BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) |
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| Schedule Of Subsidiaries |
The consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, including the following operations at December 31, 2016:
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| Depreciation Disclosure [Table Text Block] |
Depreciation is provided over the following estimated useful lives:
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| Estimated Useful Lives Of Intangible Assets Subject To Periodic Amortization On Straight Line Basis Table [Text Block] |
Other intangible assets are subject to periodic amortization on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:
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| Reimbursements Revenue Disclosure [Table Text Block] |
The following table is a summary of reimbursements in our U.S. Iron Ore operations for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
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| Foreign Currency Transaction [Table Text Block] |
The following represents the net gain related to impact of transaction gains and losses resulting from remeasurement for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
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- Definition Describes the methodology and periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment and the estimated useful life of the asset in a systematic and rational manner.) No definition available.
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- Definition Estimated Useful Lives of Intangible Assets Subject to Periodic Amortization on a Straight-Line Basis [Table Text Block] No definition available.
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- Definition Foreign Currency Transaction [Table Text Block] No definition available.
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- Definition Reimbursements Revenue Disclosure No definition available.
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- Definition Disclosure of subsidiaries or other investments that are consolidated. No definition available.
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