Rasselstein is the only German tinplate manufacturer and one of the three largest European tinplate suppliers. Rasselstein company holds a market share of more than 5% globally, 15% in Europe, and 50% in Germany. Rasselstein's products are divided into five major lines-- tinplate, electrolytic chromium coated steel, organically coated material (lacquered, printed or film-laminated), black plate, and full hard material. The material is used to produce cans for food, beverages, paints and lacquers, aerosols, and closures. Rasselstein company produces close to 1.5 million tons of coated and uncoated products annually. Rasselstein serves about 400 customers in some 80 countries worldwide. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel.

Alphamin Resources may be based in Canada, but its heart is in Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold and silver in the Durango and Guerrero states of Mexico. Its properties include El Violin, La Purisima, Jesus Maria, and San Rafael. Alphamin also has properties in Argentina, but it isn't currently developing these projects, while it focuses on developing its properties in Mexico. In 2009 it changed its name from La Plata Gold.

Highland Gold Mining Limited was incorporated in Jersey on 23 May 2002 for the purpose of acquiring, consolidating and developing a portfolio of quality gold mining projects in the Russian Federation with good growth potential. Highland’s vision is to become the most profitable gold mining company in Russia and Central Asia with a firm commitment towards safety, health and the environment, and social responsibility towards employees and communities. Highland Gold Mining is a well established gold producer with a world class Russian asset base of producing, development and exploration projects. It has strong management and operational teams with local and international expertise and an exciting portfolio of resources estimated at 15.7 million oz. We have an unrivalled pipeline of growth projects and focus on extensive exploration.Highland Gold owns the fully operational Mnogovershinnoe mine (MNV) and development project Belaya Gora in the Khabarovsk Region; operating mine Novoshirokinskoye and development project Taseevskoye in the Chita Region; exploration areas Lyubov in the Chita Region and Unkurtash in Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). Highland Gold has 325,197,098 common shares in issue which, since December 2002, have traded on AIM in London under the symbol "HGM".Main shareholders are Millhouse LLC (through Primerod International Ltd), Barrick Gold Corporation and Company’s management.

Rio Tinto is on the lookout for pay dirt. Rio Tinto Limited, one of the world's largest mining operations (along with BHP Billiton and Vale), is the Australian half of dual-listed sister companies, with Rio Tinto plc taking up residence in London. Although each company trades separately, the two Rio Tintos operate as one business. Rio Tinto mines iron, copper, uranium, industrial minerals (borax, salt, talc), gold, and diamonds. It also produces aluminum products through Rio Tinto Alcan. The company sells globally, but the majority of its operations are located in Australia and North America.

Exxaro is a South African-based mining group, listed on the JSE Limited. Exxaro has a diverse and world-class commodity portfolio in coal, mineral sands, base metals and industrial minerals, with exposure to iron ore through a 20% interest in Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC). As the fourth-largest South African coal producer with capacity of 45 million tonnes per annum and the third-largest global producer of mineral sands, Exxaro is a significant participant in the coal and mineral sands markets and provides a unique listed investment opportunity into these commodities.As one of South Africa’s largest, diversified mining companies, Exxaro is well positioned to grow domestically, and its existing operational interests in Namibia, Australia and China and strong project pipeline provide a base for growth in international markets.

Friedman Industries, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in steel processing, pipe manufacturing and processing, and steel and pipe distribution in the United States. It purchases hot-rolled steel coils; processes the coils into flat, finished sheet, and plate; and sells these products on a wholesale basis, as well as processes customer-owned coils on a fee basis. Friedman Industries company also manufactures, purchases, processes, and markets tubular products, including line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural and piling purposes. Friedman Industries sells its coil products primarily to steel distributors, and customers fabricating steel products, such as storage tanks, steel buildings, farm machinery and equipment, construction equipment, transportation equipment, conveyors, and other similar products; and tubular products primarily to steel and pipe distributors, and piling contractors. Friedman Industries company was founded in 1965 and is based in Houston, Texas.

When the aluminum century rolls around, it'll be ready. Century Aluminum makes primary molten and ingot aluminum at facilities in Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as in Iceland; that last facility is operated by subsidiary Nordural. Century Aluminum also owns just less than 50% of an aluminum production facility in South Carolina (Alcoa owns the rest). Four customers -- aluminum producer Rio Tinto Alcan, diversified metals company BHP Billiton, commodities trader Glencore International, and wire and cable maker Southwire -- account for about three-quarters of Century Aluminum's sales. Glencore is Century Aluminum's former parent, though it still has a 38% stake in the company.

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) is in the business of mining, refining and marketing of platinum group metals (PGMs), as well as nickel, copper and cobalt. In the 2009 financial year, Implats produced 1.7Moz of platinum (approximately 25% of global supply) and 3.4Moz of PGMs. The group employs approximately 53,000 people (including contractors) across its operations and is one of the most efficient and lowest cost primary platinum producers in the world.Impala Refining Services (IRS) uses Impala’s excess smelting and refining capacity to process the concentrate and matte produced by the various mine-to-market group operations as well as material purchased from third party companies. Toll-refining is also undertaken on behalf of other companies. Implats is one of the largest autocatalyst recyclers in the world.The company’s exploration efforts are focused on both brownfields (evaluation drilling at, or adjacent to, existing operations) and greenfields exploration. The primary focus is brownfields prospecting.

Oxus Gold plc (‘Oxus’) is a producing gold mining company with primary operations inside the Republic of Uzbekistan. Founded in 1996, Oxus listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2001 and is currently producing significant quantities of both gold and silver from its 50% stake in the Amantaytau Goldfields JV (AGF) which is located in the Kyzylkum region of Uzbekistan, To date AGF has produced approximately 500,000 ounces of gold and silver (expressed as gold equivalent ounces) from its two operations and a third mine, the Asaukak Heap Leach, is due to be built by the end of 2008 which will process one million tonnes per annum of ore.Total AGF ‘Proven and Probable’ reserves were 2,839,000 ozs of gold and 6,739,000 ozs of silver (of which half are attributable to Oxus), under JORC classification.AGF is situated on one of the world’s largest areas of gold endowment, the Tien Shan belt, second only in size to that of the Witwatersrand basin. AGF also enjoys the benefit of being positioned just 40 kms south of the world’s largest single open pit gold mine at Muruntau.

voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company specializes in trading and marketing activities primarily related to the steel industry, but also in agricultural commodities, chemicals, petrochemicals, and other products. VAIT also provides financing and logistical services. voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company has more than 25 offices in about 20 countries; its activities are primarily centered in Europe, but voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company also does business in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. VAIT was previously a subsidiary of Austrian steel company voestalpine, which continues to have a stake of nearly 40% in the trading company.

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