Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OF
CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011
(This list contains subsidiaries and affiliates of Cliffs where Cliffs directly or indirectly owns at
least 20% of the entity as of 12/31/2011)
| Name |
Cliffs’ Effective Ownership |
Place of Incorporation | ||||
| Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. |
Ohio, USA | |||||
| 2274659 Ontario Inc. |
100 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||
| 7685874 Canada Inc. |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| 9223-0945 Québec Inc. |
100 | % | Québec, Canada | |||
| Anglo Ferrous Amapá Mineração Ltda. |
30 | % | Brazil | |||
| Anglo Ferrous Logística Amapá Ltda. |
30 | % | Brazil | |||
| Arnaud Railway Company |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| AusQuest IOCG Joint Venture |
70 | % | Australia | |||
| AusQuest Limited |
30 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Barcomba Joint Venture (unincorporated JV) |
50 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Beard Pinnacle, LLC |
100 | % | Oklahoma, USA | |||
| Bloom Lake General Partner Limited |
75 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||
| Bloom Lake Railway Company Limited |
100 | % | Newfoundland, Canada | |||
| CALipso Sales Company |
82.4 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| 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 (US) Mather I LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Cliffs and Associates Limited |
82.4 | % | Trinidad | |||
| Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Finance Pty Ltd |
100 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Holdings Pty Ltd (fka Portman Limited) |
100 | % | WA 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 Canada Chromite Land ULC |
100 | % | British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Cliffs Canadian Shared Services Inc. |
100 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||
| Cliffs Chromite Far North Inc. (fka Spider Resources Inc.) |
100 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||
| Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc. (fka Freewest Resources Canada Inc.) |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| Cliffs Empire, Inc. |
100 | % | Michigan, USA | |||
| Cliffs Erie L.L.C. |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Cliffs Exploration Holdings Company |
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 | |||
| Name |
Cliffs’ Effective Ownership |
Place of Incorporation | ||||
| 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 Participacoes Brasil Ltd. |
100 | % | Brazil | |||
| Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC (fka INR-WV Operating, LLC) |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals, LLC (fka INR Terminals, LLC) |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Cliffs Logan County Holdings, LLC (fka INR-1 Holdings, LLC) |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Cliffs Magnetite Holdings Pty Ltd. |
100 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Cliffs Marquette, Inc. |
100 | % | Michigan, USA | |||
| 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 Argentina S.R.L. |
100 | % | Republic of Argentina | |||
| Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Argentina II S.R.L. |
100 | % | Republic of Argentina | |||
| Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration B.V. |
100 | % | Netherlands | |||
| Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc. |
100 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||
| Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Chile Limitada. |
100 | % | Chile | |||
| 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 Quebec Iron Mining Limited (fka Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited) |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| 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 Subscription LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| 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 | |||
| Cliffs West Virginia Coal, Inc. |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| CNR Exploration Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. |
100 | % | Mexico | |||
| CNREM LLC |
100 | % | Mongolia | |||
| 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 | |||
| Hibbing Development Company |
39 | % | Minnesota, USA | |||
| Hibbing Taconite Company |
23 | % | Minnesota, USA | |||
| Name |
Cliffs’ Effective Ownership |
Place of Incorporation | ||||
| IronUnits LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Knoll Lake Minerals Limited |
58.3 | % | 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 | |||
| Maryborough Joint Venture (unincorporated JV) |
50 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Michigan Iron Nugget LLC |
50 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Minerais Midway Ltee |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| Mt. Finnerty Joint Venture |
80 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Minera Cerro Juncal S.A. |
100 | % | Republic of Argentina | |||
| Mount Inglis Joint Venture (unincorporated JV) |
50 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Northern Conservation, LLC |
100 | % | Minnesota, USA | |||
| Northern Land Company Limited |
50 | % | Newfoundland, Canada | |||
| Northshore Mining Company |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Quinto Mining Corporation |
100 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| Renewafuel, LLC |
94.5554 | % | Minnesota, USA | |||
| Republic Wetlands Preserve LLC |
100 | % | Michigan, USA | |||
| Rockport Mining Corporation |
100 | % | New Brunswick, Canada | |||
| Seignelay Resources, Inc. (fka Angola Services Corporation) |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Silver Bay Power Company |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd |
45 | % | QLD Australia | |||
| Southern Eagle Land, LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Springleigh Joint Venture (unincorporated JV) |
50 | % | WA Australia | |||
| St Lawrence Joint Venture (unincorporated JV) |
50 | % | WA Australia | |||
| Syracuse Mining Company |
100 | % | Minnesota, USA | |||
| The Bloom Lake Iron Ore Mine Limited Partnership |
75 | % | Quebec, Canada | |||
| 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 |
25.89 | % | Canada | |||
| Toney’s Fork Land, LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| United Taconite LLC |
100 | % | Delaware, USA | |||
| Universal Resources LLC |
20 | % | Mongolia | |||
| Wabush Iron Co. Limited |
100 | % | Ohio, USA | |||
| Wabush Lake Railway Company, Limited |
100 | % | Newfoundland, Canada | |||
| Wabush Mines (unincorporated JV) |
100 | % | Newfoundland, Canada | |||
| Wabush Resources Inc. |
100 | % | Ontario, Canada | |||