Bohler-Uddeholm Corporation makes tooling materials for the North American industrial community. The company's main product is high-performance tool steel, which includes cold work steels, hot work steels, and plastics molding steels. Bohler-Uddeholm's Steel Stores are warehouses that sell (what else?) custom-cut steel to US tool and die customers. Bohler-Uddeholm company is the North American unit of Austrian specialty steel manufacturer BoHLER-UDDEHOLM.

UEX Corporation is a Canadian uranium exploration and development company formed under agreement between Cameco Corporation and Pioneer Metals Corporation. UEX began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in July 2002 and is an active explorer in the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, which is the most important uranium-producing district in the world, accounting for approximately 20% of global primary uranium production in 2009. UEX has a total of 19 projects either 100% owned, joint ventured or under option totaling 338,972 hectares (837,618 acres) located in the eastern, western and northern perimeters of the Athabasca Basin.UEX operates its 100%-owned Hidden Bay Uranium Project, Riou Lake Uranium Project, and Northern Athabasca Projects. UEX also operates the Black Lake Uranium Project, which is a joint venture with AREVA Resources Canada Inc. ("AREVA"), 89.96% UEX - 10.04% AREVA as of December 31, 2009. The ten Western Athabasca Projects, including the Shea Creek Project, are joint ventures where UEX holds a 49% interest and AREVA holds a 51% interest, which are operated by AREVA along with the Beatty River Project which is under option from the Japan-Canada Uranium Company, Limited.UEX is currently developing several uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin which include the Kianna, Anne and Colette Deposits at its Shea Creek Project, a joint venture with AREVA in the western Athabasca Basin, and the Horseshoe, Raven and West Bear Deposits at its 100%-owned Hidden Bay Project in the eastern Athabasca Basin.

Caparo is a fast growing global association of businesses with over a 1bn Euro turnover. With interests predominantly in the design, manufacture and marketing of steel, automotive and general engineering products, Caparo’s wider activities encompass also new product development, materials testing services, hotels, media, furniture and interior design, financial services, energy, medical products and private equity investment.The Group was founded in 1968 by Indian born British Industrialist, the Rt. Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, who remains Chairman. Today, Caparo and its associates employ more than 9,000 people in their worldwide operations across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle and the Far East.

International Ferro Metals (IFM) is an integrated ferrochrome producer listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:IFL).IFM produces ferrochrome (an essential ingredient in stainless steel production) from chromite ore located in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, one of the world’s richest mineral repositories and largest ferrochrome producing regions in the world. IFM’s Lesedi chromite mine and integrated beneficiation and smelting operations are situated at Buffelsfontein, 100km north-west of Johannesburg, South Africa. IFM’s nameplate capacity is 267,000 tonnes of ferrochrome per annum. IFM’s integrated chromite production facilities use the latest technology ensuring that its product is of international quality and Ferro Metals Company aims to be a low cost producer. IFM moved from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange on 31 August 2007. The Directors believe that IFM is well positioned to take advantage of Ferro Metals Company’s position and commercial relationships in the ferroalloys industry. These opportunities may include expansion beyond the ferrochrome market.

Canadian-based mineral exploration company, Guyana Goldfields Inc., is focused primarily on the exploration and development of gold deposits in the Guiana Shield of South America. The Guiana Shield is in the northern part of the Amazon Craton and covers parts of Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guyana and northern Brazil. The Company holds advanced exploration projects in various stages of development and has been operating in Guyana continuously since 1996. The Company’s focus is on maintaining its interest in the Aurora Property there by continually conducting exploration and development work. Effective January 28, 2009, Guyana Goldfields acquired Aranka (formerly TSX.V: ARK). This arrangement consolidates the property interests of both companies in Guyana. The Aranka property consists 19 contiguous prospecting licenses covering over 307,589 acres, located 19 miles north east of the Aurora Base Camp. The company has designated several new zones of interest in this area for further exploration.

Sharpe Resources Corporation, a mineral resources company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of coal, shale gas, and coal bed methane primarily in the northern and central Appalachian region of the eastern United States. Sharpe Resources Corporation company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sharpe Energy Company, owns oil and gas royalty interests in Texas. It also holds a 100% coal mineral rights on 17,000 acre property located in Preston County, West Virginia. Sharpe Resources Corporation company was formerly known as Sharpe Energy & Resources Limited and changed its name to Sharpe Resources Corporation. Sharpe Resources Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Heathsville, Virginia.

OCI Chemical primarily produces soda ash from its mining and manufacturing operations in Wyoming and Alabama. Soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, soaps and detergents, pulp and paper, and other chemical products. OCI Chemical company also makes sodium percarbonate, widely used in detergents and personal care products, and hydrogen peroxide. Established as Stauffer Chemical in 1962, OCI Chemical company mines primarily in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming to recover the trona from which its soda ash is produced. OCI Chemical is an operating subsidiary of South Korean company OCI Company (formerly known as DC Chemical).

ASARCO was organized in 1899 as American Smelting And Refining COmpany. Originally a consolidation of a number of lead-silver smelting companies, the Company has evolved over the years into an integrated producer of copper, and other metals.ASARCO has solvent extraction/electrowinning product at its Ray and Silver Bell mines in Arizona. ASARCO operates copper smelters in Hayden, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas, which combined produce in excess of a billion pounds of anodes annually. Operations at the El Paso smelter were suspended in February 1999. The Company’s Amarillo Copper Refinery in Texas and the SX/EW plants at the Ray and Silver Bell mines produce about 375 million pounds of refined copper per year.ASARCO recognizes and believes that all operations and activities of the Company should be conducted responsibly and in a manner designed to protect the health and safety of its employees, its customers, the public and the environment. ASARCO’s operations interact with the environment daily, and consideration of these concerns must be a way of life within the Company. ASARCO is committed to a responsible management of our natural resources. The Company is a fully integrated miner, smelter and refiner of copper in the United States. ASARCO’s domestic mines annually produce approximately 350 - 400 million pounds of copper. Significant copper mines include the Mission, Silver Bell and the Ray open-pit mines, all three in Arizona.

Aluminum and plastics products maker Loxcreen does its part to keep the outside out and the inside in. The company specializes in custom aluminum and vinyl extrusions; it also produces and supplies a full line of screen doors, storm doors, windows, roofing products (flashing and edging), and ventilation products (foundation vents, ridge vents, and soffit vents). Loxcreen also offers floor trim and weather stripping. The company operates manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the US as well as one facility in Canada.

Nevsun Resources Ltd. is a gold and base metal developer with a focus on developing mining projects in Africa. Nevsun is currently focused on advancing its high grade gold, copper, silver and zinc Bisha Project in Eritrea. The Bisha Mine is in active construction with operations anticipated in late 2010. Progress pictures can be found here. The Bisha Mine will be a low cost gold producer for its first two years of production (approx. 430,000 ounces gold per year) and a low cost high grade copper concentrate producer (approx. 80,000 tonnes of contained copper metal per year) for a further three years. Thereafter the mine will produce separate zinc and copper concentrates. Nevsun Resources Ltd. Eritrean portfolio provides a good base for future corporate growth.

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