Exhibit 99(A)

Exhibit 99(a)

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

(Dollars in Millions)


				Additions

				Charged
		Balance at		to Cost			Charged							Balance at
		Beginning		and			to Other							End of
Classification		of Year		Expenses			Accounts			Acquisition		Deductions		Year

Year Ended December 31, 2005:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance	$	8.9							$	11.1	$	8.9	$	11.1
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		4.8										1.9		2.9
Year Ended December 31, 2004:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance		122.7		(113.8	)									8.9
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		4.8		1.6								1.6		4.8
Year Ended December 31, 2003:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance		120.6		9.8			(7.7	)						122.7
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		1.0		4.8								1.0		4.8
	Other		.6										.6

Additions charged to other accounts in 2003 were charged directly to shareholders’ equity.