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.

Scope Metals Group imports, exports, processes, and markets an array of products, including aluminum, stainless steel, brass copper, bronze, titanium, and nickel alloy. Its stock is configured into sheets, coils, plates, bars, pipes, flanges, fasteners, valves, and a slew of other off-the-shelf items. Headquartered in Israel, the company's products reach industrial manufacturers across the Middle East. Acquisitions and organic growth have opened the door to tapping the US, Europe, and China, too. Scope Metals Group serves clients in such industries as aerospace, chemicals, electronics, construction, and energy.

RAG is no ragtag operation. RAG company is Germany's largest coal producer, its mining operations managed through coal and coke company Deutsche Steinkohle. RAG operates seven coal mines and a coking facility, all in Germany. After several years of restructuring, RAG company has pared down significantly to just the coal operations. It is now controlled by the state-run RAG Foundation. In 2007 the German government announced that conditions in the country -- both economic and environmental -- made continuation of coal mining infeasible. And so the German coal industry will cease operations by 2018.

Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (PBM) owns the Morrison property located in Central British Columbia, 35 km north of the Village of Granisle. PBM is in the advanced stage of development of the Morrison porphyry copper/gold/molybdenum deposit. PBM has completed a Feasibility Study and 43-101 compliant Technical Report and is proposing an open-pit mining and milling operation for the production of copper/gold/molybdenum concentrate from the Morrison deposit. It is located within 29 km of two former producing copper mines, Bell and Granisle.The Feasibility Study was completed by Wardrop Engineering Ltd., a Tetra Tech Company, with technical support of a team of other consultants. The study describes the scope, design features and financial viability of a conventional open pit mine with a 30,000 tonnes per day mill.PBM has completed an Environmental Assessment and submitted an Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate to the BC Environmental Assessment Office.The Environmental Assessment Certificate is required to apply for the various Licenses and Permits required for the construction, operation and maintenance, decommissioning, and reclamation of the proposed 30,000 tonnes/day open-pit mine over a proposed 21 year period.PBM also submitted a number of permit applications for concurrent review with the Environmental Assessment Certificate Application, including: (1) the Mining Lease application, which grants mineral production rights from surveyed mineral claims; (2) two Licenses of Occupation, which grant surface rights for the use of Crown Land along the proposed Transmission Line and for an area in the proposed Tailings Storage Facility; and (3) various Forestry permits and licenses, which grant the right to cut timber on the mine site and along the proposed Transmission Line route, and grant permission to use forestry roads for mine access.

African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from operations in Botswana and Congo. Its focus is the AK6 diamond project jointly owned with De Beers, though Canadian company Lucara Diamond agreed in 2009 to buy out the industry giant. African Diamonds owns 28% of the AK6 project, which will reach the development stage in 2010 and is projected to commence production the following year. (African company also has an option to increase that stake to 40%.) Additionally, the company owns stakes in projects elsewhere in Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has previously investigated opportunities in Angola, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone.

China Minmetals Corporation, founded in 1950, is a large sized group dealing worldwide in development, production, trading and operation for metals and minerals. It is also engaged in finance, real estate and logistics. In 1999, China Minmetals was listed among the 39 "key enterprises" with a great bearing on national security and economic lifeline under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government. In 2007, Minmetals was ranked Class A when the SASAC evaluated the performance of state-owned enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. In 2008, the Group was ranked No. 331 among the Fortune Global 500. In 2009, China Minmetals achieved a total business volume of US$26.8 billion dollar with operating revenue of RMB 173 billion yuan by responded the international financial crisis actively. The products and raw materials the Group handles have been widely used in different areas of national economic construction and people's livelihood. Minmetals has made remarkable contributions to the national economic development and modernization program. In recent years, has implemented a new development strategy to intensify operations in ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, finance, real estate and logistics. To forge an industrial chain, Minmetals has promoted its strategic transformation for securing more resources. The Group has been transformed from a traditional state-owned enterprise with strong characteristics of the planned economy in the past to a modern, competitive and independent enterprise under the socialist market economy. And it has changed from a pure import and export company into a global integrated enterprise backed up with resources from both downstream and upstream industries. The Group has also changed from a company purely involved in operations of products into a group engaged in the operation of both products and assets and capital. As one of the Fortune 500 global companies, China Minmetals has strengthened strategic cooperation with both large domestic and overseas companies to seek mutual development. Minmetals plays a major role in promoting exchanges and cooperation between enterprises from China and other countries as the Group holds the post of chairman representing China in the Sino-Brazil Business Council and Sino-Chile Business Council. "To value the limited resources and pursue boundless development," the Group is committed to the strategy of "going out" and develops mineral resources overseas to satisfy the ever increasing demand for resources in the development of the national economy.

United Stars has earned its stripes by working with metal. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in three main business areas. United Industries and United Stainless together manufacture welded stainless steel tubing. Electric Materials fabricates copper components for use in electrical equipment. United Gear & Assembly manufactures gears and shafts from carbon and alloy steel. The subsidiaries operate locations throughout the Midwest as well as in Tennessee.

Noble Biomaterials, Inc. is a global leader in bacterial management solutions. Noble develops, manufactures, sells and markets advanced antimicrobial technologies designed to manage all forms of bacterial contamination. Noble has more than 200 global licensees for products in the medical, defense, industrial and consumer markets. Noble's headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Scranton, PA, with global offices in Europe, Asia and South America.

Keystone is a vertically integrated manufacturer of fabricated wire products, wire mesh, coiled rebar, industrial wire, steel bars, wire rod and billets. A leading domestic manufacturer, Keystone operates through three business segments: Keystone Steel & Wire, Engineered Wire Products, Inc., and Keystone-Calumet, Inc.Keystone’s common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “KYCN.” See Keystone’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Proxy Statement under the SEC filings section of this website for a recent description of Keystone’s operations and ownership structure.

Aluminum Corporation of China was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, China. Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) is an aluminum producer with operations in bauxite mining, alumina refining, primary aluminum smelting and aluminum fabrication. It also provides ancillary products and services derived from or related to its aluminum operations. In addition, it also produces and sells alumina chemical products (alumina hydrate and alumina-based industrial chemical products), carbon products (carbon anodes and cathodes) and gallium. The Company’s three principal products include alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum fabrication products. During the year ended December 31, 2009, alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum fabrication segments accounted for approximately 15.9%, 66% and 12.8%, respectively, of its total revenue. The Company’s immediate and ultimate holding company is Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco). On October 29, 2009, Chalco acquired three companies and a limestone mining business from two subsidiaries of Chinalco.

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