Cliffs hosts fireside chat on industry, union, government collaboration

Cleveland-Cliffs’s Chairman, President, and CEO Lourenco Goncalves hosted a fireside chat with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on Friday at the company’s plate mill in Coatesville, Pa. They were joined by Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and United Steelworkers (USW) Director of District 10 Bernie Hall.

Hall mentioned the legacy of steel production in the Coatesville plate facility, where workers have been melting and pouring steel for over 200 years. Operations at the plant began in 1810, and the mill has been owned by various companies, including Bethlehem Steel, the International Steel Group (ISG), and ArcelorMittal USA. The EAF mill outside of Philadelphia currently has an annual capacity of 800,000 short tons of steel plate.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held various editorial positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills since 2007. She joined the SMU team in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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