Exhibit 32(a)
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection betfred sportsbook reviewwith the Annual Report of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange BetfredCommission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-K”), I, betfred sportsbookJoseph A. Carrabba, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:
| (1) | The Form 10-K fully complies betfred sportsbook reviewwith the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and |
| (2) | The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material betfred sportsbook reviewrespects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Form 10-K. |
| Date: May 25, 2007 | By: | /s/ betfred sportsbookJoseph A. Carrabba | ||||||
| betfred sportsbookJoseph A. Carrabba | ||||||||
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||