EXHIBIT 10(f)
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                       AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT


        THIS AMENDMENT is entered into this 28th day of December, 1995, by and
between CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC, an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to as
"Cliffs"), and SAMUEL K. SCOVIL of Gates Mills, Ohio (hereinafter referred to
as "Consultant").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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        WHEREAS, Cliffs and Consultant are parties to a Consulting Agreement,
dated June 23, 1987, as amended June 18, 1991, for a term ending on December
31, 1996; and

        WHEREAS, the parties to that agreement wish to further amend it in
certain respects.

        NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree to further amend said Consulting
Agreement as follows:

        1.   Article III is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

             III.  SERVICES AND COMPENSATION
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                Consultant agrees to provide to Cliffs, when and to the extent
        reasonably required, consulting and advisory services during the term
        of this Agreement, and Cliffs agrees to pay Consultant at the rate of
        Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per year through the year 1995,
        payable quarterly in advance on the first day of January, April, July
        and October of each year, and agrees to pay $5,000 for the first
        quarter of 1996, payable on January 1, 1996, except that for the period
        commending July 1, 1991 through December 31, 1992, the annual rate
        shall be Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00),
        of which Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) of such annual
        rate shall not be subject to the penultimate sentence of Article X.

   2.   Article X is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

        X.      TERM 
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                This Agreement shall become effective as of January 1, 1987
        and, subject to the other provisions hereof, shall terminate on March
        31, 1996.  This Agreement shall also terminate upon Consultant's
        earlier death whereupon the balance payable hereunder through March 31,
        1996 shall immediately become due and be paid to Consultant's estate
        within ninety (90) days of the date of Consultant's death.
                Notwithstanding the above, the termination of this Agreement 
        shall not terminate the obligations of Consultant as contained in 
        Section V. above.

 3.     Except as provided herein, the Consulting Agreement remains in full 
        force and effect in accordance with its terms.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on the day and
year first above written.

                                        CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                        By  /s/ M. Thomas Moore
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                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                                                             
                                        Consultant:                          
                                                                             
                                          /s/ Samuel K. Scovil
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                                        SAMUEL K. SCOVIL                     





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