Nisshin Steel is a heavyweight in Japan's steel-making industry. Nisshin Steel company manufactures coated, cold- and hot-rolled, stainless, and specialty steel. Processing roofing and siding products are also a small part of its operations. Nisshin Steel has a presence overseas through joint ventures elsewhere in Asia as well as in Africa and Europe. In the US Nisshin Steel operates through subsidiary Wheeling-Nisshin and a supply agreement with North American Stainless. Domestic customers account for more than three-quarters of sales. Nisshin Steel was formed in 1959 with the consolidation of Nichia Steel and Nihon Teppan.

Founded in 1854, Westmoreland Coal Company is a premier U.S. energy company with strong leadership, a solid foundation of tangible assets and a proven strategy for growth. Having transitioned from predominantly eastern underground coal production over the past decade, the Company’s current operations include surface coal mining complexes in three western states and power operations in the east and west. Today, Westmoreland employs over 1,125 people in six states, and is producing approximately 30 million tons of coal and generating 1.6 million megawatt hours of electric power annually. Westmoreland also provides post-retirement benefits to over 2,000 people, mostly former coal miners and their dependents.Westmoreland's emphasis is on mine-mouth operations. This positions the Company as the lowest-cost fuel supplier to some of the cleanest, most economical and highly utilized coal-fired utility-owned power plants in America.Westmoreland has also developed eight independent power projects, and currently owns 100% of two projects. The Company’s two North Carolina plants are coal-fired and deliver base-load power to Dominion North Carolina Power.Westmoreland’s demonstrated accomplishments in the transformation of its business, coupled with its proven strategy for growth, position the Company to seek the creation of additional value.Westmoreland’s streamlined organization, focused leadership, attention to cost management, and niche growth strategy has resulted in the Company’s garnering various energy sector awards, including the Platts/BusinessWeek Global Energy Strategic Merger of the Year award in 2002 and the ColoradoBiz/UMB Bank Energy and Natural Resources Company of the Year award in 2002.Westmoreland is publicly traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol WLB and has over 10.5 million shares of common stock outstanding.

Tex-Tube is a leading manufacturer of high-quality steel pipe. Serving the North American continent, the company produces tubular steel products that meet both API and ASTM standards.Tex-Tube is a member of the Villacero Group or Grupo Villacero, based in Monterrey, Mexico. Grupo Villacero is a global steel conglomerate involved in the production, transformation and commercialization of steel products worldwide.Tex-Tube is located near the Port of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico, strategically located to receive raw materials by barge or ship and distribute finished pipe via sea, rail or truck.

Corex Gold Corp has established itself as one of the premier exploration companies in Mexico. The Company consists of a highly qualified technical team with extensive Mexico-based exploration experience including previous gold discoveries and expertise in geology, financing and public company management.We are in the business of creating shareholder wealth through the discovery of new gold deposits with a 100% focus on Mexico. As an emerging mineral exploration company, investors have the opportunity to participate in a two high quality exploration projects and in turn the potential to take part in a major gold discovery.With a strategic property portfolio and a solid partnership with Goldcorp Inc, our goal is to discover a low cost producing, multi-million ounce gold deposit in Mexico.

At the outset of the establishment of CSC over thirty years ago, CSC pioneers and their fellow workers daringly adopted the 100% continuous casting production process which was considered to be the most up-to-date at the time, and later on decided that computerization of all operations was imperative. As a result of their decisions, CSC maintains certain international competitiveness whether it is privately owned or state-owned. Another comparative advantage CSC possesses is the valuable human resources that have been put through CSC employees are competent andwilling to make breakthroughs and innovations. They have all played major roles making CSC a role model in the steel business, and in its diversification programs.Entering its fourth decade and under the leadership of a management team headed by Chairman Chia-Juch Chang and President Y. C. Chen, on the domestic front CSC was instrumental in the integration of a number of activities among the local steel-related industries and set them on the right track of healthy development. On the international front, CSC aspires to have an impact on the global steel industry by fostering exchanges of steel production technology and establishing strategic cooperation. In addition, CSC hopes to play the part of an industry navigator by gathering resources from the society and people to promote the bio-tech and information industries.

Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (PBM) owns the Morrison property located in Central British Columbia, 35 km north of the Village of Granisle. PBM is in the advanced stage of development of the Morrison porphyry copper/gold/molybdenum deposit. PBM has completed a Feasibility Study and 43-101 compliant Technical Report and is proposing an open-pit mining and milling operation for the production of copper/gold/molybdenum concentrate from the Morrison deposit. It is located within 29 km of two former producing copper mines, Bell and Granisle. The Feasibility Study was completed by Wardrop Engineering Ltd., a Tetra Tech Company, with technical support of a team of other consultants. The study describes the scope, design features and financial viability of a conventional open pit mine with a 30,000 tonnes per day mill. PBM has completed an Environmental Assessment and submitted an Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate to the BC Environmental Assessment Office. The Environmental Assessment Certificate is required to apply for the various Licenses and Permits required for the construction, operation and maintenance, decommissioning, and reclamation of the proposed 30,000 tonnes/day open-pit mine over a proposed 21 year period. PBM also submitted a number of permit applications for concurrent review with the Environmental Assessment Certificate Application, including: (1) the Mining Lease application, which grants mineral production rights from surveyed mineral claims; (2) two Licenses of Occupation, which grant surface rights for the use of Crown Land along the proposed Transmission Line and for an area in the proposed Tailings Storage Facility; and (3) various Forestry permits and licenses, which grant the right to cut timber on the mine site and along the proposed Transmission Line route, and grant permission to use forestry roads for mine access.

Rio Tinto is on the lookout for pay dirt. Rio Tinto Limited, one of the world's largest mining operations (along with BHP Billiton and Vale), is the Australian half of dual-listed sister companies, with Rio Tinto plc taking up residence in London. Although each company trades separately, the two Rio Tintos operate as one business. Rio Tinto mines iron, copper, uranium, industrial minerals (borax, salt, talc), gold, and diamonds. It also produces aluminum products through Rio Tinto Alcan. The company sells globally, but the majority of its operations are located in Australia and North America.

Olympic Steel, Inc. engages in the processing and distribution of processed carbon, coated, aluminum and stainless flat-rolled sheet, and coil and plate steel products in the United States. It offers various processing services, including cutting-to-length, slitting, and shearing; and higher value-added processes of blanking, tempering, plate burning, precision machining, welding, fabricating, and painting of steel parts. The company serves customers in carbon steel consuming industries, including manufacturers and fabricators of transportation and material handling equipment, construction and farm machinery, storage tanks, environmental and energy generation equipment, automobiles, food service and electrical equipment, and military vehicles and equipment, as well as general and plate fabricators, and steel service centers. Olympic Steel, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Bedford Heights, Ohio.

Denman & Davis customers are saving money when it comes to steel.As the largest independent, general-line steel service center in the Northeast, Denman & Davis offers a complete selection of carbon, alloy, and stainless steel in plate, sheet, bars, structurals, and tubing. We are also experts at sourcing unusual metals on short notice. Most importantly, we work side-by-side with customers to uncover new ways to eliminate processing steps, speed delivery, and simplify assembly. Whether it’s through our advanced technology, just-in-time delivery, or value added services that result in products burned to size – pre-drilled, scored, or marked – for off-the-shelf assembly…Denman & Davis works tirelessly to reduce your costs.While reducing your total steel expenditure is one of our biggest advantages, we also keep a tight grip on quality – from the incoming mill shipment to the documentation that we complete upon delivery. We utilize the most sophisticated processing technologies like our advanced CAD/CAM system, which feeds customer files directly into our computerized multi-torch cutting machinery for precise accuracy. But, when it comes to quality, there’s no better judge than you. So, we invite you to drop by any of our various service centers to see for yourself.

Drummond Company, Inc. is principally engaged in the business of mining, purchasing, processing and selling of coal and coal derivatives. Drummond controls reserves totaling over 2 billion tons and shipped approximately 27 million tons of coal in 2009. Drummond primarily produces low sulfur or compliance coal, meeting Phase II requirements of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Company's U.S. mining operations are located in Alabama. The international mining operations are located in Colombia, serving customers in both the U.S. and Europe.Drummond is the largest merchant coke producer in the U.S. and is well known in the foundry industry for its superior product and reliability of supply. ABC Coke has 132 ovens with an annual capacity of approximately 750,000 tons of saleable coke, which is used in the automotive and construction pipe industries and sold to both domestic and international customers.

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