Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

betfred gamesas adopted pursuant to

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report betfred sportsbookof Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “betfred sportsbookForm 10-Q”), I, Laurie Brlas, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, betfred gamesas adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

 

 

(1)

The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(betfred gamesd) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

 

 

(2)

The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results betfred gamesof operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Form 10-Q.

 

Date:

 

April 26, 2012

By:

 

/s/ Laurie Brlas

 

Laurie Brlas

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and

 

Administration & Chief Financial Officer