Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2016 Results

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) today reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended December 31, 2016.
Fourth-quarter 2016 consolidated revenues of $754 million increased 58 percent from the prior year’s fourth-quarter revenues of $476 million. As a result of increased volumes sold, cost of goods sold increased by 32 percent to $573 million compared to $433 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2015.
As quoted in the press release:

Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “2016 was the year in which we finalized the execution of the operational, commercial and financial actions necessary to ensure Cliffs will have a great future. Among the actions accomplished last year are several new sales agreements entered with clients, including the renewal of our long-term supply contract with our largest customer, and a number of capital markets transactions that were successfully executed to reduce debt and extend our maturity runway.”

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