CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 5, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. (CLF)
CIK: 0000764065
Period of Report: 2010-04-01

Reporting Person: RIEDERER RICHARD K (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-01	Stock Units	$	A	69.1085	Acquired		Common Shares (69.1085)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2292.6183	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Board of Directors of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (the "Company") declared a dividend of $.0875 per share, payable to all holders of record as of February 14, 2010 of common stock payable on March 1, 2010. The amount shown reflects 3.5038 shares credited to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.

F2: Convertible into Common Shares on a 1-for-1 basis.

F3: Reflects number of Common Shares of underlying deferred compensation credited to the account of the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's Nonemployee Directors' Compensation Plan ("Plan"). Each Stock Unit is generally distributable following termination of service as a Director.

F4: Balance shown reflects 17.5274 shares acquired March 31, 2010 pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan. The number of deferred dividend reinvestment equivalent shares earned in the Plan is calculated using the closing market price at the end of each quarter for shares held in the Plan as of the record date with dividends earned on March 1, 2010.