Cliffs Names Senior Vice President, Global Coal
06/28/2011 - Cliffs Natural Resources announces that David Webb will join the organization as Senior Vice President, Global Coal, effective July 18, 2011.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has announced that David Webb will join the organization as Senior Vice President, Global Coal, effective July 18, 2011.
In his new position, Webb will provide strategic leadership and drive operational performance at the company's North American coal operations, including two underground longwall operations and three continuous mining operations. He will report to Duncan Price, Executive Vice President, President – Global Operations.
Webb has over 30 years of experience as a mining engineer and senior manager in the coal and energy sectors. Prior to joining Cliffs, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Mid-West Operations for Patriot Coal Corp since 2007. While at Patriot Coal he led all of the company's mining operations and properties in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, which have been recognized for outstanding safety and environmental performance.
“David's strong history of successfully operating coal properties in the Illinois basin will be instrumental to improving our operating performance in coal and this business' future success,” commented Price.
Webb began his career at Freeman United Energy Corp. where he served for 25 years in various engineering and management roles within the underground coal mining operations. He also led mining, processing and terminal operations for Peabody Energy's Kentucky operations.
Webb received a Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He serves on the Illinois State Mining Board, as First Vice Chairman of the Kentucky Coal Association, and as a Development Board Member at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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 Ontario, Canada.
