Congresswoman Brown Announces Federal Grant of $19 Million Awarded to Cleveland-Cliffs for Electrified Steel Production

Cleveland, OH– Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and the Biden-Harris Administration announce todaythat the Cleveland-Cliff’s Steel Corporation, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, will receive a federal grant of $19,074,900 for electrified steel production in the United States.

The $19 million dollar grant comes from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) Industrial Demonstrations Program. The grant will support Cleveland-Cliff’s Steel Slab Electrified Induction Reheat Furnace Upgrade project to electrify the only production facility for high-silicon grain oriented electrical steel in the country, located in Lyndora, Pennsylvania, supporting jobs there and in Zanesville, Ohio. For more information on the project, click here. 

The Industrial Demonstrations Program is funded by the Inflation Reduction Act to support the advancement of transformational technologies necessary to decarbonize the U.S. industrial sector. Congresswoman Brown proudly voted for the Inflation Reduction Act.

“This federal grant for Cleveland-Cliffs is another win for workers and the environment. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act we are supporting good jobs, strengthening supply chains, reducing emissions and boosting the long-term competitiveness of American manufacturing and steel production. America must remain a country where we make things and this federal grant will help Cleveland-Cliffs shape the future of steel production,” said Congresswoman Shontel Brown.

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