EX-23 Consent of Independent Registered Accounting

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-30391 on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1992 Incentive Equity Plan (as amended and restated as of May 13, 1997) and the related prospectus; in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-56661 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Northshore Mining Company and Silver Bay Power Company Retirement Savings Plan and the related prospectus; in Registration Statement No. 333-06049 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Nonemployee Directors’ Compensation Plan; in Registration Statement No. 333-84479 on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1992 Incentive Equity Plan (as amended and restated as of May 11, 1999); in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-64008 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Nonemployee Directors’ Compensation Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2004); and in Registration Statement No. 333-113252 on Form S-3 pertaining to 3.25% Redeemable Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, of our reports dated February 22, 2005, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and management’s report of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and consolidated subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2004.