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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME, CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSTION 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 9-MOS DEC-31-1999 JAN-01-1999 SEP-30-1999 33 0 47 2 127 223 222 68 689 77 0 0 0 17 401 689 177 215 191 203 12 0 2 (2) (2) 0 0 0 0 0 (.02) (.02)