Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Shareholders Equity

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Shareholders Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders Equity

NOTE 16 – SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

The following table reflects the changes in shareholders' equity attributable to both Cliffs and the noncontrolling interests primarily related to Bloom Lake, Tilden and Empire of which Cliffs owns 75 percent, 85 percent and 79 percent, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011: