LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints P. Kelly Tompkins, Gina K. Gunning, James D. Graham, Madeline Costanzo,
and Keirsten Riedel and each of them, as the true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and revocation, for the
undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned any and all statements or
reports considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as
amended from time to time ("Exchange Act") with respect to the beneficial
ownership of shares of Common Stock, par value $.125 per share, of Cliffs
Natural Resources Inc. ("Company"), including, without limitation, all initial
statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3; all statements of changes in
beneficial ownership on Form 4; all annual statements of beneficial ownership on
Form 5; and all notices of proposed sale of securities on Form 144; and any and
all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or
supplements to any such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact
assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.  This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect as long as the
undersigned is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 11th day of January, 2011.

/s/ Andres Gluski
Director