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CLEVELAND, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) announced today that it will webcast its 2011 Analyst and Investor Day to be held on Tues., June 28, 2011 at 10 a.m. ET. The event will be webcast live from the New York Stock Exchange where members of Cliffs' senior leadership will provide the financial community a review of the Cliffs strategy. The slide presentation used for the event and webcast will be available online the morning of the event and can be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of cliffsnaturalresources.com. The presentation topics and respective presenters are listed below:

    --  Cliffs' Overall Strategy - Joseph Carrabba, Cliffs' chairman, president
        and chief executive officer
    --  Global Marketing – Donald Gallagher, executive vice president,
        president – global commercial; Terrence Mee, senior vice president –
        global iron ore & metallic sales; and William Hart, vice president –
        global marketing
    --  Eastern Canada Integration & Expansion – David Blake, senior vice
        president, North American iron ore – operations
    --  Asia Pacific Iron Ore & North American Coal – Duncan Price, executive
        vice president, president – global operations
    --  Ferroalloys – William Boor, senior vice president – global
        ferroalloys
    --  Global Exploration – Clifford Smith, senior vice president – global
        business development
    --  Sustainability – P. Kelly Tompkins, executive vice president –
        legal, government affairs and sustainability & chief legal officer
    --  Capital Structure & Asset Allocation– Laurie Brlas, executive vice
        president – finance and administration & chief financial officer

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About Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. is an international mining and natural resources company. A member of the S&P 500 Index, the Company is a major global iron ore producer and a significant producer of high- and low-volatile metallurgical coal. Cliffs' strategy is to continually achieve greater scale and diversification in the mining industry through a focus on serving the world's largest and fastest growing steel markets. Driven by the core values of social, environmental and capital stewardship, Cliffs associates across the globe endeavor to provide all stakeholders operating and financial transparency.

The Company is organized through a global commercial group responsible for sales and delivery of Cliffs products and a global operations group responsible for the production of the minerals the Company markets. Cliffs operates iron ore and coal mines in North America and two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia. The Company also has a 45% economic interest in a coking and thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia. In addition, Cliffs has a major chromite project, in the pre-feasibility stage of development, located in Ontario, Canada.

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