Jim Walter Resources (JWR) is the southernmost Appalachian coal producer. The company was formed in 1977 from the former Coke, Iron and Chemicals Division of U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. Its businesses consist of mining high quality coal from Alabama's Blue Creek seam and related methane gas operations. Since its inception, JWR has grown from a small, captive producer of less than 1 million tons of coal per year, produced solely for use in its sister company's coke ovens, into one of the 25 largest coal producers in the United States, with 6.3 million tons of coal sold in 2008.JWR's two deep-shaft underground mines — Mines No. 4 and No. 7 — use the standard "continuous mining" method for development and advanced "longwall" mining technology for primary production. In contrast to surface mining or typical underground mines located 200 to 500 feet below the surface, JWR's mines are 1,500 to 2,200 feet underground, making them the deepest vertical shaft coal mines in North America.Blue Creek Coal is synonymous with quality in markets worldwide. Its general characteristics — very low sulfur, strong coking properties, high heat value — make it ideally suited to the requirements of steel makers as a coking coal and to utilities as a steam coal. These qualities enable JWR to successfully market steam coal domestically and metallurgical coal to the worldwide export market.The growth and success of Jim Walter Resources' coal mining operations have continued to fuel the success of the company's coal seam degasification business, Black Warrior Methane. Black Warrior Methane was formed in 1981 to recover and market methane gas principally from the Blue Creek Coal seam on lands owned or leased by the company.

RJK Explorations Ltd. is a mineral exploration company originally formed in 1922. RJK Explorations Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of early stage mineral resource properties in Canada. The Company’s current focus is on silver, gold and base metals with its resource properties located in Ontario. RJK Explorations Company continues to evaluate and will acquire additional properties as the venture capital and opportunities present themselves.

China Oriental produces steel billet and strips for Chinese steel manufacturers, who then process the billet and strips into downstream products such as angles, rebar, wire rods, and pipe. China Oriental's production facilities are located in Hebei Province, the country's largest iron ore producing region. Its steel production facilities consist of an iron smelter and steel making and rolling plants. The company's annual production capacity exceeds 7 million tons, making China Oriental one of the largest suppliers in China. The company's founders own 43% of China Oriental; ArcelorMittal also owns 30% after a series of transactions in 2007 and 2008. The two companies also have a technology-sharing agreement.

Nippon Light Metal Company (NLM) is heavily into aluminum. The company's operations span the process from turning bauxite ore into alumina to smelting aluminum to fabricating finished aluminum products. It makes ingot, sheets, and extrusions; chemicals (aluminum hydroxide, caustic soda, fluorine); fabricated products; and building materials. Those last two units -- fabricated products (food containers, fuel tanks, ladders) and building materials (scaffolds, fences and railings, soundproof walls) -- contribute about two-thirds of sales. NLM has a joint venture with Mitsubishi to produce aluminum sheet for automotive applications.

Gitennes has been traded publicly in Canada since 1993. Gitennes listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange January 22, 1998 and moved to the TSX Venture Exchange October 19, 2009.Gitennes will undertake technically sound, early-stage exploration in "greenfield" environments right through to late-stage resource definition drilling and pre-feasibility work on select properties. Gitennes intends to maintain this course of finding and exploring promising mineral deposits. In the future, when results indicate that a property may become a potential producer that yields a high rate-of-return at a relatively low level of capital investment, Gitennes may then pursue the "development option".A Canadian corporation, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, ownership of Gitennes is broad-based, through shares listed on The TSX Venture Stock Exchange.

ydro Aluminium's products can be turned into anything from soda cans to car bodies. The company forms Norsk Hydro's aluminum business and accounts for just about all of the Norwegian industrial corporation's sales. Hydro Aluminium ranks among the world's top five aluminum producers along with the likes of Rio Tinto Alcan, RUSAL, and Alcoa. While based in Europe, Hydro conducts business worldwide and is particularly strong in North America and Asia. It divides its business into two units, aluminum metal (the upstream business) and aluminum products (the downstream business). The first segment produces bauxite, alumina, and primary aluminum products, while the second manufactures rolled and extruded products.

Vista Gold Corp. is an international gold mining company based in Littleton, Colorado, with a plus 20-year history of gold exploration, development and operations. Vista is traded on both the TSX and NYSE Amex under the symbol VGZ. Since 2001, Vista has correctly predicted that gold prices would significantly increase for many years to come, and has acquired a number of impressive gold projects during 2001-2006. During 2006 and 2007, Vista completed transactions that resulted in the formation and successful spin-off to its shareholders of Allied Nevada Gold Corp. Since the spin-off Vista has sold one project and currently holds six projects with an estimated 1.3 million ounces of proven and probable reserves, 12.8 million ounces of measured and indicated resources and 4.6 million ounces inferred.

Powertech Uranium has traded stainless steel and boilers for something a little more radioactive. Powertech Uranium company, formerly called Powertech Industries, sold off subsidiary Gasmaster Industries -- a maker of stainless steel products, condensing boilers, and water heaters -- in 2005. In 2006 the company acquired Denver Uranium Company, a uranium-exploration firm focused exclusively on the Dewey Burdock deposit in South Dakota. In 2007 Powertech Uranium's uranium holdings covered more than 59,000 acres in the western US.

AMERICAN is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ductile iron pipe, fire hydrants and valves, and spiral-welded steel pipe for the waterworks industry as well as electric-resistance-welded steel pipe for oil and natural gas pipelines. Founded in 1905 and long known as an innovative manufacturer, AMERICAN’s diversified line includes products from 2-inch gate valves to 12-foot-diameter steel pipe, fabricated assemblies, and high-performance fire pumps.Long known for its emphasis on quality and service, AMERICAN’s mission is to operate according to the Golden Rule, treating customers, clients and employees the way they would want to be treated. AMERICAN believes this is The Right Way to do business.AMERICAN’s headquarters facility in Birmingham, Ala., is the world’s largest individual iron pipe casting plant, and our domestic and international subsidiaries help serve customers worldwide. They include AMERICAN Castings, Pryor Creek, Okla.; AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Company, Columbia, S.C.; American Valve & Hydrant Manufacturing Company, Beaumont, Texas; Intercast SA, Itauna, Brazil; Specification Rubber Products, Alabaster, Ala.; Pneumax, Peoria, Ariz.; and Waterous Company, South St. Paul, Minn. Stocking depots and sales offices are located throughout the country.With more than 100 years of service, AMERICAN’s products, experience and knowledge base are unmatched in the industry.

Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. (EEL-TSX.V; EAT-Frankfurt) is a gold exploration company which has an option on the 210 square kilometre Fredonia project area in the prolific Central Cordillera gold belt in northwest Colombia. Eaglecrest also owns 100% of 120.5 square kilometres of mineral title at the San Simon Gold Project in northeastern Bolivia. Eaglecrest will begin exploration work in Colombia in the second quarter of 2010, but has identified three areas at San Simon with open-pit and underground gold resource potential.

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