EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Cliffs
Natural Resources Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Registrant”), does hereby constitute and appoint
each of Joseph A. Carrabba, Laurie Brlas, P. Kelly Tompkins and Terrance M. Paradie, or any of
them, each acting alone, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact for each of
the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and in the name, place and
stead of each of the undersigned, to execute and file (i) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
“Form S-8 Registration Statement”) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, of Common Shares of the Registrant issuable in connection with the Amended and Restated
Cliffs 2007 Incentive Equity Plan, (ii) any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, supplements and exhibits to the Form S-8 Registration Statement and (iii) any and all
applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
state securities commission or other regulatory authority or exchange with respect to the
securities covered by the Form S-8 Registration Statement, with full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things whatsoever necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in
the premises, or in the name, place and stead of the said director and/or officer, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which will be deemed
an original with respect to the person executing it.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the 13th
day of July, 2010.
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/s/ Joseph A. Carrabba
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/s/ Laurie Brlas |
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Laurie Brlas
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Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |
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/s/ Terrance M. Paradie
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/s/ Ronald C. Cambre |
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Ronald C. Cambre
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Vice President, Corporate Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
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Director |
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/s/ Susan M. Cunningham
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/s/ Barry J. Eldridge |
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Barry J. Eldridge
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Director
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Director |
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/s/ Susan M. Green
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/s/ Janice K. Henry |
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Janice K. Henry
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Director
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Director |
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