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.

Novus Gold thinks it might be nice to find gold. Currently it has no gold mining operations but it does intend to have some soon. Until it changed its name and business in 2009 the company had been known as Loubac Top Environmental and distributed wheeled carts for storing household waste and recyclables for municipal collection in Quebec. Though Novus Gold doesn't own gold properties yet it agreed to buy two in the Dominican Republic soon after the name change went into effect.

voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company specializes in trading and marketing activities primarily related to the steel industry, but also in agricultural commodities, chemicals, petrochemicals, and other products. VAIT also provides financing and logistical services. voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company has more than 25 offices in about 20 countries; its activities are primarily centered in Europe, but voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG company also does business in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. VAIT was previously a subsidiary of Austrian steel company voestalpine, which continues to have a stake of nearly 40% in the trading company.

Ferrexpo plc is a Swiss-headquartered resources company with assets in Ukraine, principally involved in the production and export of iron ore pellets, which are used in producing steel. Ferrexpo is committed to realising the potential of its principal asset, Ferrexpo Poltava Mining (FPM), one of the largest iron ore resources in the world. The Group has several large-scale growth projects in advanced stages of planning, which are currently on hold pending improvements in global market conditions. We remain committed to our aim to be a leading global supplier of iron ore pellets, providing outstanding service to our customers and strong returns to our shareholders.As part of this commitment, Ferrexpo plc became the first Ukrainian company to be listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: FXPO) following its successful Initial Public Offering on Friday 15th June 2007.Ferrexpo plc is a member of the FTSE UK Index Series. It is currently the only pure-play iron ore company listed on the LSE.

Cardero strives to identify world-class mineral deposits and facilitate production in prospective, under-explored regions of Peru, Mexico and Argentina. Cardero is a leader in exploration and development of Iron-ore, Copper and Gold projects in the Americas. Cardero Resource Corp. continues to maximize shareholder value by utilizing management's strong regional network, geological and operational expertise to implement the most economically sound and environmentally friendly approach to building its business.

CHS Acquisition supplies its customers with steel strong enough to support a train. Operating as Chicago Heights Steel, it recycles steel train track rails into tee posts (for fences) and signposts (for roadsides). Chicago Heights Steel also uses rail steel to make components used in the agriculture, construction, energy, and transportation industries. It was founded in 1986 when CHS Acquisition acquired a plant Keystone Consolidated had decomissioned the year prior.

PDM entered the steel service center industry in California with its 1954 acquisition of the Proctor-James Steel Company in San Jose. In 1955 Kyle and Company, with facilities at Fresno, Stockton and Sacramento was added. With four service centers, PDM was able to provide outstanding service throughout central and northern California.In 1962, new facilities were constructed at Fresno, California giving improved service to customers in the central California area. Recognizing the great potential for its products and services, the Company established a fifth service center in the Reno/Sparks area of Nevada in 1963. In 1968, the new service center facilities at Fresno and Sacramento and the existing facilities at Santa Clara and Sparks were greatly augmented by the completion of the semi-automated center at Stockton.The latest in material handling fixtures and equipment were used in the Stockton facility. Steel is stacked 24' in the air on specially constructed racks. Stacker Cranes are used to handle the material in the racks. The Stacker Cranes move the material from the order storage areas to delivery trucks.To provide the greatest possible service and selection for our customers, the "Common Inventory Concept" was established. This gave all customers access to the total company inventory at all locations.Under the Common Inventory Concept, Stockton is the geographical hub of the Service Wheel with spokes running north to Sacramento, east to Reno and Spanish Fork, south to Fresno, and west to Santa Clara. The "Interplant Transfer System" moves this Common Inventory from one location to another, allowing short lead-time delivery of most items regardless of the inventory source. The efficiency and success of this system has proven to be an important benefit to our customers.A new service center was established in Spanish Fork, Utah, south of Salt Lake City, in 1977. As customer demands for "pre-production processing" grew, new processing equipment was installed at all facilities. Shears, automatic saws, and shape burning equipment that can virtually burn in steel anything that can be drawn in two dimensions, are available at each center. Plasma cutting equipment allows shapes to be cut in material which is too thin to be cut with conventional flame cutting equipment. Computer aided design and CNC have made possible the burning of shapes too large to fit on paper and too complex to be easily laid out on a drafting table, while at the same time allowing for the efficient "nesting" of burned parts for reduced scrap loss.

Riverstone Resources Inc. is a Vancouver based Canadian company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange with the symbol RVS and quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with the symbol 3RV. The company holds extensive interests in gold exploration permits in Burkina Faso, West Africa -- an under-explored country with a highly attractive geological setting conducive to the discovery of mineral deposits. Four new gold mines were opened in the country in 2007-2008, as well as two new mines in 2010. Riverstone is well established in Burkina Faso and has been actively involved in exploration of its gold permits since 2003. Riverstone has completed an initial NI43-101 resource estimate on its flagship project, Karma, with indicated gold resources of 820,500 ounces and a further inferred resource of 320,300 ounces. (See "Karma Project" for detailed information). A feasibility study is planned to start at Karma in Q4 2010. There are currently 90,229,190 shares issued with a fully diluted issue of 121,902,066 shares. Management and insiders hold approximately 14% of the capital.

Baogang is an important iron and steel industrial base and the largest rare earth industrial base in China and the biggest industrial enterprise in Inner Mongolia. The headquarter locates in Hexi Industrial Zone, Baotou, Inner Mongolia. It was established in 1954 and reorganized in 1998 with two listed companies, Baogang Share and Baogang Rare Earth. The total asset of the Group is 57.2 billion Yuan by the end of 2007.Unique resource. Baiyunebo Mine is a world famous mineral intergrowth with iron and rare earth. The iron reserve takes the first place in Northwest area of China and the Rare earth reserve takes the first place in the world, niobium and thorium the second place in the world. Baotou is extolled as the Capital of World Rare Earth because of Baiyunebo Mine.Ten million tons Iron and steel capability. Baogang owns the world-class production lines that can produce cold and hot rolling strip, heavy plate, seamless pipe, heavy rail, large scale shaped beam, bar and wire rod. Baogang is one of the three rail producing bases in China, one of the seamless pipe producing bases with the completive varieties and specifications in China and the biggest CSP production base in Northwest of China.Decisive role of rare earth industry in home and abroad. The output of rare earth oxide takes 40% of the domestic market, the production ability of Nd-Fe-B, negative powder and polishing powder takes 20% of the domestic market, the Metal Praseodymium and Neodymium takes 30% of the domestic market. Baogang has the national authoritative rare earth research Institute: Baogang Rare Earth Research Institute and Ruike National Engineering Center of Rare Earth Metallurgy and Function Materials. It has provided the α magnetic spectrograph for American Space Shuttle Discovery as well as the important magnetic material for China Shenzhou space aircraft and Chang’e I carrier racket. Improvement through science and self innovation. Two technical achievements in CSP and high speed rail have won the 2nd award of National Award for Science and Technology. CSP Plant is the first training base in Asia and second in the world for SMS Germany as well as the grinding machine training base in China for Pomini Italy. Baogang has provided the technical supervision and support in CSP and seamless pipe production to foreign companies.

Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) is the result of a merger of two experienced West African explorers, Birim Goldfields Inc. and Goldcrest Resources Ltd. Volta Resources company is geared to leverage off its accumulated experience to become a leader in identification, acquisition and exploration of gold-rich properties in West Africa. Volta Resources already has an enviable portfolio of 26 properties in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali; all three being mining-friendly countries that have proven world-class gold deposits.Volta Resources company is currently focussed on completing a NI 43-101 compliant resource at its Kiaka Gold Project in order to fast-track the project toward commencing a pre-feasibilty study in H2 2010. At its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project, Volta has defined a maiden NI43-101 compliant resource which includes over 1 million ounces of gold and 720 million pounds of copper on two of potentially several porphyry deposits located on 35km of strike of a porphyry corridor held by the company.Volta Resources has the financial strength and flexibility to take advantage of consolidation and acquisition opportunities in West Africa. It has an exceptional team of dedicated professionals operating in the field as well as a highly experienced and respected Management and Board of Directors at the corporate level. Volta Resources Inc. is Canadian-based with its head office in Toronto, Ontario and its operations offices in Accra, Ghana and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Volta Resources Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VTR.

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