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摘要

Last summer the leadership of Cliffs Natural Resources outlined an ambitious growth strategy for the 161-year-old Cleveland-based mining company, the No. 1 iron ore producer in the U.S. Chief executive Joseph Carrabba and his team envisioned Cliffs becoming a more diversified mining conglomerate. The cornerstone of the plan was to be the acquisition of rival coal producer Alpha Natural Resources, of Abingdon,