When the aluminum century rolls around, it'll be ready. Century Aluminum makes primary molten and ingot aluminum at facilities in Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as in Iceland; that last facility is operated by subsidiary Nordural. Century Aluminum also owns just less than 50% of an aluminum production facility in South Carolina (Alcoa owns the rest). Four customers -- aluminum producer Rio Tinto Alcan, diversified metals company BHP Billiton, commodities trader Glencore International, and wire and cable maker Southwire -- account for about three-quarters of Century Aluminum's sales. Glencore is Century Aluminum's former parent, though it still has a 38% stake in the company.

Archipelago Resources Plc (Archipelago) is a UK incorporated company formed in 2002 to acquire, explore, develop and mine gold and other metal deposits in south east Asia. Archipelago was listed on AIM in September 2003 and as a result of a number of capital raisings has 493,019,334 shares in issue. Archipelago’s registered office is in London but the Company is managed from Perth, Western Australia and all project development personnel are located at the Company’s principal project at Toka Tindung in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Corus Engineering Steels is usually pretty solid, but it can be a little spacey at times. Corus Engineering Steels company makes high-grade steel, including alloy, carbon, stainless, and free cutting, for automotive, aerospace, energy, engineering, and machining companies. Producing steel under thousands of international and customer specifications, Corus Engineering Steels makes such brands as Durehete high-temperature bolting steel, Vanard micro-alloyed steel, and XLCut free-machining steel. It also offers services that include heat treatment and hire work rolling and processing. Steel made by Corus Engineering Steels company will be used to construct a new NASA space shuttle.

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.

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.

Synalloy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, primarily manufactures and sells pipes and piping systems in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Metals and Specialty Chemicals. The Metals segment manufactures pipe and piping systems from stainless steel and other alloys for the chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, mining, power generation, waste water treatment, liquid natural gas, brewery, food processing, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty chemicals, and pigments and dyes for the carpet, chemical, paper, metals, mining, agricultural, fiber, paint, textile, automotive, petroleum, cosmetics, mattress, furniture, janitorial, and other industries. Synalloy Corporation sells its metal products through outside sales employees, manufacturers’ representatives, and authorized stocking distributors, as well as markets directly to engineering firms, construction companies, and project owners. It markets its specialty chemicals directly to various industries through outside sales employees and manufacturers' representatives. Synalloy Corporation company was formerly known as Blackman Uhler Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Synalloy Corporation in July 1967. Synalloy Corporation was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

VALLOUREC & MANNESMANN TUBES, a Vallourec Group Company, is world market leader in the manufacture of seamless hot rolled steel tubes for all applications. BRASIL Company operates production sites in Europe, Brazil, USA and China. V & M TUBES supplies the world?s largest and most comprehensive range of seamless steel tube sizes and has an annual output of up to three million tonnes.BRASIL company was founded in October 1997 as a joint venture between the French Vallourec Group (55% of shares) and the German Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (45% of shares) joining together all their production units and marketing interests for seamless hot rolled tubes and threaded oilfield tubulars (OCTG).

Sage Gold, formerly Sahelian Goldfields, hopes to be wise in the ways of finding gold and other precious metals. The mining exploration and development company owns numerous properties in Ontario and Quebec, as well as in Nevada and Arizona. The company made a significant move into Nevada in 2004 when it acquired the Pony Spur and Dike mining properties (in the south end of the Carlin-Rain Trend, Nevada), as well as the Corridors and Sugarloaf properties (located in the Midas Trend, Nevada). By 2007 Sage Gold's major focus was on properties in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold camp in North Eastern Ontario. Two years later it bought Puma Minerals.

As its name suggests, South American Gold and Copper Company (SAGC) has the sagacity to explore for gold and copper -- among other industrial minerals -- in properties in South America. The company's primary asset is the Pimenton gold mine in Chile, which started production in 2004. In addition, SAGC holds interests in several limestone deposits in Chile and the company is exploring a copper deposit adjacent to the Pimenton gold mine. SAGC had investigated the viability of a gold prospect in Peru, but in 2010 was focusing on its operations in Chile.

Shougang Concord International trades in a variety of industries, although steel production is its bread and butter. The bulk of its revenues come from the manufacture of steel plates and products; it is also engaged in steel trading, iron ore mining, coking coal mining, copper and brass products, and shipping operations. Shougang's steel production is handled through subsidiary Qinhuangdao Shougang Plate Mill. Its Shougang Concord Shipping division operates time charter freight shipping. Most of Shougang's sales are to mainland China and Hong Kong.

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