New chromite ring-leader for Cliffs.

• Position: IN BRIEF

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Dec. 1 that Dave Anthony will join the organization as vice-president and senior project director of Cliffs' Canadian chromite operations, effective January 2011.

Anthony will lead the technical development of Cliffs' chromite deposits in the James Bay Lowlands.

He will oversee the project scope, execution plans, schedules and budgets to successfully design, procure, construct and begin production.

Cliffs has acquired two large chromite deposits and the controlling interest in a third deposit in the Ring of Fire. The company also announced its intent to develop the mining operation in the Ring and a...