McWane is a friend to both firefighters and dogs. Orchestrated through five product groups, McWane's subsidiaries make a line of water distribution solutions including fire hydrants, cast-iron water and sewer pipes, fittings, and compressed air tanks. Its Amerex subsidiary is one of the world's largest makers of fire extinguishers. Subsidiary Manchester Tank makes pressure vessels, from huge propane cylinders to handheld torches. M&H Valve Co., a maker of industrial valves for wastewater equipment and fire hydrants, has operated since 1854. Established in 1921, McWane continues as a closely held corporation, led by its founder's fourth generation, chairman C. Phillip McWane.

Wallbridge Mining Company (TSX:WM) is an established Canadian-based company whose mission is to explore for and develop nickel, copper and platinum group element ("PGE") deposits. Its primary focus is on its large portfolio of properties in the under-explored footwall rocks of the prolific Sudbury Mining Camp, Ontario. Wallbridge's Sudbury area properties include joint ventures with Lonmin Plc, Impala Platinum Holdings and Xstrata Nickel as well as with a number of junior mineral exploration companies. In June 2007, global platinum producer Lonmin Plc acquired 10,800,000 common shares of Wallbridge representing approximately 14% of the then issued and outstanding shares.Wallbridge recently spun out a new company, Miocene Metals Limited, which was created to acquire all of Wallbridge's BC porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum (Cu-Au-Mo) properties in a transaction modelled after the successful spin-out of its Minnesota copper-nickel-PGE properties into Duluth Metals Limited (TSX:DM). The BC property portfolio includes Wallbridge's Rogers Creek Cu-Au-Mo property plus six other recently acquired properties in Southwestern BC over a newly recognized belt of Miocene-age intrusive rocks which are highly prospective for Cu-Au-Mo mineralization, The properties range from grassroots stage, with known mineral showings, to properties that are almost drill-ready and have returned economic chip and grab sample values and drill intersections over widths of 10's of metres.

Metalor Technologies International smelts and refines precious metals for a wide range of uses. Its refining division recycles precious metals -- gold, silver, platinum, etc. -- and converts them into powders, grains, or ingots. From there, the metals are turned into technical coatings, components for the watch and jewelry industries, and silver contacts for the electrical industry and electrotechnics. The company has subsidiaries in 15 countries.

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the symbol YNG and the Frankfurt exchange with the symbol NG6.YNG will continue to develop from its existing 100%-owned properties in the Yukon and Nevada.Presently in the Yukon Territory Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is focussed on bringing its wholly owned Ketza River property back into production from the Manto Gold Zones and permitting is underway. The Ketza River Property includes the Ketza River mine, which, from 1987 to 1990, produced some 3,110 kg (100,033 troy oz) of gold from 340,000 tons of ore. The Company aims to further explore the highly potential Shamrock Zone and Silver Valley, both in the Yukon.Jerritt Canyon is located 50 miles from Elko in northern Nevada. Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is currently focused on modernizing the milling facility and emission control systems. Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is striving to reach a point of renewed profitability accompanied by a significantly reduced environmental impact. Ongoing permitting at Starvation Canyon, Nevada will allow the Company, in the future, to realize an increase in the production of gold ounces at Jerritt Canyon.Yukon-Nevada Gold Company recognizes responsible environmental stewardship as an integral part of our business practices and has recognized environmental management as a corporate priority. We integrate environmental factors into the decision-making process throughout Yukon-Nevada Gold company. Sufficient resources have and will be devoted to environmental protection and remediation to ensure that environmental risks are minimized and that the environment and public welfare are protected during the Company's activities.Recently the Company has embarked on a targeted and aggressive media and investor relations program, which we are confident will help fulfill the Company's obligation to improve investor returns by reporting accurate and up-to-date information in a timely manner.

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.

Mitsubishi International Corporation (MIC) is a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, a general trading company of Japan. MIC offers high-value-added services in a broad range of business fields. MIC's primary businesses are related to global trading that links merchandise and industrial products to consumers, complex project management, and strategic finance and investment. Other important functions of MIC include marketing, distribution, materials procurement, technology transfer, product sourcing, and supply chain management. MIC has currently more than 50 subsidiaries or branch offices in the U.S. and other countries and is continuing to form new strategic partnerships.

WestCan Uranium Corporation is pretty straightforward - they're looking for uranium in western Canada. WestCan Uranium company has three operations in Saskatchewan and one in British Columbia, for a total of 24.540 hectares of land. WestCan Uranium Corporation changed its name from International Arimex Resources, Inc., on Septermber 10, 2007, and dropped its focus on gold, silver, and copper.

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.

Ivernia Inc. is an international base metals mining, exploration and development company. It is the sole owner and operator of the Magellan lead mine in Western Australia. At full production, Magellan is expected to be one of the top five lead-producing mines in the world, accounting for approximately 2% of the world’s total mined lead supply.

Plymouth Tube manufactures alloy, carbon, and stainless steel tubing at its network of metalworking mills. The company's Plymouth Extruded Shapes unit makes near-net extruded shapes in alloy, carbon, and stainless steel, as well as in nickel-based alloy and titanium. It acquired Trent Tube from Crucible Materials in 2007; the new subsidiary has two facilities in the US. Plymouth Tube operates from facilities throughout US. It was founded in 1924

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