RUSAL is controlled by Board member Oleg Deripaska, who had owned the company completely prior to the merger.Look out, Aluminum Industry, the Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! RUSAL is among the world's top aluminum producers, along with Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcoa. Formed in 2000 from various parts of the old Soviet state apparatus, RUSAL produces about 4 million tons of aluminum, 8 million tons of alumina, and 20 million tons of bauxite. Its aluminum business include packaging and foil operations in addition to a network of smelters. Those Soviet spare parts were significantly augmented in 2007 when the company merged with fellow Russian aluminum producer Sual and Glencore's alumina unit.

Highbank is a Canadian exploration company engaged in the acquisition and development of copper and molybdenum properties providing shareholders with “Wealth Through Discovery”. The Company has optioned a large exploration land package in the famous Highland Valley copper district in British Columbia; host to the largest base metal mine in Canada, and holds additional moly/copper properties in Ireland. Highbank has also earned a 100% interest in, and has obtained a NI 43-101 Resource evaluation of a +70 million tonne tidewater aggregate gravel tenure in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Caledon Resources plc is a dual listed public Company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of The London Stock Exchange and The Australian Securities Exchange (trading symbol: "AIM:CDN & ASX: CCD"). Caledon is a coking coal producer and explorer in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. It acquired the mothballed Cook Mine in late 2006 and has since recommissioned the operation and introduced an innovative new underground mining methodology. Caledon Resources also purchased the nearby Minyango exploration concessions in 2006 and has conducted a number of drilling programs in preparation for a feasibility study.

Lonmin goes platinum without selling a single CD. Lonmin company is the world's #3 platinum producer (after Anglo Platinum and Impala Platinum). Uses of platinum include catalytic converters for vehicles, and jewelry. Its Lonmin Platinum, or Lonplats, unit mines platinum group metals (PGMs, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium) through two South African companies: Western Platinum and Eastern Platinum. Lonmin company produces about 1.4 million ounces of PGM annually, of which about half is platinum. In addition to its Australian PGM investments, Lonmin has exploration activities in North America, South Africa, and Tanzania.

HBIS Group core company—Han-Steel was established and put into operation in 1958 and now Han-Steel has herself developed into one important high-quality plate and strip production base in great China after over half a century of hard work and has comprehensively possessed an annual steel production capacity of 10 million tons with the total assets of 61.8 billion Yuan and annual sales revenues of more than 35.0 billion Yuan.In the nineties of the last century initiatively market-oriented Han-Steel actively implemented and progressively deepen the operating mechanism " simulating the market accounting and the executing the cost-veto " with the creation of the nationally honored "Han-Steel experiences" and being an example of "the red flag in national industrial fronts "With the stepping into the new century Han-Steel sped up the paces of revamping and upgrading the traditional processes and equipments with high and advanced applicable technologies, and consecutively the CSP Plant with an annual output of 2.5 million tons , the Cold Rolling Complex with an annual output of 1.3 million tons and a large other number of international advanced equipment in Han-Steel New Zone were put into operation.Han-steel products are widely used in the fields of automotive , home appliances , construction , ship building , aerospace , machinery manufacturing、petrochemical , etc. and in many national key projects.

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.

Canaf Group is a diversified mineral resource company with offices in Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa. Canaf Group was originally formed in 1996, with exploration assets in British Columbia and Uganda. Recently re-organized, Canaf Metals and Mining re-branded, befitting its new strategy as a resource company with a portfolio of diverse mineral assets and related businesses. This strategy will be substantiated through a series of acquisitions. Currently, the company is exploring a number of options with a focus on mineral assets and mining ventures within Africa.

BHP Billiton Plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified natural resources company. Billiton engages in exploration, production, development, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It also engages in mining of bauxite, refining of bauxite into alumina, and smelting of alumina into aluminum metal; and mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel, molybdenum, gold, diamonds, titanium, manganese, iron ores, metallurgical coal, and thermal or steaming coal. In addition, Billiton produces manganese metal and alloys. It operates in Australia, China, Europe, Japan, North America, South Korea, South America, Africa, other Asian countries, and rest of the world. The company, formerly known as Billiton Plc, was incorporated in 1996 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. BHP Billiton Plc operates as a subsidiary of BHP Billiton Group.

Olympic Steel, Inc. engages in the processing and distribution of processed carbon, coated, aluminum and stainless flat-rolled sheet, and coil and plate steel products in the United States. It offers various processing services, including cutting-to-length, slitting, and shearing; and higher value-added processes of blanking, tempering, plate burning, precision machining, welding, fabricating, and painting of steel parts. The company serves customers in carbon steel consuming industries, including manufacturers and fabricators of transportation and material handling equipment, construction and farm machinery, storage tanks, environmental and energy generation equipment, automobiles, food service and electrical equipment, and military vehicles and equipment, as well as general and plate fabricators, and steel service centers. Olympic Steel, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Bedford Heights, Ohio.

A junior resource company with operations in Mongolia, China and the USA – exploring for gold, copper, molybdenum and coal to meet the growing demand for gold and base metals around the world. There is a massive migration of humanity taking place across the globe, unlike any seen in our collective history. Millions of people in countries, such as China, India and Brazil, are moving from rural areas to urban centres. Along with this physical movement, many of these people are improving their standard of living, creating an ever larger middle class. Increased demand for basic goods and services is expected with this growth and we have seen evidence of this in the fluctuating supply of raw materials and higher prices for commodities in recent years. Entrée has an experienced board supported by a strong technical team. A substantial treasury of approximately $40 million means there is enough money available to fund future operations and consider potential acquisitions. Two 43-101 compliant indicated and inferred resources have been identified on Entrée’s Lookout Hill property in Mongolia by Entrée’s joint venture partner, Ivanhoe Mines.

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