Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, service operations, and subsidiaries the Indian conglomerate produces fabrics, industrial gases, aluminum and copper, cement, palm oil, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, sponge iron, and insulators. Aditya Birla is the #1 producer of viscose staple fiber (a manmade fiber akin to cotton) in the world as well as the world's #1 producer of rolled aluminum and is among Asia's largest makers of primary aluminum. It also provides business, financial, and IT services. Subsidiaries include metals company Hindalco, industrial giant Aditya Birla Nuvo, and the minority-controlled IDEA Cellular.

The Fresnillo Group hunts for buried treasure throughout Mexico. Fresnillo focuses primarily on silver and gold mining, but also mines for lead and zinc. Its assets include three operating mines in Fresnillo, Cienega, and Herradura, as well as further development projects at Fresnillo and Herradura. Fresnillo produces nearly 280,000 ounces of gold each year and more than 34 million ounces of silver, making it one of the largest silver producers in the world; it also operates a variety of exploration projects. Its operations formerly comprised the precious metals business of Industrial Penoles, but that company spun off Fresnillo in 2008 while retaining majority ownership of it.

Horsehead Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of zinc and zinc-based products in North America. The company's products include PW zinc metal, which is used to provide a protective coating to various fabricated products, including pipe and guard rails, heat exchangers, and telecommunications towers, as well as for the production of brass; and SSHG zinc metal that is used as feed for the manufacture of high-purity zinc powder and zinc alloys. It also offers zinc oxide for the production of tire and rubber products, chemicals, ceramics, plastics, paints, lubricating oils, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the company recycles electric arc furnace dust, a hazardous waste generated by steel mini-mills. Further, it provides special zinc powders, which are used in general chemical and metallurgical applications, as well as in friction applications, such as brake linings for automobiles; battery grade zinc powders that are used in alkaline, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, and zinc-air batteries; and copper-based powders, including brass, bronze, and nickel-silver powders, which are used in various applications comprising brazing, infiltrating, and powdered metallurgical hardware, such as lock bodies, valves, and gears. Additionally, the company offers short-line railroad service for the movement of materials. It primarily serves galvanizers and brass producers; alkaline battery industries; and manufacturers of tire and rubber products, lubricating oils, chemicals, paints, ceramics, plastics, and pharmaceuticals. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The alloys we process at Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals are known for their superior performance and excellent reliability. These products are the result of years of metallurgical development, offering properties well beyond those of ordinary metals. Our job is to help you fully realize that potential. To do so, Ulbrich is continually adding new equipment and technologies, expanding our quality assurance programs and working to ever tighter tolerances.We serve markets as diverse as aerospace, aircraft and automotive, nuclear and solar energy, medical and surgical equipment, chemical processing, electronics and many others. To some customers, we are a precision re-roller processing stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium alloy strip to exacting dimensions for critical high performance applications. To others, we are a network of specialty service centers with six North American locations supplying various forms of stainless steel and specialty metals, expertly processed and delivered on time. For others, we start with rod or wire and shape it into various cross sections that in some cases perform as a near net shape. We also roll fine round wire into flat wire, with extremely close tolerances and to dimensions a fraction of a human hair. This and many other possibilities are available within the Ulbrich family of capabilities.Ulbrich produces a large percentage of its products in North America, but we are an international company. One of our newest manufacturing sites is in the Republic of Ireland and we have several strategic partnerships and sales agencies throughout the world. We understand that doing business around the world is the only way to do business today. Our facilities in Shanghai and Hong Kong are designed to accommodate inquiries for all our divisions from one location. No matter which country you are from, we strive to make doing business with Ulbrich as effortless as possible.

Sparton Resources Inc. is a diversified mineral exploration and energy royalty company with advanced stage projects that will become attractive acquisition targets for senior mineral producers.Sparton's management and technical team consists of seasoned mineral industry professionals who are strongly committed to the creation of real wealth through mineral resource development. They have a long and successful track record in exploration and development of various high unit value mineral deposits.

Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products, and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its metals include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC operates through about 25 subsidiary companies in 12 countries. In North America, it operates subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and essential oils. Amalgamated Metal Corporation Industrial segment is its largest, accounting for not quite two-thirds of its business. Almost half of AMC's sales are in the UK and continental Europe.

Rautaruukki (Ruukki) has meddled its way into the metal industry. The company's metals division -- about half of sales -- makes hot-rolled plate, cold-rolled and coated strip, and tubular steel products. Its construction division makes metal products such as facades, floors, frames, and roof structures. Ruukki's engineering division makes integrated metal used by the marine and offshore, pulp and paper, and the lifting and transport equipment sectors. Rautaruukki Oyj company also produces metal made into axle components, side-impact beams, appliances, air conditioning, and heating equipment by the automotive, household, and light engineering industries. The Finnish government owns 40% of Ruukki.

Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. (EEL-TSX.V; EAT-Frankfurt) is a gold exploration company which has an option on the 210 square kilometre Fredonia project area in the prolific Central Cordillera gold belt in northwest Colombia. Eaglecrest also owns 100% of 120.5 square kilometres of mineral title at the San Simon Gold Project in northeastern Bolivia. Eaglecrest will begin exploration work in Colombia in the second quarter of 2010, but has identified three areas at San Simon with open-pit and underground gold resource potential.

Carpenter Technology Corporation manufactures, fabricates, and distributes specialty metals primarily in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mexico, and Canada. Carpenter Technology company operates in two segments, Advanced Metals Operations and Premium Alloys Operations. The Advanced Metals Operations segment manufactures and distributes metal alloys, stainless steels, and titanium in the form of small bars and rods, wire, narrow strip, and powder. It offers its products in various end-use markets, including the aerospace, industrial, consumer, automotive, and medical industries. This segment sells its products under the Carpenter, Dynamet, Talley, Carpenter Powder Products, and Aceros Fortuna brand names. The Premium Alloys Operations segment provides metal alloys and stainless steels in the form of ingots, billets, large bars, and hollows. It primarily serves the aerospace and energy industries under the Carpenter brand name. This segment also offers conversion processing of metal for other specialty metals companies. Carpenter Technology company distributes its products directly from its production plants, and through distribution network and independent distributors. Carpenter Technology Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

Frontier Steel is a steel service center that processes and distributes carbon steel plate in thicknesses ranging from 16ga to 16” as well as widths of up to 120” and lengths of up to 720.” The 33-acre site is formerly the Dravo Barge Facility, which manufactured Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II. We’re located at mile marker 7.8 on the Ohio River, with has easy access to barge and rail transportation, and Interstate 79.Frontier Steel was established in 1999. Frontier Steel company has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification and was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the “Hot 100” fastest-growing small businesses.

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