AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY

CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT dated as of October 16, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of August 11, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”) among CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. (the “Company”), certain Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, various Lenders from time to time party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (the “Administrative Agent”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent and L/C Issuer, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., PNC CAPITAL MARKETS INC. and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, and FIFTH THIRD BANK and RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement to extend the Termination Date from August 11, 2016 to October 16, 2017;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1 . Defined Terms; References. Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Each reference to “hereof”, “hereunder”, “herein” and “hereby” and each other similar reference and each reference to “this Agreement” and each other similar reference contained in the Loan Documents shall, after this Amendment becomes effective, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

SECTION 2 . Extension of Termination Date. The definition of “Termination Date” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by changing the date specified therein from “August 11, 2016” to “October 16, 2017.”

SECTION 3 . Representations of Company. The Company represents and warrants that (i) each of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date (except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date with respect to which such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as to such earlier date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing on such date.

SECTION 4 . Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 5 . Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

SECTION 6 . Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (“Amendment Effective Date”) when the Administrative Agent shall have received:

(a) from each of the Company and the Lenders a counterpart hereof signed by such party; and

(b) an amendment fee for the account of each Lender in the amount heretofore mutually agreed.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

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