Since 1966, Northwest Pipe Company has been a leading manufacturer of welded steel pipe. Through carefully orchestrated growth strategy, the company has expanded its capabilities to become a national presence in the pipe and tube industry.In our Water Transmission business segment, the company is the leading supplier of large diameter, high pressure steel pipe products used for water transmission and treatment facilities in the United States and Canada.In our Tubular Products business segment, the company manufactures electric resistance welded steel pipe and tubing for use in a wide range of construction, agricultural, energy and industrial applications. Northwest Pipe also manufactures innovative traffic signpost products, fence framework products.Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, Northwest Pipe operates manufacturing plants throughout the United States and Mexico.Whether your needs are for the types of products mentioned above or other applications, contact Northwest Pipe Company and experience our enduring commitment to quality and customer service.

Ormet Corporation's operations run the gamut of aluminum production. In addition to refining alumina, the company, through its Primary Aluminum unit, manufactures aluminum ingot, billet (pressed bars), sheet, foil, and other products for the fabrication, extrusion, and conversion markets. The company maintains facilities in Louisiana, Ohio, and Washington. In 2010 Ormet agreed to buy a carbon anode facility in Mead, Washington. The facility will provide raw materials for the company's Hannibal, Ohio operations. Ormet was founded in 1954 as a part of Olin Corporation.

Coal lies at the core of Bisichi Mining's business. Bisichi Mining invests in and manages mining properties, which it then mines or leases to other mining companies. Its primary property is the Black Wattle mine in South Africa, which produces more than 1 million tons of coal annually. Bisichi sells its coal waste to South African power company Eskom. The firm also owns retail properties in the UK, including the Dragon Retails Properties, which are managed by property firm London & Associated Properties (42% owner of Bisichi Mining). Bisichi plans to grow by acquiring additional coal mines in South Africa.

Baogang is an important iron and steel industrial base and the largest rare earth industrial base in China and the biggest industrial enterprise in Inner Mongolia. The headquarter locates in Hexi Industrial Zone, Baotou, Inner Mongolia. It was established in 1954 and reorganized in 1998 with two listed companies, Baogang Share and Baogang Rare Earth. The total asset of the Group is 57.2 billion Yuan by the end of 2007.Unique resource. Baiyunebo Mine is a world famous mineral intergrowth with iron and rare earth. The iron reserve takes the first place in Northwest area of China and the Rare earth reserve takes the first place in the world, niobium and thorium the second place in the world. Baotou is extolled as the Capital of World Rare Earth because of Baiyunebo Mine.Ten million tons Iron and steel capability. Baogang owns the world-class production lines that can produce cold and hot rolling strip, heavy plate, seamless pipe, heavy rail, large scale shaped beam, bar and wire rod. Baogang is one of the three rail producing bases in China, one of the seamless pipe producing bases with the completive varieties and specifications in China and the biggest CSP production base in Northwest of China.Decisive role of rare earth industry in home and abroad. The output of rare earth oxide takes 40% of the domestic market, the production ability of Nd-Fe-B, negative powder and polishing powder takes 20% of the domestic market, the Metal Praseodymium and Neodymium takes 30% of the domestic market. Baogang has the national authoritative rare earth research Institute: Baogang Rare Earth Research Institute and Ruike National Engineering Center of Rare Earth Metallurgy and Function Materials. It has provided the α magnetic spectrograph for American Space Shuttle Discovery as well as the important magnetic material for China Shenzhou space aircraft and Chang’e I carrier racket. Improvement through science and self innovation. Two technical achievements in CSP and high speed rail have won the 2nd award of National Award for Science and Technology. CSP Plant is the first training base in Asia and second in the world for SMS Germany as well as the grinding machine training base in China for Pomini Italy. Baogang has provided the technical supervision and support in CSP and seamless pipe production to foreign companies.

BHP Billiton Plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified natural resources company. Billiton engages in exploration, production, development, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It also engages in mining of bauxite, refining of bauxite into alumina, and smelting of alumina into aluminum metal; and mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel, molybdenum, gold, diamonds, titanium, manganese, iron ores, metallurgical coal, and thermal or steaming coal. In addition, Billiton produces manganese metal and alloys. It operates in Australia, China, Europe, Japan, North America, South Korea, South America, Africa, other Asian countries, and rest of the world. The company, formerly known as Billiton Plc, was incorporated in 1996 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. BHP Billiton Plc operates as a subsidiary of BHP Billiton Group.

Blue Tee Corp. provides an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) which gives all eligible United States employees an ownership interest in the Company. This plan is fully funded by the Company and is provided as a no-cost retirement benefit to eligible employees. Blue Tee Corp. is currently 100% employee owned and as such, is one of the largest ESOP companies in the nation. Blue Tee Corp. adopted the ESOP to enable its employees to share in the growth and prosperity of the Company. Under the ESOP, the Company sets aside a portion of its stock from which annual allocations are made to eligible employees. Allocations are based on each participant's compensation for the plan year. Participants receive annual statements indicating how much stock has been allocated to them for the preceding plan year, as well as the stock's fair market value at that date as determined by an independent appraiser.

Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. is a Canadian-based gold exploration and development company focused on advancing its 100% owned Shahuindo Gold Project to production.The project covers 8,000 hectares of mining concession in northern Peru, in an area considered to be one of the most prolific gold producing districts in the world.A bankable Feasibility Study was initiated in March 2010, following the completion of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment in December 2009. This report demonstrates an economically robust project considering the current resource, which takes into account a mere 316 drill holes totalling approximately 40,000 meters of drilling.* The Shahuindo deposit remains open in all directions and at depth, and has excellent growth potential. In the second half of 2010, Sulliden plans to undertake the largest exploration campaign to date, with over 30,000 meters of drilling planned before the end of the year.Sulliden has assembled a highly experienced team with a proven history of developing, financing, and operating mining projects. With a focused development plan towards production and an ongoing exploration program to increase mineral resources, Sulliden is positioned to generate superior value for its shareholders.

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.

Nippon Yakin was founded in 1925. Ten years later, we began providing industry with SUS 304 stainless steel, then known as 18-8. Dedication to our research and production led to a complete line of products from nickel ore to high-grade stainless steel and super alloys. Supported by long tradition and outstanding technology, Nippon Yakin has created a state-of-the-art production system backed by a precision quality control system to ensure our reputation is deserved in every product.Nippon Yakin has developed as a first-rate manufacturer in Japan's stainless steel industry. Today, we are evolving from a stainless steel manufacturer with a prominent history into a manufacturer of specialized stainless steels providing conventional products alongside high-functional new materials to meet the needs of today's world.

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.

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