An Ohio-based company won’t give up on its quest to merge with U.S. Steel. According to multiple media outlets, Cleveland-Cliffs wants to buy the iconic company with the help of North Carolina’s Nucor Steel.

Lourenco Goncalves, the CEO of Ohio-based steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs, said in a news conference Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, that he wanted to make a new bid for U.S. Steel, which accepted the buyout offer from Nippon in 2023 after it rejected an offer by Cleveland-Cliffs.

CEO Lourenco Goncalves tells Semafor in an interview that he has lined up financing for a U.S. Steel (X) takeover bid in

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves’ nearly two-hour news conference Monday afternoon was called to mark five years since he acquired Butler Works and the rest of AK Steel, taking what was a sprawling steelmaking plant on the brink of closure and giving it life well into the future.

Development follows the Biden Administration's decision to block Japan's Nippon Steel from taking over US Steel.

US steel companies Cleveland-Cliffs and Nucor are preparing a joint proposal to potentially acquire US Steel after the White House blocked a takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, CNBC reported Monday.

Nippon's offer to buy USS was $14 billion while, according to Cliff CEO Lourenco Goncalves, Cliffs' final bid was $13.8 billion. Before Biden killed the Nippon deal, a bipartisan group, including incoming President Donald Trump, also opposed the deal.

An offer would involve Cleveland-Cliffs acquiring most of U.S. Steel and Nucor taking its so-called mini-mill assets, a source says.

US Steel ( NYSE: X) jumped 8% amid a report that Cleveland-Cliffs ( CLF) is partnering with Nucor Corp. ( NUE) for a potential bid for the steelmaker in the high $30s a share in cash. Cliffs ticked higher by 0.8%, while Nucor ( NUE) gained 2.4%.

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 is discussing joining with Nucor on a possible bid for U.S. Steel that is still likely months away from happening, according to people familiar with the matter. U.S. Steel had planned to sell itself to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel,