BHP Billiton has operations worldwide.Two heads -- or headquarters -- are better than one. Aussie minerals and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed company that is run as a single entity with the same board of directors and management. The Melbourne side is BHP Billiton Limited, the London side is BHP Billiton Plc, and they collectively are known as BHP Billiton. The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. Other units produce aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel materials.

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.

Hydro Aluminum North America conducts its parent company's aluminum production throughout North America. The company divides its business into two units: Aluminum Products and Aluminum Metal. The former handles the company's extrusion operations, while the Aluminum Metal division produces aluminum billet. Its primary operations include aluminum extruded products, precision tubing, and products for the automotive industry. Norwegian metals giant Norsk Hydro is among the world's top five aluminum producers, and North America makes up a significant part of that business. The US is Norsk Hydro's largest market outside Europe, though it accounts for only about 10% of sales.

Walter Energy, Inc. produces and exports metallurgical coal for the steel industry primarily in the United States. Walter Energy company also produces steam coal, coal bed methane gas, metallurgical coke, and other related products. It principally serves electric utility and industrial customers. Walter Energy company was formerly known as Walter Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Walter Energy, Inc. in April 2009. Walter Energy, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Thundermin Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company focused on the exploration for and discovery of economically viable base metal and gold deposits in Canada. Thundermin’s corporate objective is to become a profitable, producing mining company in the years ahead.Thundermin currently has an interest in, or the right to acquire an interest in, 11 base metal and gold properties in Canada. Thundermin also has royalty interests in a further 28 base metal and gold properties located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec and British Columbia. In total, these properties host three gold deposits and nine base metal deposits as well as other gold and base metal mineralizaton of significance.

Sunrise Resources plc was formed to acquire the diamond exploration interests of Tertiary Minerals plc in 2005. Since then Sunrise Resources Company has made a number of new kimberlite discoveries in Finland and expanded its portfolio of diamond exploration interests in Finland. Sunrise has also joined forces with BHP Billiton to exploit the BHP Billiton diamond exploration database for Finland. Exploration is continuing and drilling of certain targets is planned for 2010.In 2009 Sunrise Resources Company made a strategic decision to expand its geographical focus as well as its commodity interests and in October 2009 Sunrise Resources Company announced an application for an exploration licence in Western Australia prospective for both diamonds and Ni-Cu-PGM (the Cue Project). Exploration for this project is scheduled to start after the grant of the licence which is expected mid-2010.In September 2009 the Company was awarded an exploration licence in south-west Ireland for the industrial mineral barite (the Derryginagh Project). Past mining of high value filler grade barite and more recent drilling has indicated the potential for a modest scale mining operating that could, in time, produce a valuable cash flow for the Company. Most recently Sunrise Resources Company announced promising results from initial metallurgical testwork and product testing and further work is planned.Most recently Sunrise Resources Company secured an option agreement for the Long Lake Gold-Nickel-Copper-PGM project20km south-west of the City of Sudbury, Ontario (Canada). The Long Lake Gold Mine produced 57,000 ounces of gold from over 200,000 tonnes of ore mined in the periods 1910-1916 and 1932-1939 and has considerable untested gold potential. The claims also cover potential extensions to the currently producing Copper Cliff dyke system at the heart of the World’s most productive nickel-copper mining complex.The acquisition of the Long lake project completes an important stage in the strategic development of the Company’s project portfolio.

Zaruma Resources believes that a mine is a terrible thing to waste. The public Canadian company operates mines for the exploration and development of gold in Mexico and Venezuela; the Mexico operation also explores for copper at its Luz del Cobre copper deposit. Its San Antonio property (in the Sonora State of Mexico) is estimated to hold approximately 300,000 ounces of gold, and its El Foco property (in Venezuela) contains nearly 100,000 ounces of gold.

Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, service operations, and subsidiaries the Indian conglomerate produces fabrics, industrial gases, aluminum and copper, cement, palm oil, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, sponge iron, and insulators. Aditya Birla is the #1 producer of viscose staple fiber (a manmade fiber akin to cotton) in the world as well as the world's #1 producer of rolled aluminum and is among Asia's largest makers of primary aluminum. It also provides business, financial, and IT services. Subsidiaries include metals company Hindalco, industrial giant Aditya Birla Nuvo, and the minority-controlled IDEA Cellular.

Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a gold exploration company in the process of advancing its high grade El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. Pacific Rim Mining Corporation focuses its exploration efforts on epithermal gold deposits in the Americas because of their typically high gold and silver grades, low environmental risk and propensity to occur in veins that can be mined underground. Environmental stewardship and social responsibility are core values of the Company. Pacific Rim Mining Corp has offices in Reno, Nevada, Vancouver, Canada, and Sensuntepeque, El Salvador. Pacific Rim Mining Corporation shares trade on both the Toronto (TSX) and NYSE Amex exchanges under the symbol PMU. The El Dorado gold project in El Salvador is Pacific Rim's flagship exploration asset and has received the bulk of the Company's exploration efforts over the past 7 years.

Metals service center operator Siskin Steel & Supply, a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum, processes steel and aluminum using such techniques as laser and plasma cutting, sawing, and shearing. Products processed and distributed include aluminum (angles, cast plates, and square tubing), cold-finished steel bars (flats, hexagons, and squares), galvanized sheets (hot-dipped and galvannealed), hot-rolled alloy bars (flats and rounds), and miscellaneous beams and channels. Siskin Steel & Supply operates four service centers in the southeastern US. Siskin Steel & Supply company was founded in 1900; Reliance Steel bought it in 1996.

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