There's money to be made in the clink of zinc. Zinc refiner and smelter Espanola del Zinc is a Spanish company engaged in mining operations and the production and commercialization of zinc, iron ore, and steel. Through its subsidiaries, it is also involved in the development of businesses in the energy sector. Espanola del Zinc sought time to regroup in early 2010 after absorbing major losses in the previous year. It voluntarily delisted its stock from the Spanish exchange, laid off 240 employees, and began legal proceedings against private equity firm Quorum Capital Investors. At full operating capacity, it has a production capacity of 47,000 tons of zinc per year. Espanola del Zinc was founded in 1956.

African Metals Corporation is a Canadian company listed on the TSX and traded on both the TSXV ["AFR"] and the FSE [WKN 912759] focused on the discovery and development of significant high grade Copper and Cobalt deposits in the highly mineralised Katanga Copper Belt of the world renowned Africa Copper Belt in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC").The Company's main assets include a 57% interest in the Luisha South Project and an option to earn an 80% interest in the Kalende Project both located within the Katanga Province and within 150km of the capital of Lubumbashi.

Steel service center operator Contractors Steel provides products such as bars (cold-rolled and hot-rolled), pipe, plate, sheet, structural members (angles, beams, and channels), and tubing. The company's fabricating and processing services include burning, grinding, plasma cutting, sawing, and shearing. Contractors Steel operates from facilities in Michigan and Ohio. Contractors Steel company maintains its own fleet of delivery trucks. Chairman, president, and CEO Donald Simon founded Contractors Steel in 1960.

Thomas Steel Strip has a few cold ones for automakers and other hard-working companies. The subsidiary of British steel producer Corus Group manufactures cold-rolled specialty steel strip for the appliance, automotive, battery, electrical/electronic, office products, and other industries. Brand names include NiZn-Cote, NICOR, and HILUMIN (steel strip for battery makers). The company's products are primarily sold in North America. It is a part of its parent's Corus Special Strip division. Corus itself is owned by Tata Steel.

The Ohio Valley Aluminum Company (OVACO) makes aluminum billets for the aluminum extrusions industry. (A billet is pushed or drawn through a die to create an extruded, or shaped, product, such as a frame or rail.) The company operates from facilities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio that can produce some 500 million pounds of billets annually. OVACO cuts billets according to customer specifications; it can produce billets ranging in length from 18 inches to 216 inches. The company was founded in 1955.

Zambia Copper Investments isn't sure what it wants to do, but it knows it likes copper. The company's primary asset had been a 28% stake in copper and cobalt mining company Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), but it sold that investment to another KCM shareholder, Vedanta Resources, in 2008. The following year it spent about $10 million for an 80% stake in African Copper PLC. Copperbelt Development Foundation has a 44% stake in Zambia Copper.

Lake Shore Gold is a rapidly growing mining company with a goal to become a North American mid-tier gold producer through the successful exploration, development and operation of three wholly owned mines in Timmins, Ontario: Timmins Mine, Thunder Creek and Bell Creek Complex. Lake Shore Gold Company is currently carrying out an underground advanced exploration program at the Timmins Mine project, where it has both a shaft and a ramp, and is drifting from Timmins Mine to the adjacent Thunder Creek property. Progress is also being made with an underground advanced exploration program at its Bell Creek Complex, located on the east side of Timmins. The Bell Creek Mill has been refurbished to a capacity of 1,500 tonnes per day with plans in place to expand the Mill incrementally to 3,000 tonnes per day. Lake Shore Gold Company continues to invest aggressively in exploration primarily in Timmins and in select other areas of Northern Ontario and Quebec, and owns a large land position in Mexico. The Company’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol LSG.

Mitsubishi International Corporation (MIC) is a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, a general trading company of Japan. MIC offers high-value-added services in a broad range of business fields. MIC's primary businesses are related to global trading that links merchandise and industrial products to consumers, complex project management, and strategic finance and investment. Other important functions of MIC include marketing, distribution, materials procurement, technology transfer, product sourcing, and supply chain management. MIC has currently more than 50 subsidiaries or branch offices in the U.S. and other countries and is continuing to form new strategic partnerships.

Lion Industries Corporation Berhad (LICB) was incorporated on 17 May 1924 as Sungei Way Dredging Limited under the Companies Enactment 1917. Subsequently, it changed its name to Sungei Way Dredging Berhad on 15 April 1966 and later to Supreme Corporation on 1 October 1976 and Lion Land Berhad on 21 October 1991. LICB was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 29 December 1973 and adopted its current name on 18 February 2003.LICB is involved in the manufacturing of long steel products, by Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd (AMSB) and Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd (Antara) at three steel mills. AMSB’s plant located in Klang, Selangor produces billets for rolling into steel bars and wire rods while its plant in Banting Selangor, set up in 2001 produces special grade billets for rolling into specialty bars and wire rods for automotive parts, mattress and mechanical springs, turning parts, wire rods, wire ropes and other stringent applications. The third mill operated by Antara in Pasir Gudang, Johor, was acquired in 2002 from Johor Corporation Bhd, and produces billets which are rolled into steel bars and light sections such as angle bars, flat bars and U-channels.The steel bars, wire rods and sections produced by LICB are used in the construction, fabrication and manufacturing industries.Antara also operates a Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) plant in Labuan using the Midrex Technology from USA. Antara’s HBI is manufactured from high-purity iron ore and is rated as among the world’s best and supplied to steel mills for ironmaking, steelmaking and foundary applications.In the property development sector, LICB is involved in property management and residential development. Some of its projects are Taman Malim Jaya in Melaka, Taman Soga in Batu Pahat and Pelangi Promenade in Klang. Its joint-venture with the Eastern & Oriental Group comprises a mixed integrated development project which includes three blocks of 28-storey serviced apartments, with retail, food and beverage theme outlets located at the site of the former St Mary’s School in Kuala Lumpur.

Tsodilo Resources Limited is a diamond, base and precious metal exploration company concentrating its exploration efforts on the southern portion of the Angola / Congo craton in northwest Botswana. Tsodilo's prospecting licences are held through its Botswana registered subsidiary companies, Newdico (Pty) Limited ("Newdico') and Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited ("Gcwihaba'). Newdico holds 9 diamond Prospecting Licenses (license map), covering an area of some 3,940 square kilometers, in the northern Ngamiland Project area. Tsodilo has a 95% stake in Newdico, while Trans Hex Group, a South African diamond mining and marketing company, holds the remaining 5%. Exploration in the Newdico Ngamiland project area is at an advanced stage, with completion of kimberlite indicator mineral sampling on a regional scale and ground geophysical surveys focusing on two primary areas within the larger License area. The Nxau Nxau kimberlite field is the principal location, with 40 known and drilled kimberlites, while several further first-order magnetic anomalies await drill investigation. The Guma district is the second location in the east of the license area where 10 first-order magnetic and indicator mineral anomalies await drill investigation. Both the Nxau Nxau and Guma areas have many second-order magnetic anomalies and the dolerite dyke swarm area south of the Nxau Nxau field provides further potential kimberlite drill targets.Gcwihaba holds 9 diamond prospecting licenses (license map) covering an area of some 6,856 square kilometers immediately adjoining and south of the Newdico licenses. In addition to the diamond prospecting licenses, Gcwihaba has also been granted 18 prospecting licenses for metals (base, precious, platinum group, and rare earth) (license map) covering an area of some 13,500 square kilometers.

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