Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, smelting, refining, and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals from a geological formation in southern Montana known as the J-M Reef. This is the only know significant source of platinum group metals in the United States and one of the significant resources outside Russia and South Africa. Stillwater Mining Company’s corporate office is located in Columbus, Montana.Stillwater Mining Company conducts mining operations at the Stillwater Mine near Nye, Montana and the East Boulder Mine South of McLeod, Montana. Both mines are located on the J-M Reef. Concentrating plants are operated at both mines to upgrade ore to a concentrate. The company also operates a smelter, refinery and laboratory at Columbus, Montana to further upgrade the concentrate to a platinum group metal rich filter cake. Spent catalyst material is also recycled at the smelter and refinery to recover platinum group metals. Platinum group metals are rare precious metals that are used in diverse applications for auto catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewelry, dentistry, medicine, water treatment, coinage and other uses.

Noranda Aluminum is a vertically integrated aluminum producer. The company starts the process by mining bauxite through a joint venture in a Jamaican mining project, refining it into alumina at another joint venture in Louisiana, and then using the alumina to make primary aluminum metal products at its facility in Missouri and aluminum coils at four rolling facilities in the Southeast. Noranda's primary aluminum products include aluminum rods, extruded billets, and foundry ingots. The downstream business segment manufactures foil and light sheet metal. Sales are evenly split between the two segments. Owned by Apollo Management, Noranda Aluminum filed for an IPO in 2008.

Macsteel International USA distributes alloy and carbon rod and wire through locations in Florida, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Texas. Macsteel International USA is a subsidiary of Macsteel International, which itself is owned by industry giant ArcelorMittal South Africa and the South African Macsteel, which has operations in about 40 countries worldwide. Sister company Macsteel Service Centers USA operates more than 30 service centers throughout North America.

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.

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) is in the business of mining, refining and marketing of platinum group metals (PGMs), as well as nickel, copper and cobalt. In the 2009 financial year, Implats produced 1.7Moz of platinum (approximately 25% of global supply) and 3.4Moz of PGMs. The group employs approximately 53,000 people (including contractors) across its operations and is one of the most efficient and lowest cost primary platinum producers in the world.Impala Refining Services (IRS) uses Impala’s excess smelting and refining capacity to process the concentrate and matte produced by the various mine-to-market group operations as well as material purchased from third party companies. Toll-refining is also undertaken on behalf of other companies. Implats is one of the largest autocatalyst recyclers in the world.The company’s exploration efforts are focused on both brownfields (evaluation drilling at, or adjacent to, existing operations) and greenfields exploration. The primary focus is brownfields prospecting.

Kaiser Aluminum went on a diet, slimmed down considerably, and now operates just 12 fabricated products manufacturing plants in the US and Canada. Kaiser's main customers are in the aerospace, engineering, and transportation markets. The company manufactures more than 500 million pounds of fabricated aluminum products annually. Diversified metal services center Reliance Steel & Aluminum is the company's largest customer, representing almost 20% of sales. It had also participated in a joint venture with Rio Tinto plc called Anglesey Aluminum, which operated a UK aluminum smelting facility. (Kaiser got 49% of Anglesey's production.) The smelter was converted to a secondary remelt and casting operation in 2009.

Metals service center operator Siskin Steel & Supply, a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum, processes steel and aluminum using such techniques as laser and plasma cutting, sawing, and shearing. Products processed and distributed include aluminum (angles, cast plates, and square tubing), cold-finished steel bars (flats, hexagons, and squares), galvanized sheets (hot-dipped and galvannealed), hot-rolled alloy bars (flats and rounds), and miscellaneous beams and channels. Siskin Steel & Supply operates four service centers in the southeastern US. Siskin Steel & Supply company was founded in 1900; Reliance Steel bought it in 1996.

Flame Metals Processing Corporation is a dynamic commercial heat treater located in the St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN area operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have earned an excellent reputation by solving our customers metallurgical challenges and exceeding their expectations.Over the last five years we have installed over $5 million in new capital improvements, designed to meet our customers growing demand and to provide superior metallurgical results. We invite you to explore our web site for more information about our heat treating capabilities. If you have specific questions or challenges please feel free to contact us.

Cancor Mines Inc is a publicly traded Canadian junior mining company (CNSX – KCR) whose main focus is the acquisition, exploration and development of large properties that have a high potential of containing significant amounts of Gold and base metals such as Copper and Zinc. Cancor began operations in 1989 and boasts a portfolio consisting of 5 significant properties in the mineral rich Abitibi region in Québec (Canada) and 4 substantial properties in southern Gold rich Algeria. For over 15 years Cancor has positioned itself as a leader in quality exploration both in Canada and abroad due in large part to the world class management team led by Cancor’s President Mr. Kamil Khobzi, former vice-president of the Association of Prospectors and Developers of Quebec and winner of the prestigious “Prospector of the Year” award.

Founded in 1970, Unimin Corporation has grown from a small glass sand mining company to become one of the world's leading industrial mineral producers. Our products are the essential raw materials utilized in nearly every manufacturing process. Always cognizant of that critical role we play, our objective is to produce engineered industrial minerals which add function and value to our customers' processes.Moreover, we are more than simply a mining company. We are global transportation specialists, applications engineers and technical advisors, research and development experts, and international marketers drawing from a synergistic product portfolio and global production capability.With an emphasis on corporate family, investment in the health, safety and development of our employees and in the communities in which we operate is paramount. Through leadership, commitment and active participation we endeavor to be a good corporate neighbor, as well a trustworthy corporate partner.

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