Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of William J. McFadden as a vice president, Commercial - North American Iron Ore, for Cliffs Sales Company. Effective April 26, 2010, Mr. McFadden will hold responsibility for Cliffs' North American Iron Ore iron ore sales and marketing and report directly to Terry Mee, vice president, Sales and Transportation.
Mr. McFadden joins Cliffs with extensive experience in raw materials procurement and transportation logistics, having most recently supported US Steel's North American operations as general manager-raw materials. Mr. McFadden was also general manager-purchasing and deputy general manager-raw materials at US Steel's European operations. He has lived and worked in Eastern Europe at numerous times in his career, including assignments in Moscow, Russian Federation and Kosice, Slovakia. Prior to his position at US Steel, Mr. McFadden held operational and managerial positions with the Defense Intelligence Agency in the United States Department of Defense, Booz Allen Hamilton and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. is an international mining and natural resources company. A member of the S&P 500 Index, it is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America, a major supplier of direct-shipping lump and fines iron ore out of Australia and a significant producer of metallurgical coal.