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CITIC Resources invests in energy and minerals exploration, development, and trading, focusing on oil exploration in mainland China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. The company was formerly engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of plywood but switched gears in 2004, the same year that China-owned investment group CITIC took a controlling stake. Since then it has built up an international portfolio of holdings including interests in Portland Aluminum Smelter (one of the largest in the world), the Coppabella and Moorvale coal mines in Queensland, and commodities trader CITIC Australia Trading. CITIC Group indirectly owns 54% of CITIC Resources.

Columbia Falls Aluminum's smelting operations produces about 170,000 tons of aluminum annually. Its ingot, sheet, and bar products are sold to aluminum rolling mills and extrusion plants; its customers are located primarily in the US. Swiss natural resources conglomerate Glencore has owned Columbia Falls Aluminum since 1999. Among Glencore's other aluminum operations are Sherwin Alumina and Century Aluminum Company.

Comital S.p.A. has sold its hose and compound rubber manufacturing interests in order to concentrate on aluminum rolled products (foils and metal plastic yarns), consumer products (food packaging and cleaning products), and cords and cables (bare copper, enameled, and insulated). The Comital Group has about 20 production facilities in Italy and elsewhere. In 2003 the former Saiag was taken over by the Italian company Cortiplast, which is controlled by the family of Comital's chairman, Cornelio Valetto, and the next year Saiag and subsidiary Comital merged to form the new company.

Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) has more than enough energy for its aluminum business. In fact, the company distributes excess electricity to homes across Brazil. Its operations span the aluminum production process, from mining bauxite to producing primary aluminum to processing coils, ingots, billet, and bars as well as such fabricated products as cables and roof tiles. Clients include such industries as transportation, packaging, electric utilities, constructions, and consumer products. The intensive electrical requirements for aluminum processing led the company to to invest in hydroelectric power generation. It now operates nearly 20 power plants and supplies more than half of its own electricity.

Cymat has made foam-forming a business. The company designs, develops, and manufactures 3D aluminum foam castings, which are primarily used to make automobiles lighter and safer. The company's primary product is SmartMetal, a stabilized aluminum foam (SAF). The aluminum foam is molded by sending gas through molten aluminum that can be formed into flat sheets and other shapes. Cymat's biggest partners include Georg Fischer and Brembo. The company was first formed in the 1990s to produce aluminum packaging for the pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.

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