Coalcorp hopes Santa fills its stocking with many lumps. The coal miner's focus is its La Francia coal mine in Colombia, though it also owns other coal projects in the South American country. Coalcorp produces about 2 million tons each year. The company also holds an interest in Ferrocarriles del Norte de Colombia, which runs a railroad from the Cesar region to Santa Marta, Colombia and a majority interest in another Colombian mining project. Coalcorp, which intends to grow through acquisitions, plans to increase its production to 6 million tons by 2010. In 2008 Pala Investments took a nearly 45% stake in Coalcorp.

Maanshan Iron & Steel (or Masteel) is among China's largest steel producers. Maanshan Iron & Steel company turns out 14 million tons of steel products annually, more than 90% of which is sold domestically. Its H-beams, plates, wheels, and wire rods are exported to nearly 50 countries worldwide, though. Masteel's plate and structural products are used by the automotive and construction industries primarily; it also makes wheels for locomotives. It operates five steel manufacturing facilites, all in China. Formerly a subsidiary of Magang Holding Company, Masteel was spun off in 1993.

Antares Minerals Inc. (TSX V.ANM) is a Canadian exploration company, formed in 2004, with the objective to acquire copper and gold exploration properties in Latin America that can be quickly and cost-effectively advanced to discovery and profitable production. Antares’ team of well-qualified and experienced explorationists has met this challenge by assembling a strong portfolio of projects in Peru and Argentina and continues to seek additional high quality opportunities throughout the region. Antares has strategic alliances with Farallon Capital (San Francisco) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC; member of the World Bank, Washington DC). The company’s most advanced project is the Haquira Cu-Mo-Au porphyry deposit, located in southern Peru; immediately adjacent to Xstrata Copper’s Las Bambas copper-gold porphyry skarn project. Antares has the option to earn a 100% interest in the Haquira project from a subsidiary of the Phelps-Dodge Copper Corporation (now Freeport-McMoRan). A total of 69,036.70 m in 286 drill holes have been completed on the Haquira project to-date (2001-2008). The best drill hole ever drilled at Haquira (and ever drilled by Antares Minerals) was completed during 2008; AHAD-159 which intersected 937.30 m with 1.14% Cu, 0.034% Mo and 0.10 g/t Au (1.42% CuEQ), which included 331.00 m with 1.76% Cu, 0.013% Mo and 0.20 g/t Au (1.94% CuEQ).

Harris Steel Group is a leading North American steel fabricator and processor. Through over 80 strategically located facilities in Canada and the United States, we sell value-added products and services to a diverse customer base within the construction, automotive, industrial and mining markets.Harris Steel Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Nucor makes more steel in America than any other company. Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel - in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; light gauge steel framing; steel grating and expanded metal; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, one of the leading scrap companies in the U.S., also brokers ferrous and non-ferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and non-ferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.

GCM Resources plc (GCM) is a London-based resource exploration and development company with its Phulbari Coal Project poised for development once the Government of Bangladesh provides approval. It also has investments in other mining and mineral exploration companies, Coal of Africa Limited, Polo Resources Limited and Aura Energy Limited. The company's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). (Ticker code: GCM) The Company (GCM) under its former name, Asia Energy plc, was incorporated in England and Wales as a public limited company on 26 September 2003. Asia Energy PLC was admitted to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange on 19 April 2004. Through seed capital raising and the subsequent placement of shares, some £14 million was raised.In November 2005, following submission to the Government of Bangladesh of the Phulbari Coal Project's Feasibility Study and Scheme of Development, the Company placed an additional 6,740,000 shares and raised a further £33 million.

Lundin Mining Corporation started from scratch and has built itself up pretty quickly. Lundin Mining Corporation company is involved in the exploration and development of lead, silver, zinc, and copper projects in Sweden, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. It began mining production in 2004 when it bought the Zinkgruvan silver, lead, and zinc mine in Sweden. It also bought North Atlantic Natural Resources (which had operations in Sweden) from Boliden that year. Since its formation, Lundin Mining Corporation company has continued to add to its operations through a series of acquisitions. In 2009 Lundin Mining Corporation company closed down in Galmoy mine in Ireland and began looking for a buyer for the property.

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.

Bumi Resources now looks for coal and oil. Bumi Resources company primarily mines and sells coal products through subsidiaries Arutmin Indonesia and Kaltim Prima Coal, comprising more than half of its annual revenue. Bumi's coal-mining operations take place at 19 sites in the East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. Coal products are marketed internationally through Enercorp, of which Bumi owns 50%. It is also engaged in oil exploration activities via subsidiary Gallo Oil in Yemen.

Lithic Resources isn't interested in stone, but it is interested in the minerals attached to the stone. Lithic Resources explores the zinc/indium/copper Crypto property in Nevada. The Crypto project has been in development since its acquisition in 2005 from EuroZinc, which has since merged into Lundin Mining. Lithic Resources was founded in 2002 through the restructuring of Berland Resources.

Tsodilo Resources Limited is a diamond, base and precious metal exploration company concentrating its exploration efforts on the southern portion of the Angola / Congo craton in northwest Botswana. Tsodilo's prospecting licences are held through its Botswana registered subsidiary companies, Newdico (Pty) Limited ("Newdico') and Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited ("Gcwihaba'). Newdico holds 9 diamond Prospecting Licenses (license map), covering an area of some 3,940 square kilometers, in the northern Ngamiland Project area. Tsodilo has a 95% stake in Newdico, while Trans Hex Group, a South African diamond mining and marketing company, holds the remaining 5%. Exploration in the Newdico Ngamiland project area is at an advanced stage, with completion of kimberlite indicator mineral sampling on a regional scale and ground geophysical surveys focusing on two primary areas within the larger License area. The Nxau Nxau kimberlite field is the principal location, with 40 known and drilled kimberlites, while several further first-order magnetic anomalies await drill investigation. The Guma district is the second location in the east of the license area where 10 first-order magnetic and indicator mineral anomalies await drill investigation. Both the Nxau Nxau and Guma areas have many second-order magnetic anomalies and the dolerite dyke swarm area south of the Nxau Nxau field provides further potential kimberlite drill targets.Gcwihaba holds 9 diamond prospecting licenses (license map) covering an area of some 6,856 square kilometers immediately adjoining and south of the Newdico licenses. In addition to the diamond prospecting licenses, Gcwihaba has also been granted 18 prospecting licenses for metals (base, precious, platinum group, and rare earth) (license map) covering an area of some 13,500 square kilometers.

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