By Will Feuer


Cleveland-Cliffs said it will receive up to $575 million in U.S. funding for decarbonization investments at two of the steel producer's sites.

The company said it could receive up to $500 million to help replace the blast furnace at its Middletown Works Facility in Middletown, Ohio. The plant will replace the blast furnace with a hydrogen-ready direct reduced iron plant and two 120-megawatt electric melting furnaces.

The investment is meant to cut carbon emissions while also reducing production costs. Cliffs expects its capital outlay to be about $1.3 billion over a five-year period from 2025 to 2029.

Cliffs said it stands to get up to $75 million for another investment at its facility in Butler, Pa., where it plans to replace two of its existing natural-gas fired high-temperature slab reheat furnaces with four electrified induction slab reheat furnaces.

The company said the investments are expected to create nearly 4,000 jobs, in addition to construction jobs.


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