Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA) is steel crazy after all these years. Altos Hornos company is Mexico's largest steelmaker, with a production capacity of more than 3 million tons a year. It makes flat products (plate, hot- and cold-rolled coil, tin-free steel) and long products (heavy and light structural sections, wire rod, wire products). A former government-controlled company privatized in 1991, AHMSA mines its own iron ore and coal to produce steel, and it also produces steam coal. Being vertically integrated gives AHMSA flexibility when raw materials prices vary. AHMSA's parent company is Mexican industrial conglomerate Grupo Acerero del Norte.

Gammon Gold Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and mining of gold and silver deposits in Mexico. Gammon Gold, Inc. owns and operates the Ocampo mine in Chihuahua State, and the El Cubo mine in Guanajuato State, as well as the Guadalupe y Calvo advanced exploration property in Chihuahua State, Mexico; and leases the Las Torres gold-silver mine in Guanajuato State, Mexico. Gammon Gold, Inc. was formerly known as Gammon Lake Resources Inc. and changed its name to Gammon Gold Inc.

Since it has been in business since the 19th century, it's probably fair to say that The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) has been in a scrap or two. One of the largest scrap-metal brokerage operations in the US, DJJ recycles both ferrous (iron and steel) and nonferrous metals (copper, aluminum, lead, and brass) worldwide. To accomplish this feat, The David J. Joseph company operates about 60 scrap processing centers (including 15 car shredders) and about a dozen trading offices in the US. Its shredders can process up to a million car hulks each year. DJJ had been a subsidiary of Dutch energy and retail firm SHV Holdings, but US steel minimill titan Nucor acquired The David J. Joseph company in 2008 for $1.1 billion.

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.

Welcome to Hoeganaes, iron powder manufacturing. Hoeganaes specializes in powder metallurgy, and as the world’s leader in the production of ferrous powders, has been certified by DNV under the ISO/TS 16949:2002 quality management system and the ISO 14001 Environmental management system.Hoeganaes has fueled that growth with successive waves of technology which have expanded the use of prealloyed metal powders for a wide variety of applications. While the single largest application for ferrous powders is in the production of pressed and sintered parts, Hoeganaes serves a diverse set of industries, including casting, brazing, photocopy, chemical, EMI shielding and metallurgical applications. Hoeganaes commenced operations in Riverton, New Jersey in 1953.Hoeganaes creates high quality iron and steel powders, which are important raw materials in the creation of structural parts, filters and bearings. The manufacturing of these parts is accomplished through the powder metallurgy process consists of taking iron powders such as Ancorsteel 1000 and mixing them with graphite, alloys and lubricants.The metal powder mixture is then transferred to a die cavity and compacted to the desired shape. Compacting pressures for ferrous powders range from 415 to 690 MPa (30 to 50 tsi). The as-compacted part is called a “green” compact, which is sintered in a controlled atmosphere furnace in order to metallurgically bond the metal particles to each other. Some parts are used in the as-sintered condition but many are subjected to secondary operations such as sizing, tumbling, heat treatment, or machining.

Palmaris Capital Plc was originally incorporated in Scotland in 1988 as a mining investment company, however, following a capital re-structure in 2001 most of the investments have been realised with only one major investment remaining in Scottish Resources Group Ltd, previously Mining Scotland Ltd. A substantial shareholding in Perseverance Corporation Ltd, a gold mining company operating in Victoria, Australia was distributed to our shareholders as a dividend in specie in February 2007.

Continental Minerals hopes to make a big deposit sometime soon. Continental Minerals is one of mining investment/management firm Hunter Dickinson's stable of companies. Continental Minerals is focusing on exploration and development; its properties are not in production. Continental Minerals is primarily exploring the Xietongmen copper and gold property in Tibet. It acquired full ownership of the property when it bought its former partner, Great China Mining, in 2006. Continental and Hunter Dickinson share several key executives. Other Hunter Dickinson portfolio companies include Great Basin Gold, Northern Dynasty Minerals, and Taseko Mines.

Metals USA Holdings Corp. provides processed carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and specialty metals, as well as manufactured metal components in the United States and Canada. It operates in three segments: Flat Rolled and Non-Ferrous, Plates and Shapes, and Building Products. The Flat Rolled and Non-Ferrous segment sells cold rolled, coated, and hot rolled steel products and various non-ferrous flat rolled products, including aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and brass. It also provides processing services, such as slitting, precision blanking, leveling, cut-to-length, punching, and shearing. This segment offers its products and services to customers in the electrical and appliance manufacturing, fabrication, furniture, commercial construction, machinery and equipment, land and marine transportation, and energy and aerospace industries. The Plates and Shapes segment offers carbon products, such as structural plates, beams, bars, and tubing. It also provides processing services comprising cutting, cambering/leveling, punching, bending, shearing, cut-to-length, blast and paint, and tee-splitting. This segment serves customers in the fabrication, commercial construction, machinery and equipment, land and marine transportation, and energy industries. The Building Products segment manufactures and sells aluminum and steel products, including covered canopies and walkways, awnings, sunrooms, solariums, and other products primarily for the commercial and residential building products industries, primarily through distributors and contractors. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Metals USA Holdings Corp. is a subsidiary of Apollo Management V L.P.

Eldorado Gold Corporation engages in the exploration, development, mining, extraction, processing, reclamation, and production of primarily gold and iron properties. It owns and operates the Kisladag gold mine in Turkey; and the Tanjianshan, Jinfeng, and White Mountain gold mines in China, as well as the development projects, including the Efemcukuru gold project located in Turkey, the Eastern Dragon gold project in China, the Perama Hill gold project in Greece, and the Vila Nova iron ore project in Brazil. Eldorado Gold Corp. was formerly known as Eldorado Corporation Ltd. and changed its name to Eldorado Gold Corporation in April 1996. Eldorado Gold Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Founded in 1854, Westmoreland Coal Company is a premier U.S. energy company with strong leadership, a solid foundation of tangible assets and a proven strategy for growth. Having transitioned from predominantly eastern underground coal production over the past decade, the Company’s current operations include surface coal mining complexes in three western states and power operations in the east and west. Today, Westmoreland employs over 1,125 people in six states, and is producing approximately 30 million tons of coal and generating 1.6 million megawatt hours of electric power annually. Westmoreland also provides post-retirement benefits to over 2,000 people, mostly former coal miners and their dependents.Westmoreland's emphasis is on mine-mouth operations. This positions the Company as the lowest-cost fuel supplier to some of the cleanest, most economical and highly utilized coal-fired utility-owned power plants in America.Westmoreland has also developed eight independent power projects, and currently owns 100% of two projects. The Company’s two North Carolina plants are coal-fired and deliver base-load power to Dominion North Carolina Power.Westmoreland’s demonstrated accomplishments in the transformation of its business, coupled with its proven strategy for growth, position the Company to seek the creation of additional value.Westmoreland’s streamlined organization, focused leadership, attention to cost management, and niche growth strategy has resulted in the Company’s garnering various energy sector awards, including the Platts/BusinessWeek Global Energy Strategic Merger of the Year award in 2002 and the ColoradoBiz/UMB Bank Energy and Natural Resources Company of the Year award in 2002.Westmoreland is publicly traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol WLB and has over 10.5 million shares of common stock outstanding.

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