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STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Approved Grants Equity Plans [Table Text Block] | A summary of our outstanding share-based award activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 is as follows:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of year | 6,792,201 |  |  | $ | 6.90 |
Granted | 1,285,419 |  |  | $ | 14.18 |
Vested and issued | (3,199,270 | ) |  | $ | 2.20 |
Forfeited/canceled | (121,923 | ) |  | $ | 12.21 |
Outstanding, end of year | 4,756,427 |  |  | $ | 11.90 |
Stock Incentive Plans Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Following is a summary of our performance share award agreements outstanding as of December 31, 2019:
Performance Share Plan Year |  | Performance Shares Granted |  | Forfeitures to Date |  | Expected to Vest |  | Grant Date |  | Grant Date Fair Value |  | Performance Period
2019 |  | 572,104 |  |  | 15,879 |  |  | 556,225 |  |  | 2/19/2019 |  | $ | 18.31 |  |  | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021
2018 |  | 675,599 |  |  | 35,320 |  |  | 640,279 |  |  | 2/21/2018 |  | $ | 11.93 |  |  | 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020
2017 |  | 249,106 |  |  | — |  |  | 249,106 |  |  | 6/26/2017 |  | $ | 10.74 |  |  | 5/31/2017 - 12/31/2019
2017 |  | 553,725 |  |  | 63,457 |  |  | 490,268 |  |  | 2/21/2017 |  | $ | 19.69 |  |  | 1/1/2017 - 12/31/2019
Incentive Compensation and Other Benefit Plans for Employees and Directors [Table Text Block] | For the last three years, grants of restricted and/or deferred shares have been awarded to elected or re-elected nonemployee directors as follows:
Year of Grant |  | Restricted Shares |  | Deferred Shares
2019 |  | 86,477 |  |  | 23,659 |
2018 |  | 92,718 |  |  | 17,170 |
2017 |  | 93,359 |  |  | 17,289 |
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Cost by Plan [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the share-based compensation expense that we recorded in continuing operations:
| (In Millions, except per share amounts)
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cost of goods sold and operating expenses | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 1.9 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 15.6 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 16.3 |
Reduction of operating income from continuing operations before income taxes | 17.6 |  |  | 15.1 |  |  | 18.2 |
Income tax benefit 1 | (3.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Reduction of net income from continuing operations attributable to Cliffs shareholders | $ | 13.9 |  |  | $ | 15.1 |  |  | $ | 18.2 |
Reduction of continuing operations earnings per common share attributable to Cliffs shareholders: |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
Diluted | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
1 No income tax benefit in 2018 and 2017 due to the full valuation allowance.
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block] | Stock option, restricted awards and performance share activity under our long-term equity plans and Directors’ Plans are as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| Shares |  | Shares |  | Shares
Stock options: |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of year | 563,230 |  |  | 599,870 |  |  | 599,870 |
Exercised | — |  |  | (36,640 | ) |  | — |
Forfeited/canceled | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at end of year | 563,230 |  |  | 563,230 |  |  | 599,870 |
Restricted awards: |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding and restricted at beginning of year | 4,804,248 |  |  | 4,776,483 |  |  | 5,461,783 |
Granted during the year | 682,240 |  |  | 795,487 |  |  | 1,196,731 |
Vested and issued | (3,168,195 | ) |  | (627,567 | ) |  | (1,813,315 | )
Forfeited/canceled | (60,974 | ) |  | (140,155 | ) |  | (68,716 | )
Outstanding and restricted at end of year | 2,257,319 |  |  | 4,804,248 |  |  | 4,776,483 |
Performance shares: |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of year | 1,424,723 |  |  | 1,848,312 |  |  | 1,368,469 |
Granted during the year | 572,104 |  |  | 675,599 |  |  | 802,831 |
Vested and issued | — |  |  | (489,953 | ) |  | — |
Forfeited/canceled | (60,949 | ) |  | (609,235 | ) |  | (322,988 | )
Outstanding at end of year | 1,935,878 |  |  | 1,424,723 |  |  | 1,848,312 |
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2019 1 | 4,756,427 |  |  |  |  |
Directors’ retainer and voluntary shares: |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of year | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Granted during the year | 31,075 |  |  | 27,300 |  |  | 25,476 |
Vested and issued | (31,075 | ) |  | (27,300 | ) |  | (25,476 | )
Outstanding at end of year | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Reserved for future grants or awards at end of year: |  |  |  |  |
Employee plans | 9,931,740 |  |  |  |  |
Directors’ plans | 389,692 |  |  |  |  |
Total | 10,321,432 |  |  |  |  |
1 We assume all shares will vest until the date of vesting or forfeiture.
Following is a summary of approved grants by the Compensation Committee:
Grant Year |  | Vesting Date |  | Plan Issued Under |  | Restricted Stock Units Granted |  | Performance Shares Granted
2019 |  | 12/31/2021 |  | A&R 2015 Equity Plan |  | 572,104 |  |  | 572,104 |
2018 |  | 12/31/2020 |  | A&R 2015 Equity Plan |  | 685,599 |  |  | 675,599 |
2017 |  | 12/31/2019 |  | A&R 2015 Equity Plan |  | 532,358 |  |  | 249,106 |
2017 |  | 12/31/2019 |  | Amended 2015 Equity Plan |  | 553,725 |  |  | 553,725 |

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