Sumikin Bussan is some kind of busy trader. Sumikin Bussan company is primarily engaged in the trading of iron and steel, textiles, and food products; it also trades machinery, nonferrous metals, chemicals and plastics, and other items. In addition, Sumikin Bussan makes office, construction, and manufacturing equipment and buys and sells real estate. Founded to carry out the Sumitomo Group's metal-trading business, Sumikin Bussan expanded into other commodities (textiles, apparel, and foodstuffs) in the 1990s. It trades throughout the Asia/Pacific region as well as in Europe and North America. Steel products manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Industries owns about 40% of Sumikin Bussan.

Virginia Mines (VGQ-TSX) is a mining exploration company with its head office in Quebec City, Canada. Long regarded as a leader in the Province of Quebec and one of the largest landowners in northern Quebec, Virginia works relentlessly on many projects in various stages of growth in order to develop mineral resources. Goldcorp acquired one of our discoveries, the Eleonore project, in a friendly transaction in March 2006. After this transaction, Virginia Mines (VGQ-TSX) was created to pursue our mission: exploration in James-Bay. Many of Virginia’s projects involve partnership agreements with major and junior mining companies. These exploration partners contribute to Virginia's annual exploration budget.Strengthened by the discovery of the Eleonore project and more than 15 years expertise on the territory, Virginia's team is recognized as being one of the best in Canada. Virginia also has strategic alliances with many consultants and universities that participate in the development of its projects. Virginia is constantly on the lookout for world-class deposits or new mining camps and Quebec, noted for its exceptional mineral potential, also offers political stability, one of the best geoscientific databases in the world, and a multitude of incentives aimed at mining exploration.Virginia is proud of the discovery of the Eleonore deposit in a new district that is now considered as a new mining camp in James-Bay.

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).

Goldsource Mines is actually on the lookout for diamonds. Goldsource Mines company is exploring central Canada for kimberlite, the rock that usually contains diamonds. Goldsource has a property called Big River in central Saskatchewan, near Fort a la Corne, an established kimberlite field. It also has an interest in the Green River, Crossroads, and Border properties of Saskatchewan. Goldsource is still drilling and surverying their properties. No mining activities have begun.

Thomas Steel Strip has a few cold ones for automakers and other hard-working companies. The subsidiary of British steel producer Corus Group manufactures cold-rolled specialty steel strip for the appliance, automotive, battery, electrical/electronic, office products, and other industries. Brand names include NiZn-Cote, NICOR, and HILUMIN (steel strip for battery makers). The company's products are primarily sold in North America. It is a part of its parent's Corus Special Strip division. Corus itself is owned by Tata Steel.

Severstal North America is the fourth largest steelmaker in the United States with its headquarters located in Dearborn, Michigan. Severstal North America produces high-quality flat-rolled carbon steel products, including hot rolled, cold rolled, electro-galvanized, hot-dip galvanized, tin and Galvalume®. Major markets include automotive, appliance, construction, container, converter, service center and other industries.Pursuing its commitment to an exceptional quality product and to the protection of human and environmental health, Severstal North America facilities have earned TS 16949, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 certifications, the international standards for quality, health and safety, and environmental management systems, respectively. Severstal North America is a wholly owned subsidiary of OAO Severstal, Russia’s largest steelmaker by volume and one of the most global. To further extend its participation in additional value-added products, Severstal North America has several joint ventures for electrogalvanizing, hot-dipped galvanizing and electrolytic tin. These operations supply the highest quality coated steel products with unparalleled precision to demanding customers. The joint ventures are located in Michigan and Ohio, close to major consuming markets including the automotive industry.

Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, smelting, and refining mineral properties in Peru, Mexico, and Chile. It involves in the production of copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce anode copper; and refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes, as well as refined silver and copper. The company operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the Andes Mountains located southeast of the city of Lima, Peru, as well as a smelter and refinery in the coastal city of Ilo, Peru. Southern Copper Corporation also operates underground mines that produce zinc, gold, and lead, as well as a coal mine, which produce coal and coke. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.

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.

Statesman’s objectives are to develop productive assets that have sensible economics and high upside potential, then to build on their value. The Company is currently planning several development wells that could significantly extend the Reichel Gas Field in Rush County, Kansas. Under the terms of its Kansas agreements, successful testing will allow the Company to book reserves and to time the development of its interests in approximately 26,000 acres to coincide with favorable natural gas prices.Having established production and asset value, Statesman will pursue growth by finding other, similarly situated development opportunities, as well as by drilling quality prospects with high upside potential under strategic farm-in arrangements. Statesman intends to continue its focus on under-explored California where it has a farm-in agreement with Salinas Energy Ltd. covering numerous oil leads and prospects in the San Joaquin Basin. In addition, Statesman is currently reviewing other opportunities in Kansas, Louisiana, Texas, and elsewhere that meet the Company’s objectives of sensible economics and high upside potential for oil and gas production.

Anyang Iron & Steel manufactures a wide array of iron and steel products from facilities in the Henan province of China. Established in 1958, Anyang Iron & Steel company produces steel wire and plates, steel sections, tubes, coking products, pig iron, foundry iron, nodular iron tubes, and other end products. Its metal production encompasses some 50 grades and 2,000 specifications, with about 70% of its exports consisting of ship plates, steel used in pipelines, and other high value-added products. Anyang Iron & Steel company has a production capacity of about 10 million tons a year. Anyang has been investing in clean production technology to ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million tons a year.

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