Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
RIEDERER RICHARD K
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CLEVELAND CLIFFS INC [CLF] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
S25 W35020 MANOR HOUSE RD.		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/02/2007
(Street)

OCONOMOWAC, WI 53066		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock               9,932.3768 (1) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Units (2) 04/02/2007   A   58.5846     (3)   (3) Common Shares 58.5846 $ 64.01 4,659.7857 (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
RIEDERER RICHARD K
S25 W35020 MANOR HOUSE RD.
OCONOMOWAC, WI 53066		   X      

Signatures

 Traci L. Forrester by Power of Attorney   04/03/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On January 8, 2007, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the "Company") declared a dividend of $.125 per share, payable to all holders of record as of February 15, 2007 of common stock payable on March 1, 2007. The amount shown reflects 1.9068 shares acquired pursuant to a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan for the Company's Common Stock and 20.053 restricted dividend reinvestment shares pursuant to the Nonemployee Directors' Compensation Plan ("Plan").
(2) Convertible into Common Shares on a 1-for-1 basis.
(3) Reflects number of Common Shares underlying deferred compensation credited to the account of the Reporting Person in payment of the Reporting Person's Quarterly Required Retainer for the second quarter of 2007 under the Plan. Each Stock Unit is generally distributable following termination of service as a Director.
(4) On January 9, 2006, the Company declared a dividend of $.125 per share, payable to all holders of record as of February 15, 2007 of common stock payable on March 1, 2007. The amount shown reflects 8.8169 shares credited to the Reporting Person March 30, 2007 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment election for deferred shares under the Plan.

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