Rio Tinto is on the lookout for pay dirt. Rio Tinto Limited, one of the world's largest mining operations (along with BHP Billiton and Vale), is the Australian half of dual-listed sister companies, with Rio Tinto plc taking up residence in London. Although each company trades separately, the two Rio Tintos operate as one business. Rio Tinto mines iron, copper, uranium, industrial minerals (borax, salt, talc), gold, and diamonds. It also produces aluminum products through Rio Tinto Alcan. The company sells globally, but the majority of its operations are located in Australia and North America.

Luvata smelts and refines copper mainly for markets in Europe and the US. Products include copper rods, bars, sheets, plates, strips, wire, and tubes. Its operations include Rolled Products; Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Tubes; and Luvata Heat Transfer Solutions, which makes HVAC components like heat exchangers, air conditioning units, and food storage refrigeration products. Private equity firm Nordic Capital owns Luvata, having bought the company from Outokumpu in 2005. The following year it changed its name to Luvata, which is a Finnish word meaning to promise.

Sabel Steel processes and distributes steel products through six service centers in Alabama, Georgia, and Lousiana. The company's facilities handle products such as angles, bars, channels, pipe, plate, sheet, structural beams, and tubing. Other Sabel Steel units recycle scrap metal and fabricate reinforcing bar (rebar). The company's Sabel Wholesale Center distributes hardware and plumbing supplies. Sabel Steel, which is owned by the Sabel family, was founded in 1856.

Daewoo International Corporation emerged as a company dedicated to international trading and investments when the international trading and construction sector of Daewoo Corporation was spun off into three (3) companies : Daewoo International Corporation, Daewoo Engineering & Construction Company Limited and Daewoo Corporation. Since the completion of workout on Dec. 27, 2003, Daewoo International Corporation has been growing again to fulfill the vision of becoming a “Global Top 10 Trader".Daewoo International Corporation, which plays a significant role as a driving force for trading and overseas investments of Korea, is deploying a variety of businesses in diverse areas including international trading, manufacturing, sales, and resource development with approximately 6,000 customers by collecting and utilizing the optimum information using the global business networks. Daewoo International Corporation will continue to serve its role as cornerstone for the expansion of Korea’s exports and overseas resource development through international marketing know-how accumulated through its global network of international experts in trading, procurement of high quality commodities in good quality and abundant domestic and international sales bases.

Tex-Tube is a leading manufacturer of high-quality steel pipe. Serving the North American continent, the company produces tubular steel products that meet both API and ASTM standards.Tex-Tube is a member of the Villacero Group or Grupo Villacero, based in Monterrey, Mexico. Grupo Villacero is a global steel conglomerate involved in the production, transformation and commercialization of steel products worldwide.Tex-Tube is located near the Port of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico, strategically located to receive raw materials by barge or ship and distribute finished pipe via sea, rail or truck.

Audubon Metals LLC is located in Henderson, Kentucky and is owned by an affiliate of Koch Enterprises Inc., headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. Audubon Metals LLC, is a unique facility that is the only heavy-media separator and secondary specification aluminum alloy producer under one roof in the United States. In our estimation, from the time that an automobile is first shredded, to the time a new aluminum casting is shipped, an average of over 42 days have elapsed.In our system, automobile shredder residue (zorba) is processed, dried, melted, alloyed to customer specification, and delivered to diecasters throughout the Midwest in just a matter of days. With the contributions of our raw material and end-use market partners and an efficient internal operational process, Audubon Metals LLC has accelerated the recycling process of automobile shredder residue into new secondary aluminum alloy castings. This is the uniqueness of Audubon Metals LLC.

Murgor Resources is on the move in Canada. It is exploring gold properties, and to a lesser extent, copper and nickel deposits, throughout New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Murgor Resources has about 10 properties in various stages of exploration. Founded in 1969, the company's strategy is to initiate the exploration of promising properties and then find a joint venture partner to further develop the project.

Canadian-based Eastplats was formed in 2003 with the objective of becoming a major producer of platinum group metals.In less than four years the Company has met its objectives by acquiring a portfolio of high-grade platinum and rhodium-rich deposits in South Africa's Bushveld Complex with resources containing over 85 million ounces of platinum group metals. The Bushveld Complex is internationally recognized as containing the world's largest resource of platinum group metals and is geologically unique as it is the world's only source of primary platinum production. In 2006, Eastplats became Canada's largest platinum group metals producer when it acquired a 69% indirect interest in Barplats Investments Limited. This acquisition was accompanied by a successful Cdn $150 million capital raising campaign, much of which has been invested in the Crocodile River Mine operations.n May 2007 Eastplats acquired an additional 5% of Barplats. Simultaneous with a listing on the JSE in May 2007, Eastplats completed a $200 million capital raising and announced plans to refurbish the existing Crocodile River Mine smelter.

Rex Diamond Mining explores and develops diamond properties in Africa. In Africa Rex Diamond company primarily has operations in Sierra Leone. It sold its exploration assets in South Africa to African Gem Resources (Afgem) in 2005 and currently is in a legal dispute with that company about royalty payments. Rex Diamond's main asset now is its investment in Afgem, though its REXdiamonds subsidiary markets and sells polished diamonds and jewelry.

ydro Aluminium's products can be turned into anything from soda cans to car bodies. The company forms Norsk Hydro's aluminum business and accounts for just about all of the Norwegian industrial corporation's sales. Hydro Aluminium ranks among the world's top five aluminum producers along with the likes of Rio Tinto Alcan, RUSAL, and Alcoa. While based in Europe, Hydro conducts business worldwide and is particularly strong in North America and Asia. It divides its business into two units, aluminum metal (the upstream business) and aluminum products (the downstream business). The first segment produces bauxite, alumina, and primary aluminum products, while the second manufactures rolled and extruded products.

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