Cliffs Natural to take $6-billion charge on coal, iron ore a Miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. said it expects to take a $6-billion charge to write down the value of some coal and iron ore assets in the third quarter due to weak prices for both commodities.
Coal prices have halved over the past three years as a result of rising output from Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, Colombia and the United States and sluggish demand from both industrialized and emerging markets.
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Company said as of Sept. 30, it had no drawings on its $1.25-billion revolving credit facility and expects to have closed the third quarter with about $250-million of cash on hand.
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