Replies to post #2433 on Cleveland Cliffs Inc (CLF)

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Re: CLF's supply agreement with Essar Algoma

CLF’s Aug 2016 prospectus says the supply deal runs until 2024 (rather than 2020, as in Essar's PR); from page 5 of CLF's prospectus:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406516000272/prospectusfinal.htm

Essar Algoma Settlement and Reinstatement of Pellet Sale and Purchase Agreement

On June 7, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, confirmed the May 27, 2016 Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the settlement between Essar Steel Algoma Inc., or Essar, and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Northshore Mining Company and Cliffs Mining Company. These orders approve the reinstatement of the Pellet Sale and Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of January 31, 2002, as amended, or the Essar Agreement. The Essar Agreement will resume in full on January 1, 2017, with Cliffs supplying a significant portion of Essar’s 2016 requirements beginning July 2016 under a separate agreement. The Essar Agreement extends to 2024. Essar continues to be under the protection of the CCAA in the Ontario Superior Court.

Presumably, the 2020 date in Essar's PR refers to the end of the agreement subject to the current term sheet, but the supply deal per se apparently runs until 2024.