Cliffs Natural Resources Joins Ranks of the Fortune 500
05/09/2011 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. been added to the Fortune 500 list 2011, Fortune Magazine's annual ranking of America's largest companies by revenue.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced it has been added to the Fortune 500 list 2011, Fortune Magazine's annual ranking of America's largest companies by revenue.
"We are pleased to attain this ranking in the prestigious Fortune 500," said Joseph A. Carrabba, Cliffs' chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We consider it another significant milestone in our growth."
Cliffs is ranked at No. 477, with annual revenues of $4.7 billion for 2010.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., an international mining and natural resources company, is a major global iron ore producer and a significant producer of high- and low-volatile metallurgical coal. Cliffs' strategy is to continually achieve greater scale and diversification in the mining industry through a focus on serving the world's largest and fastest growing steel markets.
The company is organized through a global commercial group responsible for sales and delivery of Cliffs products and a global operations group responsible for the production of the minerals the Company markets. Cliffs operates iron ore and coal mines in North America and two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia. The company also has a 45% economic interest in a coking and thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia. In addition, Cliffs has a major chromite project, in the pre-feasibility stage of development, located in Ont., Canada.