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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Subsidiaries
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, including the following operations as of September 30, 2015:
Name
 
Location
 
Ownership Interest
 
Operation
 
Status of Operations
Northshore
 
Minnesota
 
100.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Active
United Taconite
 
Minnesota
 
100.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Active
Tilden
 
Michigan
 
85.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Active
Empire
 
Michigan
 
79.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Active
Koolyanobbing
 
Western Australia
 
100.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Active
Pinnacle
 
West Virginia
 
100.0%
 
Coal
 
Active - Held for Sale
Oak Grove
 
Alabama
 
100.0%
 
Coal
 
Active - Held for Sale
Wabush1
 
Newfoundland and Labrador/ Quebec, Canada
 
100.0%
 
Iron Ore
 
Permanent closure
Bloom Lake1
 
Quebec, Canada
 
82.8%
 
Iron Ore
 
Care-and-maintenance
1 As of January 27, 2015 and May 20, 2015, we deconsolidated substantially all of our Canadian operations following the CCAA filing. See NOTE 14 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS for further information.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments
The following table presents the detail of our investments in unconsolidated ventures and where those investments are classified in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Position as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Millions)
Investment
 
Classification
 
Accounting
Method
 
Interest
Percentage
 
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Hibbing
 
Other non-current assets
 
Equity Method
 
23%
 
$
2.1

 
$
3.1

Other
 
Other non-current assets
 
Equity Method
 
Various
 
1.1

 
1.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
3.2

 
$
4.1