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    Cliffs Could 'Stretch' Hot Metal and Take Down a Blast Furnace in '22: Goncalves

    Written by Michael Cowden


    Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. might shut a blast furnace this year, the company’s top executive said.

    “When we make a move, we make a move. … You might see a blast furnace going down for good still in 2022,” Cliffs Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves said during a fireside chat at the Tampa Steel Conference this week.

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