
	Cliffs Natural Resources, formerly Cleveland-Cliffs, is a&nbsp;Cleveland, Ohio&nbsp;business firm that specializes in the mining and&nbsp;beneficiation&nbsp;of&nbsp;iron ore&nbsp;and the mining of&nbsp;coal. The firm is an independent company whose shares are traded on the&nbsp;New York Stock Exchange. The firm has stated that it had approximately 4,000 employees and a 28% share of the iron-ore pellet market.
