Hamilton's industrial waterfront is home to 4 primary operators as wells dozens of smaller ones:
1. Stelco, Steel manufacturing
2. Arcelormittal Dofasco, Steel manufacturing
3. National Steel Car, the largest manufacturer of rail cars in North America
4. AIM Recycling - raw materials processing and recycling
Stelco is currently scaling down their operations in Hamilton and demolished a large part of their steel mill last year, preceding a $500 million sale of most of it's lands in the fall. The purchaser is planning a modern industrial park:
Arcelormittal Dofasco is currently going through a $1 billion renovation to cut it's carbon emissions by 60%, equal to cutting the entire countries' annual emissions by 1%:
https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/...ent-of-ontario
National Steel car is a long standing employer, and as I mentioned is the largest rail car manufacturer in North America:
AIM Recycling has a spotty environmental record, to say the least, and is not exactly a beloved local business:
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...pollution.html
All of this is serviced by Nikola Tesla Boulevard, an elevated expressway which most people are completely oblivious to existing. Most think the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto is the only elevated expressway in the province, but that's not the case:
The whole area is a fascinating area urbanistically.