Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NRP) is a master limited partnership that is principally engaged in the business of owning and managing coal properties, and coal handling and transportation infrastructure in the three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin. NRP also owns and manages aggregate reserves in Arizona, Texas, West Virginia and Washington. In addition the partnership manages oil and gas properties and timber assets in Appalachia.The partnership does not actively engage in the mining of any of its minerals or natural resources, but rather leases its properties to various operators in exchange for royalty payments.Natural Resource Partners is headquartered in Houston, TX with its operational headquarters in Huntington, WV.

Deutsche Steinkohle is Germany's Old King Coal. The operating subsidiary of Germany's RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Steinkohle (DSK) is the country's largest coal mining company. Its coal is used primarily for steel production and power generation. DSK operates seven mines in NorthRhine-Westphalia, one in the Saarland, and a coking plant in NorthRhine-Westphalia. RAG and Deutsche Steinkohle are owned by the state-run RAG Foundation, which was set up to oversee the dissolution of the German coal industry. The German government decided in 2007 that economic and environmental conditions make it infeasible to continue coal production in the country going forward, and so the industry will wind down by 2018.

Southland Tube makes carbon steel pipe and tubing. Southland Tube company manufactures square, round, and rectangular tubular products for the oil, construction machinery, and transportation industries. It operates a single production mill in Alabama. Southland Tube contracts with independent carriers to deliver products to its customers.

TenarisTamsa, sede operativa de Tenaris en Mexico ha contribuido por mas de 50 anos al desarrollo de la industria energetica local y provee tubos de acero sin costura, accesorios y servicios para la exploracion y produccion de petroleo y gas, la refinacion y tendido de líneas de conduccion. En su centro productivo de Veracruz, uno de los mas competitivos del mundo, la empresa produce 780 mil toneladas de tubos y tiene una fuerza laboral de 3 mil 500 empleados.Tenaris es el líder global en la produccion de tubos de acero y servicios para perforación, terminación y producción de pozos de petróleo y gas, y líder en la provisión de productos tubulares y servicios para plantas de procesamiento y generacion de energía, para aplicaciones industriales especializadas y automotrices.A través de nuestra red integral de produccion, servicio al cliente y centros de investigacion y desarrollo, trabajamos junto a nuestros clientes para responder a sus necesidades en la entrega puntual de productos de alto rendimiento en ambientes operativos cada vez mas complejos.

Imperial Metals wants to rule its share of the mining business in British Columbia. The company explores, develops, and produces base and precious metals, mainly copper, gold, and molybdenum. Its primary properties are located in British Columbia -- the Mount Polley mine (copper/gold), the Huckleberry mine (copper/molybdenum), and the development stage Red Chris property. It also owns a mine in Nevada (Sterling gold property). Imperial Metals was formed in 2001. It bought Selkirk Metals in 2009, hoping to apply its development experience to that company's portfolio of exploration projects.

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.

Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT) is focused on the development of high quality mineral resource projects in Canada with the potential to generate strong returns for its shareholders. Fortune has three wholly-owned, advanced stage projects, including the NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper deposit and the Sue-Dianne copper-silver-gold deposit in the Northwest Territories, and the Mount Klappan anthracite coal project in British Columbia. NICO and Mount Klappan have both been assessed in positive definitive feasibility studies, have been test mined and pilot plant processed, and are both in permitting for commercial production. The Company's board and management team have diverse skills and proven records in resource development and mine operations to accomplish our goal of becoming a leading Canadian mining company. Information presented in this website was accurate at the time of posting; however, some information may be superseded by subsequent disclosures. The reader is cautioned to review all postings to ensure they are aware of any updated information.

Vedanta Resources explores, mines, and refines copper, zinc, and aluminum, with operations located in Australia, Zambia, and India. Vedanta does business in India through its copper-producing subsidiary Sterlite Industries. Sterlite produces zinc and aluminum through its majority holdings in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminum Company. Its Australian properties include copper mines in Queensland and Tasmania. Vedanta also owns a controlling stake in India's largest private-sector iron ore producer, Sesa Goa Limited. In 2010 Vedanta agreed to acquire the zinc assets of Anglo American PLC in a $1.3 billion deal that would make it the world's largest zinc and lead producer.

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.

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.company has a majority stake (60%) in the Diavik Diamond Mine north of Great Slave lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada; partner Harry Winston Diamond (formerly called Aber Diamond) owns the remaining portion. Production began at the mine in 2003. With an estimated life cycle of 15-20 years, the Diavik mine will peak at a production rate of about 10 million carats annually. The two companies share in the diamonds the mine produces in equal ratio to their ownership stakes. DDMI is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto.

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