Cliffs names Janice Henry to board

Cliffs Natural Resources names Janice Henry to board of directors

• On 5:34 pm EDT, Wednesday September 2, 2009

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. on Wednesday named Janice Henry to the mining company's board of directors.

Henry, 58, currently serves on the board of directors of North American Galvanizing & Coatings Inc. and previously served on the board of Inco Ltd., now known as Vale Inco, a subsidiary of the second largest mining company in the world, Vale SA, of Brazil.

In June 2006 she retired from Martin Marietta Materials Inc., where she had served as chief financial officer from 1994 through 2005. Martin Marietta Materials supplies gravel and sand to road builders.

Shares of Cliffs fell 16 cents to close at $24.15.