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                                                                                                          Exhibit 21


                 Subsidiaries of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
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                                                                                                         Jurisdiction
                                                                                                              of
                                                                                                         Incorporation
                                                                                                              or
                 Name of Subsidiary                                                                      Organization
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                  Cleveland-Cliffs Company (1)                                                           Ohio
                  Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Corporation (1), (2), (3)                                         Ohio
                  Cliffs Biwabik Ore Corporation (2)                                                     Minnesota
                  Cliffs Copper Corp.                                                                    Ohio
                  Cliffs Empire, Inc. (1), (4)                                                           Michigan
                  Cliffs Engineering, Inc. (1)                                                           Colorado
                  Cliffs Forest Products Company (1)                                                     Michigan
                  Cliffs Fuel Service Company (1)                                                        Michigan
                  Cliffs IH Empire, Inc. (1)                                                             Michigan
                  Cliffs Marquette, Inc. (1), (3)                                                        Michigan
                  Cliffs MC Empire, Inc. (1), (4)                                                        Michigan
                  Cliffs Mining Company                                                                  Delaware
                  Cliffs Mining Services Company                                                         Delaware
                  Cliffs Oil Shale Corp. (1)                                                             Colorado
                  Cliffs of Canada Limited (1)                                                           Ontario, Canada
                  Cliffs Reduced Iron Corporation                                                        Delaware
                  Cliffs Resources, Inc. (5)                                                             Delaware
                  Cliffs Synfuel Corp. (1)                                                               Utah
                  Cliffs Tilden, Inc. (1), (2)                                                           Michigan
                  Cliffs TIOP, Inc. (1), (6), (7)                                                        Michigan
                  Empire-Cliffs Partnership (4)                                                          Michigan
                  Empire Iron Mining Partnership (8)                                                     Michigan
                  Escanaba Properties Company (1), (9)                                                   Michigan
                  Escanaba Properties Partnership (9)                                                    Michigan
                  FCDC Coal, Inc. (10)                                                                   Delaware
                  Hibbing Taconite Company, a joint venture (11)                                         Minnesota
                  J&L-Cliffs Ore Partnership (2), (12)                                                   Ohio
                  Kentucky Coal Company                                                                  Delaware
                  Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Company (5)                                         Michigan
                  Lasco Development Company (5)                                                          Michigan
                  Marquette Iron Mining Partnership (3)                                                  Michigan
                  Mattagami Mining Co. Limited (13)                                                      Ontario, Canada
                  Mesabi Radio Corporation (13)                                                          Minnesota
                  Minerais Midway Ltee-Midway Ore Company Ltd. (13)                                      Quebec, Canada
                  Mines Hilton Ltee-Hilton Mines, Ltd. (13)                                              Quebec, Canada
                  Northwest Iron Co. Ltd. (14)                                                           Delaware
                  Peninsula Land Corporation (13)                                                        Michigan


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                  See footnote explanation on pages 67-68.


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                                                                                                         Jurisdiction
                                                                                                              of
                                                                                                         Incorporation
                                                                                                              or
                 Name of Subsidiary                                                                      Organization
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                  Pickands Erie Corporation (13)                                                         Minnesota
                  Pickands Hibbing Corporation (13)                                                      Minnesota
                  Pickands Mather & Co. International                                                    Delaware
                  Pickands Mather Services Inc. (13)                                                     Delaware
                  Pickands Radio Co. Ltd. (13)                                                           Quebec, Canada
                  Robert Coal Company (15)                                                               Delaware
                  Seignelay Resources, Inc. (13)                                                         Delaware
                  Syracuse Mining Company (13)                                                           Minnesota
                  Tetapaga Mining Company Limited (1)                                                    Ohio
                  Tilden Iron Ore Partnership (6), (12)                                                  Michigan
                  Tilden Magnetite Partnership (7)                                                       Michigan
                  Tilden Mining Company, a joint venture (2), (6), (12)                                  Michigan
                  The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company                                                      Ohio
                  The Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company (1)                                             Delaware
                  The Mesaba-Cliffs Mining Company (16)                                                  Minnesota
                  Turner Elkhorn Mining Company (10)                                                     Delaware
                  Virginia Eastern Shore Land Co. (1)                                                    Delaware



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                  (1)      The named subsidiary  is a wholly-owned subsidiary
                           of The  Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, which in turn
                           is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs
                           Inc.

                  (2)      J&L-Cliffs  Ore Partnership is an  Ohio partnership
                           and a 36% associate  in the Tilden  Mining Company,
                           a joint venture. Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Corporation
                           and  Cliffs Tilden, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiaries
                           of The Cleveland-Cliffs  Iron  Company,  have  a
                           combined  100%  interest  in  the J&L-Cliffs  Ore
                           Partnership.  Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Corporation also
                           owns 100% of Cliffs Biwabik Ore Corporation.

                  (3)      Marquette Iron Mining Partnership  is a Michigan
                           partnership. Cleveland-Cliffs  Ore Corporation and
                           Cliffs Marquette,  Inc., wholly-owned  subsidiaries
                           of  The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron  Company, have  a
                           combined 100% interest in Marquette Iron Mining
                           Partnership.

                  (4)      Empire-Cliffs Partnership is  a Michigan
                           partnership.  Cliffs MC Empire,   Inc.  and Cliffs
                           Empire,  Inc., wholly-owned  subsidiaries  of  The
                           Cleveland-Cliffs Iron  Company,  have  a  combined
                           100%  interest in Empire-Cliffs Partnership.

                  (5)      Cliffs Resources,  Inc.  owns a  99.2%  interest in
                           Lake Superior  &  Ishpeming  Railroad Company.
                           Lasco Development Company is a wholly-owned
                           subsidiary of Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad
                           Company.


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                  (6)      Tilden Iron Ore  Partnership is a Michigan
                           partnership and a 64% associate in the Tilden Mining
                           Company, a joint venture. Cliffs TIOP, Inc.,  a
                           wholly-owned subsidiary of The Cleveland-Cliffs
                           Iron Company, has  a 37.5% interest in the Tilden
                           Iron Ore Partnership.

                  (7)      Tilden Magnetite Partnership is a Michigan
                           partnership. Cliffs  TIOP,  Inc., a wholly-owned
                           subsidiary  of The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company,
                           has a 33.333% interest in the Tilden Magnetite
                           Partnership.

                  (8)      Empire Iron Mining Partnership is a  Michigan
                           partnership. The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company  has
                           a 22.56% indirect interest in the Empire Iron Mining
                           Partnership.

                  (9)      Escanaba Properties  Partnership is  a Michigan
                           partnership.  Escanaba Properties Company,  a
                           wholly-owned subsidiary  of  The  Cleveland-Cliffs
                           Iron  Company,  has  a  87.5% interest  in  the
                           Escanaba Properties Partnership.

                 (10)      Cliffs Mining Company, a  wholly-owned subsidiary of
                           Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, owned a 100% interest in
                           Turner Elkhorn Mining Company, which in turn owned a
                           100% interest in  FCDC Coal, Inc. Both Turner
                           Elkhorn Mining Company and FCDC Coal, Inc. were sold
                           on February 26, 1993.

                 (11)      Cliffs Mining  Company has a 10% and  Pickands
                           Hibbing Corporation has a   5% interest in Hibbing
                           Taconite Company, a joint venture.

                 (12)      Tilden Mining  Company is a  joint venture in  which
                           Tilden  Iron Ore Partnership  is a 64%  associate
                           and J&L-Cliffs Ore Partnership is a 36% associate.

                 (13)      The named  subsidiary  is  a  wholly-owned
                           subsidiary of  Cliffs  Mining  Company, which  in
                           turn  is  a wholly-owned subsidiary of
                           Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

                 (14)      Cliffs Mining Company owns a 72.4% interest in 
                           Northwest Iron Co. Ltd.

                 (15)      The  named  subsidiary is  a  wholly-owned
                           subsidiary of  Kentucky  Coal  Company,  which in
                           turn  is  a wholly-owned subsidiary of
                           Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

                 (16)      The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company owns a 86.4%
                           interest in The Mesabi-Cliffs Mining Company.


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