Steel Products Prices North America

July 20, 2019
Cleveland Cliffs Capitalizes on Higher Ore Prices and Pellet Demand
Written by Sandy Williams
Cleveland Cliffs reported a dramatic increase to $249 million in adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter compared to $21 million in the first quarter of this year. Seasonality and stronger than expected demand resulted in shipping volumes of 6.2 million long tons.
The full year pellet forecast remains at 20 million long tons despite reduced shipments to a major client who has accelerated a planned maintenance outage. Cleveland Cliffs is expanding its sales to the seaborne market and expects to export “meaningful” tonnage of DRI grade pellets to regions such as North Africa and the Middle East. Cliffs is also increasing shipments of pellets to its Toledo HBI facility in preparation for an earlier start-up.


