Webcast Alert: ﾐﾇｿﾕｴｫﾃｽ Inc Announces First-Quarter 2007 Conference Call on April 26, 2007

CLEVELAND, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ﾐﾇｿﾕｴｫﾃｽ Inc (NYSE: CLF) invites you to listen to a live broadcast of its first-quarter 2007 conference call.

     When:         Thursday, April 26, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern

     Hosts:        Joseph A. Carrabba, President and Chief Executive Officer
                   Laurie Brlas, Senior Vice President-CFO and Treasurer

     Web Address:  

     Contacts:     Media: (216) 694-4870
                   Financial Community: (800) 214-0739 or (216) 694-5459

The Company will report on its operations and selected preliminary financial data for the quarterly period, as well as management's outlook for the balance of the year. Operational and selected financial data also will be included in a press release, which is scheduled to be issued after the market closes on Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

Please note, due to the ongoing review of the Company's application of SFAS 133, discussed in its press release dated March 16, 2007, the financial results disclosed in its first-quarter press release and related conference call will be limited in scope and may contain preliminary estimates subject to future adjustment.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at for 30 days.

ﾐﾇｿﾕｴｫﾃｽ Inc, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America and sells the majority of its pellets to integrated steel companies in the United States and Canada. ﾐﾇｿﾕｴｫﾃｽ Inc operates a total of six iron ore mines located in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada. The Company owns 80 percent of Portman Limited, a large iron ore mining company in Australia, serving the Asian iron ore markets with direct-shipping fines and lump ore. It also has a 30 percent interest the Amapa Project, a Brazilian iron ore project, and a 45 percent economic interest in the Sonoma Project, an Australian coking and thermal coal project.

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Released April 18, 2007