Canadian-based Eastplats was formed in 2003 with the objective of becoming a major producer of platinum group metals.In less than four years the Company has met its objectives by acquiring a portfolio of high-grade platinum and rhodium-rich deposits in South Africa's Bushveld Complex with resources containing over 85 million ounces of platinum group metals. The Bushveld Complex is internationally recognized as containing the world's largest resource of platinum group metals and is geologically unique as it is the world's only source of primary platinum production. In 2006, Eastplats became Canada's largest platinum group metals producer when it acquired a 69% indirect interest in Barplats Investments Limited. This acquisition was accompanied by a successful Cdn $150 million capital raising campaign, much of which has been invested in the Crocodile River Mine operations.n May 2007 Eastplats acquired an additional 5% of Barplats. Simultaneous with a listing on the JSE in May 2007, Eastplats completed a $200 million capital raising and announced plans to refurbish the existing Crocodile River Mine smelter.

Cloud Peak Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in coal mining operations in the Powder River Basin of the United States. It produces sub-bituminous steam coal with low sulfur content for electric utilities and industrial customers. Cloud Peak operates two surface coal mines in Wyoming and one surface coal mine in Montana. It also owns a 50% interest in a surface coal mine in Montana. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 1.0 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. In addition, Cloud Peak holds a 50% joint venture interest in the Decker Coal Company. Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Gillette, Wyoming.

Silver Standard has the largest in-ground silver resource of any publicly-traded primary silver company, with a pipeline of 15 projects ranging from grassroots exploration to production in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Canada, Chile, the United States and Australia.The Pirquitas Mine in Argentina achieved commercial production in December 2009, and at full production will rank among the largest open pit primary silver mines in the world.We are advancing development projects such as the high-grade, gold-silver San Luis joint venture project in Peru, and our 100%-owned Pitarrilla silver project in Mexico. Drilling programs at our exploration projects continue to expand our in-ground silver and gold resources. Our 100%-owned Snowfield and Brucejack projects in northern British Columbia are the subject of extensive diamond drill programs designed to upgrade our current gold resource and explore for additional gold resource ounces from other known mineralized areas and targets on the property. Snowfield and Brucejack are part of a world-class mineralized gold/copper/silver/molybdenum system.Silver Standard's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SSO and on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol SSRI.

Caparo is a fast growing global association of businesses with over a 1bn Euro turnover. With interests predominantly in the design, manufacture and marketing of steel, automotive and general engineering products, Caparo’s wider activities encompass also new product development, materials testing services, hotels, media, furniture and interior design, financial services, energy, medical products and private equity investment.The Group was founded in 1968 by Indian born British Industrialist, the Rt. Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, who remains Chairman. Today, Caparo and its associates employ more than 9,000 people in their worldwide operations across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle and the Far East.

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.

Donner Metals Ltd. is a Canadian base metals exploration and development company located in Vancouver B.C. Donner Metals is focused on base and precious metal exploration throughout Canada. Donner's flagship project is the Matagami Project option and joint venture with Xstrata Canada Corporation - Xstrata Zinc Canada Division ("Xstrata Zinc") which was signed in 2006 and covers exploration and future development within the prolific Matagami Lake Mining Camp located in the Abitibi region of central Québec. The Matagami Camp is supported by Xstrata Zinc's existing mine infrastructure, highly experienced workforce and an operating 2,600 tonne per day mill, as well as highway, railway and town site infrastructure. This infrastructure will benefit discoveries made under Donner's agreement with Xstrata Zinc.

There's money to be made in the clink of zinc. Zinc refiner and smelter Espanola del Zinc is a Spanish company engaged in mining operations and the production and commercialization of zinc, iron ore, and steel. Through its subsidiaries, it is also involved in the development of businesses in the energy sector. Espanola del Zinc sought time to regroup in early 2010 after absorbing major losses in the previous year. It voluntarily delisted its stock from the Spanish exchange, laid off 240 employees, and began legal proceedings against private equity firm Quorum Capital Investors. At full operating capacity, it has a production capacity of 47,000 tons of zinc per year. Espanola del Zinc was founded in 1956.

Malaga Inc. is America's leading producer of tungsten ore and owns the only operating tungsten mine in the Americas. In February 2009, Malaga was successful in securing a 5-year supply agreement with a large tungsten end-user. The Pasto Bueno tungsten mine was purchased in 2005 by Malaga which has since invested more than 19.2 million dollars to restart and to increase tungsten production. Since 1941, more than 6 million tons of tungsten ore has been produced at Pasto Bueno. Current tungsten concentrate production is approximately 5,000 MTU per month (1 MTU = 10 kilos of tungsten concentrate) and Malaga expects to double this in 2010. Malaga produces one of the highest quality tungsten concentrates available in the world due to its low content of impurities.Malaga trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MLG), is a pure tungsten play, and is currently the only publicly traded tungsten producing company outside of China.

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.

Mountain Boy Minerals is a Canadian listed (MTB-TSX-V) exploration company whose activities are in the Stewart and MacKenzie area of BC. It is actively exploring for gold-silver-base metals on the Silver Coin project, silver-lead-zinc on the massive sulfide horizon within the BA project, silver-base metals and gold-silver on their American Creek properties, copper-gold in the Bear Pass area of Stewart, porphyry molybdenum in the Stewart and MacKenzie areas and copper-nickel-platinum group metals in the MacKenzie area.Mountain Boy Minerals company has been highly successful in outlining further gold-silver-base metal resources at the Silver Coin project, completing a drill program at the BA claims that is defining a large resource of silver-lead-zinc mineralization, extending the copper-gold mineralized horizon at George Copper, successfully testing the High Grade vein at the MB property and outlining a new high grade epithermal gold-silver vein on the FR property.

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