AMERICAN is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ductile iron pipe, fire hydrants and valves, and spiral-welded steel pipe for the waterworks industry as well as electric-resistance-welded steel pipe for oil and natural gas pipelines. Founded in 1905 and long known as an innovative manufacturer, AMERICAN’s diversified line includes products from 2-inch gate valves to 12-foot-diameter steel pipe, fabricated assemblies, and high-performance fire pumps.Long known for its emphasis on quality and service, AMERICAN’s mission is to operate according to the Golden Rule, treating customers, clients and employees the way they would want to be treated. AMERICAN believes this is The Right Way to do business.AMERICAN’s headquarters facility in Birmingham, Ala., is the world’s largest individual iron pipe casting plant, and our domestic and international subsidiaries help serve customers worldwide. They include AMERICAN Castings, Pryor Creek, Okla.; AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Company, Columbia, S.C.; American Valve & Hydrant Manufacturing Company, Beaumont, Texas; Intercast SA, Itauna, Brazil; Specification Rubber Products, Alabaster, Ala.; Pneumax, Peoria, Ariz.; and Waterous Company, South St. Paul, Minn. Stocking depots and sales offices are located throughout the country.With more than 100 years of service, AMERICAN’s products, experience and knowledge base are unmatched in the industry.

RTI International Metals, Inc. manufactures and supplies titanium mill products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Titanium Group, Fabrication Group, and Distribution Group. The Titanium Group segment melts, processes, and produces a range of titanium mill products, which are further processed by its customers for use in various commercial aerospace, defense, and industrial and consumer applications. It also produces mill products, including bloom, billet, sheet, and plate, as well as ferro titanium alloys for steel-making customers. The Fabrication Group segment comprises companies that fabricate, machine, and assemble titanium and other specialty metal parts and components. Its products primarily include complex engineered parts and assemblies, and have applications in commercial aerospace, defense, oil and gas, power generation, and chemical process industries, as well as various other industrial and consumer markets. This segment also provides engineered tubulars and extrusions, fabricated and machined components, and sub-assemblies, as well as engineered systems for deepwater oil and gas exploration and production infrastructure. The Distribution Group segment stocks, distributes, finishes, cuts-to-size, and facilitates delivery services of titanium, steel, and other specialty metal products primarily nickel-based specialty alloys. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.

Jubilee Platinum plc (the “Company”) is a mining exploration and development company with a focus on platinum group elements (PGE) and nickel/copper.The Company’s prime asset in South Africa is the Tjate Platinum project, in which it has a 63 % beneficial interest. The project covers some 5140 hectares and is downdip of existing Anglo Platinum’s Twickenham and Impala Platinum’s Marula operations. The project’s exploration area has been independently estimated to be a target for potentially some 65 million oz (41 million oz attributable) of PGEs (platinum group elements) and gold net of geological losses. Jubilee is also looking to capitalise on the vast untapped mineral wealth of Madagascar, where it is exploring the Ambodilafa nickel/copper/PGM project , which is held in a deferred joint venture with a major Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) the second largest PGM producer in the world. Jubilee Platinum Company recently acquired Braemore Resources plc a company which holds an exclusive licence to the ConRoast process for the smelting of high chrome PGM concentrates and has rights to process nickel tailings in Australia via a supply agreement with BHP Billiton.Jubilee Platinum Company is investigating several brown-field sites for commercial scale smelter and refining operations.Jubilee Platinum Company has entered into a framework agreement with Sylvania to use its synergies of Jubilee’s ConRoast smelting expertise and Sylvania’s flotation technology on PGM tailings.Jubilee is dedicated to sustainable and socially responsible development and adhering to the highest environmental standards and is also a firm proponent for the role of foreign direct investment as a key form of social development in developing African countries.

Greystar Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mining company dedicated to the exploration, development and, in time, the exploitation of precious metal resources. At the present time, its main project is the Angostura gold and silver deposit in the northeastern region of Colombia.

Nippon Yakin was founded in 1925. Ten years later, we began providing industry with SUS 304 stainless steel, then known as 18-8. Dedication to our research and production led to a complete line of products from nickel ore to high-grade stainless steel and super alloys. Supported by long tradition and outstanding technology, Nippon Yakin has created a state-of-the-art production system backed by a precision quality control system to ensure our reputation is deserved in every product.Nippon Yakin has developed as a first-rate manufacturer in Japan's stainless steel industry. Today, we are evolving from a stainless steel manufacturer with a prominent history into a manufacturer of specialized stainless steels providing conventional products alongside high-functional new materials to meet the needs of today's world.

Inlet Resources hopes to find copper at the end of the rainbow. The company is active in copper and nickel mining development in Canada. Inlet Resources owns mineral properties including a nickel and copper project in Quebec and a zinc property in British Columbia. The company, which is exploring its properties for mineral deposits, also believes platinum group metals are in the area. Inlet Resources abandoned its Red Lake gold project in Ontario during 2006 when it determined that the property would never yield sufficient returns.

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.

Gold Reserve Inc. has history in mining dating back to 1956 and was formed for the purpose of acquiring, exploring and developing mining properties and placing them into production. Consistent with that strategy, the Company in 1992 acquired and began developing what is now known as the Brisas gold and copper project, located in the historic Km 88 mining district of the State of Bolivar in southeastern Venezuela (the “Brisas Project”). The Brisas deposit, which is one of the largest undeveloped gold/copper deposits in the world, contains ore reserves of 10.2 million ounces of gold and 1.4 billion pounds of copper. From 1992 to 2009, the Company invested close to US $300 million on among other things acquisition, land exploration, development, equipment, and engineering costs, which the Company believed developed the Brisas Project into a world class mining project.

Diamond Fields International Ltd. is a marine diamond producer with a superior portfolio of mineral exploration properties in several areas of the world. Diamond Fields corporate strategy is to maximize cash flow from its Namibian marine diamond concessions and systematically explore and develop its international mineral exploration projects. In addition, the Company continues to explore opportunities to acquire new economic mineral projects worldwide.

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