Jim Walter Resources (JWR) is the southernmost Appalachian coal producer. The company was formed in 1977 from the former Coke, Iron and Chemicals Division of U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. Its businesses consist of mining high quality coal from Alabama's Blue Creek seam and related methane gas operations. Since its inception, JWR has grown from a small, captive producer of less than 1 million tons of coal per year, produced solely for use in its sister company's coke ovens, into one of the 25 largest coal producers in the United States, with 6.3 million tons of coal sold in 2008.JWR's two deep-shaft underground mines — Mines No. 4 and No. 7 — use the standard "continuous mining" method for development and advanced "longwall" mining technology for primary production. In contrast to surface mining or typical underground mines located 200 to 500 feet below the surface, JWR's mines are 1,500 to 2,200 feet underground, making them the deepest vertical shaft coal mines in North America.Blue Creek Coal is synonymous with quality in markets worldwide. Its general characteristics — very low sulfur, strong coking properties, high heat value — make it ideally suited to the requirements of steel makers as a coking coal and to utilities as a steam coal. These qualities enable JWR to successfully market steam coal domestically and metallurgical coal to the worldwide export market.The growth and success of Jim Walter Resources' coal mining operations have continued to fuel the success of the company's coal seam degasification business, Black Warrior Methane. Black Warrior Methane was formed in 1981 to recover and market methane gas principally from the Blue Creek Coal seam on lands owned or leased by the company.

Polymetal is a leading precious metals mining company. Polymetal Company is the third global primary silver producer, the largest silver and fifth gold producer in Russia.In 2007 Polymetal held an initial public offering. 24.8% of Polymetal Company was placed in the form of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange and in ordinary shares on the RTS and MICEX exchanges. Polymetal owns gold and silver mines and carries out exploration activities in four regions of Russia (the Magadan Region, the Khabarovsk Territory, the Sverdlovsk Region and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) and in Kazakhstan.Its portfolio of projects contains 42 licenses covering a territory of over 8,500 sq. km.Polymetal’s most promising deposit is Albazino located in the Khabarovsk Territory, which contains JORC mineral resources estimated at approximately 3 Moz of gold. Polymetal Company plans to continue active exploration work at Albazino and expects that its resource base will grow to 5-6 Moz by the time the operation begins production. Construction of a processing plant at Albazino is scheduled to begin in 2009, and it should produce its first gold in 2011.In 2008, Polymetal acquired the Kubaka and Degtyarskoye gold deposits and the Goltsovoye silver deposit, in 2009, Sopka Kvartsevaya gold deposit in Magadan Region and Maiskoe gold deposit in Chukotka were acquired by the Company. These new deposits are expected to be brought on-line in 2010-2011. In 2009, Polymetal also acquired the Varvarinskoye gold-copper deposit in Kazakhstan.In 2009 gold production grew by 9%, to 311 Koz. Silver production grew by 1%, to 17.3 Moz.In 2010 Polymetal targets to produce 350-370 Koz of gold and 19-20 Moz of silver. These numbers do not include any production from Varvarinskoye mine in Kazakhstan.

Major Drilling Group International Inc. is one of the world's largest drilling service companies serving the mining industry. To support its customers' varied drilling requirements, Major Drilling maintains field operations and offices in Canada, the United States, South and Central America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Major Drilling provides all types of drilling services including surface and underground coring, directional, reverse circulation, RAB, geotechnical, and environmental drilling. Major Drilling's stock trades on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDI".

Since our founding in 1972, Advanced Chemical Company has steadily built an outstanding reputation as a leader in the refining of precious metals for a wide variety of industries. Our experience and expertise allows us to refine both non-hazardous and hazardous materials containing gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium.A sampling of the type of material we process includes; cathodes, plated wire, plate-out foil, karat gold bars, jewelry, extracted dental crowns and bridges, grindings, stone break out, ion-exchange resins, plated scrap, solutions, sweeps, filters, targets, rack pins, vacuum bags, sludges, polishing dust, flooring, hazardous waste solutions, and many other forms of precious metal scrap. Please contact us and let our specialists select the most technologically appropriate process to sample and process your material based on your company’s specific refining needs.

Commerce Resources Corp. is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on tantalum, niobium and rare metal deposits with a potential for economic grades and large tonnages. The Company is specifically focused on the development of its Upper Fir tantalum and niobium deposit in British Columbia, Canada. Commerce is well positioned with sufficient capital to advance the commercialization of a prospectively lucrative mining operation for tantalum and niobium. Commerce Resources is also focused on the exploration of its new deposit the Eldor carbonatite in Quebec, which is highly prospective for niobium, tantalum and uranium.

Wise Alloys wants to stay smart when it comes to aluminum. The company is a leading maker of aluminum can sheet, which is used primarily to produce packaging for beverages and food. The aluminum can sheet made by Wise Alloys is transformed into more than 16 billion beverage cans per year, representing about 15% of the total market. Along with aluminum can sheet, Wise Alloys makes wide aluminum sheet, which is used in architectural applications and to make roofs for truck trailers. Though a part of the former Reynolds when it was founded in 1948, Wise Alloys has been a part of Wise Metals Group since 1999.

Stemcor is the world’s largest independent steel trader.We play a pivotal role in the steel industry, acting as a trading intermediary and value-adding service provider. Our end-to-end services span every step in the steel supply chain and comprise five core competencies: finance, raw materials, steel trading, distribution and stockholding. Our breadth of expertise – from minehead to factory floor – enables us to offer integrated supply chain solutions that deliver competitive advantage to the producers and purchasers of steel that we serve.With turnover exceeding £6 billion in 2008, Stemcor trades around 20 million tonnes of steel and steel-making raw materials and employs 1,400 people in a network of 80 offices in 40 countries across the globe.Stemcor was formed in London in 1951 and is a privately owned company. We are not owned by, nor do we own, any steel producers. Our independence from steel producers ensures that we are objective in matching exact customer needs in terms of quality, specifications, financial terms and delivery. The majority of shares are held by the Oppenheimer family, represented on the Board by Ralph Oppenheimer (Executive Chairman) and Philip Edmonds (Deputy Chairman), with the balance of shares held by other directors and employees.

KazakhGold Group Limited is one of the largest gold mining company in Kazakhstan with three principal operating mines, Aksu, Bestobe and Zholymbet located in northern part of Kazakhstan. In addition KazakhGold owns a number of assets in East Kazakhstan, Romania and Kyrgyzstan. Its primary objective is to become the leading low-cost gold producer in central Asia. KazakhGold is listed on the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange (symbol KZG).

Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper mined by its parent company, global metals and minerals giant Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold. The company's metallurgical complex is located in Huelva, where it produces about 500,000 tons of copper anodes and cathodes annually. Those copper products are then sold to copper rod and brass mills, primarily located in Europe. Atlantic Copper purchases copper concentrate from fellow Freeport-McMoran subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia.

The buffet line at Marubeni-Itochu Steel America (marketed as MISA) starts with hot and cold rolls. The subsidiary of Marubeni-Itochu Steel maintains a large inventory of steel products such as cold-rolled flat steel, hot-rolled steel, stainless steel and specialty steel, and tin mill products. Marubeni-Itochu Steel America company also provides services like blanking, cut-to-length, laser welding, and stamping. It also provides supply chain management and residential and commercial building materials. MISA's products serve the automotive, shipbuilding, and oil and gas industries. It has locations spread throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico, with liaison offices in South America.

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