Have you had your zinc today? Well, Asturiana de Zinc sure has. The company's core business is the refining and production of zinc metal. Its primary mining operation is the Reocín mine in Spain. Along with your run-of-the-mill ingots and wire, the company also produces zinc-based alloys, sulphuric acid, germanium dioxide, and good old zinc oxide. Asturiana de Zinc operates globally, with production units in Australia, North America, and South America in addition to its European operations. Its parent company, the Swiss metals giant Xstrata plc, has rolled its other zinc operations into Asturiana.

Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a gold exploration company in the process of advancing its high grade El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. Pacific Rim Mining Corporation focuses its exploration efforts on epithermal gold deposits in the Americas because of their typically high gold and silver grades, low environmental risk and propensity to occur in veins that can be mined underground. Environmental stewardship and social responsibility are core values of the Company. Pacific Rim Mining Corp has offices in Reno, Nevada, Vancouver, Canada, and Sensuntepeque, El Salvador. Pacific Rim Mining Corporation shares trade on both the Toronto (TSX) and NYSE Amex exchanges under the symbol PMU. The El Dorado gold project in El Salvador is Pacific Rim's flagship exploration asset and has received the bulk of the Company's exploration efforts over the past 7 years.

Rasselstein is the only German tinplate manufacturer and one of the three largest European tinplate suppliers. Rasselstein company holds a market share of more than 5% globally, 15% in Europe, and 50% in Germany. Rasselstein's products are divided into five major lines-- tinplate, electrolytic chromium coated steel, organically coated material (lacquered, printed or film-laminated), black plate, and full hard material. The material is used to produce cans for food, beverages, paints and lacquers, aerosols, and closures. Rasselstein company produces close to 1.5 million tons of coated and uncoated products annually. Rasselstein serves about 400 customers in some 80 countries worldwide. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel.

Greystar Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mining company dedicated to the exploration, development and, in time, the exploitation of precious metal resources. At the present time, its main project is the Angostura gold and silver deposit in the northeastern region of Colombia.

NGK Metals manufactures beryllium copper metal alloy products. NGK Metals company's products are offered in forms including bar, plate, rod, strip, and tube. It also sells such goods as chill vents and safety tools. NGK Metals operates from facilities in France, Japan, and the US. NGK Metals company, also called NGK Berylco, is a subsidiary of the Japanese maker of insulation for utility and industrial electric lines, NGK INSULATORS.

Steel service center operator Contractors Steel provides products such as bars (cold-rolled and hot-rolled), pipe, plate, sheet, structural members (angles, beams, and channels), and tubing. The company's fabricating and processing services include burning, grinding, plasma cutting, sawing, and shearing. Contractors Steel operates from facilities in Michigan and Ohio. Contractors Steel company maintains its own fleet of delivery trucks. Chairman, president, and CEO Donald Simon founded Contractors Steel in 1960.

Noranda Aluminum is a vertically integrated aluminum producer. The company starts the process by mining bauxite through a joint venture in a Jamaican mining project, refining it into alumina at another joint venture in Louisiana, and then using the alumina to make primary aluminum metal products at its facility in Missouri and aluminum coils at four rolling facilities in the Southeast. Noranda's primary aluminum products include aluminum rods, extruded billets, and foundry ingots. The downstream business segment manufactures foil and light sheet metal. Sales are evenly split between the two segments. Owned by Apollo Management, Noranda Aluminum filed for an IPO in 2008.

In Sweden -- and gradually elsewhere too -- SSAB is another word for steel. Svenskt Stal Aktiebolag company has been a niche player in the European steel market, primarily manufacturing steel sheet and plates, but is hoping to grow out of that niche. Operations are carried out via subsidiaries SSAB Strip Products, SSAB Plates, and SSAB North America (steelworks); Plannja (processing); and Tibnor (trading). Founded in 1978, SSAB has grown beyond its Swedish borders with a presence in more than 40 countries worldwide; Sweden still accounts for a quarter of its sales, however. In 2007 Svenskt Stal Aktiebolag company made a big international move when it bought US steelmaker IPSCO (now the North American unit) for $7.7 billion.

Minco, Inc. revolutionized the fused silica industry.Here in Midway, Tennessee, the furnace that has become the industry standard was created, increasing the productivity of the fused silica process ten-fold. This completely changed the value dynamics of the industry, and opened up new markets and applications for this versatile material.Today, Minco, Inc. is a worldwide supplier of fused silica. We have grown our capacity to meet the demands of the marketplace, and improved our processes so that our product is greater than 99.7% pure.We have also developed state-of-the-art particle size analysis systems, enhanced grinding and blending processes, and extensive high intensity magnetic separation methods to improve our products and make them the best available in the marketplace.We have done this without losing the direct, personalized service that was critical to helping our company grow. Our corporate offices are still located in a turn of the century farmhouse next to our plant. We take great pride in our roots, and we'll never forget the need for hard work and innovation to stay ahead.

Cypress Development Corp. is a Canadian gold, silver and base metals exploration company developing projects in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, and in Nevada, U.S.A. Cypress holds a 100% interest in the approximately 1140 acre Gunman Zinc- Silver Project located in White Pine County, northeast of Eureka, Nevada. Three RC drill programs totaling approx. 38,000 feet have been completed by Cypress on the Gunman project with significant grades between 5% to 33% per ton zinc and 0.5 to 15.0 oz per ton silver over considerable widths encountered. Zinc could represent the next big base metal play due to ongoing demand growth and the closures of 3 major mines in Canada, Australia and Ireland and not enough supply coming on stream from new projects. Sentiment could shift towards zinc, with prices potentially rallying in anticipation of tightening supplies. Cypress holds a 100% interest in The McKenzie Island property located west and adjacent toGoldcorp's Cochenour / Bruce Channel Deposit . The project is also on strike with the currently producing Goldcorp (TSX: G) Red Lake and Campbell gold mines 7 kilometres to the east.

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