# Cleveland-Cliffs to build $150M transformer plant in Weirton, West Virginia

Cleveland-Cliffs announced it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia, with a total capital investment of $150 million. The plant is expected to come online in the first half of 2026 and create 600 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-07-22
- Where: Weirton, West Virginia, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 600
- Starts operating: Q1 2026
- Status: announced
- Products: three-phase distribution transformers
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Cleveland-Cliffs](https://endata.com/companies/27377.md)

## Sources

- [nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/cleveland-cliffs-announces-its-new-state-art-electrical-transformer-production-plant), 2024-07-22: "Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced today that it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia."
- [clevelandcliffs.com](https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/644/cleveland-cliffs-announces-its-new-state-of-the-art), 2024-07-22: "This downstream direct investment by Cleveland-Cliffs in Weirton will address the critical shortage of distribution transformers that is stifling economic growth across the United States."
- [archive.triblive.com](https://archive.triblive.com/news/wire-stories/cleveland-cliffs-will-make-electrical-transformers-at-shuttered-west-virginia-tin-plant/), 2024-07-22: "We were never going to sit on the sidelines and watch these jobs disappear."

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