Investor FAQs

Cliffs' strategy is to continually achieve greater scale and diversification in the mining industry through a focus on serving the world's largest and fastest growing steel markets. Recent investments in Australia and Latin America, as well as acquisitions in minerals outside of iron ore, such as chromite ore and metallurgical coal, illustrate the execution of this strategy.

For additional information regarding the Company or investor relations, please contact:

Steven R. Baisden
Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications
(216) 694-5280
steve.baisden@cliffsnr.com

Jessica J. Moran
Manager, Investor Relations
(216) 694-6532
jessica.moran@cliffsnr.com

For additional information regarding media relations, please contact:

Patricia Persico
Senior Manager, Media Relations and Marketing Communications
(216) 694-5316
patricia.persico@cliffsnr.com

Cliffs' common shares trade under the ticker symbol CLF on the New York Stock Exchange and the Professional Compartment of NYSE Euronext Paris.

Cliffs was founded in 1847 when 15 Cleveland, Ohio, men pooled their resources to stake a claim on a rich iron ore deposit in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Since opening its first mine there in 1850, the Company has been in the forefront of the North American iron ore business, successfully adapting its operations to major changes that have driven many competitors out of business.

Today, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. is an international mining and natural resources company. A member of the S&P 500 Index, the Company is a major global iron ore producer and a significant producer of high- and low-volatile metallurgical coal.

Cliffs' stock transfer agent and registrar is Computershare. For questions about your account, please contact :

Computershare Trust Company N.A.
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3069
Telephone: 1-800-446-2617

Yes. Cliffs' quarterly cash dividend is $0.28 per common share.

Cliffs currently employs 6,567 people worldwide.

The Company is organized through a global commercial group responsible for sales and delivery of Cliffs' products and a global operations group responsible for the production of the minerals the Company markets. Cliffs operates iron ore and coal mines in North America and two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia. The Company also has a 45% economic interest in a coking and thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia. In addition, Cliffs has a major chromite project, in the pre-feasibility stage of development, located in Ontario, Canada.

Our quarterly earnings releases and annual reports are available on this website for your convenience. If you would like a printed copy of these documents, please contact Cliffs' Investor Relations at (216) 694-6532, or make your request by clicking here.

You can order an investor information kit by clicking here, or you can call Cliffs Investor Relations at 216-694-6532.

Cliffs' Board of Directors last approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company's common shares in 2008. The record date for the stock split was May 1, 2008, and the additional shares were distributed on or about May 15, 2008.

Cliffs typically announces earnings approximately four weeks after the end of the first, second, and third quarters and approximately six weeks after the end of the full fiscal year.

Cliffs' annual meeting will be held May 8, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. ET on the 3rd floor of 200 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio.