Acquisitions And Other Investments (Tables)
|
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2011
|
Wabush [Member]
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|
Schedule Of Allocation Of Purchase Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In Millions) |
|
|
|
Initial Allocation |
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|
Final Allocation |
|
|
Change |
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
88.0 |
|
|
$ |
88.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Working capital adjustments
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of total consideration transferred
|
|
|
103.0 |
|
|
|
103.0 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Fair value of Cliffs' equity interest in Wabush held prior to acquisition of remaining interest
|
|
|
39.7 |
|
|
|
38.0 |
|
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
142.7 |
|
|
$ |
141.0 |
|
|
$ |
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In-process inventories
|
|
$ |
21.8 |
|
|
$ |
21.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Supplies and other inventories
|
|
|
43.6 |
|
|
|
43.6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
13.2 |
|
|
|
13.2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Mineral rights
|
|
|
85.1 |
|
|
|
84.4 |
|
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
Plant and equipment
|
|
|
146.3 |
|
|
|
147.8 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
66.4 |
|
|
|
66.4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
16.3 |
|
|
|
19.3 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable assets acquired
|
|
|
392.7 |
|
|
|
396.5 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(48.1 |
) |
|
|
(48.1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Pension and OPEB obligations
|
|
|
(80.6 |
) |
|
|
(80.6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Mine closure obligations
|
|
|
(39.6 |
) |
|
|
(53.4 |
) |
|
|
(13.8 |
) |
Below-market sales contracts
|
|
|
(67.7 |
) |
|
|
(67.7 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
(20.5 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
20.5 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(8.9 |
) |
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(265.4 |
) |
|
|
(258.6 |
) |
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable net assets acquired
|
|
|
127.3 |
|
|
|
137.9 |
|
|
|
10.6 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
15.4 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
(12.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
142.7 |
|
|
$ |
141.0 |
|
|
$ |
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Consolidated Thompson [Member]
|
|
Schedule Of Allocation Of Purchase Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In Millions) |
|
|
|
Initial Allocation |
|
|
Revised Allocation |
|
|
Change |
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of total consideration transferred
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
130.6 |
|
|
$ |
130.6 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
102.8 |
|
|
|
102.4 |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
Product inventories
|
|
|
134.2 |
|
|
|
134.2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
35.1 |
|
|
|
35.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Mineral rights
|
|
|
4,450.0 |
|
|
|
4,825.6 |
|
|
|
375.6 |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
1,193.4 |
|
|
|
1,193.4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable assets acquired
|
|
|
6,048.2 |
|
|
|
6,423.4 |
|
|
|
375.2 |
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(13.6 |
) |
|
|
(13.6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
(130.0 |
) |
|
|
(123.8 |
) |
|
|
6.2 |
|
Convertible debentures
|
|
|
(335.7 |
) |
|
|
(335.7 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
(41.8 |
) |
|
|
(41.8 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Long-term deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(831.5 |
) |
|
|
(1,041.8 |
) |
|
|
(210.3 |
) |
Senior secured notes
|
|
|
(125.0 |
) |
|
|
(125.0 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(70.7 |
) |
|
|
(70.7 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(25.1 |
) |
|
|
(25.1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(1,573.4 |
) |
|
|
(1,777.5 |
) |
|
|
(204.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable net assets acquired
|
|
|
4,474.8 |
|
|
|
4,645.9 |
|
|
|
171.1 |
|
Noncontrolling interest in Bloom Lake
|
|
|
(947.6 |
) |
|
|
(1,075.4 |
) |
|
|
(127.8 |
) |
Preliminary goodwill
|
|
|
1,026.8 |
|
|
|
983.5 |
|
|
|
(43.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
4,554.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Schedule Of Unaudited Consolidated Proforma Information |
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|
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|
(In Millions, Except Per Common Share) |
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
2010 |
|
REVENUES FROM PRODUCT SALES AND SERVICES
|
|
$ |
7,002.7 |
|
|
$ |
4,982.9 |
|
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CLIFFS SHAREHOLDERS
|
|
$ |
1,612.3 |
|
|
$ |
912.5 |
|
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO CLIFFS SHAREHOLDERS — BASIC
|
|
$ |
11.50 |
|
|
$ |
6.74 |
|
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO CLIFFS SHAREHOLDERS — DILUTED
|
|
$ |
11.43 |
|
|
$ |
6.70 |
|
|
Freewest [Member]
|
|
Schedule Of Allocation Of Purchase Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In Millions) |
|
|
|
Initial Allocation |
|
|
Final Allocation |
|
|
Change |
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity instruments (4.2 million Cliffs common shares)
|
|
$ |
173.1 |
|
|
$ |
173.1 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Cash
|
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of total consideration transferred
|
|
|
185.9 |
|
|
|
185.9 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Fair value of Cliffs' ownership interest in Freewest held prior to acquisition of remaining interest
|
|
|
27.4 |
|
|
|
27.4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
213.3 |
|
|
$ |
213.3 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
7.7 |
|
|
$ |
7.7 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Mineral rights
|
|
|
252.8 |
|
|
|
244.0 |
|
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
Marketable securities
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable assets acquired
|
|
|
274.0 |
|
|
|
265.2 |
|
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Long-term deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(57.4 |
) |
|
|
(54.3 |
) |
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(60.7 |
) |
|
|
(57.6 |
) |
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable net assets acquired
|
|
|
213.3 |
|
|
|
207.6 |
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
Goodwill
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
213.3 |
|
|
$ |
213.3 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spider [Member]
|
|
Schedule Of Allocation Of Purchase Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In Millions) |
|
|
|
Initial Allocation |
|
|
Final Allocation |
|
|
Change |
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
56.9 |
|
|
$ |
56.9 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of total consideration transferred
|
|
|
56.9 |
|
|
|
56.9 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Fair value of Cliffs' ownership interest in Spider held prior to acquisition of remaining interest
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
9.0 |
|
|
$ |
9.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Mineral rights
|
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable assets acquired
|
|
|
44.5 |
|
|
|
48.8 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
(5.2 |
) |
|
|
(5.2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Long-term deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(2.7 |
) |
|
|
(5.1 |
) |
|
|
(2.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(7.9 |
) |
|
|
(10.3 |
) |
|
|
(2.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable net assets acquired
|
|
|
36.6 |
|
|
|
38.5 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
77.1 |
|
|
|
75.2 |
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
Noncontrolling interest in Spider
|
|
|
(51.9 |
) |
|
|
(51.9 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLCC [Member]
|
|
Schedule Of Allocation Of Purchase Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In Millions) |
|
|
|
Initial Allocation |
|
|
Final Allocation |
|
|
Change |
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
757.0 |
|
|
$ |
757.0 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Working capital adjustments
|
|
|
17.5 |
|
|
|
18.9 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of total consideration transferred
|
|
$ |
774.5 |
|
|
$ |
775.9 |
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product inventories
|
|
$ |
20.0 |
|
|
$ |
20.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Land and mineral rights
|
|
|
640.3 |
|
|
|
639.3 |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
Plant and equipment
|
|
|
111.1 |
|
|
|
112.3 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
15.9 |
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
Intangible assets
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable assets acquired
|
|
|
808.0 |
|
|
|
807.6 |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(22.8 |
) |
|
|
(24.1 |
) |
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
Mine closure obligations
|
|
|
(2.8 |
) |
|
|
(2.8 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Below-market sales contracts
|
|
|
(32.6 |
) |
|
|
(32.6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(58.2 |
) |
|
|
(59.5 |
) |
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total identifiable net assets acquired
|
|
|
749.8 |
|
|
|
748.1 |
|
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
Goodwill
|
|
|
24.7 |
|
|
|
27.8 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
774.5 |
|
|
$ |
775.9 |
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|