<p>US steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs have filed for an air permit for a potential future electric arc furnace at its Middletown Ohio integrated steel mill. The permit was filed for a parcel at the Middletown steelmaking site. The air permit listing cites proposed installation of an EAF melt shop and associated operations to produce steel slab. Cleveland-Cliffs said "As far as permits, we at Cliffs always tend to plan ahead and keep options available for the future. We have done that several times in Minnesota. For example, not all permits are acted upon and certainly not all approved permits will result in capital expenditure deployment. The requested air permit you have seen is just that a possibility for a distant future."</p> <p>The company has no plans to replace the Middletown blast furnace, which was relined a year ago and has at least 15 years of life left. The blast furnace revamp was made to allow it to use more hot briquetted iron in its melt operation, reducing its reliance on coking coal and lowering its carbon emissions. The Middletown blast furnace has a production capacity of 2.3 million short tons per year</p>
<p>US steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs have filed for an air permit for a potential future electric arc furnace at its Middletown Ohio integrated steel mill. The permit was filed for a parcel at the Middletown steelmaking site. The air permit listing cites proposed installation of an EAF melt shop and associated operations to produce steel slab. Cleveland-Cliffs said "As far as permits, we at Cliffs always tend to plan ahead and keep options available for the future. We have done that several times in Minnesota. For example, not all permits are acted upon and certainly not all approved permits will result in capital expenditure deployment. The requested air permit you have seen is just that a possibility for a distant future."</p> <p>The company has no plans to replace the Middletown blast furnace, which was relined a year ago and has at least 15 years of life left. The blast furnace revamp was made to allow it to use more hot briquetted iron in its melt operation, reducing its reliance on coking coal and lowering its carbon emissions. The Middletown blast furnace has a production capacity of 2.3 million short tons per year</p>
