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Northshore Mining Company401(k)

NORTHSHORE MINING COMPANY AND SILVER BAY POWER COMPANY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Northshore Mining Company reported $66,786 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,084 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 276th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 86th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $3.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$145,510,065
Participants with balances659
Active participants546
Employer contributions$1,683,595
Employee contributions$5,331,972
Employer contribution per active participant$3,084
Average account balance$220,804
Benefits paid to participants$11,185,645
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$145.5M · 659 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$140.1M · 678 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$122.5M · 674 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$52,486
Audit (IQPA)$14,300
Total administrative$66,786
The Northshore Mining Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,084
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,084 per active participant
2023$2,240 per active participant
2022$1,876 per active participant

Northshore Mining Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$49,015
MEADEN & MOORE, LTD · Accounting / audit$14,300
FIDELITY INV INST OPERATIONS CO · Loan processingindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$66,786 · 0.05%
2023$53,207 · 0.04%
2022$82,569 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841116857 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.