Exhibit 8.1
List of subsidiary companies
At 31 December 2004
The principal operating subsidiary companies of the Rio Tinto Group are listed in Note 31 on pages A-52 of the 2004 consolidated financial statements. The principal intermediate holding companies and group finance companies are as follows:
Company and country of incorporation | Principal activities | Class of shares held | Proportion of class held % | Group interest % | ||
Australia | ||||||
Australian Coal Holdings Pty Limited | Holding company | 'A' Class Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||||
Argyle Diamonds Limited | Holding company | Class A shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Class B shares | 100 | 100 | ||||
Comalco Aluminium Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Hamersley Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Kelian Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
B Class shares | 100 | 100 | ||||
North IOC Holdings Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
North Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Pacific Aluminium Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Peko-Wallsend Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto (Commercial Paper) Limited | Finance company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Finance Limited | Finance company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited | Finance company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Investments One Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Investments Two Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares | 100 | 100 | ||
A Class shares | 100 | 100 | ||||
Bermuda | ||||||
North Finance (Bermuda) Limited | Finance company | Ordinary shares of USD 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Canada | ||||||
Rio Tinto Canada Inc | Holding company | Class B shares no par value | 100 | 100 | ||
Class C shares no par value | 100 | 100 | ||||
Class D shares no par value | 100 | 100 | ||||
Namibia | ||||||
Skeleton Coast Diamonds Limited | Holding company | Shares of NAD 2.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Netherlands | ||||||
Rio Tinto Eastern Investments BV | Holding company | Shares of EUR 454.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Holdings BV | Holding company | Shares of EUR 454.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
South Africa | ||||||
Palabora Holdings Limited | Holding company | Shares of ZAR 1.00 each | 57.73 | 57.73 | ||
United Kingdom | ||||||
Rio Tinto Aluminium Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Australian Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Finance Holdings Limited | Finance company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Preference shares of AUD 100.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||||
Rio Tinto European Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Finance plc | Finance company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Ordinary shares of USD 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||||
Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Investments Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Metals Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Minerals Development Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 0.25 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Namibian Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Overseas Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto South East Asia Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Talc Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto Western Holdings Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of GBP 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Tinto Channel Islands Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of USD 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
Tinto Jersey Limited | Holding company | Ordinary shares of USD 1.00 each | 100 | 100 | ||
United States of America | ||||||
Kennecott Energy and Coal Company | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Kennecott Holdings Corporation | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Kennecott Land Company | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Kennecott Minerals Holdings Company | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto America Holdings Inc | Holding company | Common shares of USD 0.01 | 100 | 100 | ||
Rio Tinto America Inc | Holding company | Common shares of USD 100.00 | 100 | 100 |