Exhibit 21

CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

As of February 15, 2009

 

Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

     Ohio, USA

Anglo Ferrous Amapá Mineração Ltda.

   30 %   Brazil

Anglo Ferrous Logística Amapá Ltda.

   30 %   Brazil

Arnaud Railway Company

   26.830 %   Quebec, Canada

AusQuest Limited

   30 %   WA Australia

Beard Pinnacle, LLC

   100 %   Oklahoma, USA

CALipso Sales Company

   82.395 %   Delaware, USA

Centennial Asset Participações Amapá S.A.

   100 %   Brazil

Cleveland-Cliffs International Holding Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Corporation

   100 %   Ohio, USA

CLF PinnOak LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Holdings Limited

   100 %   Gibraltar

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Holdings Limited Luxembourg S.C.S.

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Limited

   100 %   Gibraltar

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Mather I Limited

   100 %   Gibraltar

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Mather II Limited

   100 %   Gibraltar

Cliffs (Gibraltar) Mather III Limited

   100 %   Gibraltar

Cliffs (US) Mather I LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs and Associates Limited

   82.395 %   Trinidad

Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Finance Pty Ltd

   100 %   WA Australia

Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Holdings Pty Ltd (fka Portman Limited)

   100 %   SA Australia

Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Investments Pty Ltd

   100 %   QLD Australia

Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Management Pty Ltd

   100 %   NSW Australia

Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd (fka Portman Iron Ore Limited)

   100 %   NSW Australia

Cliffs Australia Coal Pty Ltd

   100 %   QLD Australia

Cliffs Australia Holdings Pty Ltd

   100 %   QLD Australia

Cliffs Australia Washplant Operations Pty Ltd

   100 %   QLD Australia

Cliffs Biwabik Ore Corporation

   100 %   Minnesota, USA

Cliffs Brown B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs Empire, Inc.

   100 %   Michigan, USA

Cliffs Erie L.L.C.

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Exploraciones Peru S.A.C.

   100 %   Peru

Cliffs Greene B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs Harrison B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs International Lux I S.à r.l.

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs International Lux II S.à r.l.

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs International Lux IV S.à r.l. (In Liquidation)

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs International Luxembourg S.à r.l.

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs International Management Company LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs International Mineração Brasil Ltda.

   100 %   Brazil

Cliffs International Participações Brasil Ltda.

   100 %   Brazil

Cliffs Marquette, Inc.

   100 %   Michigan, USA

Cliffs Merger Sub, Inc.

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Minera Peru S.A.C.

   100 %   Peru

Cliffs Mineração S.A.

   100 %   Brazil

Cliffs Mining Company (fka Pickands Mather & Co.)

   100 %   Delaware, USA


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Cliffs Mining Services Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Minnesota Mining Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Natural Gas Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Natural Resources Holdings Pty Ltd

   100 %   WA Australia

Cliffs Natural Resources Luxembourg S.à r.l.

   100 %   Luxembourg

Cliffs Natural Resources Pty Ltd (fka Cliffs Asia-Pacific Pty Limited)

   100 %   WA Australia

Cliffs Netherlands B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs North American Coal LLC (fka PinnOak Resources, LLC)

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Oil Shale Corp.

   100 %   Colorado, USA

Cliffs Reduced Iron Corporation

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Reduced Iron Management Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Renewable Energies LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Sales Company (fka Northshore Sales Company)

   100 %   Ohio, USA

Cliffs Scovil B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs Sterling B.V.

   100 %   The Netherlands

Cliffs Technical Products LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cliffs TIOP, Inc. (fka Cliffs MC Empire, Inc.)

   100 %   Michigan, USA

Cliffs UTAC Holding LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Cockatoo Island Holdings Pty Ltd

   100 %   NSW Australia

Cockatoo Island Project

   50 %   SA Australia

Empire Iron Mining Partnership

   79 %   Michigan, USA

Esperance Iron Limited

   100 %   WA Australia

Golden West Resources Limited

   16.960 %   WA Australia

Hibbing Development Company

   39 %   Minnesota, USA

Hibbing Taconite Company

   23 %   Minnesota, USA

Huincho Peru SRL

   51 %   Peru

IronUnits LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Knoll Lake Minerals Limited

   15.632 %   Canada

Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd

   100 %   WA Australia

Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Company

   100 %   Michigan, USA

MABCO Steam Company, LLC

   40.467 %   Delaware, USA

Marquette Iron Mining Partnership

   100 %   Michigan, USA

Marquette Range Coal Service Company

   82.086 %   Michigan, USA

Michigan Iron Nugget LLC

   50 %   Delaware, USA

Midway Ore Company Ltd. — Minerais Midway Ltee

   100 %   Quebec, Canada

Northern Conservation, LLC

   100 %   Minnesota, USA

Northern Land Company Limited

   13.410 %   Newfoundland, Canada

Northshore Mining Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Oak Grove Land Company, LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Oak Grove Resources, LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Pelsoil Limited

   100 %   Australia

Pickands Hibbing Corporation

   100 %   Minnesota, USA

Pinnacle Land Company, LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

PinnOak Coal Sales, LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Portman Coal Investments Pty Ltd

   100 %   WA Australia

Portman Mining Limited

   100 %   NA Australia

Renewafuel, LLC

   70 %   Minnesota, USA

Republic Wetlands Preserve LLC

   100 %   Michigan, USA

Seignelay Resources, Inc. (fka Angola Services Corporation)

   100 %   Delaware, USA


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Silver Bay Power Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Sonoma Coal Project

   8.333 %   QLD Australia

Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd

   45 %   QLD Australia

Syracuse Mining Company

   100 %   Minnesota, USA

The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company

   100 %   Ohio, USA

The Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Tilden Mining Company L.C.

   85 %   Michigan, USA

Twin Falls Power Corporation Limited

   6.866 %   Canada

United Taconite LLC

   100 %   Delaware, USA

Wabush Iron Co. Limited

   100 %   Ohio, USA

Wabush Lake Railway Company, Limited

   26.830 %   Newfoundland, Canada

Wabush Mines

   26.830 %   Newfoundland, Canada