Commodities
US Steel Rival Is Ready to Pick Up the Pieces If Nippon Deal Collapses
- Cliffs CEO phones up USW during interview to confirm support
- Goncalves said he would offer bid if Nippon deal falls apart
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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lourenco Goncalves said he’d consider another bid — with union support — for United States Steel Corp., albeit at a significantly lower price than the existing offer from Nippon Steel Corp.
That potential bid, though, is dependent on the current Nippon-US Steel tie-up falling apart, Goncalves said in a phone interview. If he were to make an offer, the Cliffs CEO said he’d have the backing of the influential steelworkers union that’s also blasted Nippon’s takeover approach.