When the aluminum century rolls around, it'll be ready. Century Aluminum makes primary molten and ingot aluminum at facilities in Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as in Iceland; that last facility is operated by subsidiary Nordural. Century Aluminum also owns just less than 50% of an aluminum production facility in South Carolina (Alcoa owns the rest). Four customers -- aluminum producer Rio Tinto Alcan, diversified metals company BHP Billiton, commodities trader Glencore International, and wire and cable maker Southwire -- account for about three-quarters of Century Aluminum's sales. Glencore is Century Aluminum's former parent, though it still has a 38% stake in the company.

Searing Industries makes a wide variety of welded steel tubing products, including mechanical and structural tubing in several shapes and finishes. Applications for the company's mechanical tubing products include fencing, fitness equipment, and furniture; structural tubing is used primarily in construction and in the manufacturing of heavy equipment. Searing Industries manufactures its tubing products from one facility in Southern California. Richard Searing founded Searing Industries in 1985, and his family still owns Searing Industries company.

Galantas Gold Corporation is a Canadian public company that trades on the TSX-Venture Exchange and the London Stock Exchange AIM market, both under the symbol GAL. The Company's mission is to create shareholder value by bringing Ireland's first gold mine into production and add value to the production by utilizing the rare Irish gold to fashion an exclusive line of high quality 18-carat gold jewellery.Galantas Gold Corporation's assets include a 100 percent interest in the Irish subsidiary Omagh Minerals Limited, which has sole rights to a 653 square-kilometre prospecting license and associated mining leases in County Tyrone, Ireland. The Company also owns 100 percent interest of Galantas Irish Gold Ltd., a jewellery design, manufacturing and marketing business that will utilize part of the gold produced from the Omagh Mine.The management of Galantas Gold Corporation is comprised of seasoned mineral exploration, mining, jewelry and marketing professionals---all sharing a vision of bringing Ireland's first gold mine into production and adding value by creating an exclusive line of certified, 18-carat Irish Gold jewellery.

The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is the sales and marketing jewel of diamond-mining giant De Beers SA -- which is owned by Anglo American (45%), the Oppenheimer family (40%), and the government of Botswana (15%). The DTC supplies almost half of all the rough diamonds on the market. It receives diamonds primarily from Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. The DTC participates in joint ventures with the governments of Botswana and Namibia to sell diamonds from those countries. After sorting and valuing the diamonds, the Diamond Trading company sells the gems to clients, or sightholders. On the marketing side, the DTC promotes diamonds through such programs as the well-known "A Diamond Is Forever" advertising campaign.

Newmont Mining Corporation is primarily a gold producer, with significant assets or operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, New Zealand and Mexico. Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont is one of the world’s largest gold producers and is the only gold company included in the S&P 500 Index and Fortune 500. Headquartered near Denver, Colorado, the company has over 33,000 employees and contractors worldwide. Newmont became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and by creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

Scorpio Mining Corporation (TSX:SPM) is involved in the acquisition, development and exploitation of mineral resource properties, primarily in Mexico, with the objective of becoming a profitable, low-cost, mid-tier silver producer and creating significant growth in shareholder value. Scorpio's primary asset, the 100% owned Nuestra Señora silver-zinc-lead-copper mine, is located in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The Nuestra Señora completed its commissioning and entered full commercial production in January 2009.

Among the largest Russian steelmakers, Severstal produces numerous kinds of steel, such as cold-rolled steel, hot-rolled steel (structural steel for the construction industry), roll-formed shapes and pipes (angular shapes, C-shapes, and electric welded pipes), and rolled sections (hot-rolled channel bars, reinforcing bars, and wire rod). It operates primarily in Russia but also maintains operations worldwide. Its Severstal Resources unit also operates coal and iron ore mines. OAO Severstal company produces more than 19 million tons of steel, about 5 million tons of iron, and 4 million tons of coal annually. CEO Alexei Mordashov is Severstal's majority owner, controlling 83% of the company.

Anglo Pacific Group PLC is a global natural resources royalties company. The strategy of the Group is to expand its mineral royalty interests in low-cost, long-life mining assets. The Group achieves this through both direct acquisition and investment in projects at the development and production stage. It is a continuing policy of the Group to pay a substantial proportion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends. The Group is focused on projects in areas with low political risk that have defined resources and near-term production. The Group has both corporate finance and real-world mining experience and takes an active approach to each project to achieve better returns at reduced risk.

Azure Resources explores and develops mineral properties in Pakistan and Botswana. It owns 90% of a copper/gold exploration project located near Pakistan's border with China. Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto jointly owns the Kang-Kokong diamond mine in Botswana and operates the project through subsidiary Tinto Botswana. In 2008 Azure Resources company changed its name from Trivalence Mining.

Highbank is a Canadian exploration company engaged in the acquisition and development of copper and molybdenum properties providing shareholders with “Wealth Through Discovery”. The Company has optioned a large exploration land package in the famous Highland Valley copper district in British Columbia; host to the largest base metal mine in Canada, and holds additional moly/copper properties in Ireland. Highbank has also earned a 100% interest in, and has obtained a NI 43-101 Resource evaluation of a +70 million tonne tidewater aggregate gravel tenure in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

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