EX-99(A) Schedule II-Valuation/Qualifying Account

Exhibit 99(a)

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

(Dollars in Millions)


				Additions

				Charged
		Balance at		to Cost			Charged					Balance at
		Beginning		and			to Other					End of
Classification		of Year		Expenses			Accounts			Deductions		Year

Year Ended December 31, 2004:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance	$	122.7	$	(113.8	)	$			$		$	8.9
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		4.8		1.6						1.6		4.8
Year Ended December 31, 2003:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance		120.6		9.8			(7.7	)				122.7
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		1.0		4.8						1.0		4.8
	Other		.6								.6
Year Ended December 31, 2002:
	Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance				82.2			38.4					120.6
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		1.2								.2		1.0
	Other		4.0								3.4		.6

Additions charged to other accounts in 2002 and 2003 were charged directly to shareholders’ equity.