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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS Schedule of Disposal Groups, including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement - Canadian Entities (Details)

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS Schedule of Disposal Groups, including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement - Canadian Entities (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax $ (928.5)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax $ (140.4)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Canadian Entities [Member] Ìý Ìý
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue 11.3us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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158.3us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Costs of Goods Sold (11.1)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCostsOfGoodsSold
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(208.0)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCostsOfGoodsSold
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Eliminations with Continuing Operations 0clf_EliminationswithContinuingOperations
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(28.7)clf_EliminationswithContinuingOperations
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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gross Profit (Loss) 0.2us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGrossProfitLoss
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(78.4)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGrossProfitLoss
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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Operating Expense (33.3)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOperatingExpense
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(58.6)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOperatingExpense
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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Expense (1.0)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherExpense
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(1.4)us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherExpense
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Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax (34.1)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
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(138.4)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Business Exit Costs (818.7)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1
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0us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1
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Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
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44.3us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
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LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax $ (852.8)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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$ (94.1)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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