Vedanta Resources explores, mines, and refines copper, zinc, and aluminum, with operations located in Australia, Zambia, and India. Vedanta does business in India through its copper-producing subsidiary Sterlite Industries. Sterlite produces zinc and aluminum through its majority holdings in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminum Company. Its Australian properties include copper mines in Queensland and Tasmania. Vedanta also owns a controlling stake in India's largest private-sector iron ore producer, Sesa Goa Limited. In 2010 Vedanta agreed to acquire the zinc assets of Anglo American PLC in a $1.3 billion deal that would make it the world's largest zinc and lead producer.

Novus Gold thinks it might be nice to find gold. Currently it has no gold mining operations but it does intend to have some soon. Until it changed its name and business in 2009 the company had been known as Loubac Top Environmental and distributed wheeled carts for storing household waste and recyclables for municipal collection in Quebec. Though Novus Gold doesn't own gold properties yet it agreed to buy two in the Dominican Republic soon after the name change went into effect.

HudBay Minerals looks below the surface to find profits. The company focuses on the exploration and production of zinc and copper, primarily in Canada's Manitoba province. HudBay operates several mines, production plants, and refineries located in Manitoba, Ontario, and Michigan. In addition to zinc and copper, it also produces silver and gold. HudBay attempted to expand through an $800 million combination with Canadian mining company Lundin Mining in 2008. The combined company would have been among the top three Canadian base minerals companies, but the two companies called off the deal early in 2009.

Gladstone Pacific Nickel Limited (GPNL) is a dynamic publicly-listed, Australian mining development company, which is establishing a US$3.65 billion long-life, nickel and cobalt refinery at the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA) in Central Queensland, Australia. GPNL is planning to build the refinery at the deepwater Port of Gladstone, treating high-grade nickel laterite ores from New Caledonia and other south-west Pacific Islands, underpinned by beneficiated ores from its own Marlborough deposits. The Project has the potential to be one of the largest nickel refineries in the world. Initially as Stage 1, the Project is looking to produce some 63,000 tonnes of nickel and 5,000 tonnes of cobalt per annum. GPNL’s Feasibility Study for Stage 1 of the Project (completed 2008) shows US$538 million profit after tax and interest in first year of full production. The Gladstone Nickel Project (GNP) will comprise of; a high pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant and metal refinery in the Yarwun Precinct of the GSDA; nickel mines and loadout/shipping facilities in New Caledonia and potentially other south-west Pacific islands; ore importation facilities at the Port of Gladstone; a modern nickel mine at Marlborough with ore railed to the refinery at Gladstone; and a long-term residue storage facility located in the Aldoga Precinct of the GSDA

Ternium Mexico provides steel to all points between the Rio Grande and the Guatemalan border. Ternium company, the Mexican unit of Luxembourg-based steel concern Ternium, makes hot- and cold-rolled steel, galvanized steel, and operates steel processing service centers. It also owns iron mining company Las Encinas and 50% of another miner, Pena Colorada. Domestic sales make up a great majority of the company's sales, and Ternium Mexico accounts for about 20% of all steel products sold in the country. Ternium company came into its current form when the families that controlled the former Grupo Imsa sold out to Ternium, whose steel operations span the Americas, in 2007.

Dyson Group develops performance materials (metal composites, fibers) and thermal products (ceramics, refractories). Some of the company's products include Ecoflex catalytic converter components and Saffil polycrystalline chemical fibers, both developed by Dyson's Saffil subsidiary. Dyson Group company also has a US subsidiary, Millennium Materials, which develops metal matrix composites, primarily under the Carolite name, that are used in hard disk substrate manufacturing. It also makes lightweight metal and ceramic composite materials that are used by the aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, and electronics industries. Dyson was founded in 1810.

Aleris International wants you to use that blue plastic recycling bin so that it can turn its world green. The company's rolled and extruded products unit makes alloy aluminum sheet from recycled metal, as well as extruded profiles for the construction and engineering markets. Aleris' recycling unit processes recycled aluminum and metal alloys. It operates more than 40 facilities in China, the Americas, and throughout Europe. Aleris emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010 as a privately held company. The company, now owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, closed on a $609 million rights offering as part of its reorganization.

Macsteel Service Centres SA forms the integral and significant African component of the global Macsteel Holdings Group, which operates in 31 countries worldwide.The Macsteel Service Centres SA Group is Africa's leading merchandiser and distributor of steel and value added steel products, with sales well in excess of a million tons per annum.Macsteel Service Centres SA consists of 10 dynamic business units operating a strategic network of 68 service centres and branches serving the entire Sub-Saharan African region. We employ in excess of 5 500 people.At Macsteel the customer is at the centre of our focus. Exceptional levels of personalized service result in us 'partnering' our clients at every level of delivery, ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction.

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, exclusively initiated by Shenhua Group Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as Shenhua Group), was incorporated in Beijing, China on November 8, 2004. H shares and A shares of China Shenhua were listed respectively on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange in June 2005 and October 2007. China Shenhua is a world-leading coal-based integrated energy company. Its main business includes production and sales of coal, railway and port transportation of coal-related materials, as well as power generation and sales. China Shenhua, with the largest coal reserves, is largest coal supplier and vendor in China. The Company's coal business has become the model of large-scale, high-efficient, and safe production mode in China’s coal industry. In 2009, the commodity coal output of China Shenhua amounted to 210.3 million tons, up by 13.2% on a year-on-year basis; the coal sales volume realized 254.3 million tons, up by 9.3% on a year-on-year basis. In 2009, the company’s mortality (per million tons) of crude coal was 0.017. As of December 31, 2009, calculated according to the Chinese mining industry standard, China Shenhua possessed 11.306 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves; calculated according to the international JORC, China Shenhua possessed 6.927 billion tons of salable coal reserves. With the large-scale integrated transport network formed by railway and port, the Company operates five railways including Shenshuo-Shuohuang Railway,which is the second longest linkage for west-to-east coal transportation in China, Huanghua Port, and Shenhua Tianjin Coal Berth, which brings the Company tremendous synergistic effect and advantage of low transportation cost. In 2009, the self-owned railway coal transportation turnover volume of China Shenhua amounted to 138.2 billion ton-kilometer, and the coal transportation volume through ports amounted to 159.2 million tons. Moreover, China Shenhua has processed large-scale and efficiently-operated clean power business on a fast growing basis, which complements and develops coordinately with the Company's coal business. As of December 31, 2009, the Company controlled and operated 55 coal-fired power units, 3 gas-fired power units and 21 wind power units, with a total installed capacity reaching 23,520 MW, up by 25.1% on a year-on-year basis. The Company controlled and operated 13 coal-fired power plants and stand-alone capacity of 413 MW. In 2009, China Shenhua’s total generation capacity amounted to 105.09 billion KWh, up by 7.5% on a year-on-year basis.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the rare metal deposits in Canada. Its flagship project, the 100%-owned Nechalacho Deposit, Thor Lake, Northwest Territories, is emerging as one of the largest undeveloped rare earth elements resources in the world. Its exceptional enrichment in the more valuable ‘heavy' rare earth elements, key to enabling advances in green energy technology and other growing high-tech applications, is one of the few potential sources of these critical elements outside of China, currently the source of over 95% of the world supply. Avalon is well funded, has no debt and its work programs are progressing steadily. Social responsibility and environmental stewardship are corporate cornerstones. Avalon presently owns five rare metals and minerals projects in Canada, four of which are at advanced stages of development. These are: Nechalacho, Thor Lake, Northwest Territories, a rare earth elements ("REE") project in the pre-feasibility stage, Separation Rapids (lithium) in Ontario, Warren Township in Ontario (calcium feldspar project, currently inactive pending resolution of permitting issue), and East Kemptville, Nova Scotia, a tin-indium-gallium-germanium project where large inferred resources have been identified requiring further drilling to bring the project to the pre-feasibility stage.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.