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Cliffs Natural Resources
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Cleveland-Cliffs Pauses Work on Toledo HBI Plant
20 March 2020 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is temporarily halting construction at its hot-briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Toledo, Ohio, USA, the company said late Thursday.
U.S. Iron Ore Miners Say No Virus Impacts...Yet
19 March 2020 - Minnesota’s Iron Range is bracing for a potential recession, but for now iron ore operations are continuing as they have, reports the Duluth News Tribune.
It’s Official: AK Steel Is Now a Part of Cleveland-Cliffs
13 March 2020 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Friday completed its acquisition of AK Steel Corp., marking the beginning of a new era for two storied American businesses.
Cleveland-Cliffs Wins Shareholder Approval for AK Steel Merger
10 March 2020 - Shareholders have given approval to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.’s planned acquisition of AK Steel Corp., bringing the deal one step closer to fruition.
Cleveland-Cliffs Expects March Close for AK Steel Acquisition
21 February 2020 - Cleveland-Cliffs’ planned acquisition of AK Steel Corp. has received approval from North American regulators and is expected to close in March, the company has announced.
EAFs May Dominate in the U.S., But They Can’t Yet Replace BFs, Says Iron Ore Executive
23 October 2019 - Fears that U.S. blast furnaces face imminent extinction are “totally unrealistic,” the top executive at iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. said Wednesday.
Cleveland-Cliffs Celebrates Completion DR-Grade Pellet Project
07 August 2019 - U.S. iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has cut the ribbon on a US$100 million expansion of its Northshore mine in Silver Bay, Minn.
ArcelorMittal to Assume Management of U.S. Iron Ore Mine
04 January 2019 - ArcelorMittal USA is set to take on management of a jointly owned taconite mine in Minnesota later this year.
Cleveland-Cliffs Appoints New COO
12 December 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has named executive vice president Clifford T. Smith as chief operating officer, the company has announced.
Steelworkers Union Opens Labor Talks with Cleveland-Cliffs
06 September 2018 - The United Steelworkers union is kicking off contract negotiations with iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. as they look to replace a deal that expired 1 October.
With Divestment of Australian Mine, Cleveland-Cliffs Returns Focus Entirely to North America
30 August 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland–Cliffs Inc. has finalized the sale of its Australian iron ore business, fully re-establishing itself as a regionally focused player in North America.
Cleveland-Cliffs Expects Heavier Iron Ore Pellet Sales
23 July 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has revised up its full-year sales forecast, saying that it now expects to sell 21 million long tons’ worth of pellets on account of healthy demand.
Cliffs to Divest Australian Iron Ore Mine
12 June 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Australian iron ore operation to Australia's Mineral Resources Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.
Cleveland-Cliffs Marks Start of Construction on HBI Plant
06 April 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. broke ground Thursday on its US$700 million hot-briquetted iron plant in Ohio, celebrating the start of work on a project that could displace up to 1.6 million tons’ worth of imported iron units.
A New Business for Old Blast Furnaces? Probably Not, Says Cliffs CEO
20 March 2018 - Although idled North American blast furnaces conceivably could find a second life producing merchant pig iron, the likelihood that they will is low, said Lourenco Goncalves, chairman and chief executive of iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Cleveland-Cliffs Acquires Full Stake in Iron Ore Mine, Pellet Plant
02 October 2017 - Iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has bought out its joint venture partner in a Michigan mine, the company said on Monday.
Looking to the Future, Cliffs Natural Resources Restores Past Name
15 August 2017 - North American iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has renamed itself Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., reclaiming the identity it had used for decades.
DRI Plant Still in the Works for Cliffs
28 April 2017 - Iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources said it remains committed to building a direct-reduction plant and intends to make preliminary investments in the project in 2018, chief executive Lourenco Goncalves said Thursday.
Two Look to Acquire Bankrupt Essar Steel Minnesota
11 April 2017 - Iron ore miner and an investor group are making competing bids for the former Essar Steel Minnesota, the half-built taconite mine and processing plant in Minnesota’s Iron Range, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.
Judge: Essar Minnesota Can Keep Public Mineral Leases -- For Now
17 November 2016 - A federal judge has ruled that the state of Minnesota can’t yet rescind bankrupt Essar Steel Minnesota’s public mineral leases, which now will remain a part of the company’s bankruptcy case at least until February, reports the Duluth News Tribune.
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