Southland Tube makes carbon steel pipe and tubing. Southland Tube company manufactures square, round, and rectangular tubular products for the oil, construction machinery, and transportation industries. It operates a single production mill in Alabama. Southland Tube contracts with independent carriers to deliver products to its customers.

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.

US Gold is a United States based company engaged in the exploration of gold primarily in Nevada and Mexico. US Gold Corporation common shares are listed on the NYSE Alternext (NYSE.A) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "UXG". US Gold Corporation has large land positions, good share liquidity and the potential upside of a junior exploration company. Rob McEwen is Chairman and CEO of US Gold. Since July 2005, when McEwen became the Company's largest shareholder, US Gold's land position within Nevada's Cortez Trend has grown from 36 to 170 square miles. Previously, McEwen was the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Goldcorp Inc., where its Red Lake Mine in northwestern Ontario, Canada is still considered to be the richest gold mine in the world.

Cancor Mines Inc is a publicly traded Canadian junior mining company (CNSX – KCR) whose main focus is the acquisition, exploration and development of large properties that have a high potential of containing significant amounts of Gold and base metals such as Copper and Zinc. Cancor began operations in 1989 and boasts a portfolio consisting of 5 significant properties in the mineral rich Abitibi region in Québec (Canada) and 4 substantial properties in southern Gold rich Algeria. For over 15 years Cancor has positioned itself as a leader in quality exploration both in Canada and abroad due in large part to the world class management team led by Cancor’s President Mr. Kamil Khobzi, former vice-president of the Association of Prospectors and Developers of Quebec and winner of the prestigious “Prospector of the Year” award.

RAG is no ragtag operation. RAG company is Germany's largest coal producer, its mining operations managed through coal and coke company Deutsche Steinkohle. RAG operates seven coal mines and a coking facility, all in Germany. After several years of restructuring, RAG company has pared down significantly to just the coal operations. It is now controlled by the state-run RAG Foundation. In 2007 the German government announced that conditions in the country -- both economic and environmental -- made continuation of coal mining infeasible. And so the German coal industry will cease operations by 2018.

JFE Shoji Holdings, formed by the combination of Kawasho Corporation and NKK Trading, built its business on steel. JFE Shoji Holdings company has expanded though to become active in food, semiconductor, construction materials, and chemicals trading. Steel trading, through its JFE Shoji Trade subsidiary, still accounts for more than 95% of sales. JFE Shoji sells steel products, purchased from JFE Steel and other mills, to the automotive, shipbuilding, and electrical industries, among others. (It trades about 40% of JFE Steel's production output.) JFE Shoji's assets include fuels, ships, and real estate holdings. JFE Steel owns 39% of JFE Shoji Holdings company.

Intrepid Potash, Inc. has become the largest producer of potash (potassium chloride) in the United States. In addition, it produces three valuable byproducts: Solar Salt, Magnesium Chloride brine and Sulfate of Potash Magnesia.Potash is a critical fertilizer, providing one of eight essential nutrients and is vital to the creation of protein. It is necessary and widely used to grow corn, wheat, soybeans, potatoes, hay and numerous other crops. The United States currently imports almost 85% of its potash needs.Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intrepid Potash, Inc. has two production facilities in Utah and three in New Mexico. These subsidiaries are named: Intrepid Potash - Moab, LLC, Intrepid Potash - Wendover, LLC and Intrepid Potash - New Mexico, LLC. These companies collectively employ approximately 745 people.Intrepid's top priorities are safety and long-term protection of the environment. We know this can work in concert with sustainable, low cost production. Each facility has extensive ore reserves. Intrepid Potash, Inc. is on the leading edge of solution mining technology, having successfully designed, drilled and placed into production the first horizontal potash caverns in the world at its Moab, Utah facility. This technology will soon be implemented at our Carlsbad complex, producing several hundred thousand low cost, solution mining tons. We have studied and implemented technologies from a variety of industries, oil & gas, hard rock mining, metals processing and more. We have extensive growth opportunities at every Intrepid facility. Our five year plan focuses on these internal opportunities, increasing production while decreasing costs and upgrading all facilities for our future.

Established in 2004, Silver Wheaton has quickly positioned itself as the largest metals streaming company in the world. The company currently has fifteen silver purchase agreements and two precious metals agreements where, in exchange for an upfront payment, it has the right to purchase all or a portion of the silver production, at a low fixed cost, from high-quality mines located in politically stable regions.Forecast 2010 production, based upon the company's current agreements, is 22.2 million ounces of silver and 20,000 ounces of gold, for total production of 23.5 million silver equivalent ounces. By 2013, annual production is anticipated to increase significantly to approximately 38 million ounces of silver and 59,000 ounces of gold, for total production of over 40 million silver equivalent ounces. No ongoing capital expenditures are required to generate this growth and Silver Wheaton does not hedge its silver production.Silver Wheaton’s industry-leading growth profile is driven by a portfolio of world-class assets, including silver streams on Goldcorp’s Peñasquito mine in Mexico and Barrick’s Pascua-Lama project straddling the border of Chile and Argentina. The company’s unique business model creates significant shareholder value by providing considerable leverage to increases in the silver price while reducing the downside risks faced by traditional mining companies. Silver Wheaton has an experienced management team with a strong track record of success and is well positioned for further growth.

Great Basin Gold Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and trial mining of precious metal deposits. The company primarily focuses on gold and silver properties. Its projects include the Hollister gold project in Nevada and the Burnstone gold project in South Africa. Great Basin Gold is a mining company engaged in the development and exploration of Gold properties. The company is currently in late stage development at two projects in the world’s two most well known gold producing regions, with a substantial resource base of 13 million ounces in the measured and indicated category. The Hollister project is located on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone project.

Alcoa Alunimio is rich in aluminum. The company focuses on producing alumina (aluminum's principal ingredient, processed from bauxite) and aluminum in Brazil. Alcoa Alunimio's production locations provide mining, refining, and smelting operations to produce alumininum, as well as other products such as sheet and foil, aluminumn powder, and wiring harnesses. Customers use Alcoa's products for a wide variety of applications, including building construction, automobiles, spaceships, and beverage packing materials. The company, which produces about 300,000 tons of primary aluminum each year, opened its first aluminum plant in Brazil in 1970.

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