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Northern Iron Appoints Felipe Carvalho, to its Board Of Directors
(via Thenewswire.ca) Vancouver, BC / TNW-ACCESSWIRE / December 09 / Northern Iron Corp. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Northern Iron Appoints Felipe Carvalho, to its Board Of Directors(via Thenewswire.ca)\n \n \nVancouver, BC / TNW-ACCESSWIRE / December 09 / Northern Iron Corp. (\"Northern\") (TSX-V: NFE) (FRANKFURT: N8I) today announced the appointment of Felipe Carvalho to its Board of Directors.\n\n \n \nMr. Carvalho is one of the partners in OMC Investments Limited (\"OMC\") and is an expert in international logistics and project management. He has 12 years' experience working in Asia in the bulk business, dealing with chartering, iron ore, commodity risk assessment, marketing sales and management, dry bulk ocean freight, mine project oversight, and commodities business development.\n\n\n \nMr. Carvalho has significant experience in constructing and managing teams with a track record of successfully concluding business agreements from US$ 100,000 to US$ 210 million. \n\n\n \nMr. Carvalho is fluent in Mandarin, Portuguese, and English. \n\n\n \n \"We're very pleased to have Felipe join the Board,\" says Basil Botha, President and CEO of Northern Iron Corp. \"This new appointment solidifies our great working relationship with OMC Investments and Felipe's considerable logistics skills and expertise will further strengthen our board and provide critical skills to enable us to get our product to market.\"\n\n \n \nAbout OMC Investments Limited\n\n\n \nOMC Investments Limited is a Hong Kong incorporated investment company focusing on iron ore, steel and agricultural investments with a connection to China and Asia.\n\n \n \nAbout Northern Iron Corp.\n\n\n \nNorthern Iron is a 100% owner of five iron (magnetite) properties in the Red Lake District in the Province of Ontario. The Red Lake District is an established mining area in Ontario where Northern Iron has two near term development projects, the past producing Griffith mine and the Karas property.\n\n\n \nNorthern Iron is currently working towards the production of Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI), a transportable form of direct reduced iron. HBI is complementary and a viable metallic supplement to scrap steel. Quality scrap is a critical raw material in the steel making process. With the diminishing supply of quality scrap steel and ever increasing market demand, steel producers around the world will be looking to secure alternative supplies of metallic products.\n\n\n \nAs part of the business plan, ...