Alaskan Copper processes and distributes corrosion-resistant alloy products. Offerings include bar, fittings, flanges, plate, pipe, rod, and tubing, made from materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, copper-nickel, and stainless steel. Alaskan Copper also fabricates products such as heat exchangers and pressure vessels. Founded in 1913, Alaskan Copper has facilities in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

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.

African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from operations in Botswana and Congo. Its focus is the AK6 diamond project jointly owned with De Beers, though Canadian company Lucara Diamond agreed in 2009 to buy out the industry giant. African Diamonds owns 28% of the AK6 project, which will reach the development stage in 2010 and is projected to commence production the following year. (African company also has an option to increase that stake to 40%.) Additionally, the company owns stakes in projects elsewhere in Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has previously investigated opportunities in Angola, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone.

Planet Exploration explores many parts of the planet. The junior mineral exploration company has active gold projects in Canada (Red Lake Mining), Mongolia (Argalant Project - gold/copper projects), and Mexico (Copalquin gold/silver projects). In 2005 Planet Exploration company wroteoff its Wulonbulang Gold Project in China. Fellow Canadian gold mining company Goldcorp owns nearly 20% of Planet Exploration and is involved as a partner in the Red Lake Mining project.

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.

Harry Winston Diamond Corporation is a premier specialist diamond company focusing on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Harry Winston Diamond Corporation Company supplies rough diamonds to the global market through its ownership of a 40% interest in the Diavik Diamond Mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. At the other end of the diamond industry, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation owns Harry Winston Inc., the premier diamond jewelry and watch retailer.Utilizing this unique position in the industry, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation is able to leverage its supply of rough diamonds to secure a reliable source of the high-quality polished diamonds required by its retail subsidiary, Harry Winston Inc. By linking the production and retailing of diamonds, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation benefits from the market synergy created between rough diamond producer, polished diamond buyer, and retailer of fine diamond jewelry.

Sumikin Bussan is some kind of busy trader. Sumikin Bussan company is primarily engaged in the trading of iron and steel, textiles, and food products; it also trades machinery, nonferrous metals, chemicals and plastics, and other items. In addition, Sumikin Bussan makes office, construction, and manufacturing equipment and buys and sells real estate. Founded to carry out the Sumitomo Group's metal-trading business, Sumikin Bussan expanded into other commodities (textiles, apparel, and foodstuffs) in the 1990s. It trades throughout the Asia/Pacific region as well as in Europe and North America. Steel products manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Industries owns about 40% of Sumikin Bussan.

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.

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.

Griffin Mining Limited was formed in May 1988 in Bermuda as a mining finance company, formerly known as European Mining Finance Ltd. In June 1997, the Company’s shares were admitted to trading on the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock Exchange. In October 1997, the Company changed its principal activities to mining and its name to Griffin Mining Limited. In November 1997 Griffin acquired a 50% equity interest in China Zinc Pty Ltd which held a 60% interest in the Hebei Hua Ao Mining Industry Company Limited Chinese joint venture (“Hebei Hua Ao”) which held the mineral exploration rights at Caijiaying in the Hebei Province in Northern China. In March 1998, Griffin acquired the remaining 50% equity stake in China Zinc Pty Ltd, giving Griffin a controlling 60% interest in Hebei Hua Ao.In June 2005 Griffin completed the construction of the first new foreign owned and operated mine and processing plant in China at Caijiaying, which currently produces around 60,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate per annum together with gold, silver and lead. The mine and processing facilities are being further developed to significantly increase current production rates.Griffin has been the leader in foreign investment in mining in China having been engaged in developing the Caijiaying zinc gold project since 1997. Caijiaying is located in the Hebei Province, some 200 km north west of Beijing. Griffin's local subsidiary company, Hebei Hua Ao, was the first foreign controlled entity to receive an exploration licence in the Peoples Republic of China and the first to be awarded a new mining licence over a metal deposit in China, as well as being the first to construct a new mine.

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