JFE Shoji Trade, a subsidiary of JFE Shoji Holdings, is a huge player in the trading game. JFE Shoji Trade company's main business is steel plate (used for ships and bridges) and steel sheet (for automobiles, home electrical appliances, and wall and roof construction). It also sells special steel, structural steel, stainless steel, and steel rods used in construction, civil engineering, and steel-pipe manufacturing. Much of the steel it distributes is produced by JFE Holdings, one of Japan's largest steel producers. Additionally JFE Shoji Trade trades and distributes chemicals and fuels (coal chemical products, industrial gases, and inorganic chemicals), steel-making machinery, and iron ore and coal.

Metaline Contact Mines is one of the oldest royalty-based mineral resources companies in the country.Organized in 1928, under the laws of the State of Washington, to acquire, lease, explore, and develop mineral resource properties, Metaline Contact Mines has been in continual existence for over 76 years.From 1928 - 1946, the Company acquired zinc- lead mining claims and other mineral rights in the Metaline District in northeastern Washington State. In a designed reorganization in 1960, Metaline Contact Mines acquired the entire mineral holdings in the Metaline District owned by the Bunker Hill Company and Day Mines Inc. This acquisition expanded the Company's mineral rights in the district to a vast 8,200 acres.Throughout its long history, Metaline Contact Mines has "farmed out" its mineral holdings to quality operating companies, in exchange for royalty interests. Past industry partners have included such historic mining companies as The Bunker Hill Company, Day Mines Inc. (now a part of Hecla Mining Company), Metaline Mining & Leasing Company, and Newmont Mining Corporation. The Company's current mineral holdings are under long- term lease, or similar royalty-based agreements, to Teck Cominco American Incorporated and New Jersey Mining Company.With its portfolio of precious metals (gold) and base metals (zinc & lead) properties, all of which are located in historically productive regions, and its sliding- scale royalty structures, Metaline Contact Mines provides its shareholders, and potential shareholders, with valuable leverage to improving mineral prices, while providing fixed floors to reduce downside risk, in projects of unusual merit.Metaline Contact Mines' shares are traded on NASDAQ's Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, under the trading symbol "MTLI." Its officers and directors own approximately 57 % of the outstanding stock.

Northwest Aluminum Specialties produces aluminum billet in a variety of alloys. Using both pure and recycled aluminum as its base material, the company produces log-shaped cast billet products that are then sold to extruders. End products made from the company's billet include air bag canisters, automotive wheels and wheel covers, bicycle frames, and missile housings. An employee-owned company, Northwest Aluminum Specialties operates from a lone facility in Oregon. It also maintains a European presence through a Dutch sales office.

North Atlantic Resources (formerly North Atlantic Nickel) prospects for and develops locations for the mining of gold, oil, and gas in west Africa. It has seven projects in Mali for a total of 1,150 square kilometers of mining operations. North Atlantic Resources company was founded in 1997 and has since made three gold discoveries. In February 2008 North Atlantic Resources announced a joint venture with Orezone Resources called Brighton Energy Ltd., to explore for uranium in Niger.

Cookson Electronics is a leading materials science company that provides high performance materials, chemistry and technology solutions to the electronics and surface finishing industries worldwide. Cookson Electronics delivers superior value by providing truly differentiated products, services and support through its Alpha, Enthone and Cookson Electronics - Semiconductor Products businesses. From printed circuit board fabrication and assembly products, to microelectronics packaging materials and semiconductor fabrication processes, to high performance functional and decorative coatings, we look forward to serving you worldwide.

Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the gold mining and related activities. Kinross Gold Corporation also involves in the exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, the extraction and processing of gold-containing ores, and reclamation of gold mining properties. Its gold production and exploration activities are carried out principally in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and the Russian Federation. As of December 31, 2009, its proven and probable mineral reserves were 51.0 million ounces of gold, 102.9 million ounces of silver, and 2.9 billion pounds of copper.

AngloGold Ashanti’s primary stock exchange listing is on the JSE in South Africa. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ordinary shares are also listed on exchanges in London, Paris and Ghana, as well as being quoted in Brussels, in the form of International Depositary Receipts (IDRs), in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia in the form of CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System) Depositary Interests (CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depository Shares (GhDSs). Each IDR and ADS represent one ordinary share, each CDI represents one-fifth of an ordinary share and 100 GhDSs represent one ordinary share. As at 31 December 2009, AngloGold Ashanti had 362,240,669 ordinary shares in issue and a market capitalisation of $14.6bn (31 December 2008: $9.8bn). the company had proved and probable ore reserves of 74.9 million ounces of gold. AngloGold Ashanti also offers various by-products recovered as a result of the processing of gold ores, which include uranium, copper, sulphur, and silver. It has a strategic alliance with Thani Dubai Mining Limited to explore, develop, and operate mines in the Middle East and parts of north Africa.the company had proved and probable ore reserves of 74.9 million ounces of gold. AngloGold Ashanti also offers various by-products recovered as a result of the processing of gold ores, which include uranium, copper, sulphur, and silver. It has a strategic alliance with Thani Dubai Mining Limited to explore, develop, and operate mines in the Middle East and parts of north Africa.

Canaf Group is a diversified mineral resource company with offices in Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa. Canaf Group was originally formed in 1996, with exploration assets in British Columbia and Uganda. Recently re-organized, Canaf Metals and Mining re-branded, befitting its new strategy as a resource company with a portfolio of diverse mineral assets and related businesses. This strategy will be substantiated through a series of acquisitions. Currently, the company is exploring a number of options with a focus on mineral assets and mining ventures within Africa.

Typhoon Exploration is a Canadian mining exploration company incorporated in 2003. Its shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol TYP.Typhoon holds a diversified portfolio of properties such as the Fayolle and Faille 1 gold projects which are located in Rouyn-Noranda's mining camp, one of the best-known in the world for gold. The company also owns the Monexco-McCorkill project located in Chibougamau, whose mining camp is reputed for its gold and base metals reserves. The infrastructures of all of these camps are developed in such a way that they are accessible by the existing road network all year round.The Fayolle Deposit's geographic proximity to the Val d'Or, Malartic and Rouyn-Noranda gold camps allows for far more cost-effective exploitation when that phase of operations is reached.Typhoon Exploration company strives to increase the value of its shares by building its gold resources, all while employing the latest mining technologies and minimizing its environmental impact.

AK Steel Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless, and electrical steels, and tubular products primarily in the United States and internationally. It manufactures flat-rolled carbon steels, including coated, cold-rolled, and hot-rolled products; and specialty stainless and electrical steels that are sold in hot band, sheet, and strip forms. AK Steel Holding company also involves in finishing flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel into welded steel tubing, which is used in the automotive, large truck, and construction markets, as well as trades in steel and steel products and other materials in Europe. It sells flat-rolled carbon steel products primarily to automotive manufacturers; and to customers in the infrastructure and manufacturing markets consisting of manufacturers of appliances, electrical transmission, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. AK Steel Holding company also sells its coated, cold rolled, and hot rolled carbon steel products to distributors, service centers, and converters. AK Steel Holding sells its stainless steel products primarily to manufacturers and their suppliers in the automotive industry; manufacturers of food handling, chemical processing, pollution control, and medical and health equipment; and distributors and service centers, as well as electrical steels to manufacturers of power transmission and distribution transformers, and electrical motors and generators. AK Steel Holding company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in West Chester, Ohio.

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