Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is partnering with Nucor Corp. to weigh a potential joint bid for United States Steel Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter. Cliffs’ top boss later confirmed his interest in the American steelmaker at a press event.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves says he has an "all-American solution" in place to buy United States Steel Corp. if a deal with Nippon Steel is abandoned.

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves on Monday expressed the company's interest in acquiring U.S. Steel at a press conference in Pennsylvania. He also attacked Japan as "evil," claiming that it taught China how to dump, build overcapacity and overproduce.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves repeatedly predicted President Joe Biden would block Nippon Steel Corp.'s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp. months before it happened,

The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) is not holding back in his assessment of lawsuits filed by Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel Corp. that are aimed at salvaging a deal that has been blown up by President Joe Biden and, more broadly, political opposition.

In dual lawsuits filed Jan. 6, U.S. Steel Corp. and Nippon Steel Corp. blame the Biden administration's politicizing its national-security review as well as the behind-the-scenes actions by rival Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and United Steelworkers International President David McCall for scuttling the $14.9 billion deal.

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves criticized the deadline extension keeping Nippon Steel's bid to acquire U.S. Steel alive months longer than originally intended.

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday he had a plan to buy U.S. Steel as he launched a tirade against Japan, calling the close U.S. ally “evil.”