Since it has been in business since the 19th century, it's probably fair to say that The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) has been in a scrap or two. One of the largest scrap-metal brokerage operations in the US, DJJ recycles both ferrous (iron and steel) and nonferrous metals (copper, aluminum, lead, and brass) worldwide. To accomplish this feat, The David J. Joseph company operates about 60 scrap processing centers (including 15 car shredders) and about a dozen trading offices in the US. Its shredders can process up to a million car hulks each year. DJJ had been a subsidiary of Dutch energy and retail firm SHV Holdings, but US steel minimill titan Nucor acquired The David J. Joseph company in 2008 for $1.1 billion.

The executives at Votorantim Metais don't wear tight leather pants, but they do crank out some serious heavy metal. Votorantim Metais Ltda. company produces zinc, nickel, and steel from sites located in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It is the top producer of zinc in Latin America and among the largest suppliers globally at about 400,000 tons a year. Votorantim's nickel operations produce more than 25,000 tons per year; its steel business has a production capacity of about 900,000 tons annually. Most of Votorantim's long steel (which includes steel rods and wire) is made from recycled scrap and pig iron. In 2010 Votorantim acquired a majority stake in Peru's Compania Minera Milpo SAA. Votorantim Metais Ltda. company is a subsidiary of Votorantim Group.

Tres-Or Resources Ltd. Is a Canadian resource exploration company, exploring precious metals particularly gold and diamonds with projects in Ontario, Quebec and Ghana. Tres-Or is currently focused on exploration in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Ontario and Quebec with holdings of 1,515 hectares of claims which are situated north of the Porcupine-Destor fault, within the Achean greenstone belt that stretches from Timmins, Ontario through to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Over 85 million ounces of gold have been produced from this prolific gold-bearing belt, with majority of the production associated with the Porcupine-Destor fault system. Tres-Or Resources under Tres-Or Ghana also operates a mining service contact in Ghana which is currently in gold production.

Mexico's largest mining company, Grupo Mexico is the world's #3 copper producer, behind Chile's Codelco and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold of the US. The company's mining segment (more than 75% of sales) has operations in Mexico (Minera Mexico), the US (ASARCO), and Peru (75%-owned Southern Copper). The segment mines and refines copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, lead, and other metals, as well as coal. It also produces intermediate copper products (cathodes and rods) and sulfuric acid. The company's Ferroviario Mexicano (Ferromex) rail transport division operates Mexico's largest rail fleet (15,000 railcars) and has 6,000 miles of track. The company was founded as a construction company in 1942.

Evraz Group S.A. is a large vertically-integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Europe, USA, Canada and South Africa. The Company is ranked the 14th largest steel producer in the world based on crude steel production of 15.3 million tonnes in 2009. Evraz is largely self-sufficient in respect of its iron ore and coking coal requirements with the majority of its internal consumption covered by its mining operations. Evraz's consolidated revenues for the year ended 31 December 2009 totalled US$9,772 million, while consolidated adjusted EBITDA(1) amounted to US$1,237 million.Evraz Group’s principal metallurgical assets include three of Russia’s leading steel plants: Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Plant (“NTMK”) in the Urals region and West Siberian Iron and Steel Plant (“Zapsib”) and Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant (“NKMK”) in Siberia. The Company's presence in North America comprises its steelmaking subsidiary Evraz Inc. NA, which includes Evraz Oregon Steel, Evraz Claymont Steel and Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel in the United States together with Evraz Red Deer Works, Evraz Calgary Works, Evraz Camrose Works and Evraz Regina Steel in Canada. Evraz also owns the Dnepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works (“DMZ”) in Ukraine, Evraz Palini e Bertoli (“Evraz Palini e Bertoli”) in Italy, Evraz Vitkovice Steel (“Evraz Vitkovice”) in the Czech Republic and Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation Limited (“Evraz Highveld”) in South Africa. In Ukraine, Evraz acquired three coking plants – Bagleykoks Coke Chemical Plant (“Bagleykoks”), Dnepropetrovsk Coke Chemical Plant (“Dneprokoks”) and Dneprodzerzhinsk Coke Chemical Plant (“DKHZ”).The Company’s mining division includes the iron ore mining complexes: Evrazruda, Kachkanarsky Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise Vanady (‘KGOK”) and Vysokogorsky Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise (“VGOK”) in Russia, the Sukha Balka Iron Ore Mining and Processing Complex (“Sukha Balka”) in Ukraine and the Yuzhkuzbassugol Coal Company (”Yuzhkuzbassugol”) in Western Siberia. The Company also holds a 40% equity interest in the Raspadskaya Coal Company (“Raspadskaya”). Evraz operates as a vertically-integrated steel producer: in 2009 the Company was self-sufficient in respect of 96% of its internal iron ore requirements and 74% of its coking coal consumption. Evraz produced approximately 17.4 million tonnes of iron ore products in 2009 and mined 10.3 million tonnes of coking coal.In 2009, the Company hold large shares of the Russian steel construction product market, in particular of H-beams, channels and rebars. Evraz accounts for 100% of rail sales in Russia and ranks second in the country’s rail wheel market.Evraz is also a major supplier of semi-finished products, slabs and billets to world markets.Evraz is a prominent player in the European plate market.Evraz is the No 1 producer of rails in the USA, the second largest producer of plate in terms of capacity and is acknowledged as a primary North American producer of tubular products, particularly in respect of LD pipes and OCTG pipes.

Great Basin Gold Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and trial mining of precious metal deposits. The company primarily focuses on gold and silver properties. Its projects include the Hollister gold project in Nevada and the Burnstone gold project in South Africa. Great Basin Gold is a mining company engaged in the development and exploration of Gold properties. The company is currently in late stage development at two projects in the world’s two most well known gold producing regions, with a substantial resource base of 13 million ounces in the measured and indicated category. The Hollister project is located on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone project.

G&S Minerals is less interested in hot burgers and ready to focus on hot mineral assets. The company used to be called Hot Brands, when it owned and operated the Hot 'n Now Burgers fast-food chain. Taking its current name from the minerals gold and silver, it now mines precious metals. Its primary gold mining property is the El Transito mine in Honduras. The burger business went bankrupt and was sold to STEN Corporation in 2005.

Nippon Steel rates as Japan's heavy lifter. Nippon Steel Corporation company, the world's second-largest steelmaker after ArcelorMittal, manufactures pig iron and ingots, steel bars, plates, sheets, pipes, and tubes, as well as specialty, processed, and fabricated steel products. Nippon Steel's annual crude steel output is roughly 31 million tons. The company's operations include engineering, construction, chemicals, nonferrous metals, ceramics, electricity supply, information and communications, and urban development (theme parks and condominiums). Nippon Steel also provides energy, finance, and insurance services.

The alloys we process at Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals are known for their superior performance and excellent reliability. These products are the result of years of metallurgical development, offering properties well beyond those of ordinary metals. Our job is to help you fully realize that potential. To do so, Ulbrich is continually adding new equipment and technologies, expanding our quality assurance programs and working to ever tighter tolerances.We serve markets as diverse as aerospace, aircraft and automotive, nuclear and solar energy, medical and surgical equipment, chemical processing, electronics and many others. To some customers, we are a precision re-roller processing stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium alloy strip to exacting dimensions for critical high performance applications. To others, we are a network of specialty service centers with six North American locations supplying various forms of stainless steel and specialty metals, expertly processed and delivered on time. For others, we start with rod or wire and shape it into various cross sections that in some cases perform as a near net shape. We also roll fine round wire into flat wire, with extremely close tolerances and to dimensions a fraction of a human hair. This and many other possibilities are available within the Ulbrich family of capabilities.Ulbrich produces a large percentage of its products in North America, but we are an international company. One of our newest manufacturing sites is in the Republic of Ireland and we have several strategic partnerships and sales agencies throughout the world. We understand that doing business around the world is the only way to do business today. Our facilities in Shanghai and Hong Kong are designed to accommodate inquiries for all our divisions from one location. No matter which country you are from, we strive to make doing business with Ulbrich as effortless as possible.

Ferragon processes flat-rolled steel using techniques such as decambering, pickling, leveling, and slitting. Ferragon company is a toll processor, meaning that it processes customers' material for a fee rather than buying material, processing it, and reselling it. Ferragon operates primarily in Ohio and Michigan, but subsidiary FerrouSouth is based in Mississippi. The company's Ferrous Metal Transfer division transports processed steel. Other group companies include Ferrolux Metals, Metalux, and Ferrous Metal Processing. Ferragon president Eduardo Gonzalez founded Ferragon company in 1983.

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