Goncalves, Granholm tout domestic steelmaking at Cliffs' Butler Works

Cleveland-Cliffs’ chief Lourenco Goncalves and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm stressed the importance of the American steel industry and domestic manufacturing at Cliffs’ Butler Works in Pennsylvania on Monday.

“We’ve seen what happens when we let our supply chains move overseas,” Granholm said during an event that gathered company, union, and government officials.

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Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.