Nordural, also known as Nordic Aluminum, operates the Nordural primary aluminum reduction facility located in Grundartangi, Iceland. The primary aluminum metal manufacturer has a production capacity of about 260,000 tons per year, having expanded the facility from less than 100,000 tons annually in the last half decade. Customers include metals giants BHP Billiton and Glencore. US aluminum producer Century Aluminum owns Nordural.

Gibraltar Industries is a leading manufacturer and distributor of products for building markets. Gibraltar Industries Company serves a large number of customers in a variety of industries in all 50 states and throughout the world from facilities in the United States, Canada, England, Germany, and Poland.Gibraltar's goal is to establish a leadership position in all of its businesses. Currently, we are North America’s leading manufacturer of roof and foundation ventilation products, mail storage (single and cluster), rain dispersion, bar grating, expanded metal, and metal lath. We are also the second-largest manufacturer of anchors and structural connectors.

Since its initial public offering in March 2002, Xstrata has grown rapidly to become one of the largest diversified mining companies in the world, with top five industry positions in copper, export thermal coal, export coking coal, ferrochrome, zinc and nickel. In addition, the Group has a growing platinum business, recycling facilities, additional exposures to gold, cobalt, lead, silver and vanadium and a suite of mining and metals-related technologies, many of which are industry leaders. Our operations and projects span 19 countries and we have corporate offices in a further six countries. Our strategy will continue to rest on delivery against each of these three pillars, but over time, the emphasis has shifted. Initially, Xstrata’s strategy was, of necessity, dominated by acquisitive growth, to build a major diversified mining group with the scale and diversity to compete effectively with the leading companies in the industry. Following each acquisition, Xstrata’s operational teams have fundamentally transformed the acquired operations to extract synergies with existing operations and enhance their competitiveness, improve safety, environmental and social performance to industry-leading standards, extend the reserve and resource base and expected life of the operations and develop expansion or associated growth options.

Nelsen Steel & Wire manufactures cold-finished carbon and alloy steel bars from its facility in Illinois. Standard products include hexagons, rounds, and squares, though Nelsen Steel company also can meet special requests from customers. Nelsen Steel also offers thermal treatment services including normalizing, spheroidizing, and lamellar pearlitic annealing. Its tempering services include quench and tempering before cold drawing and stress-relieving after cold drawing. Established in 1939, Nelsen Steel is owned by the Nelsen family, including company president and CEO Davis Nelsen.

Consolidated Abaddon Resources would be happy with a pot full o flithium or uranium. Consolidated Abaddon Resources company owns properties in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan and the Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario. Consolidated Abaddon is exploring several properties with hopes of developing them into lithium, rare earth minerals, and uranium projects. Two of its uranium properties are jointly owned with Canterra Minerals and Denison Mines.

McWane is a friend to both firefighters and dogs. Orchestrated through five product groups, McWane's subsidiaries make a line of water distribution solutions including fire hydrants, cast-iron water and sewer pipes, fittings, and compressed air tanks. Its Amerex subsidiary is one of the world's largest makers of fire extinguishers. Subsidiary Manchester Tank makes pressure vessels, from huge propane cylinders to handheld torches. M&H Valve Co., a maker of industrial valves for wastewater equipment and fire hydrants, has operated since 1854. Established in 1921, McWane continues as a closely held corporation, led by its founder's fourth generation, chairman C. Phillip McWane.

Crocodile Gold is a Canadian company with operating gold mines in the Northern Territory of Australia and a land package of over 2,500 square kilometres.Crocodile Gold is currently producing from the Howley and North Point open pit mines and the Brocks Creek underground mine.Crocodile Gold has 3.09 million ounces of NI 43-101 compliant measured and indicated resources and 1.94 million ounces of inferred resources on its expansive land package. Crocodile Gold's main focus is on the Cosmo/Howley corridor which contains a substantial amount of the Company's resources within a five kilometre strike length of a 25 kilometre trend.The board and management of Crocodile Gold are experienced mine operators and developers with experience from some of the world's largest, most successful gold companies with a proven ability to develop and grow production for the benefit of shareholders.

Mediterranean Resources Ltd (TSX -- MNR) is developing four projects located along the 12 kilometre Yusufeli Property in northeastern Turkey. Current NI 43-101 compliant resource estimates for the Tac and Corak projects, 8 km apart, total 1.58 million ounces gold Indicated and 0.29 million ounces Inferred. These estimates, completed in April 2009 by SRK Consulting are constrained within Whittle pit shells, providing a materially enhanced level of confidence in the economic potential of the Yusufeli Property. The new resource estimates demonstrate that both Corak and Tac are amenable to open-pit mining with a reasonable assumption of economic viability.To date, less than 20% of the 100 square kilometre Yusufeli Property has received drill exploration, and several targets remain to be addressed. In December 2008 MNR announced initial drilling results from the Celtik project area, located at the eastern end of the Yusufeli Trend. Assays from three holes confirmed a significant new discovery at Celtik, with multiple intercepts from surface to 314 metres. An intercept of 18.4 metres assayed 6.51 g/t gold and 0.9% copper.MNR acquired the Corak and Tac properties from Teck in 2005, and currently controls these core areas under a mining license. Acquisition of contiguous areas has been conducted by obtaining new exploration licenses. The properties are well serviced by roads, water and access to power, providing for highly cost-effective exploration. To date, exploration costs have averaged less than $8 per ounce. As well, Turkey's modernized mining code and permitting process provide attractive incentives to exploration ventures, including rebates on expenditures.MNR's plans for 2009 include 6,000 metres of diamond core drilling to an average depth of 300 metres at Corak and Tac to upgrade and expand resources within the new pit shell modeling, and a drill program to follow up on the significant new discovery at Celtik.

Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a member of the Anglo American plc group, is a leading value-adding supplier of the highest quality iron ore to the global steel industry. The South African based company is the fourth largest supplier of seaborne iron ore in the world, exporting more than 34 million tonnes per annum to steelmakers in Europe, the Middle-East, and Asia. Kumba has reserves of more than a billion tons of high quality haematite.Kumba Iron Ore Limited company operates two opencast mines in South Africa – Sishen Mine and Thabazimbi Mine. Together they produce more than 40Mt of iron ore per annum (Mtpa), which accounts for 81% of South Africa’s total production and around 4% of the global seaborne trade. The combined reserves of these mines exceed one billion tons of high quality iron ore.An expansion project named Kolomela, which uses jig technology, is ramping up to reach a capacity of 13Mtpa in 2010. A new greenfields project will supply an additional 9Mtpa by 2013.Thabazimbi Mine’s product is sold exclusively to ArcelorMittal South Africa.In 2008 Kumba received a new order mining right to proceed with the Kolomela project and converted old order mining rights for the existing Sishen and Thabazimbi mines. Receiving these rights enabled the company to focus on the extraction of the resources and significantly strengthened business security.Kumba has been exporting iron ore to Europe and Japan since 1976 and has established enduring relations with the most significant steel mills in these countries. These customers regard Kumba as a strategic supplier of superior iron ore that enhances their furnaces’ efficiencies. The company was also a “first mover” into China by investing in the port of Qingdao in the early 1990s. This enabled Kumba to secure its customer base in Northern China and to take full advantage of the remarkable growth in the Chinese steel industry when production quadrupled during the commodities boom of 2000 – 2008.

Introducing C-E Minerals a worldwide supplier of high quality aluminas, alumina-silica calcines, and fused minerals used in refractory, investment casting, semiconductor, abrasive, metal producing and many other industrial applications. With world headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, C-E Minerals operates an integrated, global network of processing and distribution facilities, R&D laboratories, sales and service offices and other support activities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and South Africa. All are dedicated to meeting the changing needs of our customers for superior quality, innovative and cost-effective products and services. C-E Minerals is a member of the Imerys family of companies. Imerys, headquartered in Paris, France, is an international supplier and trader of industrial minerals and building materials. C-E Minerals is a company dedicated to expanding its product lines, to developing new markets, and to enhancing its role as a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality industrial minerals. Through its network of strategically positioned facilities, C-E Minerals provides a "circle of excellence" that allows the company to obtain the highest quality raw materials and distribute the finest products throughout the world.

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