Statesman’s objectives are to develop productive assets that have sensible economics and high upside potential, then to build on their value. The Company is currently planning several development wells that could significantly extend the Reichel Gas Field in Rush County, Kansas. Under the terms of its Kansas agreements, successful testing will allow the Company to book reserves and to time the development of its interests in approximately 26,000 acres to coincide with favorable natural gas prices.Having established production and asset value, Statesman will pursue growth by finding other, similarly situated development opportunities, as well as by drilling quality prospects with high upside potential under strategic farm-in arrangements. Statesman intends to continue its focus on under-explored California where it has a farm-in agreement with Salinas Energy Ltd. covering numerous oil leads and prospects in the San Joaquin Basin. In addition, Statesman is currently reviewing other opportunities in Kansas, Louisiana, Texas, and elsewhere that meet the Company’s objectives of sensible economics and high upside potential for oil and gas production.

Century Aluminum Co. which is owned by Koch Enterprises, first began operating in 1996. Century Aluminum Company (Century) is engaged in producing aluminum. The primary aluminum capacity includes the facility in Grundartangi, Iceland with capacity of 260,000 metric tons per year (mtpy), the facility in Hawesville, Kentucky (Hawesville) with capacity of 244,000 mtpy; a facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia (Ravenswood), currently curtailed, with capacity of 170,000 mtpy; and a 49.7% interest in a facility in Mt. Holly, South Carolina (Mt. Holly), which provides with capacity of 111,000 mtpy. In addition to the primary aluminum assets, the Company also have a 40% stake in Baise Haohai Carbon Co., Ltd. (BHH), a carbon anode and cathode facility located in the People’s Republic of China. In March 2009, Century curtailed one potline at the Hawesville facility. It is operating four potlines with a capacity of 195,000 mtpy. In February 2009, the Company curtailed all the operations at the Ravenswood facility.

The Special Metals Corporation group of companies was created in the latter part of 1998 when Special Metals Corporation of New Hartford, New York, acquired Inco Alloys International, including its Huntington Alloys and Wiggin Alloys divisions. In 2006, Special Metals Corporation became a part of Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products. With a history of alloy technology now going back some 100 years, our company continues to provide solutions to difficult materials problems through such time-tested products as our world-recognized INCONEL, INCOLOY, NIMONIC, UDIMET, MONEL and NILO alloys.Today's Special Metals is a world leader in the invention, production and supply of the high-nickel, high-performance alloys used for the difficult jobs in engineering. These alloys are highly engineered to offer a superior combination of heat resistance, high-temperature corrosion resistance, toughness and strength and are used in the world's most technically demanding industries and applications. Special Metals offers the largest range of nickel alloys and product forms, as well cobalt alloys, to more than ten worldwide markets. We produce nickel alloys in all standard mill forms, from large ingots and billets to plate, sheet, strip, tubing, bar and wire, the latter of which includes core and filler wires for welding products. Special Metals company has manufacturing and research facilities in the USA and Europe, sales offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and a distribution network including most of the industrialized countries of the world.

The story of Alliance begins in 1971 when MAPCO Inc., then a Fortune 500 diversified energy company, entered the coal-production business, acquiring the Dotiki mine. This underground operation in Webster County, Kentucky, soon became, and remains to this day, one of the most productive coal mines in the country. By the time the company reached its silver anniversary, MAPCO Coal owned five mining complexes in three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Maryland. It also owned the Mt. Vernon Facility, a rail-to-barge loading terminal on the Ohio River. Located in Indiana, the Mt. Vernon facility is capable of handling 8 million tons of coal per year. In 1996, management formed Alliance Coal Corporation and led a buyout of MAPCO Inc.'s coal operations with the financial support of The Beacon Group. Within two years, Alliance acquired Hopkins County Coal, a surface/underground operation in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and opened MC Mining, an underground mine in Pike County, Kentucky. In 1998, Alliance sold 15.1 million tons of coal and was recognized as the sixth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States. During 1999, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. was formed, and after completion of its initial public offering as a publicly-traded master limited partnership, acquired the coal operations of Alliance Coal Corporation. The new company soon broke ground for a new underground mining complex in Gibson County, Indiana. Production began at Gibson County Coal the following year. ARLP began a $30 million extension of its Pattiki mine in southern Illinois during 2000. Construction of a new mine shaft and ancillary facilities began in 2001 at the Dotiki mining complex. Both of these projects were completed during the second quarter of 2003 and positioned Alliance Coal to meet increasing demand for its coal. In 2002, management purchased all of The Beacon Group's interest in ARLP. The acquisition was not funded or secured with any of Alliance's assets.

Keeping a stiff upper lip is mandatory for Corus Group, one of the world's largest steel companies. Corus makes coated and uncoated strip products, sections and plates, wire rod, engineering steels, and semi-finished carbon steel products. Customers include the automotive, construction, engineering, and household-product manufacturing industries. Corus Group company ranks behind ArcelorMittal among Europe's largest steel concerns, producing about 20 million tons annually. Corus is owned by emerging Indian giant Tata Steel and is responsible for that company's European operations.

Kokomo Enterprises Inc., formerly known as Zab Resources Inc., was incorporated on August 24, 1984 in British Columbia, Canada. On April 16, 2009, Kokomo Enterprises Company changed its name from ZAB Resources Inc. to Kokomo Enterprises Inc. It is a junior mineral exploration company with interests in the Extra High Property located in the Province of British Columbia and, the Hope Creek Property also located in the Province of British Columbia. The main business of the Company is the acquisition, exploration and, if warranted, the development of natural resource properties. The Company's ability to pursue its stated primary business and to meet its obligations as they come due is dependent upon the ability of management to obtain the necessary financings either through private placements or by means of public offerings of the Company's securities or through the exercise of incentive stock options or warrants or through debt financings or through the sale of its assets. The Company competes with many companies possessing much greater financial resources and technical facilities than it. The Company's proposed mineral exploration programs, are subject to extensive federal, provincial and local laws and regulations governing such exploration, development and operation of mining activities as well as the protection of the environment, including laws and regulations relating to obtaining permits to mine, protection of air and water quality, hazardous waste management, mine reclamation and the protection of endangered or threatened species.

Originally founded in 1956 as Etiwanda Steel Producers, TAMCO is a steel mini-mill that recycles ferrous scrap metal into concrete reinforcing bars (rebar). Mini-mills use electric arc furnace technology to melt scrap steel into semi-finished steel billets. These billets are then reheated and processed in a rolling mill where they are made into a wide variety of rebar lengths, sizes and grades.TAMCO produces over 500,000 tons of rebar annually and employs approximately 350 people. It is the only steel mini-mill in California. The Company serves markets primarily in California, Arizona and Nevada.TAMCO is jointly owned by Tokyo Steel, Ameron International and Mitsui & Company.

Daido Steel excels in the manufacture of specialty steel products and components for automobiles as well as industrial and electrical machinery. Founded in 1916, Daido markets a lengthy supply of specialty steel parts to the likes of Nissan Motor, Honda Motor, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Its products include tool steel, stainless steel, die forgings, welding wire, mechanical construction steel, and nickel alloys. Daido boasts an international network with locations throughout Asia as well as in Germany and the United States. Nippon Steel, Toyota, and Honda are among Daido Steel companies holding stakes in Daido Steel.

Corus Construction & Industrial makes plates, semi-finished products, bi-steel (steel-concrete composites), and structural sections for industries that include construction, defense, mining, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, and shipbuilding. It also maintains a stock of a wide range of steel products it supplies to the European market. The company's Hydrobarrier business provides services for sealed sheet piling and its fire-engineering division offers fire-safety design, design-codes development, fire-damage assessment, and other fire-related services. More generally Corus Construction & Industrial company offers such services as beveling, leveling, rolling, and shot blasting.

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.

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