Sojitz Corporation is trading in all kinds of places. The company's 500 subsidiaries trade in a wide array of businesses, ranging from steel and automobile parts to apparel, making it one of the largest trading houses in Japan. Sojitz's other major businesses include aerospace, foods, oil and gas, chemicals and plastics, retail property development, and construction materials. The rest of Asia and North America (through its Sojitz Corporation of America unit) are major contributors to its overseas trading operations. Sojitz was formed by the 2003 merger of two Japanese trading powerhouses, Nissho Iwai and Nichimen Corporation.

Nippon Denko company is the largest producer of ferromanganese in Japan, accounting for approximately 50% of that country's annual production. Besides ferroalloys, the diversified company also produces industrial chemicals (soda ash and boron and chromium chemicals), new materials (lithium-ion battery materials, zirconium oxide), and environmental recycling systems (water purification for fuel cells). Nippon Denko sells its products to steel, chemical, and aluminum industries, among others. Nippon Denko company was formed in 1963 with the merger of Nippon Denki Yakin Co. and Toho Denka Co.

Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum extrusion products and services for the automotive industry. The company's casting and extrusion technology unit manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Neocon, Polydesign, and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door pockets, restraint systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates 10 manufacturing facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US. It has engineering offices in France and the US, and a global sales network.

Bumi Resources now looks for coal and oil. Bumi Resources company primarily mines and sells coal products through subsidiaries Arutmin Indonesia and Kaltim Prima Coal, comprising more than half of its annual revenue. Bumi's coal-mining operations take place at 19 sites in the East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. Coal products are marketed internationally through Enercorp, of which Bumi owns 50%. It is also engaged in oil exploration activities via subsidiary Gallo Oil in Yemen.

Archipelago Resources Plc (Archipelago) is a UK incorporated company formed in 2002 to acquire, explore, develop and mine gold and other metal deposits in south east Asia. Archipelago was listed on AIM in September 2003 and as a result of a number of capital raisings has 493,019,334 shares in issue. Archipelago’s registered office is in London but the Company is managed from Perth, Western Australia and all project development personnel are located at the Company’s principal project at Toka Tindung in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Yorbeau Resources Inc. is a Canadian public company (TSX:YRB.A) involved in gold exploration in Quebec, Canada. Its properties are located in a northwestern area of the province associated with a large number of significant deposits, namely the Cadillac-Larder Lake region on the famed Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Some 200 million ounces of gold have thus far been mined in the area.At the present time, Yorbeau is focusing on its Rouyn Property which has demonstrated the most immediate and substantial prospects for discovery of a major gold deposit and eventual mine development. Representing a consolidation of several contiguous properties strategically located on a famously productive mineralized trend in the Noranda mining camp, the Rouyn Property is divided into seven "Blocks": Augmitto, Cinderella, Durbar, Lake Gamble, Astoria, Wright-Rouyn and Lake Bouzan. Other holdings of the Company include its interest in the Beschefer Property in northwestern Quebec, as well as a net smelter return royalty on the Ellison Property in Bousquet Township of Quebec, a property that Agnico-Eagle Mines purchased from Yorbeau in 2002.

Nanophase Technologies Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of engineered nanomaterial products primarily in North America. The company's products are used in various markets, including sunscreens, architectural coatings, industrial coatings ingredients, personal care, abrasion-resistant applications, antimicrobial products, plastics additives, and medical diagnostics, as well as for a range of polishing applications consisting of semiconductors and optics. It also provides a nanoengineered product line under the trade name NanoUltra for the architectural window cleaning market. Nanophase Technologies Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois.

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.

Metal-Tech is a leading international provider of technologically-driven and environmentally-minded solutions for recycling metals and manufacturing specialty metal chemicals from industrial wastes, amongst which are Tungsten Products,Molybdenum Products and Recycling Services.Using proprietary hydrometallurgical technology, Metal-Tech extracts optimal value from wastes including scrap metal, mining tailings, industrial sludge, and ores. Metal-Tech continually invests in R&D in order to stay at the cutting edge of process efficiency and environmental care.Metal-Tech was established in 1986 and currently operates a wholly owned plant in Israel and Mongolia that recycle refractory metals contained in industrial wastes and manufacture high-quality specialty metal chemicals.Key end-use markets for Metal-Tech's products include refinery catalysts, lubricants, cutting tools, and stainless steel.Metal-Tech's customers include first-tier multinational companies worldwide.

VALLOUREC & MANNESMANN TUBES, a Vallourec Group Company, is world market leader in the manufacture of seamless hot rolled steel tubes for all applications. BRASIL Company operates production sites in Europe, Brazil, USA and China. V & M TUBES supplies the world?s largest and most comprehensive range of seamless steel tube sizes and has an annual output of up to three million tonnes.BRASIL company was founded in October 1997 as a joint venture between the French Vallourec Group (55% of shares) and the German Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (45% of shares) joining together all their production units and marketing interests for seamless hot rolled tubes and threaded oilfield tubulars (OCTG).

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