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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDTED INCOME, CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSITION AND COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

0000764065 CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC 1,000,000 3-MOS DEC-31-2000 JAN-01-2000 MAR-31-2000 35 0 38 2 118 207 225 73 663 66 0 0 0 17 383 663 24 35 30 33 6 0 1 (5) (1) (4) 0 0 0 (4) (.32) (.32)