Harrisburg, Pa. – The Cleveland-Cliffs steel manufacturer will be inactive three steel plants this summer, saying on Friday that is being hit by slow demand and prices for some products, including high carbon steel sheets.
The company said that the inactivity of two pensylvania floors, one in Steelton and one in Conhohockn, and one in Riverdale, Illinois, is due to the “insufficient demand and fixation” and nothing to do with President Donald Trump’s duty.
“These temporary and indefinite inactors are a necessary response to the demand and the insufficient prices for the products that produce the affected facilities, including the rail, the specialized plate and the high carbon sheet; all of which is outside the central commercial approach of Cliffs,” the company said.
The IDLINGS will be indefinite and will begin around June 30, at the end of a notification period of 60 days required by the Federal Law. Around 950 workers will be without work during the stops, said Cleveland Cliffs.
He said that his flat -handed steel production levels will not be affected.
Cleveland Cliffs in recent weeks had announced that two Iron mineral mines in Minnesota will be inactive or partially inactive, affecting 630 workers. He also said in March that he will inactivate a steel plant in Dearborn, Michigan, which will affect some 600 workers, citing “weak automotive production in the United States.”
“We believe that, once President Trump’s policies have a full effect and automotive production is used again, we should be able to resume steel production in Dearborn,” he said.
Cleveland Cliffs said, however, that he plans to resume the operation in his short oven in Cleveland, which was inactive last year.
