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
Glencore International AG Argentina Moreno Group 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Alcan Finances USA LLC 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Netherlands Alcan International Network Nederland B V 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Brazil Consorcio de Aluminio Do Marannao 10.00
Rio Tinto plc Canada Diavik Joint Venture 60.01
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Frontier Green Resources Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Hamersley Iron - Yandi Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Alcan South Pacific Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Johcath Holdings Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Northern Coal Transportation LLC 93.72
Rio Tinto plc United States Kennecott Royalty Company 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Pechiney Metals LLC 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Magma Arizona Railroad Company 54.97
Rio Tinto plc Indonesia PT Mitra Sumbawa Minerals 90.00
Rio Tinto plc United States NERCO LLC 93.72
Rio Tinto plc South Africa Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited 36.26
Rio Tinto plc United States Rio Tinto AuM Company 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Mali Rio Tinto Exploration Mali SA 100.00
Rio Tinto plc India Rio Tinto India Private Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Rio Tinto Nominees Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Rio Tinto Vostok Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia RTA Holdco Australia 3 Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Namibia Skeleton Coast Diamonds Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Technological Resources Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Morocco Union Generale Industrielle Africaine 99.93
Rio Tinto plc Australia Baume Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Brandeis Services Inc 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Channar Management Services Pty Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Comalco Lightalloys Holdings, Inc 100.00
Glencore International AG Chile Minera Altos de Punitaqui 100.00
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093