Cymat has made foam-forming a business. The company designs, develops, and manufactures 3D aluminum foam castings, which are primarily used to make automobiles lighter and safer. The company's primary product is SmartMetal, a stabilized aluminum foam (SAF). The aluminum foam is molded by sending gas through molten aluminum that can be formed into flat sheets and other shapes. Cymat's biggest partners include Georg Fischer and Brembo. The company was first formed in the 1990s to produce aluminum packaging for the pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.

Western Standard Metals doesn't mind being left out in the cold as long as there is plenty of ice in the area. The exploration and mining company, formerly Nordic Diamonds, has properties in Finland (Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Project), Sweden (the Nyborg sulphide and Storsjo uranium projects), and Canada (in the Nunavut region). It also is exploring a potash property in Alberta, a project it acquired in 2008. The next year it bought another property, the Almaden gold project in Idaho, from Freegold Ventures. In 2010 those two companies agreed to merge.

Jim Walter Resources (JWR) is the southernmost Appalachian coal producer. The company was formed in 1977 from the former Coke, Iron and Chemicals Division of U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. Its businesses consist of mining high quality coal from Alabama's Blue Creek seam and related methane gas operations. Since its inception, JWR has grown from a small, captive producer of less than 1 million tons of coal per year, produced solely for use in its sister company's coke ovens, into one of the 25 largest coal producers in the United States, with 6.3 million tons of coal sold in 2008.JWR's two deep-shaft underground mines — Mines No. 4 and No. 7 — use the standard "continuous mining" method for development and advanced "longwall" mining technology for primary production. In contrast to surface mining or typical underground mines located 200 to 500 feet below the surface, JWR's mines are 1,500 to 2,200 feet underground, making them the deepest vertical shaft coal mines in North America.Blue Creek Coal is synonymous with quality in markets worldwide. Its general characteristics — very low sulfur, strong coking properties, high heat value — make it ideally suited to the requirements of steel makers as a coking coal and to utilities as a steam coal. These qualities enable JWR to successfully market steam coal domestically and metallurgical coal to the worldwide export market.The growth and success of Jim Walter Resources' coal mining operations have continued to fuel the success of the company's coal seam degasification business, Black Warrior Methane. Black Warrior Methane was formed in 1981 to recover and market methane gas principally from the Blue Creek Coal seam on lands owned or leased by the company.

Imperial Metals wants to rule its share of the mining business in British Columbia. The company explores, develops, and produces base and precious metals, mainly copper, gold, and molybdenum. Its primary properties are located in British Columbia -- the Mount Polley mine (copper/gold), the Huckleberry mine (copper/molybdenum), and the development stage Red Chris property. It also owns a mine in Nevada (Sterling gold property). Imperial Metals was formed in 2001. It bought Selkirk Metals in 2009, hoping to apply its development experience to that company's portfolio of exploration projects.

Titanium Metals Corporation produces and sells titanium sponge, melted products, and various mill products for commercial aerospace, military, industrial, and other applications. It manufactures titanium sponge, which is the basic form of titanium metal used in titanium products; and melted products, such as ingots, electrodes, and slabs, which are the result of melting titanium sponge and titanium scrap; mill products that are forged and rolled from ingot or slab products, including billets, bars, plates, sheets and strips, and pipes; and fabrications, which include spools, pipe fittings, manifolds, and vessels that are cut, formed, welded, and assembled from titanium mill products. The company sells its products through its sales force in the United States and Europe, as well as through independent agents and distributors internationally. It serves commercial aerospace and military, chemical process, oil and gas, consumer, sporting goods, healthcare, automotive, and power generation sectors. Titanium Metals Corporation was founded in 1950 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Mercator Minerals Ltd. (Mercator) is a diversified natural resource company engaged in the exploration, development and mining of base and precious metals deposits. Mercator embarked on a two-phase expansion of its Mineral Park operations to a 50,000 ton per day copper and molybdenum milling operation which is expected to increase total Mineral Park average annual production over the first ten years of a 25-year mine life to 56 million pounds of copper, 10 million pounds of molybdenum and .6 million ounces of silver. Mercators Mineral Park Mine expansion is one of the largest, furthest advanced copper-molybdenum expansion projects in North America. The first phase of the expansion to a 25,000 ton per day milling operation was completed and achieved commercial production in the second quarter of 2009. Mercator is currently producing copper, molybdenum and silver in concentrates and copper by SX/EX leach extraction at its wholly-owned Mineral Park Mine located near Kingman, Arizona (Mineral Park). Mercator provides investors with exposure to current profitable copper production from a fully permitted, operating mine located in one of the world's most favorable, stable mining jurisdictions as well as near-term exposure at the same mine to one of the largest molybdenum/copper milling expansion projects in North America and longer term exposure to further reserve and production expansions.

From pig iron to animal feed, Balli Group trades a little bit of everything. Through subsidiaries Balli Steel and Balli Trading, the group trades and distributes steel as well as aluminum, chemicals, office products, agricultural goods, and other commodities. Flat-rolled steel makes up about half of total steel sales. Chemicals and aluminum account for the majority of the company's non-steel trading business. Established in 1991, the trading house has grown through the acquisitions such as Klockner Steel Trade (2000), Comvex (2002), and RXI (2003). Comvex is a bulk handling terminal in the Black Sea. Balli also operates alumina refineries and aluminum rolling mills.

Aleris International wants you to use that blue plastic recycling bin so that it can turn its world green. The company's rolled and extruded products unit makes alloy aluminum sheet from recycled metal, as well as extruded profiles for the construction and engineering markets. Aleris' recycling unit processes recycled aluminum and metal alloys. It operates more than 40 facilities in China, the Americas, and throughout Europe. Aleris emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010 as a privately held company. The company, now owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, closed on a $609 million rights offering as part of its reorganization.

Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum extrusion products and services for the automotive industry. The company's casting and extrusion technology unit manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Neocon, Polydesign, and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door pockets, restraint systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates 10 manufacturing facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US. It has engineering offices in France and the US, and a global sales network.

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.

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