Exhibit 21

CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES

As of December 31, 2009

 

Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

     Ohio, USA

7261471 Canada Inc.

   100   Ontario, Canada

7261489 Canada Inc.

   100   Ontario, Canada

7261543 Canada Inc.

   100   Ontario, Canada

7280831 Canada Inc.

   100   Ontario, Canada

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

Barcomba Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   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 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 Mineraçâo Brasil Ltda.

   100   Brazil

Cliffs International Participações Brasil Ltda.

   100   Brazil

Cliffs Marquette, Inc.

   100   Michigan, USA

Cliffs Merger Sub, Inc.

   100   Delaware, USA


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Cliffs Minera Peru S.A.C.

   100   Peru

Cliffs Mineração Ltda.

   100   Brazil

Cliffs Mining Company (fka Pickands Mather & Co.)

   100   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Mining Services Company

   100   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Minnesota Mining Company

   100   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Natural Gas Company

   100   Delaware, USA

Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc.

   100   Ontario, Canada

Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Inc.

   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

CNR Exploration Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.

   100   Mexico

Cockatoo Island Holdings Pty Ltd

   100   NSW Australia

Cockatoo Iron Ore Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   SA Australia

Cockatoo Mining Pty Ltd

   50   WA Australia

Currawong Coal Pty Ltd

   50   NSW Australia

Empire Iron Mining Partnership

   79   Michigan, USA

Emerald Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   WA Australia

First Point Minerals Corporation

   15   Alberta, Canada

Freewest Resources Canada Inc.

   12.117   Quebec, Canada

Golden West Resources Limited

   16.960   WA Australia

Hibbing Development Company

   39   Minnesota, USA

Hibbing Taconite Company

   23   Minnesota, USA

IronUnits LLC

   100   Delaware, USA

Knoll Lake Minerals Limited

   15.632   Canada

Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd

   100   WA Australia

KWG Resources Inc.

   19.91   Quebec, Canada

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

Maryborough Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   WA Australia

Michigan Iron Nugget LLC

   50   Delaware, USA

Midway Ore Company Ltd.—Minerais Midway Ltee

   100   Quebec, Canada

Mt. Finnerty Joint Venture

   80   WA Australia

Mount Inglis Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   WA Australia

Northern Conservation, LLC

   100   Minnesota, USA

Northern Land Company Limited

   13.410   Newfoundland, Canada

Northshore Mining Company

   100   Delaware, USA


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Oak Grove Land Company, LLC

   100   Delaware, USA

Oak Grove Resources, LLC

   100   Delaware, USA

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

Pluton Resources Limited

   12.47   Victoria, Australia

PolyMet Mining Corporation

   6.436   BC, Canada

Portman Coal Investments Pty Ltd

   100   WA Australia

Portman Iron Ore Limited (fka Esperance Iron Limited)

   100   WA Australia

Portman Limited (fka Pelsoil Limited)

   100   Australia

Portman Mining Limited

   100   NA Australia

renewaFUEL, LLC

   90.77   Minnesota, USA

Republic Wetlands Preserve LLC

   100   Michigan, USA

Seignelay Resources, Inc. (fka Angola Services Corporation)

   100   Delaware, USA

Silver Bay Power Company

   100   Delaware, USA

Sonoma Coal Project

   8.333   QLD Australia

Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd

   45   QLD Australia

Springleigh Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   WA Australia

St Lawrence Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

   50   WA 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 (unincorporated JV)

   26.830   Newfoundland, Canada