY


     PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2, 2008 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X)

announced today that as a result of the company's continuing review and analysis

of market conditions and their impact on customers' orders, it is taking further

steps to consolidate operations to safely and more efficiently meet customer

demand including temporarily idling certain facilities. The facilities to be

idled over the next several weeks are: Keetac, an iron ore mining and

pelletizing facility in Keewatin, Minn.; Great Lakes Works near Detroit, Mich.;

and Granite City Works near St. Louis, Mo. Approximately 3,500 employees will be

affected. The unions representing workers at these facilities have been notified

of the temporary idling and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

(WARN) notices will be filed.

     U. S. Steel plans to temporarily concentrate production at Mon Valley Works

near Pittsburgh, Pa.; Gary Works in Gary, Ind.; Fairfield Works near Birmingham,

Ala.; and Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario.

     "We believe that our difficult decision to temporarily consolidate our

production is a necessary response to current market conditions," said U. S.

Steel Chairman and CEO John Surma.

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This release contains forward-looking statements with respect to market
conditions and proposed operating practices. U. S. Steel has been, and we expect
will continue to be, negatively impacted by the current global credit and
economic problems. In accordance with "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, cautionary statements identifying
important factors, but not necessarily all factors, that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements have been included in the Form 10-K of U. S. Steel for the year ended
December 31, 2007, and in subsequent filings for U. S. Steel.

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For more information about U. S. Steel, visit www.ussteel.com.