Insteel Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. It offers prestressed concrete strand (PC strand) and welded wire reinforcement (WWR) products. PC strand is a seven-wire strand that is used to impart compression forces into precast concrete elements and structures, which may be either pretensioned or posttensioned, providing reinforcement for bridges, parking decks, buildings, and other concrete structures. WWR is produced as either a standard or a specially engineered reinforcing product for use in nonresidential and residential construction.Insteel Industries company offers a range of WWR products, including concrete pipe reinforcement (CPR), engineered structural mesh (ESM), and standard welded wire reinforcement (SWWR). CPR is an engineered made-to-order product that is used as the primary reinforcement in concrete pipe, box culverts, and precast manholes for drainage and sewage systems, water treatment facilities, and other related applications. SWWR is a secondary reinforcing product that is produced in standard styles for crack control applications in residential and light nonresidential construction, including driveways, sidewalks, and various slab-on-grade applications. ESM is an engineered made-to-order product, which is used as the primary reinforcement for concrete elements or structures. Insteel Industries sells its products to the manufacturers of concrete products, distributors, and rebar fabricators in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and central and South America. Insteel Industries company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

O'Neal Steel has an angle on the steel industry. One of the US's leading metals service companies, O'Neal sells a full range of metal products -- including angles, bars, beams, coil, pipe, plate, and sheet -- made from steel, aluminum, brass, and bronze. O'Neal Steel company operates about 75 facilities throughout the US as well as in Canada and Mexico; it also markets to Europe and the Asia/Pacific region, offering such metal-processing services as forming, laser cutting, machining, plasma cutting, tube bending, and sawing. Annual sales are more than $2 billion. Founded by Kirkman O'Neal in 1921 in Alabama, the company has expanded largely through acquisitions. It is still owned and run by the O'Neal family.

Evraz Inc. NA, part of the Evraz Group S.A., is one of the most diversified steel manufacturers in North America, producing over 5 million tons of specialty and commodity steel products annually.Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, we operate manufacturing facilities in eight locations: Portland, Regina Saskatchewan, Pueblo Colorado, Claymont Delaware, Calgary, Camrose, and Red Deer Alberta, Surrey British Columbia, and a sales office in Calgary. We also process scrap in several locations across the Canadian prairie provinces and North Dakota.Our diverse range of manufacturing capabilities allows us to produce a wide array of specialty steel products currently in high demand: plate, coiled plate, welded and seamless pipe for oil and gas applications, structural tubing, rail and wire rod/bar.We take a dynamic approach to manufacturing, using the production flexibility of our facilities to respond quickly to changes in the market for maximum efficiency and cost savings.The Regina Research and Development complex, together with the Frontier Pipe Research Unit, enhances our ability to develop high strength steel and pipe products for the most demanding applications. Evraz Inc. NA not only has the right facilities and equipment capabilities to meet our customers' needs, we also have outstanding people who are committed to continuously improving quality, customer service, efficiency, and safety on the job.

Grande Cache Coal Corporation (GCC) operates both surface and underground mines that produce a premium, low volatile, metallurgical coal for the steel industry from its coal leases covering approximately 22,000 hectares in the Smoky River Coalfield. The Smoky River Coalfield is located in west central Alberta. The corporate offices are located in Calgary, Alberta and operations offices are located in Grande Cache, Alberta. GCC owns four leases covering our two existing mines (No. 7 Mine and No. 12SB2 Mine) and two other mines (No. 8 Mine, expected to commence production in fiscal 2010, and No. 16 Mine). GCC also owns ten additional coal leases which have exploration and development potential. GCC plans to conduct extensive exploration and evaluation of the coal potential of the leases to identify additional development options.Grande Cache Coal Corporation is closely monitoring other opportunities for coal development both in western Canada and other geographic areas.

Lake Shore Gold is a rapidly growing mining company with a goal to become a North American mid-tier gold producer through the successful exploration, development and operation of three wholly owned mines in Timmins, Ontario: Timmins Mine, Thunder Creek and Bell Creek Complex. Lake Shore Gold Company is currently carrying out an underground advanced exploration program at the Timmins Mine project, where it has both a shaft and a ramp, and is drifting from Timmins Mine to the adjacent Thunder Creek property. Progress is also being made with an underground advanced exploration program at its Bell Creek Complex, located on the east side of Timmins. The Bell Creek Mill has been refurbished to a capacity of 1,500 tonnes per day with plans in place to expand the Mill incrementally to 3,000 tonnes per day. Lake Shore Gold Company continues to invest aggressively in exploration primarily in Timmins and in select other areas of Northern Ontario and Quebec, and owns a large land position in Mexico. The Company’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol LSG.

Bohler-Uddeholm Corporation makes tooling materials for the North American industrial community. The company's main product is high-performance tool steel, which includes cold work steels, hot work steels, and plastics molding steels. Bohler-Uddeholm's Steel Stores are warehouses that sell (what else?) custom-cut steel to US tool and die customers. Bohler-Uddeholm company is the North American unit of Austrian specialty steel manufacturer BoHLER-UDDEHOLM.

Beitai Iron & Steel Group ( shortened as Beigang Group) is a large business group, which is composed of Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd, Liaoning North Coal & Chemical Industry (Group) Co., Ltd, Liaoning Rong Da Investment Co., Ltd. and New Business Management Company of Beitai Iron & Steel Group. The headquarters is located in Benxi, Liaoning Province, 63 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shenyang, with very convenient transportation. For years, when developing its major iron and steel industry vigorously, Beigang Group became market-oriented at the very early days. The enterprise scale has expanded continuously, and the way for economic growth has changed radically. At present, Beigang Group has 40 billion RMB yuan of total assets, 48 billion RMB yuan of annual sales volume and 3 billion RMB yuan of annual depreciation plus profit. It has an annual capacity of 8.5 million tons of pig iron, 9.5 million tons of steel billets, over 10 million tons of steel products, 0.8 million tons of chemical fertilizer, 300 sets of heavy duty trucks, 0.5 million tons of DIP pipes and over 10 billion RMB yuan in financing & logistics. Beigang Group ranks the 114th place in the National Most Powerful 500 Enterprises.The former premier of the State Council Zhu Rongji had the following comment on Beigang Group: “through innovations and merger activities, a small plant, with little investment from the government, has grown into a profitable medium-sized enterprise and revitalized many dead assets. Their experience has taught other national steel groups”.

Canadian Zinc Corporation is a Toronto listed junior exploration company, trading under the symbol CZN. The company’s main project is the Prairie Creek Silver, Lead & Zinc mine in Canada. The Company has an experienced Executive and Board based in Vancouver BC. Canadian Zinc’s long-term aim is to bring the 100%-owned Prairie Creek Mine in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories into production at the earliest possible date. The mine, which has a fascinating history, is a silver and base metals property already in the advanced stages of development, with substantial resources of high-grade silver, zinc, and lead. Exposures of mineralized vein structures, which overly thicker Stratabound mineralization, both of which are included in the present resource, are known to occur over a distance of 16 KM's through the property.

North Star BlueScope Steel is a 50-50 joint venture between BlueScope Steel (Melbourne, Australia) and Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN). BlueScope Steel is Australia’s largest steel producer. The company also is known worldwide for its coated and painted steel products with facilities in Australia, Asia and North America. In 2004, BlueScope Steel acquired Butler Manufacturing, the leading pre-engineered steel buildings manufacturer in the United States and China.Cargill, Inc. is America’s second largest private company, the world’s largest grain trader and food processing company. The company has over 150,000 employees working in 68 countries throughout the world.The partnership brings together expertise in electric furnace steel making, slab casting and hot rolling technology in a synchronous flat rolled mini-mill. The steel mill is designed with a unique combination of proven technology to provide our customers a superior hot rolled product.

Acerinox's products dirty, because the company prefers its steel to remain stainless. Acerinox operates melting shops and hot- and cold-rolling steel mills located in Spain, the US, and South Africa, but it distributes its products worldwide. It operates as Acerinox in Spain; through North American Stainless, a subsidiary that produces flat stainless steel products, in the US; and Columbus Stainless in South Africa, making hot- and cold-rolled stainless steel. Acerinox's Inoxfil subsidiary makes stainless steel wire such as automotive, cable, and mesh wire. Another unit, Roldán, manufactures long stainless steel products. The balance of Acerinox's units are devoted to distribution.

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