LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints George W. Hawk, Jr., Traci L. Forrester, Nancy Watts and Keirsten
Riedel and each of them, as the true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to execute,
on behalf of the undersigned any and all statements or reports considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time
to time ("Exchange Act") with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.125 per share, of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
("Company"), including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial
ownership on Form 3; all statements of changes in beneficial ownership on Form
4; all annual statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5; and all notices of
proposed sale of securities on Form 144; and any and all other documents that
may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such
statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and
authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact
assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.  This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect as long as the
undersigned is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of March, 2009.

						/s/ R. R. Mehan
      					            Richard Mehan
						     Officer