Piping Profits

Piping Profits

PWYP Norway can reveal that ten of the world’s most powerful oil, gas and mining companies own 6,038 subsidiaries and over a third of them are based in secrecy jurisdictions. The three Norwegian companies mapped own 55 subsidiaries, 20% of which are based in secrecy jurisdictions. On these pages you will find more information about this project, the detrimental effects of secrecy jurisdictions and how these can be tackled. The database is publicly available and can be explored here.

Due to lack of resources, it will not be continually updated, but nevertheless represents an excellent snapshot of extractive industries and their subsidiaries in 2011. The Piping Profits database includes information on the 13 case studies and their 6,093 subsidiaries, containing details of:

  • The Parent Company
  • The Subsidiary Name
  • The location in which the subsidiary is incorporated
  • The percentage of the subsidiary owned by the parent company

Below it is possible to search in the database by company, country and/or subsidiary, and using the buttons below the list of findings, it is possible to export the data to Excel.

Company Country Subsidiary Percent owned
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Rio Tinto Talc Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom RTA Holdco 4 Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Sefranex Dubai Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Cayman Islands Sunrise Brazilian Mining Investments Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Tuba Limited Liability Company 100.00
Glencore International AG Argentina AR Zinc Group 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Yarraloola Pastoral Co 57.08
Glencore International AG South Africa Shanduka Coal (Pty) Ltd 70.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Ashton West Africa Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Netherlands Borax Rotterdam N V 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Mexico Cepillios de Matamoros S A de C V 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Cobar South (Proprietary) Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia A O (Australia) Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Guinea Alcan Guinee - S A R L 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Alcan International Network UK Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Canada Corporation de Peche Ste-Marguente Inc 93.83
Rio Tinto plc United Arab Emirates ECL Services Middle East DMCC 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Gladstone Power Station Joint Venture 42.12
Rio Tinto plc Australia HC Developments Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Kelian Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Kestrel Coal Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Singapore Metals & Minerals Insurance Pte Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Nords Wharf Land Pty Ltd 75.17
Rio Tinto plc Germany Alufin Gmbh Tabularoxid 100.00
Rio Tinto plc South Africa Nozalela Mineral Sands (Pty) Ltd 30.82
Rio Tinto plc United States Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Indonesia PT Rio Tinto Inja 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Rio Tinto (Commercial Paper) Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Rio Tinto Brazilian Investments Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Rio Tinto Finance 2 Limited 100.00
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093