There is only one Fortune 500 Company with "Cleveland" in its name. Why it matters: Maybe not for long. Driving the news: Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves announced Monday in a rambling two-hour press conference that if a proposed acquisition of U.

"I have a plan, I have an all-American solution in place. The all-American solution centers on people, on workers," said Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves.

If Cleveland-Cliffs is able to acquire US Steel, its CEO says the headquarters of the new entity would be in Pittsburgh, not Cleveland.

U.S. Steel shares jumped Monday on a report that Cleveland-Cliffs is teaming up with rival Nucor for a potential bid for the company, whose $14.1 billion buyout by Nippon Steel was recently blocked by President Joe Biden.

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday his company is ready to make another offer for U.S. Steel if its attempted merger with Japan’s Nippon Steel fails for good. “We have an all-American solution,

After a takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel was blocked, a new deal may be gaining traction. The politics of Joe Biden and Donald Trump are center stage.

CEO Lourenco Goncalves said he has the funding for a US Steel (NYSE:X) potential acquisition in the $8 billion range. Goncalves declined to say which banks had committed to financing an offer, the Cliffs CEO told Semafor  in an interview published on Tuesday.