Steel Products
Cleveland Cliffs to Acquire ArcelorMittal USA
Written by Sandy Williams
September 28, 2020
Cleveland-Cliffs is about to become the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. The company announced Monday that it will acquire all of the operations of ArcelorMittal USA and its subsidiaries for a purchase price of approximately $1.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The ArcelorMittal assets include six steelmaking facilities, eight finishing facilities, two iron ore mining and pelletizing operations and three coal and coke-making operations. Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, will lead the expanded organization, which includes AK Steel, acquired earlier this year.
Said Goncalves: “Steelmaking is a business where production volume, operational diversification, dilution of fixed costs, and technical expertise matter above all else, and this transaction achieves all of these. ArcelorMittal is a world class organization that we have long admired as our customer and our partner, and we know for a fact that they have taken good care of their U.S. assets.”
“We look forward to welcoming the ArcelorMittal USA team into our organization. We are creating an exceptional company, based on great people and supported by our existing strong relationship with the United Steelworkers, the United Auto Workers and the Machinists unions. The acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA amplifies our position in the discerning automotive steel marketplace, and further improves our position in important U.S. markets such as construction, appliances, infrastructure, machinery and equipment. It also adds to our strong legacy raw material profile and growing finishing capabilities. The transaction will enable us to become a more efficient fully-integrated steel system, with the ability to realize all of our operational and financial goals.”
Assets Acquired
Steelmaking:
- Indiana Harbor
- Burns Harbor
- Cleveland
- Coatesville
- Steelton
- Riverdale
Finishing:
- Columbus
- Conshohocken
- Double G. Coatings JV (ArcelorMittal USA’s 50% interest)
- Gary Plate
- I/N Tek JV with Nippon Steel (ArcelorMittal USA’s 60% interest)
- I/N Kote JV with Nippon Steel (ArcelorMittal USA’s 50% interest)
- Piedmont
- Weirton
Mining and Pelletizing:
- Hibbing JV (ArcelorMittal USA’s 62.3% interest)
- Minorca
Met Coal / Cokemaking:
- Monessen
- Princeton
- Warren
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