Alcan started in 1902 as Northern Aluminum Company, the Canadian subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company (later Alcoa). It was renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925 and separated from Alcoa in 1928. In 2000, algroup became a subsidiary of Alcan Aluminium Limited, which was renamed Alcan Inc in 2001. In 2003, it acquired among other companies Pechiney of France.

A. Finkl & Sons Co. was founded in 1879 when German immigrant Anton Finkl developed a new kind of chisel to clean bricks from buildings destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. In 1902, A. Finkl & Sons Co. moved to its present location on Chicago's Near North Side. From its simple beginnings, Finkl is now the world's leading supplier of forging die steels, plastic mold steels, die casting tool steels and custom open-die forgings, processing 100,000 tons of steel each year. Since the 1800s, Finkl has maintained a commitment to manufacture 100 percent of its products in Chicago. These products are distributed domestically and to more than 18 countries worldwide. Most people, however, will never come face-to-face with a Finkl product. Why? Because for the most part, we sell our products to other manufacturers -- plastic processors, die casting companies and closed-die forging plants -- who use Finkl steel in their manufacturing operations. Only when the ultimate in strength and durability is required, such as in large mining equipment, does Finkl steel become part of a finished product. With more than 100 patents to its credit, Finkl's steel formulations and steelmaking technologies set worldwide standards. Finkl's facilities are on the leading edge of technology, using the most automated processes in the world. In recognition of Finkl's product quality, Finkl was the first integrated steel manufacturer in America to receive ISO 9000 certification.

The Mill Steel Company founded Mill Steel in 1959 with little more than a basement desk, a phone, and a belief that superior service and integrity would lead to success.Fifty years later, Mill Steel is one of North America's premier flat-rolled steel suppliers. And while Harry's son, David, now is leading the company, we continue to grow by sticking to our founding principles: Reliability. Accountability. And doing what we say we will, and then some.We've organized our company around those values, investing in new technologies and markets, along the way.

voestalpine produces steel in various forms for the automotive and auto supply, rail, refrigeration and cooling, and furniture industries. The company's Bahnsysteme unit serves the railway industry with the manufacture of rails, pipes, wires, and tubes used in rail systems. voestalpine also engineers and manufactures automotive body-in-white components and tool-making parts, while its Stahl division produces flat-steel products. The company's profilform division makes light steel sections, special sections, and tube products. In 2008 voestalpine company acquired specialty steel maker BOHLER-UDDEHOLM.

Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL) is the principal subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc, a diversified and integrated FTSE 100 metals and mining company, with principal operations located in India and Australia. Sterlite’s principal operating companies comprise Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) for its fully integrated zinc and lead operations; Sterlite Industries India Limited (Sterlite) and Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited (CMT) for its copper operations in India/Australia; and Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), for its aluminium and alumina operations and Sterlite Energy for its commercial power generation business. Sterlite is India's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company and is one of the fastest growing private sector companies. Sterlite is listed on BSE, NSE and NYSE. It was the first Indian Metals & Mining Company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Sterlite has continually demonstrated its ability to deliver major value creating projects, offering unparalleled growth at lowest costs and generating superior financial returns for its shareholders. At the same time, it ensures that its expansion projects meet high conservative financial norms and do not place an unwarranted burden on its balance sheet and financial resources. A majority of company’s operations are certified to the International Standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. SIIL laboratories at Tuticorin and Silvassa have been recognized with ISO 17025:2005 certification from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). The company is LME approved copper tester. Our copper products meet the requirement of Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS complied) and certified by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. SIIL’s Central lab at Silvassa is a GoI approved R&D laboratory. The company has also won numerous awards for safety and environment. Sterlite develops and manages a diverse portfolio of mining and metals businesses to provide attractive returns to its shareholders whilst carrying out its activities in a socially and environmentally responsible manner and creating value for the communities where it operates. As one of the largest metals and mining groups in India, Sterlite remains continually committed to managing its business in a socially responsible manner. The management of environment, employees, health and safety and community issues, in respect of its operations is central to the success of company’s business.

Precision Strip was founded in 1977 in Minster, Ohio. Over the past 33 years we have grown to eleven locations throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Alabama, as well as our newest operation in Monterrey, Mexico. Our facilities include three million square feet of building space housing 24 slitting lines, nine cut-to-length lines, five oscillate slit lines, one edge conditioning line, one blanking line, one gang slitter, and one perforating line. Each of our plants is strategically located to provide JIT warehousing and delivery service to the automotive, appliance, industrial products, and beverage can industries.All of our facilities are equipped to ship or receive your material by truck or rail. Precision Strip's fleet of over 200 tractor-trailers provides just-in-time delivery service to facilities within a 200-mile radius of our plants, ensuring seamless service, from storage, to processing, to delivery. We take full responsibility for getting your material to you, the way you need it, when you need it. As our customers often tell us, "Precision Strip is easy to do business with".

This website includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results and future plans and objectives of Solitario, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Development of Solitario’s properties are subject to the success of exploration, completion and implementation of an economically viable mining plan, obtaining the necessary permits and approvals from various regulatory authorities, compliance with operating parameters established by such authorities and political risks such as higher tax and royalty rates, foreign ownership controls and our ability to finance in countries that may become politically unstable.

Robex is a junior Canadian mining exploration & development company with nine permits located in Mali, western Africa. Mali is currently Africa’s third most important gold producing country. Three of Robex’s permit are situated in southern Mali (Mininko, Kamasso and N’Golopene) while the six others are located in the western area of the country (Diangounte, Sanoula, Kolomba, Moussala, Wili-Wili and Wili-Wili west). Robex is presently working towards developing its permits which indicate favourable geology with ore potential.The priority permits for Robex are Wili-Wili, Wili-Wili west, as well as Mininko. The latter is host to a potential of an inferred resource of 760,000 ounces of gold with an average grade of 1.0 g/t in accordance with the Canadian standard 43-101 ( see rapport ). Robex is presently completing the Nampala prefeasibility study with the intent of installing a gravimetric mill with a daily capacity of 2,000 tons of ore mineral within the Saprolite.This past October, the engineering-consulting firm GENIVAR, of Québec, reviewed and consequently assessed the three-dimensional resource block-model on the mineralisation of the Nampala deposit. Initially, the three-dimensional resource block-model was completed in the framework of the gold resource estimate (NI 43-101 compliant) completed by the Australian consultant firm RSG Global (now Coffey Mining) completed in 2007. The plan and section review completed by Genivar provided a better understanding of the anticipated gold distribution within the Nampala deposit. With the information available to date, the 200 and 300 lenses situated in the central and western portion of the site indicate that inferred resources are estimated to be at 15,000 ounces of gold for Lens 200 and 71,000 ounces of gold for the Lens 300. The concentration and distribution within these two bodies represents, at present, a marginal economical potential which will be further investigated at a later stage. However, according to the block-model, Lens 100 developed along the eastern flank of the Nampala zone is host to an inferred resource of 675,000 ounces of gold contained within 14,130 Mt of ore at an average grade of 0.93 g/t Au. These resources are located between the surface and the explored depth of 150 meters. In accordance with NI 43-101 standards, the above findings are based on insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource, and as such, it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource.

SEMAFO is a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa. The Company currently operates three gold mines: the Mana Mine in Burkina Faso, the Samira Hill Mine in Niger and the Kiniero Mine in Guinea. SEMAFO is committed to evolve in a conscientious manner to become a major player in its geographical area of interest. SEMAFO's strategic focus is to maximize shareholder value by effectively managing its existing assets as well as pursuing organic and strategic growth opportunities in West Africa.

Craig Yarde founded Yarde Metals Inc. in 1976 when he established a small office in the basement of his home in Bristol, CT and began brokering metal over the phone with $1000 from the sale of his motorcycle! The phones seldom rang and were usually answered by his wife or his three year old daughter. Metal orders were picked up and delivered by family members in his station wagon. Craig partnered with his brother, Bruce Yarde, the following year and moved into a small rented factory on South Street in Bristol, CT. In 1986, Yarde Metals moved to an 85,000 square foot facility to accommodate the growing product line, services and sales. The company quickly outgrew this space and moved to a completely renovated state of the art 500,000 square foot facility in Southington, CT in June of 2003. Our corporate headquarters is more like a museum than a distribution warehouse and its unique style supports Craig's out-of-the-box business philosophy that has facilitated his success. Yarde Metals now has nine service centers in addition to its corporate headquarters. They are located in: Albany, New York; Happauge, New York; Syracuse, New York; Pelham, New Hampshire; High Point, North Carolina; Streetsboro, Ohio; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Mendon, Massachusetts;. Yarde Metals has expanded internationally throughout Europe and Asia and processes the majority of international business through our Happauge, New York facility as well as our corporate headquarters. We have representatives in Korea and China to help support our international sales business.

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