Sumitomo Metals is at the forefront of the Japanese seamless pipe industry. In 1998, despite a sluggish oil industry activity, as well as a trend of strategic restructures among tubular manufacturers, Sumitomo Metals concentrated all of its proprietary technology in the construction of a state-of-the-art medium size seamless pipe making plant This plant besides being extensively automated, inaugurated numerous innovative technologies developed in house represented by the High-Toe-Angle Piercer, dinamically adjustable sizer, inline heat treatment and so on.In 1999, the new steel making plant, which is another embodiment of SMI technology, was constructed next to the medium size pipe making plant and directly connected to it, to become the world's first in line pipe making process.Thanks to these best-in-class facilities, Wakayama Steel Works boasted quality and productivity, and consolidated Sumitomo Metals' position as the leading pipe technology company.Besides Wakayama Steel Works where Carbon steel, low alloy steel, and martensitic stainless steel grades are produced, Sumitomo Metals operates another seamless pipe manufacturing plant, Amagasaki Tube Works which has been fulfilling the majority of CRA OCTG worldwide demand of such as Duplex stainless steel and Nickel based alloy.Sumitomo Metals has historically been the leading pioneer in developing high performances OCTG and a number of Major Oil and Gas companies have selected Sumitomo Metals as a long term partner.The Company's large diameter welded pipes produced in Kashima Steel Works have been deployed all over the world in oil and natural gas pipelines. In the domestic boiler tube market, Sumitomo Metals fulfills approximately 80% of the demand for the main tubes of thermal power generation plants and for boiler tubes used in large-scale industrial projects. Our electric-resistance welded pipe sector has been integrated into Sumitomo Pipe&Tube Co., Ltd. operations in 1999.Sumitomo Metals Pipe and Tube company together with Sumitomo group sister companies have built a world-wide reputation of quality and innovation as a manufacturer of critical application tubular used across a number of industries.

Service center operator Everglades Steel processes and distributes steel products such as angles, channels, flat bars and strips, pipe fittings, stainless steel, and tubing. It also offers aluminum and various alloy products; services include galvanizing and shearing and sawing. Everglades Steel serves customers in the bridge construction, cement, metal fabrication, mining, and sugar mill industries.

Anglo American's name might be a little misleading -- it's never been American. The UK-based company owns significant stakes in global producers of platinum (75% of Anglo Platinum) and diamonds (45% of De Beers S.A.). In addition, Anglo American has interests in ferrous and base metals and industrial minerals; it also is among the world's largest coal miners. Anglo American has spent much of the decade reorganizing its portfolio and has narrowed its focus. Though it used to have a majority stake in AngloGold Ashanti, Anglo American divested its remaining shares in 2009. The founding Oppenheimer family no longer controls Anglo American, though Nicky Oppenheimer, who chairs De Beers, sits on the board.

Kimber Resources Inc. is an advanced gold-silver explorer focused in Mexico, that is seeking to grow shareholder value by building gold and silver mineral resources through systematic exploration. Kimber Resources Inc. strategy is to excel as an exploration company specializing in the discovery, definition and development of gold and silver deposits in Mexico, building resources and advancing our projects into valuable assets capable of becoming profitable mining operations. Kimber Resources Inc., is based in Vancouver, British Columbia and trades on the NYSE AMEX under the symbol “KBX” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “KBR.”

Minerali Industriali is based in Novara, Italy, and has been established in 1984. Minerali Industriali was set up following the merger of two historic Italian groups in the mining sector: Maffei, founded in the early 1900s and Gruppo Minerali operating since the ‘70s and involved in the mining, processing & trading of industrial mineral products.

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. is an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc. Talvivaara´s main asset is the Talvivaara nickel mine in Sotkamo, Finland. The Talvivaara polymetallic deposits, Kuusilampi and Kolmisoppi, comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe with 642 million tonnes of ore in measured and indicated categories, sufficient to support an anticipated production for at 46 years. Production at the mine started in October 2008 with the precipitation of the first metal sulphides. The planned annual nickel production of 50,000 tonnes is anticipated to be reached in 2012. As by-products the mine will also produce aprox. 90,000 tpa of zinc, aprox.15,000 tpa of copper and c.1,800 tpa of cobalt. The Group supplies metal intermediaries to companies with metal refining operations and has entered into a 10-year off-take agreement with Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy for the entire output of the mine's nickel and cobalt production at market prices.On the 25th of January 2010 Talvivaara entered into a long-term Zinc in concentrate streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV. Talvivaara will deliver all of its Zinc in concentrate production to Nyrstar until 1,250,000 metric tonnes has been delivered. Click here to read the Stock Exchange Release. Talvivaara applies bioheapleaching to extract the metals from ore. The Group demonstrated the viability of this technology first on large on-site pilot trials using the Talvivaara ore and subsequently, since July 2008, in production scale heaps. The leaching process has been shown to be heat generating and therefore suitable for the sub-arctic climatic conditions of Eastern Finland.The Talvivaara ore body is well-suited for open pit mining due to thin overburden, favourable resource geometry and a low waste to ore ratio. The ore is relatively low grade, but well-suited to bioleaching due to its high sulphide content.

MOLYCOR GOLD CORP. (TSX.V: MOR) is a multi-metal company with a 2-pronged focus on MOLYBDENUM & GOLD, with active programs underway in 2007. The Company has 7 advanced-state properties - either 100% owned or Joint-Ventured with Goldrea Resources Corp. - that have already had extensive prospecting, mapping, trenching, geophysics, and geochemistry as well as limited drilling.Molycor has been a pioneer of molybdenum exploration since the early 90's, at a time when market forces weren't yet recognizing its potential. With molybdenum's exciting success story recently, Molycor is well-positioned to lead in bringing new resources to the market, with the CrowRea and Dobbin II projects in B.C. (newsflash)Molycor has also built a portfolio of gold properties over the past 3 years (2005-2007) in Nevada - the Cortez gold belt in the Battle Mountain range - that have excellent potential. Nevada is going to get alot of attention in 2008, and MOLYCOR is there.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the rare metal deposits in Canada. Its flagship project, the 100%-owned Nechalacho Deposit, Thor Lake, Northwest Territories, is emerging as one of the largest undeveloped rare earth elements resources in the world. Its exceptional enrichment in the more valuable ‘heavy' rare earth elements, key to enabling advances in green energy technology and other growing high-tech applications, is one of the few potential sources of these critical elements outside of China, currently the source of over 95% of the world supply. Avalon is well funded, has no debt and its work programs are progressing steadily. Social responsibility and environmental stewardship are corporate cornerstones. Avalon presently owns five rare metals and minerals projects in Canada, four of which are at advanced stages of development. These are: Nechalacho, Thor Lake, Northwest Territories, a rare earth elements ("REE") project in the pre-feasibility stage, Separation Rapids (lithium) in Ontario, Warren Township in Ontario (calcium feldspar project, currently inactive pending resolution of permitting issue), and East Kemptville, Nova Scotia, a tin-indium-gallium-germanium project where large inferred resources have been identified requiring further drilling to bring the project to the pre-feasibility stage.

BHP Billiton has operations worldwide.Two heads -- or headquarters -- are better than one. Aussie minerals and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed company that is run as a single entity with the same board of directors and management. The Melbourne side is BHP Billiton Limited, the London side is BHP Billiton Plc, and they collectively are known as BHP Billiton. The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. Other units produce aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel materials.

Resource Finance & Investment Ltd. (RFI) is engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring and developing natural resource properties. RFI primarily invests in controlled natural resource exploration entities that have the potential to add significant value with the expenditure of early to mid stage capital. The company's focus is on industrial or value-added specialty minerals and selective base metal projects. Resource Finance & Investment Ltd.Company is domiciled in Bermuda. The Company's registered office is in Hamilton Bermuda with administration offices located in Geneva Switzerland and Portland, Oregon. RFI has substantial ownership interests in two entities, one of which is Industrial Minerals Corporation Ltd quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange (IDM.ASX) and a 100% ownership of Dynamex Corporation Inc.

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