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Factoryin progressAugust 21, 2026

Cleveland-Cliffs secures $1B Middletown Works modernization

Cleveland-CliffsOHMiddletown

Cleveland-Cliffs and the U.S. Department of Energy finalized a revised $1 billion investment plan for Middletown Works, including a blast-furnace rebuild, AI-enabled controls, on-site power generation from process gas, and protection of roughly 2,300 Ohio steel jobs.

#steel#industrial-modernization#doe#ai#ohio

Sources

  1. Cleveland-Cliffs press releaseclevelandcliffs.com · 2026-08-21
  2. U.S. Department of Energyenergy.gov · 2026-08-21

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