Aluminum Corporation of China was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, China. Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) is an aluminum producer with operations in bauxite mining, alumina refining, primary aluminum smelting and aluminum fabrication. It also provides ancillary products and services derived from or related to its aluminum operations. In addition, it also produces and sells alumina chemical products (alumina hydrate and alumina-based industrial chemical products), carbon products (carbon anodes and cathodes) and gallium. The Company’s three principal products include alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum fabrication products. During the year ended December 31, 2009, alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum fabrication segments accounted for approximately 15.9%, 66% and 12.8%, respectively, of its total revenue. The Company’s immediate and ultimate holding company is Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco). On October 29, 2009, Chalco acquired three companies and a limestone mining business from two subsidiaries of Chinalco.

Superior Graphite's products include graphite powders for battery makers; silicon carbide for the ceramics industry; and graphites used in lubricants, coatings, and rubber compounds. The company's Desulco is a high purity carbon alloy used by ductile iron and high carbon steel producers. Its Slip-Plate products -- a line of dry film lubricants used to coat surfaces -- can be used on home, farm, industrial, and recreational tools and equipment. Superior Graphite has manufacturing plants in the US and in Sweden. Launched in 1917 it is still owned by the founding Carney family.

JFE Shoji Trade, a subsidiary of JFE Shoji Holdings, is a huge player in the trading game. JFE Shoji Trade company's main business is steel plate (used for ships and bridges) and steel sheet (for automobiles, home electrical appliances, and wall and roof construction). It also sells special steel, structural steel, stainless steel, and steel rods used in construction, civil engineering, and steel-pipe manufacturing. Much of the steel it distributes is produced by JFE Holdings, one of Japan's largest steel producers. Additionally JFE Shoji Trade trades and distributes chemicals and fuels (coal chemical products, industrial gases, and inorganic chemicals), steel-making machinery, and iron ore and coal.

Peerless Steel Company prides itself as the leading service center in Michigan, specializing in the distribution of the finest quality product. Peerless Steel has a large inventory of carbon, alloy, and tool steels, as well as plate product. Peerless Steel Company has established operations in Troy, Saginaw and Grandville, Michigan. Fast, accurate, and friendly services are provided to customers across North America.In 1995, Peerless Steel Company celebrated its 50th year in business. Peerless Steel has experienced constant growth as it continually gains market share in the metal products industry. This growth trend has accelerated in recent years as a result of customers recognizing Peerless Steel Company's capabilities. Not only will the customer have access to a wide range of grades and sizes, but will also benefit from Peerless's ability to process to exact specifications and still provide next day delivery.

North American Tungsten Corporation is one of the largest tungsten mining companies in the West. It acquires, develops, explores for, and processes oxide ores to produce tungsten concentrates mainly in Canada's Northwest Territories. Tungsten, an industrial metal also known as wolfram, is a dense, metallic element known for its resistance to corrosion and heat. It is second only to diamonds in hardness and thus used in a variety of industrial products, including high-speed cutting tools, jet turbine engines, electronic circuitry, and surgical instruments. The company's primary project, its Cantung production site, was temporarily suspended in late 2009 due to declining tungsten prices and excess inventory.

At the outset of the establishment of CSC over thirty years ago, CSC pioneers and their fellow workers daringly adopted the 100% continuous casting production process which was considered to be the most up-to-date at the time, and later on decided that computerization of all operations was imperative. As a result of their decisions, CSC maintains certain international competitiveness whether it is privately owned or state-owned. Another comparative advantage CSC possesses is the valuable human resources that have been put through CSC employees are competent andwilling to make breakthroughs and innovations. They have all played major roles making CSC a role model in the steel business, and in its diversification programs.Entering its fourth decade and under the leadership of a management team headed by Chairman Chia-Juch Chang and President Y. C. Chen, on the domestic front CSC was instrumental in the integration of a number of activities among the local steel-related industries and set them on the right track of healthy development. On the international front, CSC aspires to have an impact on the global steel industry by fostering exchanges of steel production technology and establishing strategic cooperation. In addition, CSC hopes to play the part of an industry navigator by gathering resources from the society and people to promote the bio-tech and information industries.

Sunrise Resources plc was formed to acquire the diamond exploration interests of Tertiary Minerals plc in 2005. Since then Sunrise Resources Company has made a number of new kimberlite discoveries in Finland and expanded its portfolio of diamond exploration interests in Finland. Sunrise has also joined forces with BHP Billiton to exploit the BHP Billiton diamond exploration database for Finland. Exploration is continuing and drilling of certain targets is planned for 2010.In 2009 Sunrise Resources Company made a strategic decision to expand its geographical focus as well as its commodity interests and in October 2009 Sunrise Resources Company announced an application for an exploration licence in Western Australia prospective for both diamonds and Ni-Cu-PGM (the Cue Project). Exploration for this project is scheduled to start after the grant of the licence which is expected mid-2010.In September 2009 the Company was awarded an exploration licence in south-west Ireland for the industrial mineral barite (the Derryginagh Project). Past mining of high value filler grade barite and more recent drilling has indicated the potential for a modest scale mining operating that could, in time, produce a valuable cash flow for the Company. Most recently Sunrise Resources Company announced promising results from initial metallurgical testwork and product testing and further work is planned.Most recently Sunrise Resources Company secured an option agreement for the Long Lake Gold-Nickel-Copper-PGM project20km south-west of the City of Sudbury, Ontario (Canada). The Long Lake Gold Mine produced 57,000 ounces of gold from over 200,000 tonnes of ore mined in the periods 1910-1916 and 1932-1939 and has considerable untested gold potential. The claims also cover potential extensions to the currently producing Copper Cliff dyke system at the heart of the World’s most productive nickel-copper mining complex.The acquisition of the Long lake project completes an important stage in the strategic development of the Company’s project portfolio.

Zimplats Holdings (formerly Zimbabwe Platinum Mines) mines platinum and platinum group metals (PGM), like rhodium and palladium, as well as nickel from resources and reserves on the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. Its PGM mining activities include operating the Ngezi mine, the Selous Metallurgical complex, and the Hartley Ore mine. Zimplats Holdings company produces almost 200,000 ounces of PGM annually. Zimplats operates from offices in Australia, the UK, and Zimbabwe. South African platinum giant Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) holds more than 85% of Zimplats Holdings company.

Mountain Boy Minerals is a Canadian listed (MTB-TSX-V) exploration company whose activities are in the Stewart and MacKenzie area of BC. It is actively exploring for gold-silver-base metals on the Silver Coin project, silver-lead-zinc on the massive sulfide horizon within the BA project, silver-base metals and gold-silver on their American Creek properties, copper-gold in the Bear Pass area of Stewart, porphyry molybdenum in the Stewart and MacKenzie areas and copper-nickel-platinum group metals in the MacKenzie area.Mountain Boy Minerals company has been highly successful in outlining further gold-silver-base metal resources at the Silver Coin project, completing a drill program at the BA claims that is defining a large resource of silver-lead-zinc mineralization, extending the copper-gold mineralized horizon at George Copper, successfully testing the High Grade vein at the MB property and outlining a new high grade epithermal gold-silver vein on the FR property.

Fancamp Exploration is looking for buried treasure in the form of metals and minerals in Canada. The exploration and development company primarily prospects for uranium, but also mines for iron, gold, iron titanium, and base metals throughout Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Fancamp Exploration's portfolio includes joint ventures with organizations such as Sheridan Platinum Group, as well as 100%-owned properties. The company's most advanced projects are in the Johan Beetz, Quebec, region.

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