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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-015881.txt : 20060307
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060307161756
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-015881
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060303
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060307
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060307

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CLEVELAND CLIFFS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000764065
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				341464672
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 SUPERIOR AVE 18TH FLR
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44114
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2166945700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 SUPERIOR AVE
		STREET 2:		18TH FLOOR
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44114

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRETHEWEY JAMES A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001211752

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08944
		FILM NUMBER:		06670371

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CLEVELAND CLIFFS INC
		STREET 2:		1100 SUPERIOR AVE.
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44114
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        <footnote id="F1">Reflects payout in Common Stock of Performance Shares earned under the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 1992 Equity Plan (as Amended and Restated as of May 13, 1997) as amended, for the 2003-2005 Performance Period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Surrender of Performance Shares represented in footnote (1) in payment of the related tax liability incurred by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Held for the benefit of the Reporting Person by the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Voluntary Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (VNQDC). The balance shown also includes 10 shares acquired March 1, 2006 (to shareholders of record on February 15, 2006) pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the VNQDC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Convertible into Common Shares on a 1-for-1 basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On December 31, 2004, the common stock of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's acquisition of 1,200 additional retention units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Retention Units granted to Reporting Person under the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Long-Term Incentive Program covering the period of January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 (Retention Period) were paid-out to Reporting Person in cash based on the market value price of the Common Shares of the Issuer on the last day of the Retention Period.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>George W. Hawk, Jr. by Power of
Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-07</signatureDate>
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