BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Subsidiaries

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, including the following operations:

Name	Location	Ownership Interest	Operation	Status of Operations
Northshore	Minnesota	100.0%	Iron Ore	Active
United Taconite	Minnesota	100.0%	Iron Ore	Active
Tilden	Michigan	85.0%	Iron Ore	Active
Empire	Michigan	79.0%	Iron Ore	Active
Koolyanobbing	Western Australia	100.0%	Iron Ore	Active
Pinnacle	West Virginia	100.0%	Coal	Active - Held for Sale
Oak Grove	Alabama	100.0%	Coal	Active - Held for Sale
Wabush1	Newfoundland and Labrador/ Quebec, Canada	100.0%	Iron Ore	Permanent closure
Bloom Lake1	Quebec, Canada	82.8%	Iron Ore	Care-and-maintenance
Cliffs Chromite Ontario - Black Label Deposit1	Ontario, Canada	100.0%	Chromite	Suspended
Cliffs Chromite Ontario - Black Thor Deposit1	Ontario, Canada	100.0%	Chromite	Suspended
Cliffs Chromite Ontario & Cliffs Chromite Far North - Big Daddy Deposit1	Ontario, Canada	70.0%	Chromite	Suspended
1 As of January 27, 2015, we deconsolidated substantially all of our Canadian operations following the CCAA filing. See NOTE 14 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS for further information.

Schedule of Equity Method Investments

The following table presents the detail of our investments in unconsolidated ventures and where those investments are classified in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Position as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Parentheses indicate a net liability.

				(In Millions)
Investment	Classification	Accounting Method	Interest Percentage	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Hibbing	Other non-current assets	Equity Method	23%	$	2.5	$	3.1
Other	Other non-current assets	Equity Method	Various	0.9		1.0
				$	3.4	$	4.1