Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products, and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its metals include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC operates through about 25 subsidiary companies in 12 countries. In North America, it operates subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and essential oils. Amalgamated Metal Corporation Industrial segment is its largest, accounting for not quite two-thirds of its business. Almost half of AMC's sales are in the UK and continental Europe.

China Oriental produces steel billet and strips for Chinese steel manufacturers, who then process the billet and strips into downstream products such as angles, rebar, wire rods, and pipe. China Oriental's production facilities are located in Hebei Province, the country's largest iron ore producing region. Its steel production facilities consist of an iron smelter and steel making and rolling plants. The company's annual production capacity exceeds 7 million tons, making China Oriental one of the largest suppliers in China. The company's founders own 43% of China Oriental; ArcelorMittal also owns 30% after a series of transactions in 2007 and 2008. The two companies also have a technology-sharing agreement.

Do you know about DOWA? Through its operating subsidiaries the company processes and sells copper, gold, silver, and other metals, supplying its smelters with ore from its mining ventures in Mexico. DOWA also produces electronics materials, including metal powders used in data storage tapes, gallium arsenide wafers for integrated circuits, and zinc powder for alkaline batteries. The company offers heat-treatment services and makes industrial furnaces, mainly for the automotive industry, at plants in Asia and North America. Other DOWA units are involved in real estate, recycling, and the provision of construction and engineering services.

PhosCan Chemical Corp. is a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company which is engaged in the development of the Martison Phosphate Project, which consists of the Martison Phosphate Deposit and a planned phosphate mine, beneficiation plant, phosphoric acid plant and solid fertilizer production facility. Managed by a proven development team within extensive experience in both the mining and chemical disciplines, the Company is focused on developing this vertically-integrated phosphate fertilizer complex.The Martison Phosphate Deposit is located 70 kilometres north of Hearst, Ontario. If the Martison Project is successfully developed, phosphate ore from the mine will be processed into a concentrate in the beneficiation plant. The concentrate will be transported by slurry pipeline to a phosphoric acid plant near Hearst where it will be combined with sulphuric acid to produce phosphoric acid. Sulphuric acid is expected to be sourced either from existing nearby base metal smelters or a sulphuric acid plant which would be built by the Company. PhosCan will further process the phosphoric acid into superphosphoric acid (SPA) and/or mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP) fertilizer which will be sold to fertilizer dealers serving the agricultural regions of western Canada and mid-western United States. The Company's proposed operations will be strategically located in proximity to these target markets with ready access to excellent infrastructure including rail, power and labour.

HudBay Minerals looks below the surface to find profits. The company focuses on the exploration and production of zinc and copper, primarily in Canada's Manitoba province. HudBay operates several mines, production plants, and refineries located in Manitoba, Ontario, and Michigan. In addition to zinc and copper, it also produces silver and gold. HudBay attempted to expand through an $800 million combination with Canadian mining company Lundin Mining in 2008. The combined company would have been among the top three Canadian base minerals companies, but the two companies called off the deal early in 2009.

Nippon Denko company is the largest producer of ferromanganese in Japan, accounting for approximately 50% of that country's annual production. Besides ferroalloys, the diversified company also produces industrial chemicals (soda ash and boron and chromium chemicals), new materials (lithium-ion battery materials, zirconium oxide), and environmental recycling systems (water purification for fuel cells). Nippon Denko sells its products to steel, chemical, and aluminum industries, among others. Nippon Denko company was formed in 1963 with the merger of Nippon Denki Yakin Co. and Toho Denka Co.

Coal India is one of the largest coal producing companies in the world. Coal India produces more than 350 million tons annually and provides a wide range of extraction, coal reserve identification, and exploration activities. Established in 1975, the holding company operates through eight subsidiaries, including Eastern Coalfields, Bharat Coking Coal, and Mahanadi Coalfields. Coal India offers consulting services through its Central Mine Planning & Design Institute subsidiary. It accounts for more than three-quarters of India's total coal production.

Ternium Mexico provides steel to all points between the Rio Grande and the Guatemalan border. Ternium company, the Mexican unit of Luxembourg-based steel concern Ternium, makes hot- and cold-rolled steel, galvanized steel, and operates steel processing service centers. It also owns iron mining company Las Encinas and 50% of another miner, Pena Colorada. Domestic sales make up a great majority of the company's sales, and Ternium Mexico accounts for about 20% of all steel products sold in the country. Ternium company came into its current form when the families that controlled the former Grupo Imsa sold out to Ternium, whose steel operations span the Americas, in 2007.

Belgonucleaire fuels the nuclear world. Belgonucleaire company produces mixed oxide (MOX), a combination of depleted uranium oxide and plutonium oxide that is used as fuel in nuclear power plants. Belgonucleaire also has a nuclear engineering branch, which researches nuclear fuels, builds equipment for MOX production factories, and develops systems to dispose of nuclear waste safely. The engineering branch also works with other nuclear firms to neutralize plutonium left over from dismantled nuclear weapons. The Belgian national government owns 50% of Belgonucleaire company, which was founded in 1957.

KWG Resources Inc (TSXV: KWG) is an exploration stage company that is participating in the discovery and delineation of chromite deposits in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario. These deposits appear to promise the hosting of a globally significant source of chromite which may be refined into ferrochrome, a principal ingredient in the manufacture of stainless steel. KWG has been a pioneer in exploring the James Bay lowlands in a joint venture with Spider Resources since 1993. This has resulted in the discovery of several diamond bearing kimberlites and the McFaulds Lake copper-zinc volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in 2004, the discovery which precipitated a staking rush that defined the "Ring of Fire".KWG acquired a 1% net smelter royalty ("NSR") in three of the presently-defined chromite discoveries and created Canada Chrome Corporation ("CCC") as a wholly-owned subsidiary. CCC has staked mining claims covering a unique linear sand ridge that stands proud of the vast wetlands. This sand ridge is well suited for a railroad embankment which could be created for transporting materials into the discovery area as well as transporting the mined ores out. Krech Ojard & Associates have been engaged to undertake pre-feasibility engineering of the embankment alignment and water crossings. This is being supported by a geotechnical study being carried out by Golder Associates who collected soil samples from 744 borings using hollow stem auger drills. The sampling along the 330 kilometer study corridor was completed in May, 2010. The pre-feasibility level engineering document will enable informed consultations with affected First Nations and all other local and regulatory constituencies, on the feasibility of constructing a railroad.Since core drilling first intersected chromite on the "Freewest Option" property in 2006, a total of 43 holes were directed to delineate the Big Daddy chromite deposit to a depth of 365 metres. Subsequent to the completion of the winter drilling 2010 program, Micon International Limited, "Micon", was engage to estimate the chromite resource. The results, first reported in a press release on May 3rd, 2010, are contained in a 43-101 compliant report filed on SEDAR on June 7th 2010, (SPIDER RESOURCES INC. AND KWG RESOURCES INC. TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE BIG DADDY CHROMITE DEPOSIT McFAULDS LAKE AREA, JAMES BAY LOWLANDS, NORTHERN ONTARIO,CANADA). Micon estimated that the "Massive Chromite Domain" contains an indicated resource of 23.2 million tonnes averaging 40.66% Cr2O3, and an additional inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes averaging 39.09% Cr2O3. By comparison, Outokumpu's Kemi Mine in Finland has ore reserves of 41.1 million tonnes averaging 24.5% Cr2O3. The much higher grades of the Big Daddy compare favourably with those deposits whose ore is shipped directly to foundries with minimal processing. This potential is being investigated. CCC and the NSR are owned outright by KWG, as is Debuts Diamonds Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary which contains all the Company's diamond exploration properties. These include the MacFadyen Kimberlites and other contiguous interests that are all adjacent to the De Beers Victor Diamond Mine.

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