UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2014
 
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	

Ohio	 	1-8944	 	34-1464672	
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)	 	(Commission File Number)	 	(IRS Employer
Identification Number)	
 	 	
200 Public Square, Suite 3300
Cleveland, Ohio	 	 	 	44114-2315	
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	 	 	 	(Zip Code)	
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(216) 694-5700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 8.01.	Other Events.	
On December 31, 2014, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and its wholly-owned subsdiaries, Cliffs Logan County Coal LLC, Toney's Fork Land, LLC, Southern Eagle Land, LLC and Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals LLC (collectively, the "Company"), completed the previously announced sale of its Logan County coal assets in southern West Virginia to Coronado Coal II, LLC for a purchase price of $174 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The expected tax benefit associated with the transaction will be between 20% to 25% of the previously disclosed pre-tax loss of approximately $400 million, which represents an additional benefit to the Company of $80 million to $100 million in future cash tax savings.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	

 	 	Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.	
 	 	 	 	
Date:	January 6, 2015	By:	/s/ James D. Graham	
 	 	 	Name: James D. Graham	
 	 	 	Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary