Dongbu Group is a dynamic conglomerate with 31 subsidiaries that currently conducts business across 43 sectors in the following ten major areas: steel and metal; agricultural supplies and foods; information technology (including semiconductors); construction and engineering; energy resources; real estate and distribution; logistics and passenger transport; insurance; securities and banking; plus cultural foundations in support of community programs. In 2009, the company recorded 25 trillion won in assets and posted 20 trillion won in sales.Dongbu Group traces its beginnings to the Miryung Group (currently Dongbu Corporation) which was founded on January 24, 1969 by Jun-gi Kim, the current Chairman of the Dongbu Group. Committed to management philosophy centered on building an "Excellent Company" Chairman Kim boldly led his young venture into the construction market in the Middle East in the early 1970s. As a result, Miryung earned US$2 billion while establishing a strong foundation for Korean companies to do business in the Middle East. Miryung invested in building South Korea's business infrastructure, thereby positioning itself to play a key role in both business integration and specialization as the country's commerce expanded.As Dongbu Group entered the 21st century - some four decades after its founding - it reorganized itself into a second generation enterprise that sharpened its focus on new growth opportunities. Continuing to follow Chairman Kim's founding management philosophy, Dongbu Group remains resolute in building an "Excellent Company" that delivers high value to customers and is a great place to work.

Vancouver-based Augusta Resource Corporation is a base metals company focused on advancing the Rosemont copper-moly deposit near Tucson, Arizona. Rosemont currently hosts a large copper/molybdenum reserve that may account for about 10% of US copper output once in production in 2012. The exceptional experience and strength of Augusta’s management team, combined with the developed infrastructure and robust economics of the Rosemont project, will propel Augusta to become a solid mid-tier copper producer within the next three years. Augusta is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE Alternext under the symbol AZC, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol A5R.

Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, service operations, and subsidiaries the Indian conglomerate produces fabrics, industrial gases, aluminum and copper, cement, palm oil, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, sponge iron, and insulators. Aditya Birla is the #1 producer of viscose staple fiber (a manmade fiber akin to cotton) in the world as well as the world's #1 producer of rolled aluminum and is among Asia's largest makers of primary aluminum. It also provides business, financial, and IT services. Subsidiaries include metals company Hindalco, industrial giant Aditya Birla Nuvo, and the minority-controlled IDEA Cellular.

Mines Management, Inc., founded in 1947, is a US-based mineral exploration and development company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of silver-dominant mineral projects. The Company's current focus is advancement and development of the Montanore Silver-Copper Deposit, one of the largest silver-copper deposits in the world.The deposit is located in northwestern Montana, about forty miles north of the famed Silver Valley of Idaho, within one of the world’s most prolific silver districts.  Mines Management acquired the Montanore deposit in 2002 when its partner and operator, Noranda Minerals of Canada, withdrew due to low metals prices at the time.A recent independent technical report confirmed the existence of a large silver-copper deposit containing approximately 116 million tons of material grading approximately 2.0 ounces of silver and 0.74% (15 pounds) of copper per ton. The deposit remains open for expansion in several directions.

Since the original Utah Copper Company began mining the low-grade copper ore in Bingham Canyon, the mine has become a huge open-pit that has produced more copper than any mine in the world, is one of the engineering marvels of the world, and is more than ¾ of a mile deep and more than 2 ¾ miles wide at the top. And it is still growing. Known as “The Richest Hole on Earth” it has yielded more than 18.1 million tons of copper metal, plus significant by-products gold, silver and molybdenum. Ore from the Mine is transported by a five-mile conveyor to the Copperton Concentrator where the rock containing about 0.6 percent copper is crushed and ground to face powder consistency before passing through a chemical flotation process where 28-percent copper concentrate is separated from molybdenite concentrate, which is packaged and sold to steel producers. Seventeen miles to the north, the state of the art Utah Copper Smelter processes the copper concentrate to produce 720-pound copper plates called anodes for use in the nearby Refinery. The copper is now 99.6 percent pure. In the Refinery, the anodes are alternated with thin stainless steel cathode blanks in horizontal tanks filled with liquid electrolyte into which an electric current creates the chemical electrolysis process. Electrolytic refining produces two, 280-pound copper cathodes from each anode during a 10-day period. Cathodes are 99.99 percent pure copper. Impurities and precious metals that settle in the bottom of the tanks, are collected and refined at the Precious Metals Plant.

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc is an operating and exploration gold mining company located in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Kirkland Lake Gold Company has over 425 employees and 13,110 acres of four contiguous formerly producing gold mining properties, which historically produced 24 million ounces of gold. (See accompanying figures). The current focus is on advancing and expanding gold production from the Main/'04 Break and the new discovery, the high-grade South Mine Complex (SMC).Discovered in 2005, the SMC alone currently contains 639,000 probable ounces, 82,000 proven ounces, 3,000 measured ounces, 489,000 indicated ounces, and 677,000 inferred ounces. (Please see accompanying reserve charts detailing just the SMC reserves and mine-wide reserve growth). The SMC is hosted in a new geologic setting, with gold associated with pyrite compared to the historic quartz-vein hosted systems in the gold camp. The SMC remains open in all directions and is the focus for the Company's 2010 exploration programs. Kirkland Lake's corporate goal is to expand its gold reserves and resources to five million ounces or beyond, and to increase its yearly production to a rate of 200,000 ounces per year which will reduce its unit operating costs. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) and the AIM (Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange).Work is progressing on-track and on-time with component parts of the Phase II plan commencing ahead of schedule, though mill capacity is nominally 1,450 tons per day a modernization of the mill's control systems will be undertaken in the summer of 2010 along with other surface capital projects.The focus of Kirkland Lake Gold Company is on sustainability and future growth and directors and management are intent that the Company will build a successful mining operation in Kirkland Lake.

Acier Leroux, also known as Leroux Steel, processes and distributes more than 3,000 formed steel products (such as steel plates, sheet, coil, bars, and tubes) used in construction. It is one of the leading metals service centers in Canada, with operations throughout Quebec. Leroux was acquired by competing metals service center Russel Metals in 2003. Following the acquisition, Leroux's operations in the US were disposed of in 2004.

United States Antimony Corporation engages in the production and sale of antimony and zeolite products in the United States. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper. Its antimony oxide is also used as a color fastener in paints, as a catalyst for the production of polyester resins for fibers and films, as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs, and as an opacifier for porcelains. The company also offers various grades of sodium antimonite, which is principally used as a fining agent for glass in cathode ray tubes used in television picture tubes, as well as a flame retardant; and antimony metal for use in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. In addition, it offers zeolite, which is used for various purposes, including soil amendment and fertilization, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Thompson Falls, Montana

The Essar Group is as strong as steel, as slick as oil, and on the go over sea and the airwaves. One of the largest corporations in India, the conglomerate's holdings include the country's first independent power plant and its first private steel plant. Other operations include construction, oil and gas production, and telecommunications. Controlled by the Ruia family, which has been in business since the 1800s, the Essar Group was founded by Nand Kishore Ruia and passed to his sons Shashi and Ravi after his death in 1969. Essar Group company is the Indian ownership interest in Vodafone Essar (formerly Hutchison Essar), a wireless joint venture with UK wireless company Vodafone.

Ervin Industries has been serving the metalworking industry for more than 85 years, and measuring success by the success of those we serve.With a corporate vision for continuous improvement and a commitment to strategic breakthroughs in abrasive applications, materials, and new technologies - Ervin Industries is the world leader in the blast cleaning and shot peening industries.Ervin Industries' products and technologies represent the world standard for quality, innovation and commitment to the success of our customers.

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