BCS Industries, LLC was founded in 1996 by Joseph A. Higdon through the acquisition of a plant formerly operated by Laclede Steel. By 1998 BCS acquired another idled Laclede plant and provided the expansion needed for the Memphis, TN facility to grow. During the period from 2000-2004 BCS acquired the former Metal Processing facility in Maple Heights, OH and the former Cuyahoga Steel & Wire processing plant in Solon, OH growing to over 170 employees with sales surpassing $100 million dollars.The strategic need for a centralized wire distribution facility was identified and in August 2007 this was solidified. BCS acquired the Ugitech carbon steel warehouse in Batavia, IL. This important expansion has provided the BCS ‘Chicago Wire Division’ with an exceptionally strong position supplying Just In Time material to the Midwest Fastener Industry.BCS Industries experienced workforce and management team has extensive knowledge of the industry. We have many state of the art processes and also utilize successful ‘old school’ methods that simply can’t be beat. We utilize both science and experience (art) in our steel processing.Sulfuric acid cleaning, state of the art atmosphere annealing furnaces, precise sizing through wire drawing and customer specific finished coating all add up to what we determine as ‘Fitness For Use’ for the Cold Heading Industry.BCS Industries’ Quality Management System supports many Key Performance Indicators including; Customer Service, 5S, Safety, Lean Manufacturing and Vendor Assessments which contribute to our success.

Lapham-Hickey Steel is committed to meeting or exceeding customer expectations and increasing customer satisfaction through continual improvement of our Products, Services and our Quality Management Systems.At Lapham-Hickey Steel, quality is dictated by strict adherence to the ISO 9001 quality system. These standards are maintained and managed by our Quality Department and reviewed regularly by the Corporate Executive Committee.One of our main goals here at Lapham-Hickey Steel is to insure total customer satisfaction. Customer feedback is the best tool we have to determine if we are meeting all expectations. You are invited to participate in our Customer Satisfaction Survey, your feedback will be used as a tool in our venture for continuous improvements.

Castrip understands that steel can never be too thin. The joint venture of minimill titan Nucor, BlueScope Steel, and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries offers a technology that aids steelmakers in the manufacture of flat-rolled, carbon, and stainless steel sheets at very thin gauges. The Castrip technology is based on an invention devised by Henry Bessemer in 1857. Steel produced through the Castrip process may be used in a wide variety of products, including appliances, furniture, grain bins, racking, and structural tube. Castrip was established in 2000.

Sabin Metal Corporation recovers and refines precious metals from the hydrocarbon, petroleum/petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, nitric acid, electronics, mining, and other industries that use precious metals in their products or processes. We recover platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, rhenium, gold, and silver, from a variety of sources. Sabin Metal was established in 1945 and is now the largest independently owned precious metals refiner in North America, with processing plants and customer service facilities throughout the world. With all of our successes, however, we are most proud of the long-term relationships we enjoy with many of our customers, some of whom we've worked with for decades. We take our responsibilities seriously with regard to serving them fairly and in a straightforward manner. To accomplish this we employ advanced analytical equipment, systems, and processing methods that work in unison to help provide the highest possible return values for recovered precious metals. We also work hard to assure full compliance with appropriate environmental codes and standards which ultimately protects our customers' interests as well.For more than six decades, we have carefully managed our growth by addressing our customers' interests first, by working closely with them and/or their representatives, and by treating our relationships as virtual partnerships, all while maintaining the industry's most stringent environmental management policies that not only serve our customers' interests but also protect our global ecosystems. No matter what your expectations are for maximum returns for your precious metal-bearing materials'anytime and anywhere'we invite you to experience the Sabin difference and join our growing family of satisfied customers

In Sweden -- and gradually elsewhere too -- SSAB is another word for steel. Svenskt Stal Aktiebolag company has been a niche player in the European steel market, primarily manufacturing steel sheet and plates, but is hoping to grow out of that niche. Operations are carried out via subsidiaries SSAB Strip Products, SSAB Plates, and SSAB North America (steelworks); Plannja (processing); and Tibnor (trading). Founded in 1978, SSAB has grown beyond its Swedish borders with a presence in more than 40 countries worldwide; Sweden still accounts for a quarter of its sales, however. In 2007 Svenskt Stal Aktiebolag company made a big international move when it bought US steelmaker IPSCO (now the North American unit) for $7.7 billion.

New Gold Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, extraction, processing, reclamation, and production of mineral properties. New Gold company primarily focuses on gold, silver, and copper deposits. Its operating properties include the Mesquite gold mine in the United States; the Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine in Mexico; and the Peak gold-copper mine in Australia. New Gold company also has development projects, including the New Afton copper-gold project in Canada; and a 30% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project in Chile. New Gold was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Commercial Metals Company engages in recycling, manufacturing, fabricating, and distributing steel and metal products, as well as providing related materials and services in the United States and internationally. It involves in recycling operations through metal processing plants located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Commercial Metals company also operates five steel minimills in Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Arizona that produce reinforcing bars, angles, flats, rounds, small beams, fence-post sections, and other shapes; a copper tube minimill; and a scrap metal shredder processing facility, as well as purchases and removes rail and other materials from abandoned railroads. In addition, Commercial Metals Company engages in fabrication operations through steel fabrication and processing plants that bend, weld, cut, fabricate, distribute, and place steel; warehouses that sell or rent products for the installation of concrete; plants that produce special sections for floors and support for ceilings and floors; plants, which produce steel fence posts; and plants that treat steel with heat. Additionally, Commercial Metals company purchases semi-finished long and flat steel products from international and domestic sources, and markets and distributes these products in the Americas. Further, it operates rolling mills that produce reinforcing bars, merchant products, and wire rods; and scrap processing facilities that directly support its minimill in Poland and Croatia, as well as manufactures electric arc furnace based steel pipes. Commercial Metals company also markets and distributes steel, copper, and aluminum coils; sheet and tubing; ores; metal concentrates; industrial minerals; ferroalloys; and chemicals. Its customers include steel, nonferrous metals, metal fabrication, chemical, refractory, and transportation businesses. Commercial Metals company was founded in 1915 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates as a mineral exploration and development company. The company's principal mineral resource property is the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine development project located in southern Mongolia. It also holds interests in the Ovoot Tolgoi Coal project located in Mongolia; the Cloncurry project in Queensland, Australia for the exploration and development of molybdenum, rhenium, copper, gold, and uranium; and the Kyzyl gold project located in Kazakhstan. The company was formerly known as Indochina Goldfields Ltd. and changed its name to Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in June 1999. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Vista Gold Corp. is an international gold mining company based in Littleton, Colorado, with a plus 20-year history of gold exploration, development and operations. Vista is traded on both the TSX and NYSE Amex under the symbol VGZ. Since 2001, Vista has correctly predicted that gold prices would significantly increase for many years to come, and has acquired a number of impressive gold projects during 2001-2006. During 2006 and 2007, Vista completed transactions that resulted in the formation and successful spin-off to its shareholders of Allied Nevada Gold Corp. Since the spin-off Vista has sold one project and currently holds six projects with an estimated 1.3 million ounces of proven and probable reserves, 12.8 million ounces of measured and indicated resources and 4.6 million ounces inferred.

Altius is a natural resource project generation and royalty business based in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador. Altius is focused on the mining and resources sector through prospect generation, the creation and acquisition of royalties and investments. The Corporation has a strong financial position with approximately $194 million in cash and liquid investments and no debt. Altius owns an effective 0.3% net smelter return in the producing Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt mine located in Labrador, Canada and has numerous active mineral exploration agreements principally in eastern Canada targeting a variety of mineral commodities. In addition, the Corporation holds investments in junior exploration and development stage companies. The Company prefers to generate partnerships or corporate structures related to the opportunities it generates, which results in the Corporation carrying minority and non-operating project or equity interests and/or royalty interests. Since inception in 1997, our business model and operating philosophy have consistently delivered increased value for shareholders of Altius through cyclical market conditions. The company has built a solid reputation around its percentage of successful mineral project generation initiatives that it intends to further build upon. While the market sentiment for the natural resources sector was somewhat turbulent in 2009 our Company is well prepared to embrace the opportunities of market volatility and/or a down-cycle. Going forward Altius intends to grow its business through its; 1) organic mineral exploration business focused in eastern Canada, 2) exportation of its proven prospect generator business model to other choice jurisdictions, and 3) to prudently deploy its capital in royalty-like investment opportunities throughout the minerals sector. Altius prospered through the last bear cycle because its business plan inherently preserves capital structure and manages risk, thus there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of Altius and its expanding business strategy.

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