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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Subsidiaries | 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 |  | Location |  | Ownership Interest |  | Operation |  | Status of Operations
Northshore |  | Minnesota |  | 100.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Active
United Taconite |  | Minnesota |  | 100.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Active
Tilden |  | Michigan |  | 85.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Active
Empire |  | Michigan |  | 79.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Active
Koolyanobbing |  | Western Australia |  | 100.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Active
Pinnacle |  | West Virginia |  | 100.0% |  | Coal |  | Active - Held for Sale
Oak Grove |  | Alabama |  | 100.0% |  | Coal |  | Active - Held for Sale
Wabush 1 |  | Newfoundland and Labrador/ Quebec, Canada |  | 100.0% |  | Iron Ore |  | Permanent closure
Bloom Lake 1 |  | Quebec, Canada |  | 82.8% |  | Iron Ore |  | Care-and-maintenance
Cliffs Chromite Ontario - Black Label Deposit 1 |  | Ontario, Canada |  | 100.0% |  | Chromite |  | Suspended
Cliffs Chromite Ontario - Black Thor Deposit 1 |  | Ontario, Canada |  | 100.0% |  | Chromite |  | Suspended
Cliffs Chromite Ontario & Cliffs Chromite Far North - Big Daddy Deposit 1 |  | Ontario, Canada |  | 70.0% |  | Chromite |  | Suspended
1 As of January 27, 2015, we deconsolidated substantially all of our Canadian operations following the CCAA filing. See NOTE 14 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS for further information.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments | 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 March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Parentheses indicate a net liability.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (In Millions)
Investment |  | Classification |  | Accounting Method |  | Interest Percentage |  | March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Hibbing |  | Other non-current assets |  | Equity Method |  | 23% |  | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |
Other |  | Other non-current assets |  | Equity Method |  | Various |  | 0.9 |  |  | 1.0 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3.4 |  |  | $ | 4.1 |

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