Financial risks and uncertainties surround CLF's potential acquisition of US Steel, but share buyback program offers potential returns to investors.

Cleveland-Cliffs is partnering with peer Nucor to prepare a potential all-cash bid for U.S. Steel, with an offer in the high $30s per share, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. Cliffs is aiming to purchase all of U.

U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel filed a separate lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., against the Biden administration to overturn the order and force a new review that could potentially lead to the deal. The Pittsburgh suit against Cliffs and McCall doesn't have any bearing on that decision.