Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and
officers of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby
constitute and appoint John S. Brinzo, Donald J. Gallagher, John E. Lenhard and
George W. Hawk and each of them, their true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and
in their name, place and stead, to sign and file on their behalf as a director
or officer of the Company, or both, as the case may be, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one
or more registration statement(s) on Form S-3 relating to the registration of
the Company's 3.25% Redeemable Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock,
3.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures issuable in exchange for the Preferred
Stock, and the Company's Common Shares, par value $1.00 per share, issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Stock or the Convertible Subordinated Debentures,
with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements or any additional
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the
Securities Act, with full power and authority to do 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 they might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Executed as of the 26th day of February, 2004.

/s/ J. S. Brinzo                        /s/ J. C. Morley
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J. S. Brinzo                            J. C. Morley, Director
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director          /s/ S. B. Oresman, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)           ------------------------------------
                                        S. B. Oresman, Director

/s/ R. C. Cambre                        /s/ R. Phillips
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R. C. Cambre, Director                  R. Phillips, Director


/s/ R. Cucuz                            /s/ R. K. Riederer
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R. Cucuz, Director                      R. K. Riederer, Director


/s/ D. H. Gunning                       /s/ A. Schwartz
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D. H. Gunning                           A. Schwartz, Director
Vice Chairman and Director

                                        /s/ D. J. Gallagher
/s/ J. D. Ireland, III                  ------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------    D. J. Gallagher
J. D. Ireland, III, Director            Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                                        Officer and Treasurer
/s/ F. R. McAllister                    (Principal Financial Officer)
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F. R. McAllister, Director
                                        /s/ R. J. Leroux
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                                        R. J. Leroux
                                        Vice President and Controller
                                        (Principal Accounting Officer)