Exhibit 23(b)
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.:
We consent
to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement
on Form S-4 of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc of our reports dated February 29, 2008, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and
the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and partners capital and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2007, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Alpha Natural
Resources, Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the heading Experts in the prospectus. Our
report on the consolidated financial statements refers to Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.s change in
method of accounting and reporting for share-based payments, its method of accounting for
postretirement benefits and its method of quantifying errors in 2006.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Roanoke, Virginia
October 14, 2008