Vancouver-based Augusta Resource Corporation is a base metals company focused on advancing the Rosemont copper-moly deposit near Tucson, Arizona. Rosemont currently hosts a large copper/molybdenum reserve that may account for about 10% of US copper output once in production in 2012. The exceptional experience and strength of Augusta’s management team, combined with the developed infrastructure and robust economics of the Rosemont project, will propel Augusta to become a solid mid-tier copper producer within the next three years. Augusta is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE Alternext under the symbol AZC, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol A5R.

Apolo Gold & Energy Inc is a resource company in the business of locating, acquiring and developing ore deposits and energy deposits. Our experienced team of professionals is currently focused on gold exploration in Nevada and Indonesia. Apolo targets early stage prospects, and where necessary, leverages its exploration funding by securing joint venture partners. Apolo presently holds gold and silver properties in Nevada and Sumatra, in Indonesia where exploration work is currently underway. Apolo trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol APLL.

The Petropavlovsk group is seeking to build a natural resources champion in the Russian Far East with an exceptional portfolio of assets using its wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise.Petropavlovsk PLC is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and with a market capitalisation of c.£2.2 billion*.The Group's consistent and focused strategy since inception in 1994 has been based around developing low-cost mining assets, progressing from greenfield sites to producing operations, utilising its experienced management team and innovative in-house capabilities.The Group's major iron-ore and gold operations are located in the mineral-rich Amur Region and Jewish Autonomous Region (known as the "EAO") in the Russian Far East, close to the Chinese border. The Group is also active in a number of other regions across Russia.Total attributable gold production for 2009 was 486,800oz. The Group's 2009 total cash costs of US$309/oz position it as one of the lowest-cost gold producers in the world.The processing plant at the Kuranakh titanomagnetite and ilmenite project was comissioned in May 2010.

Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper mined by its parent company, global metals and minerals giant Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold. The company's metallurgical complex is located in Huelva, where it produces about 500,000 tons of copper anodes and cathodes annually. Those copper products are then sold to copper rod and brass mills, primarily located in Europe. Atlantic Copper purchases copper concentrate from fellow Freeport-McMoran subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia.

Mercator Minerals Ltd. (Mercator) is a diversified natural resource company engaged in the exploration, development and mining of base and precious metals deposits. Mercator embarked on a two-phase expansion of its Mineral Park operations to a 50,000 ton per day copper and molybdenum milling operation which is expected to increase total Mineral Park average annual production over the first ten years of a 25-year mine life to 56 million pounds of copper, 10 million pounds of molybdenum and .6 million ounces of silver. Mercators Mineral Park Mine expansion is one of the largest, furthest advanced copper-molybdenum expansion projects in North America. The first phase of the expansion to a 25,000 ton per day milling operation was completed and achieved commercial production in the second quarter of 2009. Mercator is currently producing copper, molybdenum and silver in concentrates and copper by SX/EX leach extraction at its wholly-owned Mineral Park Mine located near Kingman, Arizona (Mineral Park). Mercator provides investors with exposure to current profitable copper production from a fully permitted, operating mine located in one of the world's most favorable, stable mining jurisdictions as well as near-term exposure at the same mine to one of the largest molybdenum/copper milling expansion projects in North America and longer term exposure to further reserve and production expansions.

This Eagle doesn't make steel fly, but Eagle Steel Products company will arrange for its products to be transported by barge, train, or truck. Eagle Steel Products operates a steel service center on the Ohio River that has access to multiple modes of transportation. Eagle Steel Products company processes strip steel into a variety of products. Processing services include coil decanning, cutting-to-length, pickling and leveling, and slitting. Its products are used to make cars and household appliances and are also used by the office equipment manufacturing and construction industries. Eagle Steel Products was founded in 1982.

Royal Gold, Inc., a leading precious metals royalty company, owns and manages royalties primarily on precious metals mines, with a focus on gold. Royal Gold, Inc. royalty portfolio provides investors with a unique opportunity to capture value in the precious metals sector without incurring many of the costs and risks associated with mine operations. A royalty is simply a right to receive a percentage of production from a mine. By investing in a royalty, Royal Gold buys a percentage of the metal produced from a given property in exchange for a front end payment, without assuming any responsibility for the actual mining operation. Thus, the Company does not have to contribute to the operating and capital costs at the mines.

ERAMET est un groupe minier et métallurgique français en forte croissance qui fonde l’exercice et le développement de ses activités sur un projet de croissance durable, rentable et harmonieuse. Le Groupe emploie environ 15 000 personnes dans 20 pays sur les cinq continents et détient des positions mondiales de premier plan dans chacune de ses activités. Les trois branches du Groupe, ERAMET Nickel, ERAMET Manganèse et ERAMET Alliages ont réalisé ensemble en 2009 un chiffre d’affaires de 2 689 M€. ERAMET est coté sur Euronext Paris, où ses titres se négocient au SRD. Il figure au compartiment A et dans l'indice CAC Mid 100.

Since it has been in business since the 19th century, it's probably fair to say that The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) has been in a scrap or two. One of the largest scrap-metal brokerage operations in the US, DJJ recycles both ferrous (iron and steel) and nonferrous metals (copper, aluminum, lead, and brass) worldwide. To accomplish this feat, The David J. Joseph company operates about 60 scrap processing centers (including 15 car shredders) and about a dozen trading offices in the US. Its shredders can process up to a million car hulks each year. DJJ had been a subsidiary of Dutch energy and retail firm SHV Holdings, but US steel minimill titan Nucor acquired The David J. Joseph company in 2008 for $1.1 billion.

Superior Graphite's products include graphite powders for battery makers; silicon carbide for the ceramics industry; and graphites used in lubricants, coatings, and rubber compounds. The company's Desulco is a high purity carbon alloy used by ductile iron and high carbon steel producers. Its Slip-Plate products -- a line of dry film lubricants used to coat surfaces -- can be used on home, farm, industrial, and recreational tools and equipment. Superior Graphite has manufacturing plants in the US and in Sweden. Launched in 1917 it is still owned by the founding Carney family.

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