Terra Nova Minerals is looking for a bit of earth to explore. Terra Nova Minerals company does not yet own any producing minerals properties, but it reached an agreement in 2008 to buy into the Pegma Lake gold project in Quebec. It had previously owned exploration prospects in Mexico and elsewhere in Canada but divested them when they proved unprofitable. Terra Nova Minerals company changed its name from Terra Nova Gold in 2008. The next year it agreed to buy Australian American Energy, which owns rights to coal properties in Montana.

McWane is a friend to both firefighters and dogs. Orchestrated through five product groups, McWane's subsidiaries make a line of water distribution solutions including fire hydrants, cast-iron water and sewer pipes, fittings, and compressed air tanks. Its Amerex subsidiary is one of the world's largest makers of fire extinguishers. Subsidiary Manchester Tank makes pressure vessels, from huge propane cylinders to handheld torches. M&H Valve Co., a maker of industrial valves for wastewater equipment and fire hydrants, has operated since 1854. Established in 1921, McWane continues as a closely held corporation, led by its founder's fourth generation, chairman C. Phillip McWane.

Shore Gold Inc. is a Canadian-based mineral exploration and development company with its head office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Company's mineral property portfolio consists of diamond properties, the most advanced being the Star Kimberlite deposit ("Star") and the Fort à la Corne Joint Venture ("FALC-JV").Shore Gold Inc. Company continues to focus the majority of its financial and technical resources on Star and the FALC-JV. The Star Kimberlite is 100 percent held by Shore. Shore holds a 63 percent ownership position in the FALC-JV and Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited holds 37 percent. Both properties are situated in a burned portion of the Fort à la Corne forest, approximately 60 kilometres east of the city of Prince Albert.Shore Gold Inc. Company holds a 28.5 percent interest in the Buffalo Hills Project in Alberta.The common shares of Shore trade on the TSX under the trading symbol "SGF".

Angel Mining will go to great lengths to find good mineral prospects. The mining company's main properties are located in Greenland; it also has exploration interests in Australia and Brazil. Angel Mining is on the lookout for gold, base metals, and tantalum (which is used mainly in electronics manufacturing). The company's Nalunaq gold mine commenced production in 2010. Its Black Angel Mining subsidiary (majority-owned) operates a zinc and lead project in Greenland. Several investment firms, including RAB Capital, Waterhouse Securities, and Rathbones, own sizable stakes in the company. Formerly called Angus & Ross, it changed its name in 2009.

Terraco is a junior exploration company with current exploration properties in Nevada and Arizona. The ‘MOONLIGHT’ property is located in Pershing County, Nevada and is located 21 miles northeast of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada and about four miles north of the Coeur Rochester silver-gold mine. The Rochester mine has produced over 107 million ounces of silver and well over one million ounces of gold in its 17 year history. The Moonlight property also adjoins Midway Gold Corp.’s (TSX Venture: MDW) Spring Valley Project to the south (between Terraco and Coeur Rochester). The ‘MIDDLEGATE’ property is located in Churchill County, Nevada approximately 5 miles southwest of the town of Middlegate in a region that has historic success and includes notable mines such as the Wonder, Fairview, Paradise Peak and Rawhide. The 'SILVERTHORNE' property located in Mineral County Nevada was acquired May 8th 2008. The property is in the Walker Lane trend 20 miles north of Hawthorne Nevada. A region that has had tremendous historic success. Deposits include Round Mountain, The Comstock, Tonopah & Goldfeild.

Strateco Resources is hoping its strategy will help it find uranium ore in the Great White North. Strateco Resources company is exploring for uranium at seven properties in northern Quebec. (Canada is the world's top producer of uranium.) Strateco Resources' most promising site, Matoush, has indicated resources of almost 4,000 pounds and inferred (total possible) resources of 13,000 lbs. One other site, Quenonisca, is being explored for zinc, lead, silver, and copper. Quenonisca is a joint venture with the Quebecois government-owned SOQUEM. None of Strateco Resources' properties are in production.

Senator Minerals is looking for gold in Nevada but is bypassing the casinos and heading straight for deposits of precious metals underground. Senator Minerals company explores and acquires gold, silver, and copper properties primarily in Nevada, but also in Alaska and Arizona. It also has copper interests in Canada. Management and directors hold about 35% of Senator Minerals.

Set up in 1945 as a monopoly in the French coal industry, ATIC Services now operates as a global services provider for other coal producers. The company offers assistance in three main facets of the coal import business: marketing, logistics, and quality control. It operates through subsidiary companies such as bulk handling and transportation facilities, shipping agencies, and laboratories. ATIC Services is a joint venture owned primarily by industrial giants ArcelorMittal (42%), Electricite de France (33%), and TOTAL (19%). The company owns and operates offices in Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, and the US.

Esperanza Resources is an emerging precious metals producer committed to the development of its two late-stage projects. Since startup in 2002 its geologists have discovered these two exceptional gold projects – San Luis, a joint venture in Peru and the 100%-owned Cerro Jumil in Mexico.The Company's objective is to see its discoveries advance as quickly as possible to production. At the same time it continues to place emphasis on new discovery through its grass-roots exploration programs. Our focus is on the countries we know best: Mexico and Peru.Cerro Jumil, Mexico – a potential heap-leach gold project. On October 1, 2008 the company announced the results of an independent resource estimate on its Cerro Jumil project. The deposit contains 642,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as measured and indicated plus 442,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as inferred. On September 8, 2009 the company announced the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). At a gold price of $1000 per ounce the project has a net present value of $109 million and provides an internal rate of return of 38 percent. The project is now being advanced into the feasibility level of study. A 9,500 meter drill program has been completed and an updated resources estimate is expected in the third quarter of 2010.

Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) has more than enough energy for its aluminum business. In fact, the company distributes excess electricity to homes across Brazil. Its operations span the aluminum production process, from mining bauxite to producing primary aluminum to processing coils, ingots, billet, and bars as well as such fabricated products as cables and roof tiles. Clients include such industries as transportation, packaging, electric utilities, constructions, and consumer products. The intensive electrical requirements for aluminum processing led the company to to invest in hydroelectric power generation. It now operates nearly 20 power plants and supplies more than half of its own electricity.

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