Exhibit 8.1
List of Subsidiaries and Certain Other Entities
| # |
Company Name |
Country | ||
| Wholly owned subsidiaries | ||||
| 1. | 141 Union Company | United States of America | ||
| 2. | Agnew Pastoral Company Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 3. | Albion Downs Pty Limited | Australia | ||
| 4. | Araguaia Participaçóes Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 5. | ARL Holdings Ltd | Bermuda | ||
| 6. | ARL South America Exploration Ltd | Bermuda | ||
| 7. | Avanco Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 8. | Avanco Lux S.ar.l | Luxembourg | ||
| 9. | Avanco Lux S.C.S. | Avanco Lux S.C.S. | ||
| 10. | Avanco Resources Mineração Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 11. | Avanco Resources Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 12. | AVB Brazil Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 13. | AVB Carajás Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 14. | AVB Copper Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 15. | AVB Mineração Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 16. | AVB Minerals Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 17. | BHP (AUS) DDS Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 18. | BHP (Towage Services) Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 19. | BHP Aluminum Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 20. | BHP Billiton (UK) DDS Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 21. | BHP Billiton (UK) Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 22. | BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 23. | BHP Billiton Company B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 24. | BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited | Australia | ||
| 25. | BHP Billiton Finance B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 26. | BHP Billiton Finance Limited | Australia | ||
| 27. | BHP Billiton Finance Plc | United Kingdom | ||
| 28. | BHP Billiton Freight Singapore Pte Limited | Singapore | ||
| 29. | BHP Billiton Group Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 30. | BHP Billiton Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 31. | BHP Billiton International Metals B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 32. | BHP Billiton International Services Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 33. | BHP Billiton International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd | China | ||
| 34. | BHP Billiton Marketing AG | Switzerland | ||
| 35. | BHP Billiton Marketing Asia Pte Ltd | Singapore | ||
| 36. | BHP Billiton Marketing UK Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 37. | BHP Billiton Petroleum Great Britain Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 38. | BHP Billiton Services Jersey Limited | Jersey | ||
| 39. | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 40. | BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities | United Kingdom | ||
| 41. | BHP Billiton UK Holdings Limited | British Virgin Islands | ||
| 42. | BHP Billiton UK Investments Limited | British Virgin Islands | ||
| 43. | BHP BK Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 44. | BHP Canada Inc. | Canada | ||
| 45. | BHP Capital No. 20 Pty Limited | Australia | ||
| 46. | BHP Chile Inc. | United States of America |
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| 47. | BHP Chile Inversiones Limitada | Chile | ||
| 48. | BHP Coal Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 49. | BHP Copper Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 50. | BHP Direct Reduced Iron Pty Limited(a) | Australia | ||
| 51. | BHP Energy Coal Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 52. | BHP Escondida Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 53. | BHP Exploration Chile SpA | Chile | ||
| 54. | BHP Finance (International) Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 55. | BHP Finance Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 56. | BHP Foreign Holdings Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 57. | BHP Foundation | United States of America | ||
| 58. | BHP Freight Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 59. | BHP Group (UK) Ltd | United Kingdom | ||
| 60. | BHP Group Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 61. | BHP Group Operations Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 62. | BHP Holdings (International) Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 63. | BHP Holdings (USA) Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 64. | BHP Holdings International (Investments) Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 65. | BHP Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 66. | BHP Innovation Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 67. | BHP Internacional Participaçóes Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 68. | BHP International Finance Corp | United States of America | ||
| 69. | BHP International Services Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 70. | BHP Investments Canada Inc | Canada | ||
| 71. | BHP IO Mining Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 72. | BHP IO Workshop Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 73. | BHP Iron Ore Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 74. | BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 75. | BHP Japan Limited | Japan | ||
| 76. | BHP Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 77. | BHP Manganese Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 78. | BHP Marine & General Insurances Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 79. | BHP Marketing North America Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 80. | BHP Marketing Services India Pvt Ltd | India | ||
| 81. | BHP Marketing UK Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 82. | BHP Metals Exploration d.o.o. Beograd | Serbia | ||
| 83. | BHP Metals Exploration Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 84. | BHP MetCoal Holdings Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 85. | BHP Midgard AB | Sweden | ||
| 86. | BHP Mineral Resources Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 87. | BHP Minerals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd | China | ||
| 88. | BHP Minerals Europe Limited (in liquidation) | United Kingdom | ||
| 89. | BHP Minerals Exploration Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 90. | BHP Minerals Holdings Proprietary Limited(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 91. | BHP Minerals India Private Limited | India | ||
| 92. | BHP Minerals International Exploration Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 93. | BHP Minerals International LLC | United States of America | ||
| 94. | BHP Minerals Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 95. | BHP Minerals Service Company | United States of America | ||
| 96. | BHP New Mexico Coal Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 97. | BHP Nickel Operations Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 98. | BHP Nickel West Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 99. | BHP Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 100. | BHP Peru Holdings Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 101. | BHP Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 102. | BHP Queensland Coal Investments Pty Ltd | Australia |
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| 103. | BHP Queensland Coal Limited | United States of America | ||
| 104. | BHP Resolution Holdings LLC | United States of America | ||
| 105. | BHP Shared Business Services Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 106. | BHP Shared Services Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia | ||
| 107. | BHP SSM Indonesia Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 108. | BHP SSM International Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 109. | BHP Titanium Minerals Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 110. | BHP Towage Services (Boodarie) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 111. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Brolga) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 112. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Corella) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 113. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Ibis) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 114. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Kestrel) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 115. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Osprey) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 116. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Quail) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 117. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Robin) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 118. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Whistler) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 119. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Wren) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 120. | BHP Towage Services (Mallina) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 121. | BHP Towage Services (RT Atlantis) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 122. | BHP Towage Services (RT Clerke) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 123. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Dove) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 124. | BHP Towage Services (RT Discovery) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 125. | BHP Towage Services (RT Endeavour) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 126. | BHP Towage Services (RT Enterprise) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 127. | BHP Towage Services (RT Imperieuse) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 128. | BHP Towage Services (RT Inspiration) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 129. | BHP Towage Services (Iron Finch) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 130. | BHP Ventures US Inc | United States | ||
| 131. | BHP WAIO Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 132. | BHP Western Mining Resources International Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 133. | BHP World Exploration Inc. | Canada | ||
| 134. | BHP Yakabindie Nickel Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 135. | Billiton Australia Finance Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 136. | Billiton Development B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 137. | Billiton Executive Pension Scheme Trustee Limited | United Kingdom | ||
| 138. | Billiton Guinea B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 139. | Billiton Investment 3 B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 140. | Billiton Investment 8 B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 141. | Billiton Investments Ireland Limited | Ireland | ||
| 142. | Billiton Marketing Holding B.V. | Netherlands | ||
| 143. | Billiton Suriname Holdings B.V. (in liquidation) | Netherlands | ||
| 144. | Broadmeadow Mine Services Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 145. | Carrapateena Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 146. | Carson Hill Gold Mining Corporation | United States of America | ||
| 147. | Cassini Resources Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 148. | Central Queensland Services Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 149. | Cerro-Quebrado S.A. | Ecuador | ||
| 150. | Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 151. | Compañía Minera Cerro Colorado Limitada | Chile | ||
| 152. | Consolidated Nominees Proprietary Limited | South Africa | ||
| 153. | Crossbow Resources Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 154. | CTP Assets Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 155. | CTP Operations Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 156. | Estrela Metals Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 157. | Global BHP Copper Ltd | Cayman Islands | ||
| 158. | Hay Point Services Pty Limited(a) | Australia |
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| 159. | Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 160. | Jenipapo Recursos Naturais Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 161. | Marcona International S.A. | Panama | ||
| 162. | Mineração Águas Boas Ltda | Brazil | ||
| 163. | Minera Spence SA | Chile | ||
| 164. | Minotaur Resources Holdings Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 165. | Mt Arthur Coal Pty Limited | Australia | ||
| 166. | Mt Arthur Underground Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 167. | Operation Services Chile SpA | Chile | ||
| 168. | OS ACPM Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 169. | OS MCAP Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 170. | OZ Exploration Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 171. | OZ Minerals Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 172. | OZ Minerals Brazil (Holdings) Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 173. | OZ Minerals Carrapateena Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 174. | OZ Minerals Equity Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 175. | OZ Minerals Group Treasury Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 176. | OZ Minerals Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 177. | OZ Minerals Insurance Pte Ltd | Singapore | ||
| 178. | OZ Minerals International (Holdings) Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 179. | OZ Minerals Investments Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 180. | OZ Minerals Jamaica Limited | Jamaica | ||
| 181. | OZ Minerals Musgrave Holdings Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 182. | OZ Minerals Musgrave Operations Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 183. | OZ Minerals Prominent Hill Operations Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 184. | OZ Minerals Prominent Hill Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 185. | OZ Minerals Services Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 186. | OZ Minerals Zinifex Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 187. | OZM Carrapateena Pty Ltd(a) | Australia | ||
| 188. | Phoenix Mining Finance Company Proprietary Limited (in liquidation) | South Africa | ||
| 189. | Pilbara Gas Pty Limited(a) | Australia | ||
| 190. | Pilbara Pastoral Company Pty Limited | Australia | ||
| 191. | PT Billiton Indonesia | Indonesia | ||
| 192. | RAL Cayman Inc. | Cayman Islands | ||
| 193. | Rio Algom Exploration Inc. | Canada | ||
| 194. | Rio Algom Investments (Chile) Inc. | Canada | ||
| 195. | Rio Algom Limited | Canada | ||
| 196. | Rio Algom Mining LLC | United States of America | ||
| 197. | Riocerro Inc. | Cayman Islands | ||
| 198. | Riochile Inc. | Cayman Islands | ||
| 199. | SLM Santa Lucia Mineração Eireli | Brazil | ||
| 200. | Stein Insurance Company Limited | Guernsey | ||
| 201. | Tamakaya Energia SpA | Chile | ||
| 202. | The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 203. | UMAL Consolidated Pty Ltd(a)(b) | Australia | ||
| 204. | United Iron Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 205. | Westminer Insurance Pte Ltd | Singapore | ||
| 206. | Wirraway Metals & Mining Pty Ltd | Australia | ||
| 207. | WMC Corporate Services Inc. | United States of America | ||
| 208. | WMC Finance (USA) Limited | Australia | ||
| 209. | WMC Mineracao Ltda. | Brazil | ||
| 210. | ZRUS Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia |
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| Subsidiaries where effective interest is less than 100 per cent | ||||
| 211. | BHP Billiton (Philippines) Inc. (99.99%) | Philippines | ||
| 212. | BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty Ltd (85%) | Australia | ||
| 213. | BHP Shared Services Philippines Inc. (99.99%) | Philippines | ||
| 214. | Consórcio Santos Luz de Imóveis Ltda (90%) | Brazil | ||
| 215. | Kelti S.A. (57.5%) | Chile | ||
| 216. | Minera Escondida Ltda (57.5%) | Chile | ||
| 217. | QNI Philippines Inc. (99.99%) | Philippines | ||
| Joint operations | ||||
| 218. | Mt Goldsworthy (85%) | Australia | ||
| 219. | Mt Newman (85%) | Australia | ||
| 220. | Yandi (85%) | Australia | ||
| 221. | Central Queensland Coal Associates (50%) | Australia | ||
| 222. | BHP SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Knowledge Centre Inc. (50%) | Canada | ||
| 223. | BM Alliance Coal Marketing Pty Limited (50%) | Australia | ||
| 224. | BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited (50%) | Australia | ||
| 225. | BM Alliance Marketing Pte Ltd (50%) | Singapore | ||
| 226. | BMA Japan KK (50%) | Japan | ||
| Joint ventures and associates | ||||
| 227. | Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (33.75%) | Peru | ||
| Filo Corp. (50%) | Canada | |||
| 228. | Global HubCo B.V. (33.33%) | Netherlands | ||
| 229. | NCIG Holdings Pty Ltd (27.98%) | Australia | ||
| 230. | Resolution Copper Mining LLC (45%) | United States of America | ||
| 231. | RightShip Group Pte Ltd (33.33%) | Singapore | ||
| 232. | Samarco Mineração S.A. (50%) | Brazil | ||
| 233. | Vicuña Argentina S.A. (50%) | Argentina | ||
| 234. | Vicuña Corp. (50%) | Canada | ||
| 235. | Vicuña Holdings (Bermuda) V Ltd. (50%) | Bermuda | ||
| 236. | Deprominsa Uruguay B.V. (50%) | Netherlands | ||
| 237. | Filo del Sol Chile Holdings Inc. (50%) | Canada | ||
| 238. | Filo del Sol Exploración S.A. (50%) | Argentina | ||
| 239. | Filo del Sol Holdings Inc. (50%) | Canada | ||
| 240. | Filo del Sol Uruguay S.A. (50%) | Uruguay | ||
| 241. | Las Pailas SRL (50%) | Argentina | ||
| 242. | Vicuña Chile SpA (50%) | Chile | ||
| 243. | Vicuña Holdings Inc. (50%) | Canada | ||
| 244. | Vicuña Holdings (Bermuda) IV Ltd. (50%) | Bermuda | ||
| 245. | Vicuña Resources Inc. (50%) | Canada | ||
| (a) | These companies are parties to the Limited Deed of Cross Guarantee (Deed) and members of the Closed Group as at 30 June 2025. |
| (b) | These companies are parties to the Deed and are relieved from the Corporations Act 2001 requirements for preparation, audit and lodgment of financial reports and Directors’ reports. |
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