Alcan started in 1902 as Northern Aluminum Company, the Canadian subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company (later Alcoa). It was renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925 and separated from Alcoa in 1928. In 2000, algroup became a subsidiary of Alcan Aluminium Limited, which was renamed Alcan Inc in 2001. In 2003, it acquired among other companies Pechiney of France.

I. Schumann & Co. is a fourth generation family-owned and operated ingot maker located in the southeastern Cleveland suburb of Bedford, Ohio. Operating in its fourth location since 1917, this secondary non-ferrous scrap recycler manufactures ingots to the highest quality using ISO certified procedures. Through continuous improvement, I. Schumann and Co. maintains a state-of-the-art facility with respect to its manufacturing and environmental awareness. The company manufactures and stocks proprietary, CDA and ASTM specification alloys.

Titanium Metals Corporation produces and sells titanium sponge, melted products, and various mill products for commercial aerospace, military, industrial, and other applications. It manufactures titanium sponge, which is the basic form of titanium metal used in titanium products; and melted products, such as ingots, electrodes, and slabs, which are the result of melting titanium sponge and titanium scrap; mill products that are forged and rolled from ingot or slab products, including billets, bars, plates, sheets and strips, and pipes; and fabrications, which include spools, pipe fittings, manifolds, and vessels that are cut, formed, welded, and assembled from titanium mill products. The company sells its products through its sales force in the United States and Europe, as well as through independent agents and distributors internationally. It serves commercial aerospace and military, chemical process, oil and gas, consumer, sporting goods, healthcare, automotive, and power generation sectors. Titanium Metals Corporation was founded in 1950 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Mexico's largest mining company, Grupo Mexico is the world's #3 copper producer, behind Chile's Codelco and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold of the US. The company's mining segment (more than 75% of sales) has operations in Mexico (Minera Mexico), the US (ASARCO), and Peru (75%-owned Southern Copper). The segment mines and refines copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, lead, and other metals, as well as coal. It also produces intermediate copper products (cathodes and rods) and sulfuric acid. The company's Ferroviario Mexicano (Ferromex) rail transport division operates Mexico's largest rail fleet (15,000 railcars) and has 6,000 miles of track. The company was founded as a construction company in 1942.

Say "C-U later" Bell Resources and "Give me a ring" to Bell Copper. Formed in 2008 by the acquisition of Grandcru Resources and Rogue River Resources by Bell Resources, Bell Copper Corporation is focused on the development of copper mines in the Americas. The company's primary projects consist of the La Balsa copper mine in Michoacan, Mexico and the Granduc copper mine in British Columbia, Canada (neither of which is yet in production). The company's portfolio of development and exploration projects also includes other properties in British Columbia and Mexico as well as properties in the southwestern US and in Chile.

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.

Minco Silver sees China as its silver lining. The company's primary property is the Fuwan Silver project (estimated to hold more than 150 million ounces of silver) located in Guangdong Province, of which it controls 90%. It also has exploration licenses to explore other areas in Guangdong Province. Canadian mining company Minco Gold, which spun off Minco Silver in 2005, still owns 40% of Minco Silver company. In 2009 it offered about $12 million to buy Sterling Mining, which had just entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Continental Minerals hopes to make a big deposit sometime soon. Continental Minerals is one of mining investment/management firm Hunter Dickinson's stable of companies. Continental Minerals is focusing on exploration and development; its properties are not in production. Continental Minerals is primarily exploring the Xietongmen copper and gold property in Tibet. It acquired full ownership of the property when it bought its former partner, Great China Mining, in 2006. Continental and Hunter Dickinson share several key executives. Other Hunter Dickinson portfolio companies include Great Basin Gold, Northern Dynasty Minerals, and Taseko Mines.

International Bethlehem Mining Corporation is a mineral resource company focused upon exploration in the highly mineralized terrane near the City of Revelstoke in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The Company holds interests in seven mineral properties totalling approximately 40,500 hectares, known as: Tsar, Rift, Goldstream, Cottonbelt, Rain, Copper Queen, Willa-LH. The properties are all part of a regional exploration and development program the Company refers to as the "Big Bend Metals Project".The Project area has an extensive array of logging roads and clear-cuts providing good mineral exploration access. The area is also well serviced with electric power from the Mica dam and is close to the Revelstoke service area. Revelstoke is primarily a resource industry city (timber, power, mining), located on main rail and road routes, and has a population of 8,050. In addition, the Company owns the centrally located 1,360 metric ton per day Goldstream Mineral Processing Plant presently held on care and maintenance by the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Bethlehem Resources (1996) Corporation.

WestCan Uranium Corporation is pretty straightforward - they're looking for uranium in western Canada. WestCan Uranium company has three operations in Saskatchewan and one in British Columbia, for a total of 24.540 hectares of land. WestCan Uranium Corporation changed its name from International Arimex Resources, Inc., on Septermber 10, 2007, and dropped its focus on gold, silver, and copper.

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