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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] Ìý
Basis Of Consolidation
Basis of Consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, including the following operations:
Name
Ìý
Location
Ìý
Ownership Interest
Ìý
Operation
Northshore
Ìý
Minnesota
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
United Taconite
Ìý
Minnesota
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Wabush
Ìý
Newfoundland and Labrador/ Quebec, Canada
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Bloom Lake
Ìý
Quebec, Canada
Ìý
82.8%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Tilden
Ìý
Michigan
Ìý
85.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Empire
Ìý
Michigan
Ìý
79.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Koolyanobbing
Ìý
Western Australia
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Iron Ore
Pinnacle
Ìý
West Virginia
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Coal
Oak Grove
Ìý
Alabama
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Coal
CLCC
Ìý
West Virginia
Ìý
100.0%
Ìý
Coal

Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated upon consolidation.
Also included in our consolidated results are Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc. and Cliffs Chromite Far North Inc. Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc. holds a 100 percent interest in each of the Black Label and Black Thor chromite deposits and, together with Cliffs Chromite Far North Inc., a 70 percent interest in the Big Daddy chromite deposit, all located in northern Ontario, Canada.
Equity Method Investments
Equity Method Investments
Investments in unconsolidated ventures that we have the ability to exercise significant influence over, but not control, are accounted for under the equity method. 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 MarchÌý31, 2014 and DecemberÌý31, 2013. Parentheses indicate a net liability.
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
(In Millions)
Investment
Ìý
Classification
Ìý
Accounting
Method
Ìý
Interest
Percentage
Ìý
MarchÌý31,
2014
Ìý
DecemberÌý31, 2013
Hibbing
Ìý
Other non-current assets1
Ìý
Equity Method
Ìý
23
Ìý
$
1.7

Ìý
$
(3.9
)
Other
Ìý
Other non-current assets
Ìý
Equity Method
Ìý
Various
Ìý
34.3

Ìý
34.7

Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
Ìý
$
36.0

Ìý
$
30.8

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1 At December 31, 2013, the classification for Hibbing was Other liabilities.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]
Foreign Currency
Our financial statements are prepared with the U.S. dollar as the reporting currency. The functional currency of the Company’s Australian subsidiaries is the Australian dollar. The functional currency of all other international subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. The financial statements of international subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate at each balance sheet date for assets and liabilities and a weighted average exchange rate for each period for revenues, expenses, gains and losses. Where the local currency is the functional currency, translation adjustments are recorded as Accumulated other comprehensive loss. Income taxes generally are not provided for foreign currency translation adjustments. To the extent that monetary assets and liabilities, inclusive of intercompany notes, are recorded in a currency other than the functional currency, these amounts are remeasured each reporting period, with the resulting gain or loss being recorded in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Operations. Transaction gains and losses resulting from remeasurement of short-term intercompany loans are included in Miscellaneous - net in our Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, net losses of $6.5 million related to the impact of transaction gains and losses resulting from remeasurement, of which losses of $8.8 million and losses of $3.1 million, respectively, resulted from remeasurement of short-term intercompany loans and cash and cash equivalents. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, net gains of $3.7 million related to the impact of transaction gains and losses resulting from remeasurement, of which losses of $0.5 million and losses of $0.3 million, respectively, resulted from remeasurement of short-term intercompany loans and cash and cash equivalents.