Stelco的美国母公司周二上午在一份新闻稿中表示，在“对其遵守34项承诺中的每一项进行详尽审查”后，该公司“完全遵守”根据《加拿大投资法》在2024年收购Stelco时作出的义务。
Stelco’s American parent company said in a news release on Tuesday morning that after "an exhaustive review of its compliance with each of its 34 undertakings," it is in "full compliance" with the obligations it made under the Investment Canada Act when it bought Stelco in 2024.
此前，加拿大工业部长梅拉妮·乔利上周给克利夫兰-克利夫公司设定了15天的最后期限，要求其撤销裁员决定，否则将诉诸法庭。
This comes after Canada’s Industry Minister Mélanie Joly last week gave Cleveland Cliffs a 15-day deadline to reverse layoffs before turning to the courts.
克利夫兰-克利夫公司上月底晚些时候表示，计划裁减多达500名工人，因为它将暂停位于汉密尔顿的Stelco的部分钢铁生产。
Cleveland-Cliffs said late last month that it plans to lay off as many as 500 workers as it idles certain steel production at Hamilton-based Stelco.
乔利在周四发给总部位于俄亥俄州的克利夫兰-克利夫公司的一封催告信中称，该公司违反了根据《加拿大投资法》作出的承诺。
In a demand letter sent to Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs on Thursday, Joly says the company is violating its commitments under the Investment Canada Act.
在周二的声明中，克利夫兰-克利夫公司表示：“Stelco的表现超过了收购时作出的承诺。这包括就业承诺。”
In Tuesday’s release, Cleveland Cliffs said "Stelco’s performance exceeds the commitments that were made at the time of the acquisition. This includes the employment undertakings."
该公司还表示，已请求与乔利以及克利夫兰-克利夫公司董事长兼首席执行官洛伦佐·贡卡尔维斯会面，“讨论让汉密尔顿175名暂时被裁员工恢复全额就业的途径。”声明称：“尽管她公开表示愿意坐下来谈判，但部长尚未回应这一请求。”
The company also said that it asked for a meeting with Joly and Cleveland-Cliffs chairman and CEO Lourenco Goncalves "to discuss a path toward resuming full employment of the 175 workers in Hamilton who have been temporarily laid off." The release said "notwithstanding her publicly stated willingness to sit down, the Minister has not yet responded to this request."
贡卡尔维斯表示，公司希望“尽快为汉密尔顿及其工人找到解决方案，并相信常识性的贸易政策将使这成为现实。”
Goncalves said the company wants "to find a solution for Hamilton and its workers as soon as possible and believes common sense trade policy will make this a reality."
第三季度业绩强劲 尽管公司表示裁员是为确保生存所必需，但克利夫兰-克利夫公司上周表示，Stelco今年第三季度是自收购汉密尔顿工厂以来“最强劲”的一个季度。
Strong 3rd-quarter results While the company has said the layoffs are required to ensure its survival, Cleveland-Cliffs said last week that Stelco's third quarter this year was its "strongest" since it acquired the Hamilton plant.
贡卡尔维斯在10月19日的一份声明中表示：“第三季度是我们两年前收购该公司以来Stelco最强劲的一个季度。加拿大热轧市场已大幅改善。”
"Third quarter was Stelco's strongest ... since we acquired the company two years ago. The Canadian hot-rolled market has improved substantially," Goncalves said in a statement on Oct. 19.
该公司表示，计划中的裁员是为了“确保公司生存”，因为美国对钢铁征收的关税正在挤压其销售。但乔利驳回了这一理由。
The company said the planned layoffs are in order to "ensure the survival" of the company, as U.S. tariffs on steel squeeze its sales. But Joly has dismissed that reasoning.
“让我明确指出：任何不可抗力或市场条件变化都不能免除克利夫兰-克利夫斯公司对加拿大作出的承诺。这些承诺不是可有可无的，”她在声明中说。
"Let me be clear: no act of God or change in market conditions can relieve Cleveland-Cliffs of the commitments it made to Canada. Those commitments are not optional," she said in her statement.