I. Parties: | Essar Steel Algoma Inc. (“Essar”) and The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Iron Company (“CCIC”), Cliffs Mining Company (“CMC”) and Northshore Mining Company (“Northshore” and collectively with CCIC and CMC, “Cliffs”). Essar and Cliffs may each be referred to as “Party” or together as “Parties.” |
Term Sheet: | A. Essar and Cliffs are currently parties to Pellet Sale and Purchase Agreement entered into and effective as of January 31, 2002, as amended (“Agreement”). The Agreement has been amended seven times, and each of the amendments is fully incorporated into the Agreement. |
III. Term: | January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2024 (12 years). “Contract year” is defined as January 1 through December 31. |
IV. Volume: | A. For the Contract year 2013 the Annual Requirements1 volume shall be fixed at ***. Essar shall take delivery of *** subject to the payment terms set forth in Section VI of this Term Sheet. Essar shall have the right *** subject to the payment terms set forth in Section XII of this Term Sheet. |
V. Grades: | The grades for the Cliffs Pellets shall remain the same as in the Agreement. |
VI. 2013 Price: | A. The price for 2013 Annual Requirements shall be calculated pursuant to the Agreement, ***. |
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VIII. 2014 Price: | The Parties have agreed that the price for 2014 Annual Requirements tonnage is ***. The per gross ton amounts shall be converted to a per wet gross ton unit price using the expected natural Fe (iron) content at *** moisture in the Agreement. An example of how to properly calculate the price for Cliffs Pellets pursuant to this section is attached hereto as Exhibit B-3. As a result of the ***, the Parties agree to delete Section 13 of the Agreement in its entirety. |
2016 Price: | A. The price for Annual Requirements for the Contract years 2015 and 2016 shall be calculated in the following manner: |
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Price: | A. The price for Contract Requirements for the contract years 2017 through and including 2024 shall be calculated in the following manner: |
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XI. ***: | Per Section VIII above, Section 13 of the Agreement shall be deleted from the Agreement in its entirety. |
Payment Terms: | A. ***. If Essar *** as set forth in Section IV(A) above, *** |
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Terms: | A. For each Contract year beginning with the 2014 Contract year through and including the 2024 Contract year, Essar shall pay Cliffs ***, as the case may be, ***. The payment due ***, consistent with the following language: |
1. | Consistent with the payment terms above, for each Contract year beginning with the 2014 Contract year through and including the |
2. | Consistent with the payment terms above, for each Contract year beginning with the 2014 Contract year through and including the 2024 Contract year, ***, as the case may be, ***. Therefore, Essar shall pay for ***, as the case may be, ***. Additionally, Essar shall take delivery of ***, as the case may be, ***. |
XIV. Delivery: | A. Cliffs shall deliver to Essar ***, as the case may be, for each Contract year. Essar shall ship during the period ***, as the case may be on a prorata basis. |
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Indranil Sinha |
Title: | G.M. (PLS) |
Date: | 7th June 2013 |
CLIFFS MINING COMPANY | |
By: | /s/ Terrence R. Mee |
Title: | Sr. Vice President |
Date: | June 7, 2013 |
THE CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY | |
By: | /s/ Terrence R. Mee |
Title: | Sr. Vice President |
Date: | June 7, 2013 |
NORTHSHORE MINING COMPANY | |
By: | /s/ Terrence R. Mee |
Title: | Sr. Vice President |
Date: | June 7, 2013 |
EXHIBIT B-3 | |
CLIFFS SALES COMPANY | |
ESSAR STEEL ALGOMA INC. | |
2014 PELLET PRICE CALCULATION | |
2014 Pellet Price Calculation | |
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EXHIBIT B-4 | |
CLIFFS SALES COMPANY | |
ESSAR STEEL ALGOMA INC. | |
EXAMPLE OF 2015 – 2016 ***PELLET PRICE CALCULATION | |
***’15 Pellet Price Calculation | |
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ESSAR STEEL ALGOMA INC. | ||
EXAMPLE OF 2017-2024 *** PELLET PRICE CALCULATION | ||
***’17 Pellet Price Calculation | ||
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