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                                                                 Exhibit 10 (ss)

                              CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

                            2000 RETENTION UNIT PLAN

         1. PURPOSE. The Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 2000 Retention Unit Plan ("Plan")
is intended to assist Cleveland-Cliffs Inc ("Company") and its Subsidiaries in
retaining key executives and other employees and increasing their interest in
the Company's long-term success by providing an incentive and opportunity
related to the Company's Common Share equity.

         2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of the Plan the following terms shall be
defined as set forth below:

                  "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  "COMMITTEE" means the committee (or subcommittee) described in
         Section 9(a) of this Plan.

                  "COMMON SHARES" means (i) shares of the common stock of the
         Company (par value $1 per share) and (ii) any security into which
         Common Shares may be converted by reason of any transaction or event of
         the type referred to in Section 6 of this Plan.

                  "DATE OF GRANT" means the date specified by the Committee on
         which a grant of Retention Units shall become effective, which shall
         not be earlier than the date on which the Committee takes action with
         respect thereto.

                  "EFFECTIVE DATE" means May 8, 2000, the effective date of the
         Plan.

                  "PARTICIPANT" means a person who is selected by the Committee
         to receive benefits under this Plan and (i) is at that time an officer,
         including without limitation an officer who may also be a member of the
         Board, or other key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii)
         has agreed to commence serving in any such capacity.

                  "RETENTION PERIOD" means the period of time during which
         Retention Units are subject to risk of forfeiture under Section 4 of
         this Plan.

                  "RETENTION UNIT" means a bookkeeping entry that records a unit
         payable only in cash equivalent to one Common Share granted pursuant to
         Section 4 of this Plan.

                  "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange
         Commission promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934, as amended (or any successor rule to the same effect), as in
         effect from time to time.

                  "SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
         unincorporated association or other entity in which the Company has a
         direct or indirect ownership or other equity interest.
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         3. UNITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. The number of Retention Units that
the Committee may grant under the Plan shall not be limited.

         4. RETENTION UNITS. The Committee may authorize awards of Retention
Units to Participants upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may
determine in accordance with the following provisions:

                  (a) Each Retention Unit shall become payable to the
         Participant by the Company in cash, subject to the fulfillment during
         the Retention Period of such conditions as the Committee may specify.

                  (b) Each grant shall specify the number of Retention Units to
         which it pertains, which may be subject to adjustment to reflect
         changes in compensation or other factors.

                  (c) Each award shall provide that the Retention Units covered
         thereby shall be subject to a Retention Period, which shall be fixed by
         the Committee on the Date of Grant, and any award may provide for the
         earlier termination of such period in the event of a change in control
         of the Company or other similar transaction or event.

                  (d) Each award shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall
         be executed on behalf of the Company by any officer thereof and
         delivered to and accepted by the Participant and shall contain such
         terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with
         this Plan.

                  (e) Any grant may specify that the amount payable thereunder
         may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of
         Grant.

         5. TRANSFERABILITY. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, no
Retention Unit granted under this Plan shall be transferable by a Participant
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

         6. ADJUSTMENTS. The Committee may make or provide for such adjustments
in the (a) number of Retention Units granted hereunder as the Committee in its
sole discretion may in good faith determine to be equitably required in order to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants that otherwise
would result from (x) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of units,
recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (y)
any merger, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up,
reorganization, partial or complete liquidation of the Company or other
distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities of
the Company, or (z) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect
similar to any of the foregoing. In the event of any such transaction or event,
the Committee may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding Retention
Units under this Plan such alternative consideration as it may in good faith
determine to be equitable under the circumstances and may require in connection
therewith the surrender of all awards so replaced.

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         7. WITHHOLDING TAXES. To the extent that the Company is required to
withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment
made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under this Plan, and
the amounts available to the Company for such withholding are insufficient, it
shall be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such
benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements satisfactory
to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes required to be withheld.
At the discretion of the Committee, such arrangements may include relinquishment
of a portion of such benefit.

         8. CERTAIN TERMINATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, HARDSHIP AND APPROVED LEAVES OF
ABSENCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, in
the event of termination of employment by reason of death, disability, normal
retirement, early retirement with the consent of the Company, leave of absence
to enter public service with the consent of the Company or other leave of
absence approved by the Company, or in the event of hardship or other special
circumstances, of a Participant who holds any Retention Units as to which the
Retention Period is not complete, the Committee may in its sole discretion take
any action that it deems to be equitable under the circumstances or in the best
interests of the Company, including without limitation waiving or modifying any
limitation or requirement with respect to any award under this Plan.

         9. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

                  (a) This Plan shall be administered by a committee of the
         Board (or a subcommittee thereof) composed of not less than three
         members of the Board, each of whom shall be a "Non-Employee Director"
         within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. A majority of the Committee shall
         constitute a quorum, and the acts of the members of the Committee who
         are present at any meeting thereof at which a quorum is present, or
         acts unanimously approved by the members of the Committee in writing,
         shall be the acts of the Committee.

                  (b) The interpretation and construction by the Committee of
         any provision of this Plan or of any agreement, notification or
         document evidencing the grant or award of Retention Units and any
         determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of this Plan
         or any such agreement, notification or document, shall be final and
         conclusive. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any such
         action taken or determination made in good faith.

         10. AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS.

                  (a) This Plan may be amended from time to time by the
         Committee.

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                  (b) The Committee may require Participants, or may permit
         Participants to elect to defer the issuance of Retention Units or the
         settlement of awards in cash under the Plan pursuant to such rules,
         procedures or programs as it may establish for purposes of the Plan.
         The Committee may also provide that deferred settlements include the
         payment or crediting of interest on the deferred amounts, or the
         payment or crediting of dividend equivalents where the deferred amounts
         are denominated in Retention Units.

                  (c) This Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right
         with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the
         Company or any Subsidiary and shall not interfere in any way with any
         right that the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to
         terminate any Participant's employment or other service at any time.

                  (d) The Committee may condition the grant of any Retention
         Unit authorized under this Plan on the surrender or deferral by the
         Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or compensation
         otherwise payable by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant.

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(tt)

                              CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC
             NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PLAN

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the "Board of
Directors") has determined that the "Participants" (as defined in Section 2.1)
have, individually and collectively, made and may continue to make an essential
contribution to the profitability, growth, financial strength and overall
guidance of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the "Company") and

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide an incentive to attract and
maintain the highest quality of individuals to serve as directors ("the
Directors");

     NOW, THEREFORE, by approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, the
Company hereby establishes the CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS'
SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PLAN (the "Plan") to be effective as of July 1, 1995,
which Plan shall contain the following terms and conditions:

                                   ARTICLE I

                           ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLAN

     1.1 THE PLAN. The Company, intending that the Participants and Directors
shall rely thereon, hereby establishes the Plan.

     1.2 AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Company shall not
amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any provision hereof, including without
limitation this Section 1.2, without the prior approval of a majority of the
Directors present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a "quorum" (as
defined in the Regulations of the Company) is present. Anything contained in the
Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, and notwithstanding any amendment,
suspension or termination (hereinafter collectively referred to in this Section
1.2 as an "Amendment") of the Plan, no right under the Plan of any person who
was a

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Participant or a Director immediately prior to any Amendment shall in any
way be amended, modified, compromised terminated or suspended without the prior
written consent of such person. Without such consent, the rights under the Plan
of a Participant and Director withholding such consent shall be as set forth in
the Plan in the form that the Plan existed on the date such person's rights
under the Plan vested, as set forth in Section 2.2 (as such Section 2.2 may be
amended by any Amendment consented to by such person).

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  PARTICIPANTS

     2.1  PARTICIPANTS.  Each Directors who has never been an employee or
officer of the Company and who first serves as a Director on or after July 1,
1995 (an "Outside Director") shall become a Participant in the Plan upon the
completion of the five years of continuous service as a Director.

     2.2  VESTING.  The rights under the Plan of all persons who are Directors
and who first serve as such on or after July 1, 1995 shall vest immediately upon
their election as Directors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right of any Director
to receive any benefits pursuant to Article III of the Plan shall be subject to
the qualification of such Director as a Participant hereunder and to such
Director's satisfaction of the requirements of Article III with respect to
benefit entitlement.

     2.3  PARTICIPATION UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL.   Anything contained herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, in the event of a "Change of Control" (as
hereinafter defined), each Outside Director shall become a Participant in the
Plan. A "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:

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     (a) The Company shall merge into itself, or be merged or consolidated with,
another corporation and as a result of such merger or consolidation less than
70% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting
corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by the former shareholders of the
Company as the same shall have existed immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation;

     (b) The Company shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all
of its assets to any other corporation or other legal person, and immediately
after such sale or transfer less than 70% of the combined voting power of the
outstanding voting securities of such corporation or person is held in the
aggregate by the former shareholders of the Company as the same have existed
immediately prior to such sale or transfer;

     (c) A person, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) or of Section 13(d)(3)
(as in effect on July 1, 1995) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shall
become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) of 30%
or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (whether directly or
indirectly); or

     (d) During any period of three consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of any such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company
cease, for any reason, to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the
election, or the nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company, of
each Director first elected during any such period was approved by a vote of at
least one-third of the Directors of the Company who are Directors of the Company
on the date of the beginning of any such period.

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                                  ARTICLE III

                             POST-RETIREMENT INCOME

     3.1 POST-RETIREMENT INCOME. Commencing upon a Participant's retirement from
the Board of Directors (i) with at least five years of continuous service as a
Director, or (ii) after a Change of Control (hereinafter collectively referred
to as the Participant's "Commencement Date"), the Company will pay quarterly to
the Participant an amount equal to Fifty Percent (50%) of the stated quarterly
Board of Directors retainer fee for service as an Outside Director which is in
effect on the Participant's retirement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such amount
shall only be payable to a Participant during his "Payment Period" (as defined
in Section 3.2); PROVIDED FURTHER, that payment of such amount shall not
commence prior to the Participant's 65th birthday, except in the case of
disability of the Participant; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that if a Participant's
Commencement Date is on account of an event described in clause (ii) of this
Section 3.1, such amount shall be reduced for any Participant with fewer than
five years of continuous service as an Outside Director by Twenty Percent (20%)
for each full year of continuous service less than five that such Participant
has served as an Outside Director. For purposes of this Section 3.1, when
determining the amount of an Outside Director's stated quarterly Board of
Directors retainer fee, such retainer fee shall be deemed to include the stock
component (if any, and whether restricted or unrestricted) of such fee. The
duration of post-retirement income payments described in this Section 3.1 shall
be as more fully described in Section 3.2. For purposes of this Section 3.1, the
term "retirement" of an Outside Director shall be deemed to include: (i) the
failure of the stockholders of the Company to re-elect such Outside Director;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right of any Director to receive benefits pursuant
to the provisions of this Article III shall be subject to the Director's
satisfaction of the applicable requirements of Article III with respect to
benefit entitlement, and (ii) following a Change of

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Control, resignation or the failure of the stockholders of the Company to
re-elect such Outside Director.

     3.2 FORM OF PAYMENT. Post-retirement income payable pursuant to Section 3.1
shall be paid to the Participant for a period equal to his years of continuous
service on the Board of Directors (the "Payment Period"). Such post-retirement
income shall be paid in cash to the Participant in equal quarterly installments,
each installment to be paid in advance on the first day of each quarter,
beginning with the quarter that begins on the first day of the January, April,
July or October coinciding with or next following such Participant's
Commencement Date. In the event a Participant who is married on his Commencement
Date dies during his Payment Period and prior to the distribution of all
post-retirement income to which he is entitled hereunder, the remaining
post-retirement income installment payments shall be paid to his "Surviving
Spouse" (as hereinafter defined) for the remainder of the Payment Period or, if
earlier, until the death of such Surviving Spouse. For purposes of this Section
3.2, "Surviving Spouse" means the person to whom a Participant is legally
married on his Commencement Date. In the event a Participant who is not married
on his Commencement Date dies during his Payment Period and prior to the
distribution of all post-retirement income to which he is entitled hereunder,
the last payment made hereunder shall be the payment made to the Participant for
the quarter during which his death occurs.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

     4.1 SUCCESSORS AND BINDING AGREEMENTS.

     (a) The company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company expressly to
assume and agree to perform hereunder the Plan in the same manner and to the
same extent the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had
taken place. The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company and any successor of or to the Company, including without limitation any
persons acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company whether by sale, merger, consolidation,
reorganization or otherwise (and such successor shall thereafter be deemed to be
the "Company" for purposes of this Plan), but shall not otherwise be assignable
or delegatable by the Company.

     (b) The Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each of
the Participants or Directors and his respective personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees
and/or legatees.

     (c) Neither the Company nor any Participant or Director hereunder shall
assign, transfer or delegate the Plan or any rights or obligations hereunder,
except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(a). Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, no right or interest under the Plan of a Participant or
Director (or of any person claiming under or through any of them) shall be
assignable or transferable in any manner or be subject to alienation,
anticipation, sale, pledge, encumbrance or other legal process or in any manner
be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of any such Participant or
Director or designated beneficiary. If any Participant or Director or designated
beneficiary shall attempt to or shall transfer, assign,

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alienate, anticipate, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber his benefits hereunder
or any part thereof, or if by reason of his bankruptcy or other event occurring
at any time such benefits would devolve upon anyone else or would not be enjoyed
by him, then the Company, acting through the Board Affairs Committee of the
Board of Directors, in its discretion, may terminate his interest in any such
benefit to the extent the Company considers it necessary or advisable in order
to prevent or limit the effects of such occurrence. Such termination shall be
affected by filing a written "termination declaration" with the Plan's records
and by making reasonable efforts to deliver a copy of such "termination
declaration" to the Participant or Director or designated beneficiary (the
"Terminated Participant") whose interest is adversely affected.

     As long as the Terminated Participant is alive, any benefits affected by
the termination shall be retained by the Company and, in the Company's sole and
absolute judgement, may be paid to or expended for the benefit of the Terminated
Participant, his spouse, his children or any other person or persons in fact
dependent upon him in such a manner as the Company shall deem proper. Upon the
death of the Terminated Participant, all benefits withheld from him and not paid
to others in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be paid to the
Terminated Participant's then living descendants, including adopted children,
per stirpes, or, if there are none then living, to his estate.

     4.2 NOTICES. For all purposes of this Plan, all communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered on five business days after having been mailed by United States
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) at
its principal executive office and to a Participant at his principal residence,
or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing
and

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in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.

     4.3 FORFEITURE OF POST-RETIREMENT INCOME. No post-retirement income shall
be paid to any Participant or Surviving Spouse hereunder unless the Participant
agrees (i) to be available to the Company in an unpaid advisory capacity on and
after his Commencement Date, and (ii) not to engage in any activity adverse to
the interests of the Company. In the event the Participant breaches such
agreement, no further payments to the Participant or his Surviving Spouse shall
be made hereunder. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall not apply in the event of a Change of
Control.

     4.4 GOVERNING LAW. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio,
without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State.

     4.5 SEVERABILITY. Each Section, subsection and lesser section of the Plan
constitutes a separate and distinct undertaking, covenant and/or provision
hereof. Whenever possible, each provision of the Plan shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law. In the event that
any provision of the Plan shall finally be determined to be unlawful, such
provision shall be deemed severed from the Plan, but every other provision of
the Plan shall remain in full force and effect, and in substitution for any such
provision held unlawful, there shall be substituted a provision of similar
import reflecting the original intention of the parties hereto to the extent
permissible under law.

     4.6 WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable
under the Plan all federal, state, city and other taxes as shall be legally
required.

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     4.7 GENDER AND NUMBER. As used in the Plan, the singular shall include the
plural and the masculine shall include the feminine, and vice versa, all as
required by the context.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan has been duly adopted by the Company as of
July 1, 1995.

                                        CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

                                        By /s/ M. T. Moore
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                                           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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