The story of Alliance begins in 1971 when MAPCO Inc., then a Fortune 500 diversified energy company, entered the coal-production business, acquiring the Dotiki mine. This underground operation in Webster County, Kentucky, soon became, and remains to this day, one of the most productive coal mines in the country. By the time the company reached its silver anniversary, MAPCO Coal owned five mining complexes in three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Maryland. It also owned the Mt. Vernon Facility, a rail-to-barge loading terminal on the Ohio River. Located in Indiana, the Mt. Vernon facility is capable of handling 8 million tons of coal per year. In 1996, management formed Alliance Coal Corporation and led a buyout of MAPCO Inc.'s coal operations with the financial support of The Beacon Group. Within two years, Alliance acquired Hopkins County Coal, a surface/underground operation in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and opened MC Mining, an underground mine in Pike County, Kentucky. In 1998, Alliance sold 15.1 million tons of coal and was recognized as the sixth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States. During 1999, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. was formed, and after completion of its initial public offering as a publicly-traded master limited partnership, acquired the coal operations of Alliance Coal Corporation. The new company soon broke ground for a new underground mining complex in Gibson County, Indiana. Production began at Gibson County Coal the following year. ARLP began a $30 million extension of its Pattiki mine in southern Illinois during 2000. Construction of a new mine shaft and ancillary facilities began in 2001 at the Dotiki mining complex. Both of these projects were completed during the second quarter of 2003 and positioned Alliance Coal to meet increasing demand for its coal. In 2002, management purchased all of The Beacon Group's interest in ARLP. The acquisition was not funded or secured with any of Alliance's assets.

Nelsen Steel & Wire manufactures cold-finished carbon and alloy steel bars from its facility in Illinois. Standard products include hexagons, rounds, and squares, though Nelsen Steel company also can meet special requests from customers. Nelsen Steel also offers thermal treatment services including normalizing, spheroidizing, and lamellar pearlitic annealing. Its tempering services include quench and tempering before cold drawing and stress-relieving after cold drawing. Established in 1939, Nelsen Steel is owned by the Nelsen family, including company president and CEO Davis Nelsen.

Anatolia Minerals is an emerging gold producer and leading minerals explorer in Turkey. The Company discovered and is developing the Çöpler Gold Project, which hosts gold reserves and resources in excess of 6 million ounces and remains open. Construction for the initial oxide phase at Çöpler is fully permitted and funded. First gold pour is slated for the 4th quarter 2010. Growth opportunities for Anatolia Minerals drive from a pipeline of precious and base metals properties and a strategic alliance with Çalik Mining -- a member company of a leading Turkish conglomerate. Near term expansion of both oxide and sulfide potential at Çöpler are being advanced. Longer-term prospects include two nearby copper/gold porphyry deposits -- Cevizlidere and Karakartal - and numerous grassroots prospects throughout Turkey. Anatolia Minerals is dedicated to ethical and responsible mining and exploration practices, with its employees committed to implementing and continuously improving standards for safety, health, environmental and community stewardship.

Nordural, also known as Nordic Aluminum, operates the Nordural primary aluminum reduction facility located in Grundartangi, Iceland. The primary aluminum metal manufacturer has a production capacity of about 260,000 tons per year, having expanded the facility from less than 100,000 tons annually in the last half decade. Customers include metals giants BHP Billiton and Glencore. US aluminum producer Century Aluminum owns Nordural.

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.

Trade Winds Ventures Inc. is a Canadian based gold exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading under the symbol TWD. The Company’s primary focus is the advancement of its Detour Lake Block A and Gowest properties, located in the Abitibi Greenstone belt in Northeastern Ontario, a prolific gold mining region which has produced over 65% of Canada’s gold.Since 2004, Trade Winds has completed extensive diamond drilling programs of over 140,000 metres on the Block A and Gowest properties. An aggressive in-fill drill program is underway with the aim to increase the resource base and advance the project toward development of a stand alone open pit mine and mill operation.Recently, Trade Winds as operator, completed a NI 43-101 updated resource calculation on the 50/50 Block A Joint Venture with Detour Gold Corporation at Detour Lake. The global resource calculation included an in-pit gold resource of 1.2 million ounces in the indicated category and 277,000 ounces in the inferred category. The total global resource on the Company's Block A and Gowest properties is in excess of four million ounces gold at a cutoff grade of 0.5 g/t.In addition, Trade Winds owns a 100% interest in the Dardanelle gold and Treasure Mountain copper properties in British Columbia.

Haynes International Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes high-performance nickel-and cobalt-based alloys in sheet, coil, and plate forms for use by the manufacturers of various equipments worldwide. The company’s products consist of high-temperature resistant alloys (HTA) and corrosion resistant alloys (CRA). Its HTA products are used in the manufacture of jet engines for the aerospace market, gas turbine engines for power generation and waste incineration, and industrial heating equipments; and CRA products are used in various applications, including chemical processing, power plant emissions control, and hazardous waste treatment. Haynes International company also produces its products as seamless and welded tubulars, as well as in slab, bar, billet, and wire forms. In addition, it offers stainless steel and general purpose nickel alloys. Haynes International sells its products through its direct sales organization, as well as through a network of independent distributors and sales agents. Haynes International company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana.

Actually, uranium isn't first at First Uranium. First Uranium operates two mining facilities with gold and and uranium deposits in South Africa. Both facilities now produce gold, and First uranium plans to begin producing uranium as well. Its main property is a traditional underground operation while its other facility operates above ground, collecting the residue of previous mining operations. The mines have estimated resources of about 3 million ounces of gold and 7 million pounds of uranium. First Uranium customers include gold commodity firms such as Gold Wheaton. First uranium is a subsidiary of Simmer and Jack Mines.

Shougang Concord International trades in a variety of industries, although steel production is its bread and butter. The bulk of its revenues come from the manufacture of steel plates and products; it is also engaged in steel trading, iron ore mining, coking coal mining, copper and brass products, and shipping operations. Shougang's steel production is handled through subsidiary Qinhuangdao Shougang Plate Mill. Its Shougang Concord Shipping division operates time charter freight shipping. Most of Shougang's sales are to mainland China and Hong Kong.

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.

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