Trump administration redirects $500M clean steel grant to coal furnace upgrade

The Department of Energy modified a Biden-era award to Cleveland-Cliffs, shifting $500 million in funding from decarbonizing steelmaking to upgrading coal-fueled operations at its Ohio plant.

First covered Aug 21, 2026 · 12:30 PM PT · 2 articles · no longer in the live window

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36d CleanTechnica Cleveland-Cliffs Redirects Half a Billion Dollars in Clean Steel Funding to Coal at Middletown Works — MIDDLETOWN, OH — Cleveland-Cliffs and the Department of Energy announced plans to continue the use of coal at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Middletown Works steel mill…

36d Canary Media Trump turns $500M grant for clean steel into funding for coal furnace — A $500 million Biden-era grant to decarbonize steelmaking has been refashioned by the Trump administration to upgrade a coal-fueled blast furnace in southern…

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