Exhibit 21

CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES

As of December 31, 2010

 

Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

     Ohio, USA

7261489 Canada Inc.

     100   Ontario, Canada

7280831 Canada Inc.

     100   Ontario, Canada

7557558 Canada Inc.

     100   Ontario, 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 Limited

     30   WA Australia

Barcomba Joint Venture (unincorporated JV)

     50   WA Australia

Beard Pinnacle, LLC

     100   Oklahoma, USA

Blackstone Ventures Inc.

     9.9   B.C., Canada

CALipso Sales Company

     82.40   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 (in liquidation)

     100   Gibraltar

Cliffs (US) Mather I LLC

     100   Delaware, USA

Cliffs and Associates Limited

     82.40   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 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

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 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


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

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 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 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

Cliffs West Virginia Coal, Inc. (fka Cliffs Merger Sub)

     100   Delaware

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 Inc.

     100   Quebec, Canada

Freewest Resources Canada Inc.

     100   Quebec, Canada

Gedex Inc.

     8.6   Ontario, Canada

Golden West Resources Limited

     14.75   WA Australia

Hibbing Development Company

     39   Minnesota, USA

Hibbing Taconite Company

     23   Minnesota, USA

IronUnits LLC

     100   Delaware, USA

Knoll Lake Minerals Limited

     58.3   Canada

Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd

     100   WA Australia

KWG Resources Inc.

     18.81   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


Name

   Cliffs’
Effective
Ownership
    Place of Incorporation

Michigan Iron Nugget LLC

     50   Delaware, USA

Midway Ore Company Ltd.—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

Pluton Resources Limited

     10.85   Victoria, Australia

PolyMet Mining Corporation

     5.95   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

     94.55   Minnesota, USA

Republic Wetlands Preserve LLC

     100   Michigan, USA

Riverside Resources Inc.

     9.94   British Columbia, Canada

Seignelay Resources, Inc. (fka Angola Services Corporation)

     100   Delaware, USA

Silver Bay Power Company

     100   Delaware, USA

Sociedad Contractual Minera Tierra Noble (fka Sociedad Contractual Minera Mariana de Chile)

     70   Santiago, Chile

Sonoma Coal Project

     8.33   QLD Australia

Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd

     45   QLD Australia

Southern Eagle Land, LLC

     100   Delaware, USA

Spider Resources Inc. [(Newco) 10/6/10]

     100   Ontario, Canada

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

     25.89   Canada

Toney’s Fork Land, LLC

     100   Delaware, USA

United Taconite LLC

     100   Delaware, USA

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

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd.

     11.81   Ontario, Canada