A Japanese trading post operating on a global scale, Hanwa company imports, exports, and sells steel products, including plate, sheet, pipe, wire, and bar. It also recycles nonferrous metals and sells construction, housing, and steel-making materials. Steel accounts for a majority of sales, with the balance of sales generated through diverse lines, such as amusement-park rides, cement, frozen seafood and meat products, industrial machines, lumber, and petroleum and chemicals. Hanwa has trading offices in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Commerce Group Corp. is one of the only precious metals company that has produced gold and silver in the past twenty or more years in the Republic of El Salvador, Central America. Starting in 1968, for periods during the 1970's and 1980's Commerce was operative in the exploration, exploitation, development, and production of precious metals in El Salvador. It continues to be operative in the exploration of precious metals in El Salvador while it seeks funding for exploitation, development, and production. Commerce’s objectives are to obtain the permission of the Government of El Salvador to continue the exploitation of mineralized material at SSGM and to obtain a sufficient amount of funds to operate and expand its San Cristobal Mill and Plant and to commence an open-pit, heap-leach operation at its SSGM to produce gold at a profit. It further plans to broaden its exploration targets as the opportunity to discover more gold and silver is evident. Commerce simultaneously continues to seek a compatible acquisition, merger, other business arrangement, or an endeavor in which synergism will prevail. This combination should continue to enhance the value of Commerce’s common shares.

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited (Shenhua Group in abbreviation) is a state-owed enterprise, founded in October 1995 with the approval of the State Council, pursuant to Corporate Laws. Shenhua Group is a diversified energy enterprise with major businesses concentrating on coal production, sales, electricity & thermal generation, coal liquefaction & coal chemicals, railway and port transportation.Shenhua Group is the most competitive unified energy company in China. Pursuing a multi-faceted strategy, we have integrated segments of coal, railway, power and ports, and have integrated our coal production, transportation and sales. We own 54 coal mines with a total capacity of 200 million tons, 1369 kilometers of dedicated railways with a total transportation capacity of 128 million tons/kilometer, power plants with a total installed capacity of 16080 MW. The CTL and coal chemicals project are progressing on schedule.Shenhua Group opens up a new era of China’s coal industry. Now we are the largest coal provider in the world. We have been awarded “China Grand Award of Industry”, which is the highest honor in China. Many world records have been achieved by Shenhua Group in coal production and coal production of a single team working at a single face.In 2006，under the guideline of scientific development philosophy and our objective of “to expand, restructure, grow and prosper”, Shenhua Group actively pushed forward the building an enterprise featuring safety performance, quality & efficiency, technology & innovation, resource preservation and harmonious development, enhanced management & innovation, therefore we achieved greater profitability, and took the lead China’s work safety. China Shenhua’s share price went up steadily. Shenhua Group substantially increased its total installed capacity, completed stage objective of DCL project, greatly improved transportation capacity of our railways and ports, and attained significant results in self-innovation. These achievements have laid a solid foundation for our development in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Shenhua Group carried out reform to assure a creative development. We acquired Ningxia Coal Industry (Group) Corporation Ltd, and restructured our non-listed technological entities. China Shenhua was among the few companies with the best financial performance in the international capital market in 2006. Shenhua Group also achieved good results in separation of auxiliary businesses from major businesses, inrestructuring of auxiliary businesses and in separation of social function from the corporate entity. As at 31stDec. 2006, we had 150,447 thousand employees with registered capital of RMB 246.4 billion.

ZincOx Resources produces zinc oxide mainly from raw materials obtained from recycling facilities in South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the US. It recovers zinc primarily from waste products, such as lead slags and dust from the processing of steel scrap. Zinc oxide is mostly used by the rubber industry, but is also found in paint and pharmaceuticals. The company is also developing several other zinc projects, including mines in Khazakstan and Yemen.

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.

Metorex Limited company controls the operations of several mining companies, which are prospecting for various metals in locations mostly in South Africa and Zambia. Metorex Limited company's holdings include Chibuluma Mines (copper, 90%-owned), Vergenoeg Mining (fluorspar, 70%-owned), and Pan African Resources (gold, 55%-owned), among others. Most of the company's sales come from copper and gold, but antimony, fluorspar, and cobalt also account for a large part of sales.

Hinterland Metals is on a quest for precious and base metals in the hinterlands of Canada. The exploration and development company is acquiring interests in properties with potential for gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, and palladium. Its main properties include the Plateau Project in Quebec (platinum and palladium), the Revell Project in Ontario (gold and platinum), and the Teck and Lockout gold properties in Ontario. Hinterland Metals also has three uranium properties in Nunavut and Manitoba, Canada as well as partial interests in nine base metal and diamond projects. It participates in alliances with Dianor Resources, RJK Explorations, and Freewood Resource Canada.

North Star BlueScope Steel is a 50-50 joint venture between BlueScope Steel (Melbourne, Australia) and Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN). BlueScope Steel is Australia’s largest steel producer. The company also is known worldwide for its coated and painted steel products with facilities in Australia, Asia and North America. In 2004, BlueScope Steel acquired Butler Manufacturing, the leading pre-engineered steel buildings manufacturer in the United States and China.Cargill, Inc. is America’s second largest private company, the world’s largest grain trader and food processing company. The company has over 150,000 employees working in 68 countries throughout the world.The partnership brings together expertise in electric furnace steel making, slab casting and hot rolling technology in a synchronous flat rolled mini-mill. The steel mill is designed with a unique combination of proven technology to provide our customers a superior hot rolled product.

Wesco Financial chooses Precision Steel Warehouse (PSW). The Wesco subsidiary is a steel service center, a sort of middle man that buys steel directly from manufacturers and then processes it to sell in smaller batches to other businesses. Products -- including carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminum, and brass -- are sold to a wide range of customers; PSW also offers services such as blanking, cut-to-length, edging, leveling, shearing, and slitting. Precision Steel Warehouse company operates from locations in Illinois and North Carolina. Wesco is primarily owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

Cymat has made foam-forming a business. The company designs, develops, and manufactures 3D aluminum foam castings, which are primarily used to make automobiles lighter and safer. The company's primary product is SmartMetal, a stabilized aluminum foam (SAF). The aluminum foam is molded by sending gas through molten aluminum that can be formed into flat sheets and other shapes. Cymat's biggest partners include Georg Fischer and Brembo. The company was first formed in the 1990s to produce aluminum packaging for the pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.

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