I also hope so!

My only concern is whether anyone will be willing to buy any of the assets at the prices that Cliffs will ask.

My gut feeling is that Casablanca already negotiated tentative deals for at least two major assets long before they took control of the board. I wonder if the chromite will be one of those. I suspect so. It's a less pricy asset than Bloom or some of the other operations, which means that selling it at a slight discount to get it off the books quickly will be less painful. They may say that they are only willing to accept purchase offers at "prices that are acceptable" to the board, but my guess is that these prices will be less than some people think.

My guess is that Bloom will be tough to sell, and other assets won't. But if Casablanca can divest several small assets, it'll save face and they'll be able to say that they're going to continue with the Bloom Lake project after re-analyzing potential returns. Or something like that. But of course, this is just a guess. Maybe they've already agreed to sell it to another major on-the-cheap. Shareholders might not be upset to get rid of that albatross around their necks.