皇冠体育-克利夫斯宣布印第安纳港4号高炉无限期闲置，并通知扁钢价格上涨

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皇冠体育——（皇冠体育官网商业资讯）——CLEVELAND- cliffs Inc.今天宣布将无限期闲置其印第安纳港4号高炉（ih# 4）。这一行动是成功实施操作改进的结果，特别是在高炉负荷中增加了大量的HBI和在转炉中最大限度地利用废料。分配到ih# 4的员工将被重新分配到印第安纳港工程公司的其他职位，因为印第安纳港综合体的职位空缺数量超过了ih# 4相关的职位数量。该公司将继续整个印第安纳港工厂的正常运营，包括其两个钢铁车间，热轧带钢厂和所有精加工设施，以及附近的Riverdale工厂。由于印第安纳港3号和4号高炉现在无限期闲置，未来，包括Riverdale工厂在内的所有下游业务将由该公司的旗舰高生产率ih7号高炉独家供应。

ih# 4炉的年净生产能力为210万吨铁水，预计将在未来两个月内停产。这一行动将使Cliffs的运营高炉数量从8个减少到7个。公司预计，由于ih# 4的无限期闲置，2022年全年的钢铁出货量不会发生任何变化。

另外，公司还将通知客户，由于新订单的强劲流入，公司将把4月份所有碳热轧、冷轧和涂层钢产品订单的当前现货市场基本价格每净吨至少提高50美元。

Cliffs董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Lourenco Goncalves表示：“我们通过使用内部生产的HBI和额外的废钢来提高炼铁和炼钢设施的生产率的战略使我们能够降低焦炭率，从而减少二氧化碳排放，以及扩大铁水利用率，并且仍然能够用更少的高炉生产类似数量的粗钢。换句话说，通过集中运营和最大限度地提高ih# 7的生产率，我们正在改善我们的碳足迹，同时，在相同水平的钢铁生产和运输下，降低我们的成本结构。最重要的是，由于我们在现场为所有受影响的员工提供了足够的职位空缺，我们现在能够用ih# 4的现有员工填补印第安纳港工程公司的几个空缺职位。”

关于皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公司

皇冠体育-克利夫斯是北美最大的扁钢生产商。皇冠体育斯成立于1847年，是一家矿山运营商，也是北美最大的铁矿石球团制造商。公司从开采原料、直接还原铁、废铁到初级炼钢及下游精加工、冲压、工装、管材等垂直一体化。我们是北美汽车行业最大的钢铁供应商，由于我们提供全面的扁钢产品，我们为各种其他市场提供服务。皇冠体育-克利夫斯总部位于俄亥俄州皇冠体育，在皇冠体育官网和加拿大拥有约26,000名员工。

前瞻性陈述

This release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry or our businesses, are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described in forward-looking statements are the following: disruptions to our operations relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the heightened risk that a significant portion of our workforce or on-site contractors may suffer illness or otherwise be unable to perform their ordinary work functions; continued volatility of steel, iron ore and scrap metal market prices, which directly and indirectly impact the prices of the products that we sell to our customers; uncertainties associated with the highly competitive and cyclical steel industry and our reliance on the demand for steel from the automotive industry, which has been experiencing a trend toward light weighting and supply chain disruptions, such as the semiconductor shortage, that could result in lower steel volumes being consumed; potential weaknesses and uncertainties in global economic conditions, excess global steelmaking capacity, oversupply of iron ore, prevalence of steel imports and reduced market demand, including as a result of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic; severe financial hardship, bankruptcy, temporary or permanent shutdowns or operational challenges, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, of one or more of our major customers, including customers in the automotive market, key suppliers or contractors, which, among other adverse effects, could lead to reduced demand for our products, increased difficulty collecting receivables, and customers and/or suppliers asserting force majeure or other reasons for not performing their contractual obligations to us; risks related to U.S. government actions with respect to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as amended by the Trade Act of 1974), the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and/or other trade agreements, tariffs, treaties or policies, as well as the uncertainty of obtaining and maintaining effective antidumping and countervailing duty orders to counteract the harmful effects of unfairly traded imports; impacts of existing and increasing governmental regulation, including potential environmental regulations relating to climate change and carbon emissions, and related costs and liabilities, including failure to receive or maintain required operating and environmental permits, approvals, modifications or other authorizations of, or from, any governmental or regulatory authority and costs related to implementing improvements to ensure compliance with regulatory changes, including potential financial assurance requirements; potential impacts to the environment or exposure to hazardous substances resulting from our operations; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, our level of indebtedness and the availability of capital could limit our financial flexibility and cash flow necessary to fund working capital, planned capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes or ongoing needs of our business; our ability to reduce our indebtedness or return capital to shareholders within the currently expected timeframes or at all; adverse changes in credit ratings, interest rates, foreign currency rates and tax laws; the outcome of, and costs incurred in connection with, lawsuits, claims, arbitrations or governmental proceedings relating to commercial and business disputes, environmental matters, government investigations, occupational or personal injury claims, property damage, labor and employment matters, or suits involving legacy operations and other matters; supply chain disruptions or changes in the cost or quality of energy sources, including electricity, natural gas and diesel fuel, or critical raw materials and supplies, including iron ore, industrial gases, graphite electrodes, scrap metal, chrome, zinc, coke and metallurgical coal; problems or disruptions associated with transporting products to our customers, moving manufacturing inputs or products internally among our facilities, or suppliers transporting raw materials to us; uncertainties associated with natural or human-caused disasters, adverse weather conditions, unanticipated geological conditions, critical equipment failures, infectious disease outbreaks, tailings dam failures and other unexpected events; disruptions in, or failures of, our information technology systems, including those related to cybersecurity; liabilities and costs arising in connection with any business decisions to temporarily idle or permanently close an operating facility or mine, which could adversely impact the carrying value of associated assets and give rise to impairment charges or closure and reclamation obligations, as well as uncertainties associated with restarting any previously idled operating facility or mine; our ability to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits of our recent acquisition transactions and to successfully integrate the acquired businesses into our existing businesses, including uncertainties associated with maintaining relationships with customers, vendors and employees and known and unknown liabilities we assumed in connection with the acquisitions; our level of self-insurance and our ability to obtain sufficient third-party insurance to adequately cover potential adverse events and business risks; challenges to maintaining our social license to operate with our stakeholders, including the impacts of our operations on local communities, reputational impacts of operating in a carbon-intensive industry that produces greenhouse gas emissions, and our ability to foster a consistent operational and safety track record; our ability to successfully identify and consummate any strategic capital investments or development projects, cost-effectively achieve planned production rates or levels, and diversify our product mix and add new customers; our actual economic mineral reserves or reductions in current mineral reserve estimates, and any title defect or loss of any lease, license, easement or other possessory interest for any mining property; availability of workers to fill critical operational positions and potential labor shortages caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as our ability to attract, hire, develop and retain key personnel; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations with unions and employees; unanticipated or higher costs associated with pension and OPEB obligations resulting from changes in the value of plan assets or contribution increases required for unfunded obligations; the amount and timing of any repurchases of our common shares; and potential significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

有关影响Cliffs业务的其他因素，请参阅第I部分第1A项。截至2021年12月31日的年度10-K表年度报告中的风险因素，以及向皇冠体育官网证券交易委员会提交的其他文件。

媒体联系人：Patricia Persico高级主管，企业传播（216）694-5316

投资者联系人：James Kerr投资者关系经理（216）694-7719

资料来源：Cleveland-Cliffs Inc。

2022年2月21日上映