The coal pier became idled in 2016 due to declining demand for coal. The mill was idled in 2015, but reopened shortly after. Over a thousand workers were idled by the fire. The factories are occasionally idled for re-tooling. As a result, the last mines were completely idled in 1879. Subsequently, the plant was transitioned to an idled state. Cleveland-Cliffs also has a fifth mine in Michigan but it has been indefinitely idled. The Wixom plant itself was idled a year later. In 2001 the plant was idled again. The plant was idled in March 2012 due to cracks in the generators' rotors. In March 2016, U.S. Steel idled the plant. In 2015, Smith idled its manufacturing and it ceased all operations in 2017. Many food delivery trucks were idled along the Saudi-Qatari border. Ford idled the plant in May 2007. On June 20, 2013, Navistar Defense idled production at their West Point, MS production plant.