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 Finance 2 Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Netherlands Rio Tinto Investment Holdings B V 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Germany Rio Tinto Patent GmbH 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Mongolia RioGob LLC 70.00
Rio Tinto plc New Zealand RTA Pacific (NZ) Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Cameroon Societe Civile Immobiliere de la Sanaga 46.47
Rio Tinto plc United States The Pyntes Company, Inc 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Norway Vigeland Metal Refinery A/S 50.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Bengalla Agricultural Company Pty Ltd 30.07
Rio Tinto plc United States Caballo Rojo Holdings LLC 93.72
Rio Tinto plc Singapore Chlor Alkali Unit Pte Ltd 68.36
Rio Tinto plc France Compagnie Generale de Participation Industrielle et Financiere 100.00
Glencore International AG France Recylex S.A. 32.20
Rio Tinto plc Germany Alcan Aluminium-Presswerk Burg Gmbh 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Alcan International Network Australasia Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States CSJ Corporation 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Brazil Empresa de Mineracao Finesa Ltda 99.02
Rio Tinto plc Indonesia Grasberg Joint Venture 40.00
Rio Tinto plc Australia Hismelt (operations) Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United States Kennecott Holdings Corporation 100.00
Rio Tinto plc United Kingdom Lawson Mardon Flexible Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Brazil Mineracao Morro do Ouro SA 51.00
Rio Tinto plc Bermuda North IOC (Bermuda) Holdings Limited 100.00
Rio Tinto plc France Alcan Packaging Beauty Services 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Canada Aluminium Company of Canada Limited / Aluminium du Canada Limitee 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Singapore Palabora Asia Pte Ltd 48.90
Rio Tinto plc Australia Peko-Walsend Pty Ltd 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Canada Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Company 58.72
Rio Tinto plc Canada Rio Tinto Alcan Inc 100.00
Rio Tinto plc Brazil Rio Tinto Desenvolvimentos Minerals Ltda 100.00
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093