Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public

When you've been doing it this long, you should be getting

top marks, right? In operation since 1877, A H Marks &
Company manufactures fine chemicals, performance
chemicals, and agrochemicals for use throughout the UK.
Its fine and performance chemicals include lithographic Fiscal Year End: August
chemicals, phenol derivatives (for pharmaceuticals), and Revenue (2004): 101.00 M
chlorinated products (used in perfumes and Address: Wyke Ln. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Robin Lee
pharmaceuticals). A H Marks' agrochemicals are primarily Bradford, West Yorkshire BD12 16.40% • Managing Director: Ian J.
phenoxy, propionic, and acetic herbicides sold under the 9EJ, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 338 McClelland
brand names OPTICA, AGROXONE, and MATON. A H Phone: +44-1274-691-234 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Business Development
A H Marks and Marks maintains a single manufacturing site in West Fax: +44-1274-691-176 (-3.40%) Manager: Brian Balmforth
Company Limited Yorkshire.

AgraQuest sweats the small stuff. The company's

proprietary database of more than 20,000 microorganisms
is the base for its line of pest control and plant disease-
fighting products. AgraQuest's products fight plant pests
and diseases with naturally occurring microorganisms that
offer environmental advantages over synthetic chemical
pesticides and genetically modified crops. The company's • Chairman: John M.
initial product offering, Serenade, is a biofungicide that is Pasquesi
approved for use on crops such as grapes, apples, pears, Address: 1530 Drew Ave. Fiscal Year End: • CEO and COO: Michael J.
and tomatoes. AgraQuest has about 20 other natural pest Davis, CA 95616-1272 December (Mike) Miille
management products in the pipeline. The company is Phone: 530-750-0150 Revenue (2005): 5.20 M • President and Director:
owned by private investment funds, management, and Fax: 530-750-0153 Employees (2005): 70 Pamela G. (Pam) Marrone
AgraQuest, Inc. King Ranch.

It's no bull that Agrium is a top producer and marketer of

fertilizers in North America. A leader in the production of
nitrogen, the company operates plants in Canada, the US, Fiscal Year End:
and Argentina that produce mostly nitrogen (though also December
potash and phosphate) products. The plants have the Revenue (2005): 3294.00
capacity to produce more than 8 million tons of the M • Chairman: Frank W. Proto
nutrients per year. In addition to supplying wholesalers, Address: 13131 Lake Fraser Dr. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President , CEO, and
Agrium operates more than 200 fertilizer retail outlets in SE 16.10% Director: Michael M. (Mike)
the US in 21 states and more than 30 retail farm centers in Calgary, Alberta T2J 7E8, Canada Employees (2004): 4,617 Wilson
South America. The company also owns 50% of Profertil, a Phone: 403-225-7000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Finance and CFO:
joint venture with Spain's Repsol YPF that runs Argentina's Fax: 403-225-7609 (-1.10%) Bruce G. Waterman
Agrium Inc. largest nitrogen plant. Yes
 Agrium U.S., the Denver-based subsidiary of the Canadian
company Agrium, is a manufacturer and distributor of
fertilizers. The company produces and distributes four
major crop nutrients: nitrogen, phospate, potash, and
sulfate fertilizers for the wholesale market. Agirum U.S. Address: 4582 S. Ulster St., Ste. Fiscal Year End:
operates a network of more than 200 retail farm centers in 1700 December • President and CEO:
the US, one of the largest independent retailers of Denver, CO 80237-2636 Revenue (2005): 2147.50 Michael M. (Mike) Wilson
fertilizers, seeds, and chemicals in North America. The US Phone: 303-804-4400 M • Director, US Sales: Jay
provides Agrium with more than two-thirds of its sales. Fax: 303-804-4482 Employees (2005): 2,500 Muse
Agrium U.S. Inc. Agrium began orginally as Cominco during the 1930s.

American Soil Technologies works to make sure your

farmland isn't dirt poor. The company manufactures
agricultural chemicals that help retain water in soil, the
direct benefit of which is manifold. In addition to minimizing
the frequency of irrigation, the chemicals also decrease Fiscal Year End:
the likelihood of erosion and reduce other environmental December
damage. Its Agriblend product is used by agricultural Revenue (2005): 0.60 M
clients and its Nutrimoist product is used for residential Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Louie Visco
and recreational applications. American Soil has been Address: 12224 Montague St. 7.70% • President, CEO, CFO, and
mired in debt, but things are looking up as the company Pacoima, CA 91331 Employees (2005): 10 Director: Carl P. Ranno
has reached a debt conversion agreement with its largest Phone: 818-899-4686 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Marketing: Johnny
American Soil creditor. The company is majority-controlled by Chairman Fax: 818-899-4670 0.00% Dickinson
Technologies, Inc. Louie Visco. Yes

American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC) bugs bugs,

roots out weeds, and helps people get personal care. The
company makes specialty chemicals designed to protect
the health of animals, crops, and people. Products made
by its AMVAC Chemical subsidiary include pesticides,
plant-growth regulators, herbicides, and soil fumigants. Its Fiscal Year End:
GemChem subsidiary distributes the company's chemicals December • President, CEO, and
nationally to the cosmetic, nutritional, and pharmaceutical Revenue (2005): 189.80 M Director: Eric G. Wintemute
industries. American Vanguard also has marketing Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, CFO, Secretary, and
subsidiaries in the UK, Switzerland, and Mexico. UAP Address: 4695 MacArthur Ct. 25.80% Treasurer: James A. Barry
Holding, Helena Chemical, and Agriliance each account Newport Beach, CA 92660 Employees (2005): 300 • SVP and Director, Sales,
for more than 10% of sales. Co-chairmen Herbert Kraft Phone: 949-260-1200 Employee Growth (1 yr): AMVAC: Christopher (Chris)
American Vanguard and Glenn Wintemute together own 28% of American Fax: 949-260-1201 31.00% Hildreth
Corporation Vanguard. Yes
 Got potash? If not, the Arab Potash Company (APC) would
be glad to fix you up. The company mines the Dead Sea
for potassium chloride, one of several potassium-based Fiscal Year End:
compounds commonly known as potash. The substance is December
used primarily for fertilizer, but also has industrial Revenue (2004): 260.50 M
applications, for example in the manufacture of glass and Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Issa Ayyoub
ceramic. Canadian industry bigwig Potash Corp. bought Address: P.O. Box 1470 19.80% • General Manager: Brent
more than a quarter of the company in October 2003 and Amman 11118, Jordan Employees (2004): 2,232 Heimann
installed some of its own executives in APC management Phone: +962-6-567-4376 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Deputy General
Arab Potash Company roles. Jordan Investment Corp. also owns more than a Fax: +962-6-567-4416 (-3.20%) Manager: Dave Stuart
Limited quarter of APC.
90% of Asia Pacific Potash Corp. (APPC, the Thai
government owns 10%), which explores for potash --
various potassium salts -- in northern Thailand near the
city of Udon Thani. It controls two deposits (Udon South
and Udon North) that contain an estimated 1.4 billion
metric tons of potash, which is used in fertilizer. The
company will supply Far Eastern markets, where demand Address: Ste. 2002, Fl. 20, Fiscal Year End: • President and CEO: John
is strong but few regional sources exist. The Ziff family, Abdulrahim Place, 990 Rama IV December Bovard
through Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, owns about 53% Rd., Silom, Ban Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • CFO and Corporate
of the company; Canadian Crew Development Corp. owns Bangkok 10500, Thailand Employees (2004): 45 Secretary: Robert Scott
7%. The company has agreed to a takeover bid from Thai Phone: +66-2-636-1600 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Operations: Matthew
Asia Pacific Resources group SRMT Holdings, a unit of Italian-Thai Development Fax: +66-2-636-1599 2.30% Blackwell
Ltd. Public Co. Yes
BASF Canada is a veritable one-stop chemical shop. The
company, a subsidiary of chemical giant BASF's North
American unit, has four primary divisions that make nearly
every basic chemical under the sun. Its agricultural
products and nutrition unit makes pest and plant control
products, animal nutrition products, and ingredients for
cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. The company's • President: Robin C.
performance products unit produces coatings and Address: 345 Carlingview Dr. Rotenberg
pigments, as well as chemicals for paper, textiles, and Toronto, Ontario M9W 6N9, • Director, Finance and
automobiles. Through its plastics unit, BASF Canada also Canada Logistics: James McEwen
is a major producer of polyurethanes and styrenics. The Phone: 416-675-3611 • Manager, Communications:
company's smallest unit, chemicals, makes Fax: 416-674-2588 Martine Despatie
BASF Canada petrochemicals, inorganic chemicals, and intermediates.
 If people turn to Bayer for what ails them, why can't plants?
Bayer CropScience, a part of German chemicals giant the
Bayer Group, is a leading producer of agricultural
chemicals. The company's Crop Protection unit makes • Chairman, Management
fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. Bayer Board: Friedrich Berschauer
CropScience also has two other divisions, Environmental Fiscal Year End: • Member, Management
Science and BioScience, that focus on non-crop chemicals December Board, Head of Portfolio
(such as consumer lawn care products) and genetically Address: Alfred-Nobel-Str. 50 Revenue (2004): 8110.30 Management, and: Rüdiger
modified seeds, respectively. The company was formed D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, M Scheitza
when Bayer Crop Protection acquired Aventis-Schering Germany Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Member, Manangement
joint venture Aventis CropScience; the combined company Phone: +49-21-73-38-0 12.10% Board and Head of Business
ranks as the #2 in crop protection firm worldwide, behind Fax: +49-21-73-38-3593 Employees (2004): 19,000 Planning and: Dirk Suwelack
Bayer CropScience AG Syngenta.

If you're in need of fertilizer you can make a run for the

Border. Border Chemical Company has three product
lines: fertilizer, liquid alum, and sulphuric acid. The US Fiscal Year End:
accounts for about 25% of sales. Border Chemical's December
shares have been unlisted since 2000, but its shares are Revenue (2004): 17.60 M
traded through brokers or individuals. The company is Address: 2147 Portage Ave. Revenue Growth (1 yr):
putting up half of its shares in an offering, which will allow it Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 0L4, 6.90%
to be privatized. John McFadzean and president and CEO Canada Employees (2004): 60
Patricia Smerchanski currently control the company. Phone: 204-837-1383 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Border Chemical Patricia Smerchanski is daughter of the company's Fax: 204-832-7244 100.00% • President and Director:
Company Limited founder. Patricia B. Smerchanski

Bunge Limited is everywhere on the food chain. The

company is the leading global soybean processor, a Fiscal Year End:
leading South American fertilizer maker and provider, and, December
through subsidiary Bunge North America, a major US food Revenue (2005): 24275.00 • Chairman and CEO:
processor. Its joint venture with DuPont (Solae) makes M Alberto Weisser
specialty food ingredients. The acquisition of Cereol in Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: William M. (Bill) Wells
2003 made Bunge the world's largest oilseed producer. (-3.50%)
Founded in 1818 as a grain trading company in Address: 2 Church St. Employees (2005): 23,495 • Managing Director, New
Amsterdam, Bunge was held mostly by families descended Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda Employee Growth (1 yr): Business Development:
from founder Johann Bunge until it went public in 2001. Its Phone: 001 4412951422 (-4.60%) Andrew J. (Drew) Burke
Bunge Limited products are available in more than 90 countries. Yes
 Central Garden & Pet is happy to help with both pets and
pests. The company is a leading US manufacturer and
distributor of lawn, garden, and pet supplies, providing its
products to pet supplies retailers, home improvement Fiscal Year End:
centers, nurseries, and mass merchandisers from September
approximately 30 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution Revenue (2005): 1380.60
centers located throughout the US; it also has sales offices M • Chairman: William E.
in the UK. Central Garden & Pet's proprietary brand lines Address: 1340 Treat Blvd., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Brown
include AMDRO fire ant bait, Four Paws animal products, 600 9.00% • President, CEO, and
Kaytee bird seed, Nylabone dog chews, Norcal pottery, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Employees (2004): 4,400 Director: Glenn W. Novotny
Pennington grass seed and bird seed products, and TFH Phone: 925-948-4000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, CFO, and Secretary:
Central Garden & Pet pet books. Chairman William Brown controls Fax: 925-287-0601 10.00% Stuart W. Booth
Company approximately 45% of the company's voting rights. Yes

Though CF Industries wants to give you some DAP, it's not

handing out praise. The company is an interregional
agricultural firm that manufactures and markets
nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers (including
diammonium phosphate, or DAP). It operates a network of Fiscal Year End: • Chairman, President, and
manufacturing and distribution facilities, primarily in the December CEO: Stephen R. Wilson
Midwest, through which it offers products worldwide. The Address: 1 Salem Lake Dr. Revenue (2005): 1908.40 • SVP and CFO: Ernest
company changed its structure from a cooperative to a Long Grove, IL 60047 M (Ernie) Thomas
holding company when it began to trade publicly in 2005. It Phone: 847-438-9500 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Operations: David J.
CF Industries Holdings, had been owned by eight regional agricultural co-ops, Fax: 847-438-0211 15.60% Pruett
Inc. including Land O'Lakes, GROWMARK, and CHS. Yes
Glassy Wing Sharp Shooters and Citrus Thrips beware!
Cleary wants turf to be tip top at tee-time. Cleary Chemical
Corporation makes fungicides, insecticides, nutrients, and • President: Margaret A.
colorants used by golf courses, nurseries, and Address: 178 Ridge Rd. Cleary
greenhouses. The company also keeps the roaches Dayton, NJ 08810 • Treasurer and Controller:
running with the Roach Terminal, a chemical trap used to Phone: 732-329-8399 Dave Misiura
Cleary Chemical control the pests. It also owns and maintains a golf course, Fax: 732-274-0894 • VP: Barbara Cleary Harris
Corporation Tara Greens.
 Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, doesn't
want its customers to be bugged. The subsidiary makes
insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides for agricultural Fiscal Year End:
applications, as well as for residential pest control. It also December
develops genetically modified (GM) seeds under the Revenue (2005): 3364.00
Mycogen and Phytogen names. Dow AgroSciences splits M Key People
its operations into five product lines: plant gentics and Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
biotechnology (in addition to seeds the unit has developed Address: 9330 Zionsville Rd. (-0.10%) Jerome A. Peribere
food products like Natreon canola oil), weed management, Indianapolis, IN 46268 Employees (2005): 5,500 • VP, Finance: Rogelio Lara
disease management, pest management, and urban pest Phone: 317-337-3000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Leader, Global Public
management. It has operations in more than 50 countries Fax: 317-337-4096 0.00% Affairs: Robyn Heine
Dow AgroSciences LLC around the world.
DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition is into seed, weed, and
feed. Among the larger of DuPont's six business units,
DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition contains a number of units,
subsidiaries, and joint ventures devoted to plant growth • Group VP, DuPont
and protection. The division encompasses DuPont Crop Agriculture & Nutrition: J.
Protection (herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides), joint Fiscal Year End: Erik Fyrwald
venture (with Bunge) Solae (soy-based ingredients), and December • CEO, Solae: Tony L. Arnold
Qualicon (microbial testing). Most of the division's sales Address: DuPont Bldg., 1007 Revenue (2004): 6247.00
occur in the first half of the calendar year. The company Market St. M • VP, Strategic Planning and
has joint ventures based in the UK, Mexico, and Russia. Wilmington, DE 19898 Revenue Growth (1 yr): New Business Development:
DuPont Agriculture & The unit also includes Pioneer Hi-Bred, a producer of Phone: 302-774-1000 14.20% Jane D. Brooks
Nutrition genetically modified seeds.

Pests, diseases, or chemicals in the Garden of Eden? I

think not. Eden Bioscience's crop protection products help
crops protect themselves. The company's Harp-N-Tek
Messenger products utilize naturally occurring proteins Fiscal Year End: • President, CEO, and
called harpins that trigger a plant's natural defense system December Director: Rhett R. Atkins
against pests and disease while activating growth Revenue (2005): 3.80 M • VP, Finance, CFO, and
processes such as photosynthesis and nutrient intake. The Address: 11816 North Creek Revenue Growth (1 yr): Secretary: Bradley S. (Brad)
products can be used on a variety of crops including citrus, Pkwy. N. 280.00% Powell
cotton, tomato, wheat, and roses. Messenger has been Bothell, WA 98011-8201 Employees (2005): 25 • Manager, Business
marketed to farmers, but Eden is branching out into the Phone: 425-806-7300 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development, Southern
Eden Bioscience home and garden market. The company's products are Fax: 425-806-7400 (-10.70%) Europe: Felix Martinez
Corporation sold in the US and in Spain. Yes
 Bet Coronado never thought to look in Arkansas. LSB
Industries did, though, and found its own El Dorado there.
El Dorado Chemical is part of the chemical manufacturing
division of LSB. It makes agricultural products and
industrial chemicals, including nitrogen-based fertilizers,
nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and industrial-grade ammonium
nitrate for the mining industry. The company operates a Address: 4500 North West Ave.
manufacturing facility in El Dorado, Arkansas and has El Dorado, AR 71730
marketing and distribution operations in the south-central Phone: 870-863-1400
El Dorado Chemical US. It ships products to wholesale customers by truck or Fax: 870-863-1426
Company railcar; it also serves retail customers. • President: Paul Rydlund

Ask a horiculturist who can, and the answer just may be,
"Florikan." The company, founded as Florikan E.S.A.
(Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture) Corporation,
provides professional horticultural products that range
from biological pest control products and soil amendments
to greenhouse coverings and nursery containers. It is also
a distributor of Nutricote controlled release fertilizers and
products made by ITML Horticultural Products Inc. Address: 1523 Edgar Place • President and CEO: Ed
(Canada). Florikan serves the southeastern US from its Sarasota, FL 34240 Rosenthal
offices in Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Ed and Betty Phone: 941-377-8666 • COO: Doug Cabe
Florikan E.S.A. Rosenthal, respectively serving as the company's Fax: 941-377-3633 • CFO: Betty Rosenthal
Corporation president and CEO and its CFO, founded Florikan in 1982.

Global Bio-chem Technology believes in the power of the

corn kernel. The company manufactures corn-refined and
corn-based bio-chemical products, including crude corn oil,
corn starch, corn germ cake, corn gluten meal, corn
sweeteners, modified starch, and amino acids. Global Bio-
chem is the largest producer of lysine (100,000 metric tons Address: Admiralty Centre, Tower • Co-chairman: Xiaoming Liu
annually) -- a widely used amino acid -- as well as the 1, Unit 1104, 18 Harcourt Rd. • Co-chairman: Zhouwen Xu
largest corn refiner and leading corn sweetener Hong Kong • Executive Director,
Global Bio-chem manufacturer in China. Its products are primarily used in Phone: +852-2838-8155 Management, Finance, and
Technology Group food and beverages, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, Fax: +852-2838-8433 Accounting: Zhanpeng Kong
Company Limited textiles, and paper.
 Kind of like cops for crops, Helena Chemical's mission is to
protect and serve. The agricultural products division of
Japanese business group Marubeni's US trading arm, the
company's product line is divided into two units: Crop
Protection and Crop Production. It also produces
agricultural chemicals, seeds, and fertilizers. Helena Address: 225 Schilling Blvd., Ste.
Chemical has four manufacturing sites -- in Arkansas, 300 • President: Mike McCarty
California, Georgia, and Iowa -- and sales, marketing, and Collierville, TN 38017-6937 Fiscal Year End: March • CFO: Troy D. Traxler Jr.
distribution locations throughout the US. Ancillary product Phone: 901-761-0050 Revenue (2005): 817.10 M • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Helena Chemical lines and services include forestry, aquatic, and vegetation Fax: 901-761-5754 Employees (2005): 2,900 Charles Adams
Company management.

A small branch on a big tree, Helena Chemical Company

Western Business Unit is the western US division of the
agricultural products unit of the US arm of a large
Japanese trading concern. The company manufactures
fertilizers and pesticides and provides agricultural services • VP: Steve Alexander
and supplies. The unit maintains locations in eight western Address: 7576 N. Ingram Ave., • Financial and
US states: Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, North Ste. 101 Administrative Manager:
Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. The Fresno, CA 93711 Robert Pate
Helena Chemical Western Business Unit manufactures fertilizers for Phone: 559-261-9030 • Program Administrator:
Company Western suppliers and also provides formulation services for private Fax: 559-261-9250 Jackie Cornell
Business Unit label products. Fiscal Year End:
December
Revenue (2004): 5584.20 • Chairman, Supervisory
HELM is in control of its own ship. A manufacturer and M Board: Ulf Gänger
distributor of chemicals, the company's products include Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman, Executive
fertilizers, insecticides, additives, pharmaceuticals, animal Address: Nordkanalstrasse 28 134.10% Board: Dieter Schnabel
and human nutrients, and plastics. Based in Germany -- D-20097 Hamburg, Germany Employees (2004): 1,186 • Member, Executive Board;
with more than 60% of its sales coming from Europe -- Phone: +49-40-2375-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Head of Finance, Controlling,
HELM HELM has operations in 32 countries in Africa, Asia, Fax: +49-40-2375-1845 7.70% and L: Rainer Detering
Aktiengesellschaft Europe, and North America.
Humatech turns organic matter into food for plants and
animals. Humatech claims that its line of organic, humate-
based fertilizers, feed additives, and plant nutrients are
safer for the environment and channel nutrients to the Fiscal Year End: April • Chairman, President, and
plants more efficiently. The company markets its products Revenue (2004): 0.30 M CEO: David G. Williams
to commercial growers, independent garden consumers, Address: 1959 S. Val Vista Dr., Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO, Secretary, and
and animal feeders throughout the US; it also has a 20% Ste. 130 14.50% Director: John D. (J. D.)
stake in its UK distributor, Humatech, Ltd. Chairman and Mesa, AZ 85204 Employees (2004): 6 Rottweiler
CEO David Williams and his family, though its ownership Phone: 480-813-8484 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Director, National Retail
of Willow Capital, controls 31% of Humatech, and fellow Fax: 480-813-8485 (-33.30%) Sales: Terry Williams
Humatech, Inc. officer and director J. D. Rottweiler owns 15%. Yes
 Indo Gulf Fertilizers wants farmers to embrace its strong
man. The company produces and sells urea, a nitrogenous
fertilizer, under the Birla Shaktiman brand (Shakti means
strength in Sanskrit). Its manufacturing plant, located in
India's agriculturally intensive Indo-Gangetic plain,
produces about 900,000 tons of urea per year. Indo Gulf
Fertilizers provides a number of free services to farmers
including agricultural education and training, crop Address: Jagdishpur Industrial • Chairman: Kumar M. Birla
demonstrations, soil testing, soil fertility maps, micro- Area • Managing Director: Rakesh
watershed development, fruit tree planting, and programs Dist Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh 227 Jain
to better village health and sanitation. Indo Gulf also 817, India • Executive President: S. N.
Indo Gulf Fertilisers sponsors Shaktiman Farmers Clubs. Indo Gulf is a Phone: +91-5361-270-032 Jajoo
Limited subsidiary of Aditya Birla.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Silver (recycled) from X-rays and photowaste turns plants
green all in a row. Itronics operates its two business
segments through subsidiaries. Itronics Metallurgical
recycles photochemicals and turns the results into its
GOLD'n GRO animal repellent and liquid fertilizer. GOLD'n
GRO products are sold primarily in the western US. Address: 6490 S. McCarran Blvd., Fiscal Year End: • President, Treasurer, and
Another subsidiary, Whitney & Whitney, provides mineral Bldg. C, Ste. 23 December Director; President, Itronics
planning and technical services (mineral economics, Reno, NV 89509 Revenue (2005): 1.40 M Meta: John W. Whitney
geologic studies, and project management services) to the Phone: 775-689-7696 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Controller: Michael C.
mining industry. President John Whitney owns 17% of the Fax: 775-689-7691 (-20.90%) Horsley
Itronics Inc. company. Yes

Salt has preserved K+S (for Kali und Salz) for more than a
century. Founded in 1889 to mine salt, K+S gets more
than 40% of its sales from potash, which is extracted from
salt and used in fertilizers. The company also produces Fiscal Year End:
salt used for industrial purposes (such as making glass), December • Chairman, Supervisory
as well as for deicing roads and cooking. K+S is Revenue (2004): 3521.20 Board: Gerhard R. Wolf
Germany's top salt producer and supplies about 12% of M • Chairman, Board of
the world's potash. In addition, the company runs facilities Revenue Growth (1 yr): Executive Directors: Ralf
that recycle waste materials and provide underground Address: Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7 22.60% Bethke
waste disposal services. K+S has acquired COMPO (sport 34131 Kassel, Germany Employees (2004): 10,988 • Member of the Board of
lawn and special crop fertilizers) from BASF AG and is Phone: +49-561-9301-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Executive Directors: Norbert
handling the marketing of BASF's nitrogen fertilizer Fax: +49-561-9301-2160 3.40% Steiner
K+S Aktiengesellschaft (fertiva). BASF owns about 10% of K+S.
 GrowHow. The Finnish industrial chemical company spun
off its agrochemical unit to shareholders. GrowHow's own Fiscal Year End:
know-how lies in its various product lines for crop December
cultivation and animal nutrition: fertilizers (nitrogen-, Revenue (2004): 1576.00
phosphate-, and potassium-based), phosphates (for M
animal feed, feed acidifiers, and phosphoric acid), and Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Ossi Virolainen
industrial chemicals (primarily by-products and Address: Mechelininkatu 1a 11.10% • President and CEO: Heikki
intermediates left over from the company's fertilizer 00181 Helsinki, Finland Employees (2004): 2,901 Sirviö
manufacturing processes). GrowHow has production Phone: +358-10-215-111 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Deputy CEO: Kaj
facilities in seven countries. The Finnish government owns Fax: +358-10-215-2126 (-9.00%) Friman
Kemira GrowHow Oyj about 30% of the company.
Landec Ag's products provide something of a wake-up call
for crop seeds. The subsidiary of Landec Corporation
produces temperature-activated seed coatings that allow
for earlier planting. The coatings, marketed under the • President and CEO:
brand name Intellicoat, protect seeds planted in cold Thomas F. (Tom) Crowley
weather and control germination time, thereby increasing • CFO, CIO, and VP of
crop yields and extending the time period during which Human Resources: Mike
farmers can plant seeds. The coatings are applied to corn Address: 306 N. Main St. Godlove
and soybean seeds. It also sells seed corn through its Monticello, IN 47960-2133 Fiscal Year End: May • VP, Marketing and New
subsidiary Fielder's Choice (and has acquired seed corn Phone: 574-583-2741 Revenue (2005): 23.00 M Business Development: Bill
producer Heartland Hybrids). Landec Ag sells directly to Fax: 574-583-2947 Employees (2005): 70 Gass
Landec Ag, Inc. 15,000 farmers in more than 40 states.

When LESCO sees a golf course or a lawn, it sees green.

The company sells fertilizer, grass seed, and turf-
protection products used on golf courses and lawns in the
US, primarily under the LESCO name, but also under
brands such as NOVEX (a longer-acting turf fertilizer). Fiscal Year End:
Major customers include landscapers, municipalities, and December
country clubs. Consumable goods (fertilizer, grass seed, Revenue (2005): 575.70 M • President and CEO: Jeffrey
herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) account for most Address: 1301 E. 9th St., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): L. Rutherford
of LESCO's sales, but the company also sells hard goods 1300 2.60% • VP, CFO, and Treasurer:
such as rotary mowers, spreaders, and sprayers. Lesco Cleveland, OH 44114-1849 Employees (2004): 1,341 Michael A. Weisbarth
sells its products through more than 270 service centers, a Phone: 216-706-9250 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Real Estate and Store
fleet of roughly 70 tractor-trailer-based stores, and through Fax: 216-706-5240 2.90% Planning: Michael L. Poole
LESCO, Inc. sales representatives. Yes
 Makhteshim-Agan Industries (MAI) manufactures generic
forms of crop protection chemicals. Its products include
herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Its first proprietray
crop protection product was Rimon, which is not toxic for
humans. Formed by the 1998 Koor Industries' acquisition
of two separate public companies, the agrochemicals
company has operations worldwide. Koor has been selling
part of its shares in the company and plans to reduce its
voting capital to 34%. To help it expand its distribution for Address: 1 Azrieli Centre • Chairman: Danny Biran
crop protection chemicals, MAI has agreed to buy a 49% Tel Aviv 67012, Israel • President and CEO:
stake in Dutch chemicals company Mabeno. Through Phone: +972-3-694-7977 Shlomo Yanai
Makhteshim-Agan subsidiaries MAI is also involved in food and Fax: +972-3-609-5012 • VP and CFO: Eli Assraf
Industries Ltd. nutraceuticals.

Corn the size of a Trident missile? Not quite, but Monsanto

is all about bioengineered crops. Monsanto helps farmers
grow more crops by applying biotechnology, genomics,
and molecular breeding technology to herbicides and
seeds. Its flagship product, Roundup, is the world's #1 Fiscal Year End: August
herbicide. Monsanto also produces genetically altered Revenue (2005): 6294.00 • Chairman, President, and
seeds (cotton, corn, soybean, and canola) that tolerate M CEO: Hugh Grant
Roundup and resist bugs; it estimates that more than 70% Revenue Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Terrell K.
of the world's insect- and herbicide-resistant crops bears Address: 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd. 15.30% (Terry) Crews
its stamp. It also produces Asgrow, Hartz, and DEKALB St. Louis, MO 63167 Employees (2004): 12,600 • EVP, International
seeds. In this decade Monsanto has been re-making itself Phone: 314-694-1000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Commercial: Brett D.
as a seed and biotech company, as opposed to one Fax: 314-694-8394 (-4.50%) Begemann
Monsanto Company focused on agricultural chemicals. Yes
Nu-Gro Canada (formerly The Nu-Gro Corporation) is
engaged in making and distributing packaged consumer
lawn and garden prdoucts. It makes high-quality fertilizers,
pet care products, and pest-control and horticultural
products for consumer and commercial use. The • President and CEO: John
company's consumer brands include Green Earth, D. Hill
Pickseed, Plant-Prod, Spectrum, and Vigoro. It also makes Address: 10 Craig St. • CFO: Kelly Clinton
IB Nitrogen, Nitroform, Nutralene, and Orgaiform for the Brantford, Ontario N3R 7J1, • VP, Operations and
professional and golf industries. In 2004 the company was Canada General Manager,
acquired by United Industries, which was subsequently Phone: 519-757-0077 Professional Products:
acquired by Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac Fax: 519-757-0080 Sheldon O. Witte
Nu-Gro Canada Corp. Corporation).
 Even if you've got an old farm, Nufarm would like to help
you kill some weeds. Nufarm's Crop Protection division
manufactures herbicides and pesticides, and its Industrial,
Fine, and Performance Chemicals unit makes chlor-
alkalies, surfactants, and coatings for pharmaceutical, Fiscal Year End: July
automotive, and consumer companies. In 2002 Nufarm Revenue (2004): 1106.50
took control of the Australian and New Zealand marketing M
rights to Monsanto's Roundup brand of herbicides, and in Address: 103-105 Pipe Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Kerry Hoggard
2004 it bought some of BASF's herbicide product lines, Laverton North, Victoria 3026, 16.20% • Managing Director, CEO,
adding strength to Nufarm's European business. The Australia Employees (2004): 2,613 and Board Member: Doug
company has been divesting noncore operations, including Phone: +61-3-9282-1000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Rathbone
US-based Nufarm Specialty Products, to focus on its core Fax: +61-3-9282-1001 1.80% • CFO: Kevin Martin
Nufarm Limited crop protection business.
Nufarm UK, a subsidiary of Australia-based crop protection
manufacturer Nufarm Limited, specializes in producing
herbicides. In addition to a broad array of phenoxyacetic
and phenoxy propionic herbicides, Nufarm UK makes Fiscal Year End: July
other crop protection and related agricultural chemicals, Address: Crabtree Manorway Revenue (2004): 314.50 M • Country Manager: Graham
including fungicides, pesticides, adjuvant oils, and growth North Revenue Growth (1 yr): K. Dickinson
regulators. Products include Lentipur, an herbicide used Belvedere, Kent DA17 6BQ, 15.60% • Marketing Manager:
on certain varieties of winter wheat, winter barley, triticale, England Employees (2004): 940 Jonathan (Jon) Staton
and durum wheat grasses, and Nu-shot, an herbicide that Phone: +44-208-319-7222 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Technical Manager: Tudor
controls common nettle, ragwort, brambles, and other Fax: +44-208-319-7200 (-7.80%) Dawkins
Nufarm UK Limited difficult weeds in grasslands.
OCI Chemical primarily produces soda ash from its mining
and manufacturing operations in Wyoming and Alabama.
The company also makes sodium percarbonate, widely
used in detergents and personal care products.
Established as Stauffer Chemical in 1962, the company
mines primarily in the Green River Basin of southwestern • President and CEO:
Wyoming to recover the trona from which its soda ash is Address: 2 Corporate Dr. Fiscal Year End: Christopher T. Fraser
produced. OCI Chemical became a subsidiary of South Shelton, CT 06484 December • CFO: Paul Francese
Korea-based DC Chemical Co and was subsequently Phone: 203-225-3100 Revenue (2005): 75.70 M • National Sales Manager:
OCI Chemical renamed in 1996 when DC Chemical acquired Rhone- Fax: 203-225-3198 Employees (2005): 506 Kevin Golankiewicz
Corporation Poulenc's US soda ash operations.
 One of the largest nitrogen producers worldwide, PCS
Nitrogen is a unit of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
PCS Nitrogen produces its parent company's nitrogen
fertilizers and feed ingredients from four manufacturing
facilities in the US and one in Trinidad. However, the
company has indefinitely shut down its plant at Memphis. It
produces ammonia, urea, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate,
and nitrogen solutions. The parent company acquires its Address: 122 1st Ave. South, Ste.
ammonia at market rates through PCS Nitrogen. In 500 Fiscal Year End:
addition to marketing its products to fertilizer customers, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K December
PCS Nitrogen also serves such industries as 7G3, Canada Revenue (2005): 424.10 M
pharmaceuticals and plastics. Natural gas is the primary Phone: 306-933-8500 Employees (2005): 1,350
PCS Nitrogen, Inc. raw material of its products. • EVP: James F. (Jim) Dietz
Plants, cows, and chickens have got to eat too, you know.
The products of PCS Phosphate Company are used as
ingredients for fertilizers (both liquid and solid), livestock
and poultry feed, and industrial applications. Its operations
form part of the phosphate business line of global
agrochemical giant PotashCorp. The company also mines • Chairman: William J. (Bill)
phosphates and potash. PCS Phosphate has eight Address: 122 1st Ave. South, Ste. Doyle
manufacturing facilities in the US Southeast and Midwest 500 Fiscal Year End: • President and Director:
and in Brazil. The unit is also a member company of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K December Thomas J. (Tom) Regan Jr.
Phosphate Chemicals Export Association Inc. 7G3, Canada Revenue (2005): 373.30 M • VP Technical Services:
PCS Phosphate (PhosChem), which was established to promote US Phone: 306-933-8500 Employees (2005): 1,600 Clark H. Huff
Company, Inc. Exports of phosphates.
Andre the Giant), Phibro Animal Health has changed its
name to better reflect its core business. Rather than
spinning spooky discs or being large, the former Philipp
Brothers Chemicals manufactures specialty chemicals for
agricultural and industrial uses. Its largest segment by far,
Animal Health and Nutrition, produces feed additives, Fiscal Year End: June
including trace minerals, vitamins, and antibiotics. Its Revenue (2005): 364.30 M
antibacterials protect against salmonellosis and fowl Address: 65 Challenger Rd., 3rd Revenue Growth (1 yr):
cholera. Phibro's Industrial Chemicals unit produces Fl. 1.70% • Chairman and President:
pigments, as well as minerals such as iron and RidgeField Park, NJ 07660 Employees (2005): 992 Jack C. Bendheim
manganese, which are used as colorants and in brick, Phone: 201-329-7300 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Gerald K. Carlson
Phibro Animal Health masonry, and glass. Chairman Jack Bendheim owns the Fax: 201-329-7399 (-5.60%) • CFO: Richard G. Johnson
Corporation company.
and swine. The company, a subsidiary of Phibro Animal
Health (formerly called Philipp Brothers Chemicals),
refines trace minerals such as cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, • President: Marvin S.
manganese, molybdenum, and zinc, as well as additives to Sussman
be used as premixes for animal feed. Its CHROMAX • VP, Finance and
(chromium tripicolinate) is a nutritional supplement fed to Address: 1 Prince Plaza Fiscal Year End: Administration: Clayton
over 3 million sows every day. Prince Agri also makes feed Quincy, IL 62306 December Lamkin
flavoring additives such as the raspberry-flavored Phone: 217-222-8854 Revenue (2005): 23.20 M • VP, Operations: Greg
Prince Agri Products, PIGORTEK for piglets. The company was founded in Fax: 217-222-5098 Employees (2005): 91 McLean
Inc. 1980.
 agricultural products. It also is the largest importer of
fertilizer products in China. Sinochem Corporation, one of
the biggest state-owned corporations in China, controls
about three quarters of the company. Sinochem Hong
Kong acquired the Sinochem fertilizer business in 2005;
previously it was managed Sinochem's property
investments and investment holdings. Sinochem Hong
Kong was founded in 1994, in order to trade on the Hong Address: 1 Harbour Road Fiscal Year End: March
Kong stock exchange. PotashCorp acquired a 10% stake Wanchai, Hong Kong Revenue (2005): 1.30 M
in the company in 2005 and raised its holdings to 20% Phone: +852-2850-7689 Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Sinochem Hong Kong early the next year; the total investment is about $225 Fax: +852-2850-7229 (-90.00%) • CEO and Director: Du Ke
Holdings Limited million. Ping
Spur Ventures is involved in phosphate mining and
phosphate fertilizer manufacturing in a joint venture with
Yichang Phosphorous Chemicals Co. in China. The
Canadian company, which holds a majority interest in the
venture, plans to produce up to 1 million tons annually of
NPK fertilizer (a compound containing nitrogen,
phosphorous, and potassium) in China's central province Address: 1055 Dunsmuir St., Four Fiscal Year End:
of Hubei. Spur Ventures has completed construction of a Bentall Centre, Ste. 2684 December
phosphoric acid plant in Yichang, which has the capacity to Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Revenue (2004): 4.00 M • Chairman: Steven G.
produce 60,000 tons of phosphoric acid per year. The 1L3, Canada Employees (2004): 136 (Steve) Dean
product will be used to supply the joint venture's fertilizer Phone: 604-689-5564 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Robert J. Rennie
plant, which has the capacity to produce 100,000 tons per Fax: 604-609-9836 1842.90% • President: Y.B. Ian He
Spur Ventures Inc. year of NPK fertilizer. Yes
Syngenta helps to feed the world. The company is neck
and neck with Bayer CropScienceto be recognized as the
world's largest agrochemical company (each well ahead of
Monsanto and DuPont). The company produces crop Fiscal Year End:
protection products (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), December
field crop seeds (soybeans), vegetable seeds (corn, Revenue (2005): 8104.00
beans, tomatoes), and flowers. Syngenta and Myriad M
Genetics have mapped the rice genome, which could Revenue Growth (1 yr):
make rice crops more resistant to disease and lead to the Address: Schwarzwaldallee 215 11.50%
genetic mapping of other cereals like wheat and corn. 4058 Basel, Switzerland Employees (2004): 19,500 • Chairman: J. Martin Taylor
Drug giants Novartis and AstraZeneca created Syngenta Phone: +41-61-323-11-11 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Michael P. Pragnell
when they joined their seeds and agrochemical Fax: +41-61-323-12-12 (-9.10%) • CFO: Domenico Scala
Syngenta AG businesses as an independent company in 2000. Yes
Plagues of locusts, weevils, or any other kind of crop-
destroying bugs are no match for Syngenta Crop
Protection. The subsidiary of Syngenta AG, manufactures
more than 130 products (herbicides, fungicides,
insecticides, and seed treatments) used by farmers and
pest control operators to control insects, crop diseases, • President: Valdemar
and weeds. The company operates manufacturing and Address: 410 Swing Rd. Fiscal Year End: Fischer
development facilities in the US. Its agrochemical products Greensboro, NC 27409 December • COO: John C. Atkin
are used to protect all manner of crops from corn and Phone: 336-632-6000 Revenue (2005): 186.10 M • VP, Finance: Braydon
Syngenta Crop soybeans to cotton and peanuts. Syngenta's brands Fax: 336-632-7353 Employees (2005): 1,456 Winch
Protection, Inc. include Callisto, Omega, Actara, Helix, and SecureChoice.
 There's a lot of dirt out there on Terra Nitrogen, which
produces nitrogen fertilizer products. The company
operates a plant in Oklahoma that produces ammonia and
urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution. Farmers use the • Chairman, President, and
company's products to improve crop yield and quality of Fiscal Year End: CEO: Michael L. (Mike)
crops. Terra Nitrogen sells its products wholesale to December Bennett
dealers, distributors, and national farm retail chain outlets, Address: Terra Centre, 600 4th St. Revenue (2005): 454.80 M • SVP, CFO, and Director:
primarily in the central and southern Plains and Corn Belt Sioux City, IA 51102-6000 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Francis G. (Frank) Meyer
regions of the US. Agrochemical company Terra Industries Phone: 712-277-1340 8.50% • Manager, Communications:
Terra Nitrogen is Terra Nitrogen's general partner and owns 75% of its Fax: 712-233-3648 Employees (2005): 0 Kim Mathers
Company, L.P. shares. Yes
Turns out that not all dirt is created equal. Tetra
Micronutrients produces mineral additives that make bad
dirt better. Its zinc and manganese micronutrients are
completely water-soluble, which is important in actually Address: 230 Spring Hill Dr., Ste. • President: Michael Deiker
getting the micronutrients to the plants where they improve 310 • Director, Sales and
plant nutrition and the health of animals that eat the plants. The Woodlands, TX 77386 Marketing: Kipp Smallwood
The company is based in Texas, has its manufacturing Phone: 281-419-9430 Revenue (2005): 376.50 M • Manager, Administration:
facility in Nebraska, and its sales force is spread Fax: 281-292-9562 Employees (2005): 1,200 Peggy Rivas
Tetra Micronutrients throughout the US and into Mexico and Canada.
Lots of little pieces have joined together to form The
Mosaic Company's big picture. The company was pieced
together from the merger of IMC Global and Cargill's
former crop nutrition unit in late 2004, creating one of the
world's largest makers of phosphate and potash crop • Chairman: Robert L.
nutrients. Mosaic combined IMC's largely domestic Lumpkins
business with the global reach provided by Cargill's Address: 3033 Campus Dr., Ste. • President, CEO, and
businesses; in fact, Mosaic does more than two-thirds of E490 Director: Fredric W. (Fritz)
its business outside the US. Cargill owns two-thirds of Plymouth, MN 55441 Fiscal Year End: May Corrigan
Mosaic, marking the first public ownership of any part of Phone: 763-577-2700 Revenue (2005): 4396.70 • EVP and CFO: Lawrence
Cargill, the largest private company in the US. Fax: 763-559-2860 M W. (Larry) Stranghoener
The Mosaic Company Yes
(SMG, formerly The Scotts Company), the world's largest
maker and marketer of horticultural and turf products. Its
garden and indoor plant care items include grass seeds,
fertilizers, herbicides, potting soils, and related tools. Fiscal Year End:
Brand names include Ortho, Miracle-Gro, Hyponex, and September
Turf Builder. Scotts markets Monsanto's Roundup Revenue (2005): 2369.30
herbicide products for the consumer market and has a M • President and COO: Robert
lawn and shrub care service. It owns upscale garden Revenue Growth (1 yr): F. Bernstock
retailer Smith & Hawken. Siblings James Hagedorn Address: 14111 Scottslawn Rd. 16.30% • EVP and CFO: Christopher
(chairman and CEO) and Katherine Littlefield (a director) Marysville, OH 43041 Employees (2004): 4,985 L. (Chris) Nagel
own a third of SMG. Hagedorn and Littlefield are the Phone: 937-644-0011 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and CEO: James
The Scotts Miracle-Gro children of Horace Hagedorn, the creator of Miracle-Gro Fax: 937-644-7614 24.50% (Jim) Hagedorn
Company plant food. Yes
 Better gardening through chemicals. Trans-Resources,
Inc. (TRI) makes specialty plant nutrients as well as
industrial and organic chemicals for businesses worldwide.
Through Haifa Chemicals, TRI is the world's largest
producer of potassium nitrate, a specialized growth
nutrient for produce and tobacco; it controls about half of
the world market for potassium nitrate. Haifa Chemicals
also produces other fertilizers and food additives. The • Chairman and CEO: Arie
unit's products are marketed under the Multi-K and Address: 200 W. 57th St. Genger
Multicote brands. Other TRI subsidiaries make water- New York, NY 10019 • President and COO:
soluble and liquid-starter fertilizers, insecticides, Phone: 212-515-4100 William Dowd
herbicides, horticulture supplies, and irrigation equipment. Fax: 212-515-4111 • Controller: Caron Peters
Trans-Resources, Inc. Chairman Arie Genger and family own the company.
healthy plants, UAP Holding minds the crops. Through its
United Agri Products subsidiary, the company distributes
crop production supplies, including seeds, fertilizers, and
pest and weed killers, to regional dealers and growers
throughout the US and Canada. Its suppliers include Fiscal Year End: February
BASF, Dow AgroSciences, and Monsanto; it also markets Revenue (2005): 2506.70 • President, CEO, and
its own manufactured products under brands including M Director: L. Kenneth (Kenny)
ACA, Salvo, Savage, Shotgun, and Dyna-Gro. The Revenue Growth (1 yr): Cordell
company provides crop and inventory management, Address: 7251 W. 4th St. 1000.40% • EVP, Products Company:
biotechnology advising, and custom blending services. Greeley, CO 80634 Employees (2005): 3,440 Kevin Howard
UAP Holding became a publicly traded entity in 2004; Phone: 970-356-4400 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President, Distribution:
investment firm Apollo Management owns a 34% stake in Fax: 970-347-1560 (-5.00%) Bryan S. Wilson
UAP Holding Corp. the company. Yes
Yara International tries to make the world green -- and, in
the process, make a little green of its own. The
manufacturer of fertilizers and industrial gases is among
the world's largest plant nutrient companies and ammonia Fiscal Year End:
producers and marketers, selling more than 20 million December
metric tons of fertilizer per year. It is also a top supplier of Revenue (2004): 5456.60
CO2 and nitrogen chemicals to industrial markets and of M
nitrates to the explosives industry. Environmental Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Øivind Lund
operations include manufacturing products to improve the Address: Bygdøy allé 2 (-4.50%) • President and CEO:
taste of drinking water and reduce nitric oxide pollution. N-0202 Oslo, Norway Employees (2004): 7,067 Thorleif Enger
Formerly known as Hydro Agri, the company was spun off Phone: +47-24-15-70-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and COO: Daniel
in early 2004 by Norwegian alumnium maker Norsk Hydro. Fax: +47-24-15-72-67 (-6.20%) Clauw
Yara International ASA Yara markets its products worldwide.
Yara America's theme is Man against Nature as it strives
to develop environmentally friendly applications for its
fertilizers. Yara America is the North American subsidiary
of Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International. The
company produces both nitrogenous and phosphatic
fertilizers to the agricultural and horticultural industry from
Yara's network of about nearly 50 terminals in the US and • President: Jack Gale
Canada. Yara also produces nearly a quarter of the world's Address: 100 N. Tampa, Ste. 3200 • VP, Finance and
total market share of ammonia. Yara's North American unit Tampa, FL 33602 Administration: Leesa Burns
was formerly called Hydro Agri North America before its Phone: 813-222-5700 • Marketing Manager: Peter
Yara North America, parent company was spun off from industrial giant Norsk Fax: 813-875-5735 Valesares
Inc. Hydro ASA in early 2004.
 Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
The many-armed Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many
incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, service
operations, and subsidiaries the Indian conglomerate • Chairman: Kumar M.
produces fabrics, industrial gases, aluminum and copper, Birla
cement, palm oil, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, • Director, Human
fertilizers, sponge iron, and insulators. Aditya Birla is the #1 Resources and CTO:
producer of rayon fiber in the world as well as Asia's largest Santrupt Misra
aluminum producer. Its subsidiaries also provide business, Address: S.K. Ahire Marg, Worli • Director, Corporate
financial, and IT services. This rising sun (Aditya is the Mumbai 400 025, India Strategy and Business
Aditya Birla Sanskrit word for sun) has come a long way from its roots in Phone: +91-5652-5000 Development,: Bharat K.
Management the tiny Rajasthani village of Pilani, where Seth Shiva Fax: +91-5652-5750 Singh
Corporation Ltd Narayan Birla started trading cotton in 1857.
Its Alcan-do attitude has helped make Alcan one of the
world's largest aluminum producers, behind the US's Alcoa.
The company controls 13% of the world's aluminum Fiscal Year End: December
production capacity. It mines bauxite (aluminum ore) and Revenue (2005): 20320.00 • Chairman: L. Yves Fortier
makes and recycles aluminum sheet, foil, wire and cable, and M
extrusions (doors, windows, auto parts). Alcan also generates Address: 1188 Sherbrooke St. West Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
hydroelectric power and makes aluminum-related specialty Montreal, Quebec H3A 3G2, (-18.30%) Director: Richard B. (Dick)
chemicals and packaging products. This decade has proved Canada Employees (2005): 65,000 Evans
busy for Alcan. It bought Algroup in 2000, Pechiney in 2003, Phone: 514-848-8000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Michael
and spun off its aluminum rolled products unit into a public Fax: 514-848-8115 (-21.20%) Hanley
Alcan Inc. company called Novelis in early 2005. Yes
makes for the automotive and other industries. The company
makes rolling mill and extrusion products, composite
materials, components, and aluminum systems. An indirect
subsidiary of US-based Alcan Inc., it is known for its
lightweight automotive structures, offiering an array of
components for crash systems and body structures. The
Volkswagen Beetle was one of the first autos to use its • Managing Director/Site
products. The company's aluminum crossmembers on front Address: Alusingen-Platz 1 Manager: Peter Hutsch
bumpers are designed to give way upon impact to prevent G-78224 Singen, Germany • Managing Director/Labor
further damage to the body structure. Alcan Singen also Phone: +49-7731-80-0 Director: Thomas Sigi
makes aluminum modules designed to reduce the weight of Fax: +49-7731-80-2222 • CFO: Joachim Blatter
Alcan Singen GmbH the front section.
You'll never have reason to pay a bunch of guys in white
coveralls to climb around your house with an electric paint
sprayer. That's the pitch over at Alcoa Home Exteriors. The
company, a subsidiary of global aluminum giant Alcoa,
manufactures aluminum trim, siding, injection-molded • President and CEO: Gary
shutters, and accessories for the light construction and Acinapura
residential industries. Alcoa Home Exteriors also makes rain Address: 1590 Omega Dr. • VP, Finance: Antonio
removal and ventilation systems. Its brand names include Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Pugas
Mastic (siding sold under the lines Cedar Discovery, QUEST, Phone: 412-249-6000 • VP, Operations: Greg
Alcoa Home and Brentwood) and Alcoa-branded siding (lines including Fax: 412-249-6059 Boatright
Exteriors, Inc. Grand Sierra, Liberty Elite, and Board & Batten).
 Alcoa is one of the world's top producers of alumina
(aluminum's principal ingredient, processed from bauxite) and
aluminum. Its vertically integrated operations include bauxite
mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting; primary
products include alumina and its chemicals, automotive Fiscal Year End: December
components, and sheet aluminum for beverage cans. The Revenue (2005): 26159.00 • Chairman and CEO:
company's non-aluminum products include consumer M Alain J. P. Belda
products, fiber-optic cables, food service and flexible Revenue Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Joseph C.
packaging products, and plastic closures. Major markets 11.40% (Joe) Muscari
include the aerospace, automotive, construction, and Address: 390 Park Ave. Employees (2004): 119,000 • EVP, Corporate
packaging industries. Alcoa has gained presence in China's New York, NY 10022-4608 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development: Barbara S.
aluminum market by forming a strategic alliance with Phone: 412-553-4545 (-0.80%) Jeremiah
Alcoa Inc. Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco). Yes
Alexandra Extrusion makes precision aluminum extruded
products such as custom front panels and heat sinks. The
company's services include assembly, CNC (computerized • President: Tom Schabel
numerical control) machining, finishing, stretch forming, and • VP Sales and Marketing:
welding. Alexandria Extrusion markets its products to Address: 401 County Rd. 22 NW Brian Bloedorn
companies in a variety of industries, such as electronics, Alexandria, MN 56308 Fiscal Year End: December • VP Administration and
medical equipment, power tools, telecommunications, and Phone: 320-763-6537 Revenue (2005): 43.50 M Treasurer: Tim Froemming
Alexandria transportation. President Tom Schabel owns the company, Fax: 320-763-9250 Employees (2005): 310
Extrusion Company which was founded in 1966.
to zinc. The company smelts aluminum and refines zinc to
produce a variety of alloys; it also provides metal analysis
services. The company's main customers are in the Address: 2059 S. Canal St.
appliance, automotive, electronics, housewares, and toy Chicago, IL 60616-1515 Fiscal Year End: July
industries. Allied Metal operates from facilities in Chicago and Phone: 312-225-2800 Revenue (2005): 28.40 M
Allied Metal in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company was founded in Fax: 312-225-1161 Employees (2005): 120 • VP, Sales: Michael
Company 1953. Gilford
industry. Formed and operating through a spinoff of WMC
Resources' 40% stake in Alcoa's subsidiary, Alcoa World
Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), the company manufactures
bauxite, alumina, alumina-based chemicals, and aluminum.
AWAC is considered the largest producer of alumina (a
refined product of bauxite ore used in making aluminum) and Address: IBM Tower, 60 City Rd., Fiscal Year End: December
a major producer of alumina-based chemicals. The alumina Level 12 Revenue (2005): 2.90 M • Chairman: Donald M.
produced by AWAC is sold mainly to Alcoa's smelting Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia Employees (2004): 7,500 Morley
facilities. Overseas customers in Canada, Europe, the Middle Phone: +61-3-8699-2600 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO and Director: John
East, South Africa, and the US purchase the rest of the Fax: +61-3-8699-2699 (-6.30%) Marlay
Alumina Limited alumina. • CFO: Ken A. Dean
"aluminating"): Aluminium of Greece mines bauxite and
produces hydrated and calcined alumina, as well as
aluminum created through electrolysis. The company's
finished aluminum is marketed to automobile manufacturers Fiscal Year End: December
and manufacturers of building materials and packaging. Revenue (2004): 487.40 M
Aluminium of Greece's Delphes & Distomon subsidiary Revenue Growth (1 yr):
operates underground mines to extract bauxite used by its Address: 1, Sekeri St. 22.60% • Chairman: Jason Stratos
Aluminium of parent for aluminum production. In March 2005 Alcan sold its 106 71 Athens, Greece Employees (2004): 1,166 • Managing Director:
Greece Industrial 60%-plus interest in Aluminium of Greece to Mytilineos Phone: +30-210-36-93-000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Jacques Gani
and Commercial Holdings. Alcan had gained that interest through its 2004 Fax: +30-210-36-93-615 (-12.70%) • CFO: John Dimou
S.A. acquisition of Pechiney.
 Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) has
masterminded its way into mixing alumina and aluminum.
Chalco is the only maker of alumina -- which is refined from Fiscal Year End: December
bauxite and a key material in producing aluminum -- in China. Revenue (2005): 4598.00 M • Chairman and CEO: Xiao
The company produces over 6 million tons of alumina Address: No. 12B Fuxing Rd., Revenue Growth (1 yr): Yaqing
products (including alumina, alumina hydrate and alumina Haidian District 17.80% • President and Director:
chemicals), which makes it the second-largest maker of Beijing 100814, China Employees (2004): 68,620 Xiong Weiping
Aluminum alumina in the world. Chalco also produces just under 8 Phone: +86-10-6397-1767 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, CFO, and Director:
Corporation of million tons of primary aluminum annually. Chinalco, a state- Fax: +86-10-6397-1690 1.80% Chen Jihua
China Limited owned enterprise, owns more than 40% of the company. Yes
Through its Logan Aluminum unit, ARCO Aluminum
manufactures aluminum sheet, which is used mainly by the Key People
beverage and automotive industries. Logan Alumnium's • President and Business
offerings include automotive sheet, building products, Address: 9960 Corporate Campus Unit Leader: Patrick Franc
distributor sheet, food can stock, and rigid container sheet. Dr. Ste. 3000 • VP Operations: David
Logan Aluminum is a joint venture of ARCO Aluminum and Louisville, KY 40223-4048 Fiscal Year End: December Brown
Novelis, a spinoff of Alcan. ARCO Aluminum is owned by oil Phone: 502-566-5700 Revenue (2005): 600.00 M • VP Finance: David
ARCO Aluminum, giant BP, which acquired the company as part of its purchase Fax: 502-566-5740 Employees (2005): 32 Sourwine
Inc. of Atlantic Richfield Company (known as ARCO) in 2000.
What is scrap to some is a precious metal to Audubon Metals.
The company recycles shredded automobiles and smelts the • President and General
aluminum for use by diecasters throughout the Midwest. Once Manager: Jim Butkus
it receives the shredded automobile, Audubon Metals Address: 3055 Ohio Dr. • Treasurer: Keith
processes, dries, melts, alloys, and delivers the new Henderson, KY 42420-4394 Fiscal Year End: December Schultheis
aluminum alloy castings to the customer. By-products such as Phone: 270-830-6622 Revenue (2005): 38.00 M • VP, Sales: Marty
Audubon Metals, brass and copper are also recovered from the automobile Fax: 270-830-9987 Employees (2005): 160 Wohadlo
LLC scrap. The company first began operating in 1996.
Behr Aluminum, formerly known as Behr Metals, wrestles with
aluminum everyday. The company, a subsidiary of Joseph
Behr and Sons, uses recycled aluminum to produce ingots
and other products for companies such as General Motors. Address: 1100 Seminary St.
Joseph Behr and Sons also operates a trucking company, a Rockford, IL 61104
construction firm, a scrap iron and steel supplier, and a Phone: 815-987-2750 Fiscal Year End: December
specialty metals processor. The company was founded in Fax: 815-987-9876 Revenue (2005): 7.80 M • President: Frank
Behr Aluminum, Inc. 1906 by Russian immigrant Joseph Behr. Employees (2005): 66 Weissert
CAP Aluminium Systems fabricates and installs aluminum
and terracotta cladding to architectural support systems. The
company also provides services such as curtain walling, roof Fiscal Year End: December
glazing, and rain screen cladding. CAP Aluminium Systems Address: Systems House, Spon Revenue (2004): 41.40 M • Managing Director: Tim
has assisted in projects such as the Broadway Plaza Lane Revenue Growth (1 yr): Robinson
(Birmingham), Evelina Children's Hospital (London), The New West Bromwich, West Midlands B70 4.90% • Commercial Director:
Pentland Centre (Finchley), and the University of Surrey 6AA, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 177 Graham Kendrick
(Guildford). Founded in 1983, the company is Kawneer's Phone: +44-1215-251-000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Gerry
CAP Aluminium largest dealer of Pilkington Planar structural glazing and Fax: +44-1215-255-010 1.10% Morley
Systems Ltd. Wright Style steel fire rated glazing systems.
 When the aluminum century rolls around, this company will
be ready. Century Aluminum makes primary molten and ingot
aluminum at facilities in Hawesville, Kentucky; Ravenswood,
West Virginia; and Grundartangi, Iceland. (The Iceland facility
is operated by subsidiary Nordural.) Century Aluminum also Fiscal Year End: December
owns a 49.67% stake in an aluminum production facility in Revenue (2005): 1132.40 M • President, CEO, and
Mount Holly, South Carolina. Together, aluminum producer Address: 2511 Garden Rd., Bldg. A, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Logan W. Kruger
Pechiney (part of Alcan) and wire and cable maker Southwire Ste. 200 6.80% • EVP and COO: E. Jack
account for a little more than half of Century Aluminum's Monterey, CA 93940 Employees (2004): 1,420 Gates
sales. Former parent Glencore International, a major Phone: 831-642-9300 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Michael
Century Aluminum customer as well as a supplier to Century Aluminum, still has Fax: 831-642-9399 (-2.10%) A. Bless
Company about a 30% stake in the company. Yes
room table than a shiny stack of aluminum ingots from
Columbia Falls Aluminum. Their primary ingots (sheet and t-
bar are also available) are the hostess' choice when
entertaining. Columbia Falls Aluminum, a subsidiary of Address: 2000 Alluminum Dr. • VP and General
Glencore International AG, manufactures primary aluminum Columbia Falls, MT 59912 Manager: Steve Knight
Columbia Falls at its reduction plant in Montana. The company, like all US Phone: 406-892-8400 • Financial Controller: Rob
Aluminum aluminum producers, is being challenged by increases in Fax: 406-892-8201 Vixie
Company, LLC energy costs.
company just doesn't have as much bounce in its step. The
company has sold its hose and compound rubber
manufacturing interests in order to concentrate on aluminum
rolled products (foils and metal plastic yarns), consumer
products (food packaging and cleaning products), and cords
and cables (bare copper, enameled, and insulated). Comital
Saiag has about 20 production facilities in Italy and
elsewhere. In 2003 Saiag was taken over by the Italian • Chairman: Cornelio
company Cortiplast, which is controlled by the family of Address: Strada Brandizzo, 130 Valetto
Comital Saiag's chairman Cornelio Valetto, and the next year 10088 Volpiano, Torino, Italy • Managing Director:
Comital Saiag Saiag and its subsidiary Comital merged to form, what else, Phone: +39-011-982-2111 Maurizio Piglione
S.p.A. Comital Saiag.
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 Fiscal Year End: April Key People
and safer. The company's primary product is SmartMetal, a Revenue (2004): 0.20 M • Chairman: Terence J.
stabilized aluminum foam (SAF). The aluminum foam is Address: 6320-2 Danville Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Smith
molded by sending gas through molten aluminum that can be Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2L7, 44.80% • President, CEO, and
formed into flat sheets and other shapes. Cymat's biggest Canada Employees (2004): 31 Director: Paul A. Tichauer
partners include Georg Fischer and Brembo. The company Phone: 905-696-9900 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Secretary:
Cymat Corp. was first formed in the 1990's to produce aluminum packaging Fax: 905-696-9300 (-26.20%) Richard P. Rogers
for the pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.
When it comes to aluminum, Empire Resources is especially
resourceful. The company distributes semifinished aluminum
products, including sheet, foil, wire, cast products, and
aluminum powder and paste. Products are sold primarily to Fiscal Year End: December
manufacturers of appliances, automobiles, packaging, and Revenue (2005): 358.50 M • Non-Executive
housing materials. Empire Resources provides a variety of Revenue Growth (1 yr): Chairman: William Spier
related services, including sourcing of aluminum products, Address: 1 Parker Plaza 68.60% • President, CEO, and
storage and delivery, and handling foreign exchange Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Employees (2004): 30 Director: Nathan Kahn
transactions. Company president and CEO Nathan Kahn and Phone: 201-944-2200 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, CFO, and Director:
Empire Resources, CFO Sandra Kahn, who are husband and wife, own 54% of Fax: 201-944-2226 0.00% Sandra R. Kahn
Inc. Empire Resources. Yes
 Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum
extrusion products and services to the automotive industry.
The company's casting and extrusion technology unit Fiscal Year End: September
manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for Revenue (2005): 183.90 M • Chairman: Helmut
small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and Address: 130 Spy Ct., 2nd Fl. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Hofmann
single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Markham, Ontario L3R 5H6, Canada 8.10% • President and CEO:
Neocon and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door Employees (2005): 1,950 Brian A. Robbins
pockets, restrain systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for Phone: 905-477-3065 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP: Bonnie M.
Exco Technologies passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates more than a Fax: 905-477-2449 0.00% Cartwright
Limited dozen facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US.
Hindalco thinks copper, and aluminum, is nifty. The company
is India's largest aluminum producer and operates the
country's largest copper smelting and refining plant, located in
Gujarat. Hindalco also owns the Mount Gordon and Nifty
copper mines in Australia. The company's aluminum products • Chairman: Kumar M.
include wire rods, ingots, billets, aluminum alloy wheels, Birla
aluminum packaging and foils (blister, cigarette, lidding, light Address: Century Bhavan, 3rd Fl., • Managing Director: Debu
gauge, and foil laminates). Its copper products include cast Dr. Annie Besant Rd., Worli Bhattacharya
copper rods for power and communication cables, strips for Mumbai 400 025, India • Group Executive
power and distribution transformers, magnet wire, and copper Phone: +91-22-5662-6666 President and CFO: R. K.
Hindalco Industries cathodes. Hindalco is a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Fax: +91-22-2436-2516 Kasliwal
Limited Aditya Birla. It was founded in 1958.
Hydro Aluminium's products can be turned into everything
from soda cans to car bodies. The company forms Norsk
Hydro's aluminum business and accounts for than half of the Fiscal Year End: December
Norwegian industrial corporation's annual sales. Hydro Revenue (2004): 13162.10
Aluminium ranks among the world's top three aluminum M
producers with Alcan and Alcoa. Norsk Hydro acquired Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Germany's VAW aluminium in 2002, and the combined Address: 27.70% • EVP and Head of
businesses possess strength in the automotive, packaging, N-0240 Oslo, Norway Employees (2004): 25,967 Aluminum: Torstein Dale
construction, and printing industries. While based in Europe, Phone: +47-22-53-8100 Employee Growth (1 yr): (Dale) Sjøtveit
Hydro Aluminium Hydro Aluminium conducts business worldwide and is Fax: +47-22-53-7930 (-2.80%) • CFO: Peik Norenberg
AS particularly strong in North America and Asia.
Jupiter Aluminum aims to shine in the galaxy of aluminum
producers. The company manufactures aluminum coil that is
primarily used to make building and construction products
such as drip edge, gutters and downspouts, screen frames,
trim and soffits, and vents and louvers. The company's coil
products also are used by manufacturers of cookware,
irrigation equipment, license plates, and sign blanks. Jupiter
Aluminum provides both mill-finish and painted coils. The
company makes its products from recycled aluminum. It Address: 1745 E 165th St.
purchases scrap such as aluminum wire and cable, painted Hammond, IN 46320 Fiscal Year End: June
aluminum, used beverage cans, and segregated aluminum Phone: 219-932-3322 Revenue (2005): 100.00 M
Jupiter Aluminum alloy clippings and solids. Jupiter Aluminum was founded in Fax: 219-933-2728 Employees (2005): 200
Corporation 1992. • CEO: Dietrich Gross
 has slimmed down considerably and now operates 11
fabricated products manufacturing plants in the US and
Canada and one minority-owned aluminum smelting facility in
the UK. Following on a 2002 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection, the company has sold its bauxite and alumina Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: George T.
mining businesses and closed up shop in its commodities Revenue (2004): 942.40 M Haymaker Jr.
marketing unit. The company's main customers are in the Address: 27422 Portola Pkwy., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
aerospace, industrial, and transportation markets. MAXXAM 350 (-31.00%) Director: Jack A. Hockema
has a 62% stake in the company. The bankruptcy filing came Foothill Ranch, CA 92610-2831 Employees (2004): 2,260
as a result of the economic slowdown of the first part of the Phone: 949-614-1740 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP and Controller: Daniel
Kaiser Aluminum decade, weakened aluminum prices, and mounting asbestos Fax: 949-614-1930 (-49.80%) D. Maddox
Corporation litigation. Yes
Those folks who like to crush beer cans against their
foreheads owe a lot to Logan Aluminum. Formed in 1985,
Logan manufactures aluminum sheet that is used primarily by
the beverage industry. A joint-venture of ARCO Aluminum
and Novelis Logan Aluminum consists of one production
facility that also manufactures products for makers of building Address: 6920 Lewisburg Rd.
products and rigid containers as well as for the automotive Russellville, KY 42276-9309 Fiscal Year End: December
industry. Its technology includes ingot casting, hot and cold Phone: 270-755-6000 Revenue (2005): 118.20 M
Logan Aluminum, rolling, and finishing. It had been partly owned by Alcan until Fax: 270-755-6617 Employees (2005): 930
Inc. the early 2005 spin-off of Novelis. • President: Mike Harris
Aluminum and plastics products maker Loxcreen does its part
to keep the outside out and the inside in. The company
specializes in custom aluminum and vinyl extrusions; it also
produces and supplies a full line of screen doors, storm Address: 1630 Old Dunbar Rd. • President: John W.
doors, windows, roofing products (flashing and edging), and West Columbia, SC 29171 Fiscal Year End: December Parrish Jr.
ventilation products (foundation vents, ridge vents, and soffit Phone: 803-822-8200 Revenue (2005): 124.60 M • CFO: Charles C. Rone
Loxcreen Company vents). Loxcreen also offers floor trim and weather stripping. Fax: 803-822-8547 Employees (2005): 711 Jr.
Inc. The company was founded in 1947.
With a reputation for taking it to the max, corporate raider
Charles Hurwitz operates MAXXAM, an eclectic mix of
businesses ranging from aluminum and timber products to
real estate and horse racing. MAXXAM's top revenue source
is Kaiser Aluminum, which has been in Chapter 11
bankruptcy since 2002. MAXXAM's timber subsidiary, Pacific Fiscal Year End: December
Lumber, owns about 205,000 acres of old-growth redwood Revenue (2005): 406.40 M
and Douglas fir timberlands in Humboldt County, California. Address: 1330 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr):
MAXXAM's real estate interests include commercial and 2000 16.90% • Chairman and CEO:
residential properties in Arizona, California, Texas, and Houston, TX 77056 Employees (2004): 1,775 Charles E. Hurwitz
Puerto Rico. The company also owns the Sam Houston Race Phone: 713-975-7600 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: John H.
Park, a horseracing track near Houston. Chairman and CEO Fax: 713-267-3701 0.30% Karnes
MAXXAM Inc. Charles Hurwitz controls 77% of MAXXAM. Yes
gratitude to the Metal Container Corporation (MCC). The
subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch's packaging segment makes • Chairman, President, and
cans and lids for Anheuser-Busch Companies and also CEO: Joseph P. Sellinger
supplies the US soft-drink container market. MCC makes • EVP and COO: Ranjive
more than 25 billion cans and 28 billion lids annually and (Tony) Bhalla
supplies nearly 65% of Anheuser-Busch's cans and three- • VP and CFO; Anheuser-
quarters of its lids. The company operates eight can and three Address: 3636 S. Geyer Rd. Busch Packaging Group,
lid manufacturing facilities in California, Colorado, Florida, St. Louis, MO 63127-1237 Inc. and Metal C: Gary A.
Metal Container Georgia, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Phone: 314-957-9500 Bybee
Corporation Wisconsin.
 Nippon Light Metal Company (NLM) is heavily into aluminum.
The company's operations span the process from turning
bauxite ore into alumina, to smelting aluminum, to fabricating
finished aluminum products. It makes aluminum ingot,
aluminum sheets and extrusions, chemicals (aluminum Fiscal Year End: March
hydroxide, caustic soda, fluorine), fabricated products, and Address: NYK Tennoz Building, 2- Revenue (2004): 5037.80 M
building materials. Fabricated products (bridges, fuel tanks, 20, Higashi-Shinagawa, 2-chome, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
ladders) make up about 40% of NLM's sales; building Shinagaw 17.50%
materials (scaffolds, fences and railings, soundproof walls) Tokyo 140-6828, Japan Employees (2004): 12,598
contribute about a third of sales. Founded in 1939, the Phone: +81-3-5461-9333 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Nippon Light Metal company has aluminum processing facilities throughout Asia Fax: +81-3-5461-9344 2.20% • President, CEO, and
Company, Ltd. and in North America. Director: Shigesato Sato
Noranda Aluminum, a unit of Canada-based mining giant
Falconbridge (formerly known as Noranda), manufactures
aluminum extrusion billets, aluminum redrawn rods, high-
strength aluminum alloys, and other primary aluminum Address: 801 Crescent Centre Dr • President, Primary
products. Noranda Aluminum was founded in 1968, and the Franklin, TN 37067-6224 Fiscal Year End: December Products: Keith Gregston
company's first plant began operations the next year. A Phone: 615-771-5700 Revenue (2005): 1068.90 M • Technical Manager:
Noranda Aluminum, separate Falconbridge unit, Norandal USA, operates Fax: 615-771-5701 Employees (2005): 4,300 David (Dave) Hart
Inc. aluminum rolling mills.
Norandal USA is responsible for keeping leftovers fresh. The
company operates four aluminum rolling mills where it makes
household foil, converter foil, fin stock, and transformer
windings for the consumer packaging, power distribution,
refrigeration, and automotive industries. Its plants are located Address: 801 Crescent Centre Dr.,
in Franklin and Huntingdon, Tennessee; Salisbury, North Ste. 600
Carolina; and Newport, Arkansas and cumulatively produce Franklin, TN 37067 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Scott Croft
more than 200,000 metric tons annually. Norandal USA is a Phone: 615-778-2000 Revenue (2005): 468.80 M • VP and Controller: Ed
subsidiary of Falconbridge, formerly known as Noranda prior Fax: 615-778-8843 Employees (2005): 820 Darnell
Norandal USA, Inc to its 2005 merger with the former Falconbridge Limited.
Nordural, also known as Nordic Aluminum, operates the
Nordural primary aluminum reduction facility located in
Grundartangi, Iceland. The primary aluminum metal
manufacturer has a production capacity of about 90,000
metric tons per year, but Nordural is currently expanding the • Managing Director:
facility, which will increase production to more than 220,000 Fiscal Year End: December Richard A Starkweather
metric tons by late 2006. In 2004 US-based aluminum Address: Grundartanga Revenue (2004): 150.00 M • CFO, Public Relations,
producer Century Aluminum acquired the company from 301 Akranes, Iceland Revenue Growth (1 yr): and Administration:
investment firm Columbia Ventures Corporation. Columbia Phone: +354-430-1000 48.50% Ragnar Guðmundsson
Nordural ehf. Ventures built the Nordural aluminum smelting facility in 1998.
Drilling for oil and gas in the waters off of New Foundland and
manufacturing aluminum in Argentina, Norsk Hydro Americas
has just about all of the western hemisphere covered through • President: Odd S.
its varied operations. A subsidiary of Norwegian metals and Gullberg
energy giant Norsk Hydro, the unit is active in its parent's two Address: 15995 N. Barkers Landing • VP, Treasury: Randy
primary industries: aluminum production and oil and energy Rd. Haynes
exploration. Norsk Hydro is the world's third largest aluminum Houston, TX 77079-2467 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Corporate
producer, and North America makes up a significant part of Phone: 281-504-1100 Revenue (2005): 817.10 M Communications: Anne
Norsk Hydro that business. This American unit accounts for more than Fax: 281-504-1101 Employees (2005): 2,900 Ekern
Americas, Inc. 10% of its parent's total sales.
 Northwest Aluminum Specialties produces aluminum billet in
a variety of alloys. The company's log-shaped cast billet
products, which range in diameter from 2.4 inches to 11
inches, can be used by customers in hot extrusion and hot or Address: 3313 W. 2nd St. • President: Brett Wilcox
cold impact extrusion and as hot or cold forging stock. End The Dalles, OR 97058 • CFO: William Reid
Northwest products made from the company's billet include air bag Phone: 541-296-6161 • VP, Marketing and Sales:
Aluminum canisters, automotive wheels and wheel covers, bicycle Fax: 541-298-0888 Daniel Gnall
Specialties, Inc. frames, and missile housings.
Nothing can foil Novelis because it has the art of rolling
aluminum in the can . . . the aluminum can, that is. Novelis, a
spinoff of Alcan, manufactures aluminum rolled semi-finished
products primarily used by the construction and industrial, foil
products, transportation, and beverage and food can
industries. The rolled aluminum is made with a variety of alloy Address: 3399 Peachtree Rd. NE, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: J. E. Newall
mixtures in a range of hardnesses, thicknesses, and widths, Lenox Bldg., Ste. 1500 Revenue (2004): 7755.00 M • CEO and Director: Brian
with various coatings and finishes designed specifically for its Atlanta, GA 30329 Revenue Growth (1 yr): W. Sturgell
end-use segments. Customers include Agfa-Gevaert, Phone: 404-814-4200 24.70% • COO: Martha Finn-
Anheuser-Busch Companies, DaimlerChrysler , General Fax: 404-814-4219 Employees (2004): 13,500 Brooks
Novelis Inc. Motors, Rexam PLC, and Visteon Corporation. Yes
The Ohio Valley Aluminum Company (OVACO) makes
aluminum billets for the aluminum extrusions industry. (A billet
is pushed or drawn through a die to create an extruded, or
shaped, product, such as a frame or rail.) The company
operates from facilities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio that Address: 1100 Brooks Industrial Rd. • Chairman: Jeffrey L
can produce some 450 million pounds of billets annually. Shelbyville, KY 40065 Fiscal Year End: February Mackin
Ohio Valley OVACO cuts billets according to customer specifications; it Phone: 502-633-2783 Revenue (2005): 250.00 M • President: Don Carey
Aluminum can produce billets ranging in length from 18 inches to 216 Fax: 502-633-0589 Employees (2005): 500 • VP Sales: Ed Wiegand
Company, LLC inches. The company was founded in 1955.
aluminum ore (bauxite) and manufactures aluminum ingot,
billet (pressed bars), sheet, foil, and other products for the
fabrication, extrusion, and conversion markets. The company • EVP and CFO: Jack Teitz
maintains facilities in Louisiana and Ohio. Ormet emerged
from bankruptcy in 2005; the company had hoped to resolve • VP, General Manager
labor disputes before exiting bankruptcy but was unable to do Address: 1233 Main St., Ste. 4000 Operations: Gary Mallett
so. It has hired a financial adviser to evaluate strategic Wheeling, WV 26003 • VP, General Manager
alternatives, and it has exited the milled products business to Phone: 304-234-3900 Sales and Marketing:
concentrate on primary aluminum production. Ormet was Fax: 304-234-3929 Thomas V. Stephens
Ormet Corporation founded in 1954.
aluminum production and wood products manufacturing.
Scepter plants process aluminum dross and scrap into ingots,
molten aluminum, and other products. The company also
trades aluminum and collects cans for recycling. Scepter
Hardwoods produces drawer stock and components and Address: 1485 Scepter Ln. • President: Garney Scott
related products. Scepter companies operate from facilities in Waverly, TN 37185-3290 Fiscal Year End: December Jr.
the US (Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Texas) and Phone: 931-535-3565 Revenue (2005): 54.70 M • VP, Operations: Garney
Canada (Quebec). Company president Garney Scott founded Fax: 931-535-3342 Employees (2005): 200 Scott III
Scepter, Inc. Scepter in 1986.
 Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in
North America, extracts aluminum oxide, called alumina, from
bauxite ore. Formerly owned by Reynolds Metals, the
company was sold in 2000 to a private investment entity, BPU
Reynolds, made up of Sherwin Alumina executives Peter Address: 4633 Hwy. 361 • CEO: Peter Bailey
Bailey, Lewis Patterson, and Mark Uzelac. In 2004, China Gregory, TX 78359 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Lewis
Minmetals Nonferrous Metals bought a 51% stake in Sherwin Phone: 361-777-2350 Revenue (2005): 386.10 M Patterson III
Sherwin Alumina Alumina; the BPU team owns the rest and continues to run Fax: 361-777-2218 Employees (2005): 742 • CFO: Mark Uzelac
Company the company.
Superior Essex (formerly Superior TeleCom) is pushing its
superior products -- communications wire and cable and
magnet wire. The company, one of the US's leading makers
of copper wire, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection, and changed its name. Superior Essex's products
can be found in transformers, generators, and electrical
controls. The company's Essex Group makes magnet wires,
while Superior Essex Communications makes both copper Fiscal Year End: December
and fiber optic wire and cable. Sprint and regional Bell Address: 150 Interstate N. Pkwy. Revenue (2005): 1795.00 M • CEO and Director:
(telephone) operating companies, together, account for 57% Atlanta, GA 30339 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Stephen M. Carter
of the communications segment's sales. In 2004 Superior Phone: 770-657-6000 26.00% • CFO and Treasurer:
Essex acquired the North American telecommunications Fax: 770-303-8807 Employees (2005): 4,100 David S. Aldridge
Superior Essex Inc. cable division of Belden. Yes
Tower Extrusions produces extruded aluminum products. The • Partner: William M.
company's facilities include five extrusion presses that range McClelland
in size from 6 inches to 12 inches, a cast house, and an Address: 1003 State Hwy 79 S. • VP, Finance and
anodizing plant that can handle material as long as 38 feet. Olney, TX 76374-0218 Fiscal Year End: December Treasurer: Jay Stewart
Tower Extrusions was founded in March 1977 with the Phone: 940-564-5681 Revenue (2005): 36.00 M • Sales Manager: Stan
Tower Extrusions purchase of the former Republic Aluminum facility in Olney, Fax: 940-564-5033 Employees (2005): 165 Guess
Ltd. Texas.
Wabash Alloys uses aluminum scrap to produce aluminum
casting alloys and molten aluminum. The company's products
are used by customers in the die casting, sand casting, and Address: 4525 W. Old 24 • President: Bruce A.
steel producing industries. Wabash Alloys maintains eight Wabash, IN 46992-0466 Warshauer
facilities, located in the US, Canada, and Mexico, that Phone: 260-563-7461 • VP Sales: Joseph Adamo
Wabash Alloys collectively produce more than 1.6 billion pounds of aluminum Fax: 260-563-5997
L.L.C. alloy annually. The company was founded in 1958.
The company is a leading maker of aluminum can sheet, Chairman: David F.
which is used to produce packaging for beverages and food. D'Addario
The aluminum can sheet made by Wise Alloys is transformed • Wise Metals Group
into more than 16 billion beverage cans per year. Along with President and COO:
aluminum can sheet, Wise Alloys makes wide aluminum Address: 4805 2nd St. Randall R. Powers
sheet, which is used in architectural applications and to make Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 • SVP Sales: Don
roofs for truck trailers. Wise Alloys is part of Wise Metals Phone: 256-386-6000 Farrington
Wise Alloys LLC Group.
 Through subsidiary Wise Alloys, Wise Metals Group makes
aluminum can stock for companies in the beverage and food
packaging industries worldwide. Wise Alloys uses recycled
aluminum to produce its can stock, and sister company Wise • Chairman and CEO:
Recycling is one of the largest collectors of aluminum Address: 857 Elkridge Landing Rd., David F. D'Addario
beverage containers in the US. Wise Metals Group subsidiary Ste. 600 • President and COO:
Listerhill Total Maintenance Center provides maintenance Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Fiscal Year End: December Randall R. Powers
and repair services for manufacturing facilities. Chairman and Phone: 410-636-6500 Revenue (2005): 766.90 M • EVP and CFO: Danny
Wise Metals Group CEO David D'Addario owns a controlling stake in Wise Metals Fax: 410-636-0856 Employees (2005): 1,196 Mendelson
LLC Group.
Company
Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
Abengoa Bioenergy hasn't quit its home on the plains, but it has
changed its name from High Plains Corporation since being acquired
by Spanish engineering firm Abengoa in 2002. Among the largest
US producers of ethanol, Abengoa Bioenergy owns three plants in • President and CEO:
the US and another three in Europe. The company's primary product Javier Salgado Leirado
is fuel-grade ethanol, which, when blended with gasoline, raises Address: 1400 Elbridge Payne • CFO: Ignacio García
oxygen levels and reduces exhaust emissions of pollutants such as Rd., Ste. 212 • Industrial Organization
carbon monoxide. As part of a search for new revenue streams, Chesterfield, MO 63017 and New Projects
Abengoa Abengoa Bioenergy launched a research and development Phone: 636-728-0508 Corporate Director: José
Bioenergy subsidiary that works in partnership with universities and other Fax: 636-728-1148 Carlos Saz
Corp. companies to develop improved processing technology for ethanol.
to make textiles. The company gets more than half of its sales from
producing acetic acid and its derivatives, key ingredients in the
making of PET bottles, inks, paints, pharmaceuticals, and textile Address: 750 World Trade • Chairman and CEO:
fibers. Acetic acid also is a key ingredient in producing Acetex's Centre, 999 Canada Place Brooke N. Wade
other major product line, vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), used in Vancouver, British Columbia • President, COO, and
polyester fibers, as well as other products. It also owns Canadian V6C 3E1, Canada Director: Kenneth E. Vidalin
plastics and film company AT Plastics. Specialty chemicals Phone: 604-688-9600
Acetex manufacturer Celanese acquired Acetex for just under $500 million Fax: 604-688-9620 • CFO: Lori Bondar
Corporation in 2005.
Acuity Specialty Products Group can help you make a clean sweep.
The company is a business segment of Acuity Brands and
manufactures and markets consumer chemical products. Its
subsidiary companies include manufacturers Enforcer (fertilizer, pest
control, and drain cleaners); Selig (environmentally friendly hand • President: James H. (Jim)
cleaners and degreasers and equipment used to clean aerospace Heagle
and automotive parts); and Zep (automotive and janitorial supplies • EVP, I&I Sales: Ross
such as hand cleaners, degreasers, and floor polish). Acuity Address: 4401 Northside Pkwy., Fiscal Year End: August Harding
Acuity Specialty Products also makes a line of car wash products with the Ste. 700 Revenue (2005): 535.00 M • VP, Information
Specialty Armor All brand name sold to car wash sales professional. The Atlanta, GA 30327 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Technology: Katheryn
Products company has had an agreement with Clorox, which owns the Armor Phone: 404-352-1680 2.20% Simpson
Group, Inc. All brand, since 2001.

• President: Peter R. Buenz

This AA actually encourages chemical dependence. Advanced
Aromatics (AA) produces 200 million pounds of chemical products Address: 5501 W. Baker Rd. • CFO: Harlan Faircloth
per year. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades Baytown, TX 77520 • Manager, Sales and
of naphthalene, aromatics, oxygenated solvents, and octane fuel Phone: 281-424-4505 Marketing: Michael L.
Advanced components. AA's chemicals end up in a variety of products Fax: 281-424-3532 Williams
Aromatics, L.P. including everything from fertilizer and dyes to textiles and gasoline.
Performance enhancers aren't just the products advertised on late
night TV and in the back of men's magazines. Afton Chemical
(formerly Ethyl Petroleum Additives) manufactures additives that • President: C. S. Warren
improve the effectiveness of fuels and lubricants. The company was Huang
formed in mid-2004 from the additives division of NewMarket, which • SVP, Global Accounts
had been called Ethyl before switching to a holding company and Strategy: Alexander
structure and dividing its business into two operating subsidiaries: Address: 500 Spring St. McLean
Afton Afton and Ethyl. Afton divides its own products into fuel additives Richmond, VA 23219 • VP, Sales and Marketing,
Chemical (which improve the refining process and boost the performance of Phone: 804-788-5800 North America: Robert A.
Corporation gasoline and other fuels) and lubricant additives (which improve the Fax: 804-788-5184 (Rob) Shama
performance, functionality, and durability of oils).
 • Chairman; Chairman and
AgriTec Systems takes agricultural waste products and turns them CEO, enviroTech: C. W.
into usable specialty chemicals. The company's AgriTec, Inc. Wellen
subsidiary is developing ways of converting rice hull ash (RHA) and • President, CEO, and
other biomass materials into silicas, silicates, activated carbon, and Director: Douglas K.
related products, which are used in food processing, air and water Address: 100 E. NASA Rd. One, Stephens
purification, semiconductor fabrication, and industrial manufacturing. Ste. 209 • CFO, Secretary,
It is seeking global commercialization for its patented processes. Webster, TX 77598 Treasurer, and Director;
Subsidiary enviroLife markets fine-celled foam (made from Phone: 281-338-2966 President, enviroLi: Greg
AgriTec converted biomass materials) for horticulture and agriculture Fax: 281-338-2966 R. Wellen
Systems, Inc. applications.
Break out the Tums, because things have just gotten a lot gassier • President and CEO:
over at Air Liquide America. The American distribution arm of gas Pierre DuFour
distributor Air Liquide, the company has grown a lot bigger with its • VP, Business
parent's 2004 acquisition of Messer Griesheim's North American Address: 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Development: Johnnye J.
business. Air Liquide America supplies industrial gases (oxygen, Ste. 1800 Wozniak
nitrogen, CO2, argon, etc.) to companies in the automotive, Houston, TX 77056 • Corporate
chemicals, food and beverage, and healthcare industries. Phone: 713-624-8000 Fiscal Year End: December Communications: Diane
Air Liquide Depending on its customer's needs, Air Liquide America can ship its Fax: 713-624-8085 Revenue (2004): 2182.40 M Labelle
America L.P. product in cylinders, by pipelines, or have it manufactured on site.
A lot like Jumpin' Jack Flash, business at Air Products and
Chemicals is a gas gas gas. The company provides gases such as
argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen to manufacturers, health care
facilities, and other industries. Not all is light and airy, however. It Fiscal Year End: September • Chairman, President, and
also produces chemicals, including catalysts, surfactants, and Revenue (2005): 8143.50 M CEO: John P. Jones III
intermediates used to make polyurethane, amines, and emulsions Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Group VP, Development
derived from vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Air Products also makes Address: 7201 Hamilton Blvd. 9.90% and Technology: Arthur T.
Air Products gas containers and equipment that separates air, purifies hydrogen, Allentown, PA 18195-1501 Employees (2004): 19,900 Katsaros
and and liquefies gas. The company distributes industrial gases by Phone: 610-481-4911 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP and CFO: Paul E.
Chemicals, building on-site plants (a strategy nearly as old as the company Fax: 610-481-5900 7.60% Huck
Inc. itself) or by truck for companies with less extensive needs. Yes
Air Products Healthcare supplies the air you breathe when you're in
need of home health care services. Part of the Gases and
Equipment segment of the giant industrial gas company Air Products
and Chemicals, the division is comprised of a number of different
regional businesses that supply medical gases for the home health Address: 101 W. Elm St., Ste. • COO: David B. Hunter
care market. Formed in 1999 Air Products Healthcare operates in 210 • Chief Development
the Northeast and Southeast regions of the US along with Chicago. Conshohocken, PA 19428 Officer: William J McGinnis
Air Products The company maintains 78 branches and its subsidiary companies Phone: 484-530-0880 • SVP, Sales and
Healthcare include American Homecare Supply, Nightingale Medical, Rx Fax: 484-530-0888 Marketing: Tom Gaffney
Pharmacy Services, and Vanguard Home Medical Equipment.
Air Products Polymers, a joint venture of global VAE (vinyl acetate-
ethylene) emulsion technology companies Air Products and
Chemicals and Wacker-Chemie GmBH, makes and distributes latex
polymers. Air Products Polymers makes an array of emulsions used
in adhesives, building products, coatings, paper, textiles, and ink and
graphic arts. Its adhesive brands include the Airflex, Flexbond, and • President: Wayne M.
Vinac emulsions. The company also makes materials for nonwoven Address: 7201 Hamilton Blvd. Mitchell
binders used in disposable wipes, towels, and diaper cover stock. Its Allentown, PA 18195-1501 • Senior Communications
products are based on the vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Air Phone: 610-481-6799 Revenue (2005): 598.60 M Specialist: Arthur (Art)
Air Products Products Polymers sells its products worldwide. It is a major supplier Fax: 610-481-4381 Employees (2005): 3,700 George
Polymers, L.P. to the pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) market for labels.
 thank you very much. Air Water Inc. supplies industrial gases to the Fiscal Year End: March
iron and steel, electronics, chemical, and medical sectors. Revenue (2004): 2510.40 M • Chairman and CEO:
Additionally, the company makes fine chemicals (pharmaceutical Address: 1-20-16 Higashi- Revenue Growth (1 yr): Hiroshi Aoki
and agricultural intermediates) and has a foods unit, Snow Brand Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku 27.20% • Vice Chairman and COO:
Foods, that markets ham and deli items. Air Water also makes Osaka 542-0083, Japan Employees (2004): 5,566 Masahiro Toyoda
consumer bathroom products and commercial food-freezing Phone: +81-6-6252-5411 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President and COO:
systems. Air Water was formed in 2000 when Daido Hoxan merged Fax: +81-6-6252-3965 1.60% Yoshisuke Misaka
Air Water Inc. with Kyodo Oxygen.
Airgas Canada is trying to make Canadians breathe easier. The
company distributes industrial gases and mechanical supplies from
eight locations in western Canada. The company's focus is on Address: Bay 133, 3016 10th
distributing specialty gases to the respiratory home care market, Ave. NE
though Airgas Canada's products also include welding gases and Calgary, Alberta T2A 6A3,
supplies. Part of the growing US industrial gas distributor Airgas, the Canada
company maintains four locations in Alberta, two in Saskatchewan, Phone: 403-272-6605
Airgas Canada, and another two in British Columbia. Among the company's suppliers Fax: 403-248-0701
Inc. are welding equipment manufacturers Hobart Brothers and ESAB. • President: Wendy Swift
Whether you're playing the slots in Reno or lobbying the Governator
in Sacramento, Airgas Northern California and Nevada (NCN) can
fulfill all of your industrial gas needs. The company is one of many
regional divisions that make up Airgas' industrial gas distribution
business. The company distributes a variety of industrial, medical, Address: 6790 Florin Perkins • President: James (Jim)
and fuel gases; dry ice; tools; as well as safety equipment. Airgas Rd., Ste. 300 McCarthy
Airgas NCN maintains 36 locations (20 in the Northern California Valley, 12 Sacramento, CA 95828-1812 Fiscal Year End: March • CFO: Lynn Oates
Northern in the Bay Area, and four in Nevada) from which its customers can Phone: 916-379-1000 Revenue (2005): 96.00 M • VP, Operations: James
California and purchase their products. It also offers direct distribution to Fax: 916-376-8536 Employees (2005): 485 (Jim) Gindt
Nevada, Inc. manufacturing facilities, hospitals, and other job sites.
Welders, anesthesiologists, and chemical engineers throughout the
southeastern US turn to Airgas South to help them with their gas
problems. Headquartered outside of Atlanta, the company operates
industrial gas distributor Airgas' business in a five-state region
(Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee) that has
more than 60 branch locations. Its principal products and services • President: Jay Sullivan
are packaged and small bulk gases, gas cylinder and welding Address: 821-D Livingston Ct. • VP, Operations: Don
equipment rental, and process chemicals and hard goods. Airgas' Marietta, GA 30067 Goldschmidt
customer base includes industrial manufacturers, medical Phone: 770-792-2123 • VP, Marketing: Kent
Airgas South, institutions, food products makers, and petrochemical facilities. Fax: 770-792-5950 Carter
Inc.
manufacturer, Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals manufactures and
supplies products such as chlorine, iron and aluminum salts,
dimethylether, hydrochloric acid, and sodium-related chemicals to
the glass, detergent, and paper making industries. In addition to its
product line, the company offers transport and water treatment • General Manager: H.C.J.
services. Base Chemicals' claim to product fame is its production of (René) Scheffers
chlorine through the electrolysis of brine. It owns and operates plants Address: Stationsplein 4 • Controller: Jan Sigger
and facilities in Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands and is 3800 AE Amersfoort, The • Manager,
Akzo Nobel divided into two business units: sBU Chlor-Alkali (chlorine and Netherlands Communications: Paul van
Base caustic lye production) and sBU Ecosystems (chemical-related Phone: +31-33-467-6767 der Boor
Chemicals products).
 Akzo Nobel is the world's largest paint maker, but it can do more
than paint a picture. The company is among the world's largest • Chairman, Supervisory
chemical manufacturers and also is a major salt producer. Akzo Fiscal Year End: December Board: Jonkheer Aarnout
Nobel is organized along three business lines. The company's Revenue (2005): 15386.00 Loudon
coatings group makes paints, automotive finishes, and decorative M • Chairman, Board of
coatings. Its chemical unit produces pulp and paper chemicals, Address: Velperweg 76 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Management and CEO: G.
functional chemicals (including flame retardants and crop nutrients), 6800 SB Arnhem, The (-10.50%) J. (Hans) Wijers
surfactants, polymers, and catalysts. A third unit, pharmaceuticals, Netherlands Employees (2004): 60,350 • Member, Board of
produces contraceptives, fertility treatments, antidepressants, Phone: +31-26-366-4433 Employee Growth (1 yr): Management and CFO:
Akzo Nobel antipsychotics, over-the-counter drugs, and veterinary medicines. Fax: +31-26-366-3250 (-9.10%) Rob Frohn
N.V. Akzo has announced plans to split off its pharmaceuticals division. Yes
Welcome to the noble enterprise of surface chemistry. A worldwide
leader in the production of surfactants, fatty acids, microspheres,
and other wetting agents, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry's products
are used in everything from asphalt, lubricants, and household • General Manager: Frank
products to detergents, biocides, and additives for paint. The Sherman
company's products and services essentially thicken, absorb, • Controller, Information
regulate, or counterbalance the properties of liquid. Brand names Address: Management, and E-
include Bermocoll paint thickeners and Expancel microspheres SE 444 85 Stenungsund, business: Gijsberth de
(reduces weight in paper and paint). A business segment of Sweden Ruiter
Akzo Nobel worldwide painting and chemicals manufacturer Akzo Nobel, the Phone: +46-30-38-50-00 • Media Contact: Johnny
Surface company owns and operates almost 20 production plants spanning Fax: +46-30-38-45-58 Ericsson
Chemistry across ten countries.
Albion Chemicals Group first took wing in 2001, emerging from the
nest of Hays Chemicals through a management-led buyout. The
company is among the leading independent distributors of builk and Address: Albion House, Rawdon • Managing Director: Steve
packaged chemicals in the UK. In addition to its distribution Park, Green Lane, Yeadon Holland
businesses, Albion manufactures chlor-alkali chemicals at two of its Leeds LS19 7XX, United • Commercial Director:
plants. The company has a network of 14 depots across the UK and Kingdom Steve Heathcote
Albion Ireland to supply businesses in the region. Albion joined Solvadis, Phone: +44-113-387-9200 • Business Development
Chemicals Dovechem, and US distributing consortium CHEMCENTRAL to form Fax: +44-113-250-0113 Director: Jonathan Birrell
Group Plc a global chemical distributing group called Chemworld Alliance.
Mexican conglomerate Alfa is a big player in five different business
groups. Alpek, a global petrochemical concern with a special
emphasis on synthetic fibers (Akra Polyester, Nylon de México,
Fielmex, Indelpro, Petrotemex) accounts for about 35% of sales. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
Other operations include refrigerated-foods business Sigma Address: Avenida Gómez Morín Revenue (2004): 5254.10 M Dionisio Garza Medina
Alimentos (Yoplait), Versax (Nemak automotive parts, Terza rugs), 1111 Sur, Colonia Carrizalejo Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Alfonso González
and Onexa, which explores telecom opportunities through its Alestra 66254 San Pedro Garza García, 26.20% Migoya
subsidiary. Alfa has alliances with more than 20 companies (such as Nuevo León, Mexico Employees (2004): 42,069 • Vice President,
AT&T and DuPont) around the world. It sold its Total HOME chain to Phone: +52-81-8748-1207 Employee Growth (1 yr): Information Technology:
Alfa, S.A. de hardware giant The Home Depot to concentrate on industrial Fax: +52-81-8748-2551 11.00% Oscar Treviño
C.V. businesses. Yes
Perhaps it wasn't such a fantastic finish, but when Alcoa was done
with its chemicals division it presented it to the world as Almatis.
Formerly known as Alcoa World Chemicals, Almatis was formed in Fiscal Year End: December
early 2004 when the global aluminum giant sold its chemicals unit to Revenue (2004): 450.00 M
private equity firms Rhône Capital and Teacher's Merchant Bank. Revenue Growth (1 yr):
The new company manufacture's alumina-based products are used Address: Olof-Palme-Strasse 37 25.00% • Chairman: Hervé de
to make abrasives and polishers, paper coatings, flame retardants, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany Employees (2004): 900 Carmoy
plastics and polymers, and refractories. Its Adsorbents and Catalysts Phone: +49-69-957-341-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO: D. Oscar Groomes
division supplies activated alumina and offers toll processing Fax: +49-69-957-341-13 12.50% • COO: David Dabney
Almatis GmbH services to the industry.
 You know all those pretty greens and blues you see in the drinks
cooler at the Kwik E Mart? Americhem's responsible for that. The
Ohio-based additives and dispersions company makes the stuff that
makes the color for PET bottles used by soda and beer makers.
Americhem's color and additives masterbatches also are used by
the automotive, construction, and fibers industries. It has nine Address: 225 Broadway East • President and CEO:
manufacturing sites, including one in the UK and one in China, and Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 Richard C. (Rick) Juve
sales offices in China, Korea, Mexico, and Luxembourg. Americhem Phone: 330-929-4213 • COO: Rick Matthew
Americhem, acquired a manufacturing facility in Georgia in late 2005, and it Fax: 330-929-4144 • CFO: John Berner
Inc. completed the construction of its plant in China in early 2006.
Ampacet helps manufacturers of plastic products show their true
hues with its custom color and additive concentrates. Using
polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamide, and polyester
resins, Ampacet makes compounds and concentrates that enable
plastics manufacturers to produce consistent colors and chemical • President and CEO:
characteristics for their extruded and molded products. The Robert A. DeFalco
company's additives are used in food and industrial packaging, pipe • SVP, Finance: Joel
and conduit, wire and cable, and other plastic products. Founded in Address: 660 White Plains Rd. Slutsky
1937, Ampacet is one of the largest color compound and Tarrytown, NY 10591-5130 • SVP, Technical and
concentrate makers in North America and is expanding into the Phone: 914-631-6600 Strategic Procurement:
Ampacet world market. Norman Alexander, chairman and CEO of Sequa Fax: 914-631-7197 Victor J. Mimeault
Corporation Corporation, owns the firm.
company exports raw chemical materials to more than 300 clients
throughout Latin America. It distributes ingredients for use by the
paints, inks, concrete and masonry additives, adhesives, • President and CEO:
pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and personal care product industries. Fernando Espinoza
The house paint industry accounts for most of the Hispanic-owned Address: 10850 NW 30th St. • Accounting Supervisor:
Andes company's sales. Suppliers include Degussa, Akzo Nobel, Miami, FL 33172 Fiscal Year End: December Silvia Perez
Chemical Millennium Chemicals, and Rohm and Haas. Andes Chemical was Phone: 305-591-5601 Revenue (2005): 31.70 M • VP, Operations: Julie
Corporation founded in 1986 by Cuban-born president and CEO Fernando Fax: 305-591-5607 Employees (2005): 20 Peterson
Espinosa.
If you want to avoid severe fire damage, you better get Ansul-ated. A
division of TYCO Fire and Security Services Ansul manufactures fire • President: Mark
protection products for commercial, industrial, and marine VanDover
applications. With manufacturing locations in Germany, Japan, • VP, Finance: Dennis
Mexico, and the US, Ansul has a global sales reach for its range of Address: 1 Stanton St. Moraros
products. In addition to a full line of fire extinguishers and Marinette, WI 54143-2542 • VP, Sales - The
extinguishing agents, the company also offers a series of training Phone: 715-735-7411 Americas: William J. (Bill)
Ansul seminars on the hazards found in the chemical and petroleum Fax: 715-732-3469 Smith
Incorporated industries. The US government is a major customer for Ansul.
integrated mining, production, and distribution group for titanium
dioxide (TiO2), the world's most popular whitening pigment, the
company was founded to market its product in Russia and other
former Soviet republics. Aricom owns nearly 75% of Olekminsky • Chairman: Sir Malcolm
Rudnik, a Russian titanium ore mining company, and 100% of Address: 10-11 Grosvenor Field
Chemelt, which trades and distributes TiO2. Aricom is still in the Place • CEO: Thomas (Tom)
planning stages and is considering two options: forming a joint London SW1X 7HH, United Swithenbank
venture with Ukraine's top TiO2 maker, GAK Titan, or building a Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December • Finance Director and
facility close to its mining property in the Russia's Amur Region. Phone: +44-20-7201-8939 Revenue (2004): 6.20 M Company Secretary: Peter
Aricom plc Aricom controls the titanium-related operations of Peter Hambro Fax: +44-20-7201-8938 Employees (2004): 29 Howes
Mining.
 Arizona Chemical is always pining for more business. The company
is among the world's largest fractionators (separators) of crude tall
oil (from the Swedish word talloja, or pine oil). It manufactures such
pine tree-based chemicals as fatty acids, rosin esters, and terpenes. Fiscal Year End: December • General Manager: Gerald
These chemicals are used to manufacture a wide variety of Revenue (2005): 692.00 M C. Marterer
products, including adhesives, household cleaners, hydraulic fluids, Address: 4600 Touchton Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Director, Finance: Charles
inks, paints, personal care products, and plastics. Arizona Chemical East, Ste. 500 3.00% Nelson
has seven plants in the US and seven in Europe. The company was Jacksonville, FL 32246 Employees (2005): 1,600 • Director, Development
Arizona formed in 1930 by paper products maker International Paper (IP) Phone: 904-928-8700 Employee Growth (1 yr): and Planning: Manuel
Chemical and American Cyanamid and now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fax: 904-928-8779 0.00% Canales
Company the former. Tall oil is a by-product of paper making.
Arkema's into vinyl, but not in a weird way. The North American
branch of TOTAL's basic chemicals unit manufactures many vinyl
products like PVC, chlorochemicals, and assorted vinyl compounds. Fiscal Year End: December
Its other two business segments are Industrial Chemicals (acrylics, Revenue (2004): 1600.00 M
hydrogen peroxide, and fluorochemicals) and Performance Products Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
(additives, agrochemicals, organic peroxides, and technical 6.70% George Cornelius
polymers). Arkema operates about 20 manufacturing facilities in Address: 2000 Market St. Employees (2004): 2,600 • SVP and CFO: Patricia
North America. The company was created in 2004 when TOTAL Philadelphia, PA 19103-3222 Employee Growth (1 yr): McCarthy
broke up its former chemicals subsidiary, ATOFINA, into two units: Phone: 215-419-7000 (-3.70%) • CIO: Mike Keough
Arkema Inc. Arkema and TOTAL Petrochemicals.
come primarily from producing chemicals including caustic soda
(used in soap and paper). It produces other such chemicals as • Chairman and CEO:
chlorine, additives for resins and polymers, and mixtures for liquid Masahiro Iwashita
crystal displays. Founded in 1917, the company expanded into Address: 3-14, Nihonbashi- • President, COO, and
margarine in 1929 and now also makes shortening, mayonnaise, Muromachi 2-chome, Furukawa Director: Hiroyuki Nakajima
and raw food materials, among other food items. Part of the Bldg., Chuo-ku Fiscal Year End: March
Furukawa Group, Asahi Denka has plants in France, Germany, Tokyo 103-8311, Japan Revenue (2004): 1338.20 M • Executive Managing
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the US. The Phone: +81-3-5255-9002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Officer, Sales and Director:
Asahi Denka company's Amfine Chemicals subsidiary in the US produces plastics Fax: +81-3-3277-1965 16.00% Masao Gochou
Co., Ltd. additives.
Asahi Kasei has the right chemistry for Japanese markets, so right in
fact that it is Japan's #2 chemical company (behind Mitsubishi
Chemical). The diversified company operates in seven segments. Its Fiscal Year End: March
chemicals (basic chemicals, plastics, fertilizers) and construction Revenue (2004): 11866.00 • Chairman: Nobuo
materials (concrete panels, residential construction, and artificial fish M Yamaguchi
reefs) groups together account for substantially more than half of Address: 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and Director:
Asahi Kasei's sales. The company's fibers unit, once Japan's largest Chiyoda-ku 19.10% Shiro Hiruta
rayon maker, stopped rayon production in 2001 but still makes Tokyo 100-8440, Japan Employees (2004): 25,011 • Director and Primary
Asahi Kasei nylon. Asahi Kasei also makes items ranging from artificial fish reefs Phone: +81-3-3507-2060 Employee Growth (1 yr): Executive Officer: Ichiro
Corporation to electronic materials and medical products. Almost all of its sales Fax: +81-3-3507-2495 (-2.80%) Itoh
are in Japan. Yes
When you need the hard stuff brought to your door Ashland
Distribution's the one to call. The division of specialty chemicals
company Ashland distributes chemicals, plastics, and composites
(thermoset resins and associated products) in North America and
thermoplastic materials in Europe. Ashland Distribution serves Fiscal Year End: September • President: Frank L.
coatings, adhesives, and inks makers; plastics compounders; the Address: 5200 Blazer Pkwy. Revenue (2005): 3810.00 M (Hank) Waters
aerospace and electronics industries; and metalworking lubricant Dublin, OH 43017 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • VP, Corporate Accounts:
Ashland and chemical manufacturing businesses. It maintains about 70 Phone: 614-790-3333 19.10% Thomas P. (Tom) Semans
Distribution locations throughout North America as well as another 25 overseas.
 • Chairman, President, and
CEO: Reginald Baxter
Like any good Midwestern son, ASHTA Chemicals is proud of where • VP, Finance and
it's from, going so far as to take the name of its hometown, Address: 3509 Middle Rd. Administration, and CFO:
Ashtabula, Ohio. ASHTA manufactures and markets chlorine, Ashtabula, OH 44005-0858 Fiscal Year End: December Bill Brodnick
potassium hydroxide, and other basic chemicals. The company, Phone: 440-997-5221 Revenue (2005): 70.70 M • VP, Operations: Richard
ASHTA formed in 1992, has six production sites, 19 liquid distribution Fax: 440-992-0151 Employees (2005): 100 Jackson
Chemicals Inc. terminals, and five warehouses in the US and Canada.
The name has nothing to do with George Jetson's dog or Houston's
baseball club, but Astro Chemical can rocket any manner of
chemicals to your home base. Founded in 1970 by Leo Diamond
and William Cunningham, the business is still run by the Diamond
and Cunningham families. Astro Chemicals works with companies
both great (ADM, Celanese, and Shell) and small (Penn Specialty
Chemicals and Reagent Chemical) and ships hundreds of chemicals • Chairman and CEO:
including acids, amines, chlor-alkalies, ethers, glycols, inorganics, Address: 64-94 Shaw's Ln. William P. Cunningham Sr.
organics, oils, phosphates, silicates, and surfactants. The company Springfield, MA 01102 • President: Christopher J.
serves clients in the chemical processing, personal care product, Phone: 413-781-7240 Diamond
Astro pulp and paper, and glass and refractory markets in the northeastern Fax: 413-781-7246 • Treasurer: Jeff Diamond
Chemicals Inc. US.
Atlantic Methanol Production Company must like to think
proverbially, because "Waste not, want not" seems to be its motto.
The company tries not to waste the natural gas that is a byproduct of Fiscal Year End: December
parent company Samedan Oil's production process. Atlantic Revenue (2004): 244.00 M
Methanol was founded in 1997 as a vehicle to make use of the Address: 12600 Northborough Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President: Paul Moschell
nearly 100 million cubic feet of natural gas being expent each day off Dr., Ste. 150 31.50% • VP, Commercial
Atlantic the coast of Equitorial Guinea. It began production four years later. Houston, TX 77067 Employees (2004): 149 Operations: Roger Dickson
Methanol Samedan (a subsidiary of Noble Energy) and Marathon Oil own 45% Phone: 281-872-8324 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Manager, Business
Production each, with the state-controlled Guinea Equatorial Oil & Gas owning Fax: 281-872-1084 0.00% Analyses: Wim Wilson
Company LLC the remaining 10%.
Austin Chemical does just fine, even without the bionic capabilities of
Steve or the accessibility to the live music of the Capital of Texas.
The company supplies excipients, intermediates, APIs (active
pharmaceutical ingredients), and specialty chemicals to the • President and CEO:
pharmaceutical, nutritional, and agrochemical industries. It also Patrick J. Corboy
provides development, packaging, marketing, and logistical services. • Director,
The company supplies more than 400 products from some 110 Address: 1565 Barclay Blvd. Communications: Jack
manufacturers including Akzo Nobel, Cargill, Ferro, and PPG Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Fiscal Year End: December Euske
Austin Industries. In addition to its Chicago-area headquarters, Austin Phone: 847-520-9600 Revenue (2005): 8.10 M • Director, Operations:
Chemical Chemical maintains operations in New Jersey and Arizona, as well Fax: 847-520-9160 Employees (2005): 43 Joseph J. Chivini
Company, Inc. as in China and India.
marketer of ethanol, a grain alcohol mainly used as a fuel additive in
gasoline to reduce vehicle emissions and enhance engine
performance. Through its production facilities in Illinois and
Nebraska and through purchase and resale operations and
marketing alliances with other producers, the company distributes Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Bobby L.
approximately 530 million gallons of ethanol annually. Major Address: 1300 S. 2nd St. Revenue (2005): 935.50 M Latham
Aventine customers include BP Products North America, ConocoPhillips, Pekin, IL 61555 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
Renewable Chevron Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell, Marathon Oil and Valero Phone: 309-347-9200 8.90% Director: Ronald H. Miller
Energy Marketing and Supply Company. In 2006 the company filed to Fax: 309-346-0742 Employees (2005): 292 • CFO: Ajay Sabherwal
Holdings, Inc. become publicly traded.
 Big Man On Campus? If you're looking within the special gases
industry you could do worse than settling on BOC Process Gas
Solutions (PGS), the largest division within the BOC Group. The unit
operates in more than 60 countries worldwide and supplies BOC's • Chairman and CEO: John
industrial gases to the company's large-scale customers, primarily L. Malchine
chemical and oil companies, the food and beverage industry, and • President, General
the metals and glass sectors. PGS supplies its largest customers by Address: 820 W. 17th St. Manager, and Director:
pipeline or even on-site plants and ships its gases in smaller sizes Monroe, WI 53566 Fiscal Year End: December Gary L. Kramer
by truck in liquid form. The division maintains a presence for its Phone: 608-329-3900 Revenue (2005): 97.70 M • CFO: James (Jim)
Badger State tonnage (pipeline-supplied) customers in the UK and US, as well as Fax: 608-329-3866 Employees (2005): 37 Leitzinger
Ethanol, LLC Australia, South Africa, and Asia.
Need a few tons of plastic? Bamberger Polymers distributes plastic
resins for molders, extruders, compounders, and manufacturers that
use plastics to make everything from automotive components to
garbage bags. Bamberger distributes branded prime, generic prime,
and wide spec resins (polyethylene, polypropylene, PET products, • Chairman and CEO: Fred
and specialty resins) and distributes its own lines of polyethylene, Address: 2 Jericho Plaza Garcia
polypropylene, and polystyrene (Bapolene and Bapolan brands). Jericho, NY 11753-1658 • President and COO:
Bamberger delivers more than 750 million pounds of bulk and Phone: 516-622-3600 Lawrence Ubertini
Bamberger packaged resins annually via subsidiaries throughout North America Fax: 516-622-3610 • EVP: Steven Goldberg
Polymers, Inc. and Europe.
Barton Solvents packages, stores, and delivers solvents and other
chemical products for customers in eight Midwest states. Products Address: 1920 NE Broadway • Chairman and CEO: Leon
include aromatics, alcohols, ketones, polyglycols, resins, greases, Des Moines, IA 50301 Fiscal Year End: December Casten
detergents, corrosion inhibitors, and surfactants. Barton has Phone: 515-265-7998 Revenue (2005): 81.00 M • President: David Casten
Barton locations in Iowa, Kansas, and Wisconsin. The company was Fax: 515-265-0259 Employees (2005): 147 • COO: Doug Casten
Solvents, Inc. founded as a naphtha delivery service by Bud Barton in 1938.
If it's a plastic world, then you can probably blame Basell for it. The
company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and
Europe's largest producer of polyethylene, the key ingredients that Fiscal Year End: December
go into plastics of all kinds. Used in a variety of products, Revenue (2004): 9138.80 M
polypropylene (PP) is a highly versatile polymer, and polyethylene is Address: Hoeksteen 66 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
the most-used polymer. Basell also produces advanced polyolefins 2130 AP Hoofddorp, The 8.70% Volker Trautz
and licenses its polymer technology. The company was formed in Netherlands Employees (2004): 6,655 • CFO: Alan Bigman
2000 from the combination of the polyolefin businesses of Royal Phone: +31-20-44-68-644 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Chief Information Officer:
Dutch/Shell Group and BASF. Those two companies sold Basell in Fax: +31-20-44-68-649 (-0.70%) David Sides
Basell B.V. 2005 to private investment firm Access Industries.
If you're a North American chemical company, BASF might strike
you as a four-letter word. BASF Corporation -- the North American
subsidiary of the world's largest chemicals company, BASF AG --
makes nearly every chemical under the sun. The company has six Fiscal Year End: December
business segments: chemicals (basic, intermediate, and Revenue (2004): 11160.20
performance), plastics (thermoplastics, foams, and urethanes), M
coatings (automotive and coil coatings), fine chemicals (vitamins, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and CEO:
feed supplements, and raw materials for pharmaceuticals), Address: 100 Campus Dr. 24.10% Klaus Peter Löbbe
agricultural chemicals (herbicides, insecticides), and BASF Plant Florham Park, NJ 07932 Employees (2004): 11,002 • EVP: Hans-Ulrich Engel
Science (biotechnology). The company is BASF AG's NAFTA region Phone: 973-245-6000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Fried-
BASF representative and is responsible for nearly a quarter of its parent's Fax: 973-245-6714 (-13.10%) Walter Muenstermann
Corporation total sales.
 Empire may be too strong a word, but BASF AG sure does have its
operations spread far and wide. The world's largest chemical
company maintains operations in the UK and Ireland through its Fiscal Year End: December
BASF plc subsidiary to market plastics, agricultural chemicals, Address: Earl Road, Cheadle Revenue (2004): 676.50 M • Chairman: Walter Seufert
pigments and dispersions, fibers, and pharmaceutical intermediates; Hulme Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
the largest segment is plastics and fibers. Manufacturing facilities Cheadle, Greater Manchester 16.20% Torben Berlin Jensen
are located in Northumberland, Teesside, Merseyside, Deeside, SK8 6QG, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 567 • Manager, Corporate
Derbyshire, and Sussex. Among the subsidiary companies Phone: +44-161-485-6222 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Chris
underneath BASF plc are BASF IT Services Ltd., Cheadle Colour & Fax: +44-161-486-0891 (-17.70%) Wilson
BASF plc Chemicals, Elastogran, and Frank Wright Limited.
to do business. The world's largest chemicals company has teamed
with Sinopec to form BASF-YPC Company. The company, which
shipped its first product to a customer in January 2005,
manufactures a complete product line of basic and petrochemicals,
with ethylene and propylene as BASF-YPC's primary products. • Chairman: Dai Houliang • Chairman: Dai Houliang
Additionally its roster includes ethylene glycol, benzene, toluene, low • President: Bernd • President: Bernd
density polyethylene (LDPE), acrylic acid, and acrylic esters. In mid- Address: Luhe District Blumenberg Blumenberg
2005 the company's world-scale manufacturing complex in Nanjing Nanjing, Jiangsu 210048, China • VP and General Manager, • VP and General Manager,
BASF-YPC came online. This fully integrated site consists of a steam cracker, Phone: +86-25-5777-0888 Finance, Accounting, EDP, Finance, Accounting, EDP,
Company which makes the ethylene and propylene, and nine downstream Fax: +86-25-5777-0999 and Materi: Li Chengfeng and Materi: Li Chengfeng
Limited plants.
No, it's not the Canadian branch of Blue Oyster Club's fan club.
Rather, it's the Canadian subsidiary of the British industrial gas
manufacturing giant BOC Group. The company manufactures and
distributes industrial gases and welding products for industrial (for
everything from the auto to pulp and paper industries), scientific (all
manner of lab gases), medical (nitrous oxide for anesthetics and Address: 5975 Falbourne St.,
helium that cools the magnets in MRI machines), and hospitality Unit 2 • VP and General Manager: • VP and General Manager:
industry (nitrogen and CO2 for carbonated drinks, helium for Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3W6, Tom Winter Tom Winter
balloons) uses. It also operates through BOC Edwards supplying Canada • Operations and Technical • Operations and Technical
BOC Canada products and services to semiconductor makers as well as chemical Phone: 905-501-1700 Director: Doug Bonnar Director: Doug Bonnar
Limited and pharmaceutical companies.
Big Man On Campus? If you're looking within the special gases
industry you could do worse than settling on BOC Process Gas
Solutions (PGS), the largest division within the BOC Group. The unit
operates in more than 60 countries worldwide and supplies BOC's
industrial gases to the company's large-scale customers, primarily
chemical and oil companies, the food and beverage industry, and Address: The Priestley Centre,
the metals and glass sectors. PGS supplies its largest customers by 10 Priestley Rd.
pipeline or even on-site plants and ships its gases in smaller sizes Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XY, • CEO: John Bevan • CEO: John Bevan
by truck in liquid form. The division maintains a presence for its United Kingdom • Information Management • Information Management
BOC Process tonnage (pipeline-supplied) customers in the UK and US, as well as Phone: +44-1483-579-857 Director: Graham Wyatt Director: Graham Wyatt
Gas Solutions Australia, South Africa, and Asia.
When chemical companies all around the world need to move some
product, they call on Brenntag. The company is Europe's largest Fiscal Year End: December
chemical distributor (ahead of Univar) and among the top three in Revenue (2004): 6274.40 M • Chairman and CEO:
the US (along with the likes of Ashland and CHEMCENTRAL); it also Address: Stinnes-Platz 1 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Klaus Engel
ranks as the top distributor in Latin America. Brenntag had been a 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr, 16.20% • CFO: Jürgen Buchsteiner
subsidiary of European logistics giant Stinnes until Bain Capital Germany Employees (2004): 8,798 • VP, Corporate
Brenntag stepped in and bought the company in 2004. From its 300 locations Phone: +49-208-7828-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Hubertus
Holding GmbH Brenntag offers lab services (blending, compounding, preparation), Fax: +49-208-7828-698 (-1.10%) Spethmann
& Co. KG storage, and then full logistics activities.
 Brenntag Mid-South doesn't make many chemicals of its own, but it
hooks up people who do with people who need them. The company
distributes industrial and specialty chemicals from 26 locations in
states from Missouri in the Midwest to Florida in the South. Brenntag • President: Joel R. Hopper
Mid-South has about 200 delivery vehicles, from local trucks to long-
distance tractor trailers. Additionally Brenntag provides services like Address: 1405 Hwy. 136 West • VP, Operations: Kenneth
blending, repackaging, and technical and safety assistance. It serves Henderson, KY 42420-9662 Fiscal Year End: December W. (Ken) Jones
the aluminum, automotive, food, mining, pharmaceutical, and water Phone: 270-830-1200 Revenue (2005): 32.00 M • VP, Sales: Michael (Mike)
Brenntag Mid- treatment industries, among others. The company is a part of Fax: 270-826-1486 Employees (2005): 186 Staley
South, Inc. Brenntag North America, which is owned by Bain Capital.
If you live in the US and need a chemical fix, Brenntag North
America can set you up. One of the largest chemical distributors in
North America, the company offers hundreds of industrial and
specialty chemicals -- from acetic acid to zinc oxide -- and provides • President and CEO:
custom blending, just-in-time delivery, and custom packaging of Stephen R. (Steve) Clark
chemicals in dry, liquid, or gaseous states. Customers include Address: 5083 Pottsville Pike Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and CFO: H. Edward
manufacturers in such industries as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, Reading, PA 19605 Revenue (2004): 1800.00 M Boyadjian
Brenntag paints, electronics, pulp and paper, cosmetics, food and beverages, Phone: 610-926-6100 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • VP, Operations: David
North America, textiles, and water treatment. Bain Capital acquired Brenntag -- and Fax: 610-926-0420 6.60% Garner
Inc. thus Brenntag North America -- in 2004 from Stinnes.
Brown Chemical mixes chemicals of various shades. The family-
owned company specializes in distributing chemicals such as • President and COO: Doug
amines, food grade chemicals, latex additives, organics, Brown
phosphates, and sodiums for applications in textile, industrial, • VP, Finance and
institutional, and specialty markets. Brown Chemical sells more than Address: 302 W. Oakland Ave. Operations; Director,
1,500 products from 35 chemical manufacturers, and it offers Oakland, NJ 07436-1309 Fiscal Year End: December Purchasing: Dave Lyle
Brown contract packaging, custom blending, and product research services. Phone: 201-337-0900 Revenue (2005): 7.70 M • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Chemical Co., The company operates two facilities in northern New Jersey, where it Fax: 201-337-9026 Employees (2005): 35 Patrick Brown
Inc. serves more than 1,000 customers over a 200 mile radius.

Caffaro is really chemically dependent, and the industry's given it the

shakes of late. Caffaro, a subsidiary of the diversified Italian
company Snia S.p.A., makes base, fine, and specialty chemicals.
Some of the company's products include organic additives,
detergents, biocides, water treatment products, textile and paper Address: Via Friuli, 55
production chemicals. Like the rest of the industry, it's been hit hard 20031 Cesano Maderno, Milano, • Chairman: Mario Chiti
lately by high raw-material costs coupled with lower demand for its Italy • Managing Director:
products. In addition to selling Caffaro's agrochemical business, Phone: +39-0362-514-1 Umberto Rosa
Snia has also sold Caffaro's 50% interest in a hydroelectricity plant Fax: +39-0362-514-889 (454) • CFO: L. Bonalanze
Caffaro S.p.A. and shuttered two manufacturing facilities.
 cleaners, and cosmetics. The distribution company's chemicals are
also used in inks, adhesives, personal care products,
pharmaceuticals, and vitamin products. Product categories include
antimicrobials, silicones, solvents, urethanes, surfactants, • President: Ted Burke
humectants, preservatives, and specialty resins. The company's • VP, Operations: Tom
suppliers include Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, Rhodia, and Address: 200 Industrial Ave. O'Donnell
Stepan. Callahan transports products from four warehouses in the Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660-1388 • VP, Finance and
Callahan northeastern US and in Puerto Rico; it also offers packaging and Phone: 201-440-9000 Administration: Greg
Chemical blending services. The family-owned company was formed in 1958 Fax: 201-440-5441 Shetler
Company by James Callahan Sr.
Canada all you have to do is remember the three C's: Canada
Colors and Chemicals. The firm is Canada's largest chemical
distributor (ahead of Quadra Chemicals) and has 85 years in the
business, eight warehouses, and a distribution network that spans
the country. A wholesale distributor of industrial and specialty
chemicals and resins, Canada Colors and Chemicals serves the Address: 80 Scarsdale Rd. • Chairman and CEO: Guy
plastics, paints, water treatment, and food ingredients industries. It Don Mills, Ontario M3B2R7, S. Carr-Harris
manufactures sulfuric acid and oleum through its Sulco Chemicals Canada • Business Development
Canada Colors subsidiary. Canada Colors and Chemicals, founded by R. R. Carr- Phone: 416-449-7750 Specialist, Chemical
and Chemicals Harris in 1920, is a member of chemical distribution association Fax: 416-449-4269 Distribution: Sam Joshi
Limited Omni-Chem.
it. The company is the world's largest potash exporter, bringing
Canadian potash to countries throughout the world. Canpotex was
created in 1972 and distributes the products of its major Address: 111 2nd Ave. South, • President and CEO:
shareowners, Canadian crop nutrient companies Agrium, Potash Ste. 400 Steven Dechka
Corp., and The Mosaic Company 's Canadian unit (Mosaic Canada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K • VP, Finance and CFO:
ULC). It sells about 8 million metric tons of potash per year, primarily 1K6, Canada Dwayne N. Dahl
to countries in Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Canpotex Phone: 306-931-2200 • VP Operations: Scott
Canpotex maintains an office in Singapore to direct its international marketing Fax: 306-653-5505 Rudderham
Limited activities.
Canada's good for more than just sketch comedy and hockey. It also
makes quite a lot of specialty chemicals. Celanese Canada is the Fiscal Year End: September
Canadian subsidiary of specialty chemicals maker Celanese. The Revenue (2004): 194.70 M
company makes basic chemicals, acetate products, polymers, Address: PO Box 99, Stn. Main Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, Site Director,
polypropylene films, and food ingredients. Its manufacturing plant is Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2H7, (-25.80%) Edmonton: Andy Day
located in Edmonton, Alberta, which, like many of Celanese's Canada Employees (2004): 400 • Coordinator,
facilities, underwent some restructuring in 2004. The company Phone: 780-471-0511 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Bob
Celanese shuttered its formaldehyde production that year and announced it Fax: 780-471-0144 0.00% Leman
Canada Inc. would do the same with its line of acetate products by 2007.
Celanese Corporation was created in late 2004 and owns just over
95% of Celanese AG after a series of 2004 transactions led by the
Blackstone Group. The company is the ultimate parent of all of the
Celanese companies. Its primary operations include the • EVP and CFO: John J.
manufacture of building block chemicals like acetic acid and vinyl Gallagher III
acetate monomers (VAM). With Canadian acetyls maker Acetex as a Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Director: Chinh
subsidiary, it's the world's largest acetyls manufacturer. Those Address: 1601 W. LBJ Fwy. Revenue (2005): 6070.00 M E. Chu
chemicals are used in everything from paints and inks to agricultural Dallas, TX 75234-6034 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
products and chewing gum. Nearly two-thirds of the company's sales Phone: 972-443-4000 58.70% Director: David N.
Celanese come from the US and Germany. After a public offering in 2005 Fax: 972-443-8555 Employees (2004): 9,100 Weidman
Corporation Blackstone still owns 62% of the company. Yes
 Who hasn't run out of hydrazine right in the middle of something?
Well, Charkit Chemical not only distributes hydrazine and hydrazine
derivatives (for oxidation and corrosion inhibitors), but also imaging Address: 9 Old Kings Hwy. • President and CEO:
chemicals including emulsion and photo processing formulas, and South Charles A. Hinnant
toluene derivatives like benzyl alcohol and benzyl chloride (for Darien, CT 06820-1725 • CFO: Fred Wirth
Charkit industrial and personal care products). It serves customers in the Phone: 203-655-3400 • COO and Director, Legal
Chemical imaging, food, cosmetic, metal and water treatment, and Fax: 203-655-8643 Affairs: Bryant Hinnant
Corporation pharmaceutical industries from 11 US locations.
CHEMCENTRAL is in the center of a chemically dependent world.
The company is one of the top chemical distributors in North
America. It carries products made by BASF, Dow Chemical, DuPont, • President and CEO: John
and others. Key customers for CHEMCENTRAL's more than 8,000 R. Yanney
chemical products include companies that manufacture adhesives, • VP and CFO: John G.
caulks, and sealants; cleaning agents; cosmetics and personal care Address: 7050 W. 71st St. LaBahn
products; inks and paint coatings; and plastic and rubber Bedford Park, IL 60499 • SVP and Director, Sales
compounds. Once know as William J. Hough Company of Chicago, Phone: 708-594-7000 and Marketing: Phillip A.
CHEMCENTRA CHEMCENTRAL was established in 1926 by entrepreneurs Halbert Fax: 708-594-6382 Scafido
L Corporation Sampson and William Hough.
Don't put "this" lime in your gin and tonic. Chemical Lime, as its
name would suggest, provides lime and lime-based products
(including quicklimes and hydrated limes) for use in steel making,
ore processing, industrial manufacturing, and construction. The
company's products also serve environmental purposes such as
wastewater treatment and softening drinking water, as well as • President and CEO:
roadbed stabilization. Chemical Lime provides lime slurry (hot liquid Address: 3700 Hulen St. David M. Reilly
lime) to its customers from its PORTA BATCH concentrated Fort Worth, TX 76107 • CFO: Steve Barnish
production units. Chemical Lime's quarries and plants are primarily Phone: 817-732-8164 • Manager, Marketing:
Chemical Lime located in the southern and western US. Lhoist Group of Belgium Fax: 817-732-8564 David C. (Dave) Hoffman
Company owns Chemical Lime, which was founded in 1966.
Chevron Oronite Company's additives subtract the bad elements
from oil and fuel. Oronite additives disperse deposits, control
corrosion, and execute oxidation, thereby reducing wear and friction
in fuel-burning engines. The company is a subsidiary of Chevron
and affiliated with its chemical joint venture, CP Chem. Its products
are divided into components and chemicals (detergents, Address: 1301 McKinney St. • President: Ronald (Ron)
dispersants, polybutene), oronite fuel additives (gasoline, diesel, and Houston, TX 77010 Kiskis
Chevron aftermarket additives), lubricating oil additives (hydraulic, engine, Phone: 713-754-5300 • Marketing Manager:
Oronite industrial, and marine oils), and viscosity index improvers (under the Fax: 713-754-5523 Susan Boyle
Company LLC brand name PARATONE).
A coin toss determined which company's name would go first when
Chevron and Phillips Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips) formed a new
50-50 joint venture, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem),
in 2000. Among the largest US petrochemical firms, CPChem Fiscal Year End: December
produces ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, and polypropylene -- Revenue (2004): 9558.00 M • President and CEO:
sometimes used as building blocks for the company's other products Address: 10001 6 Pines Dr. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Raymond I. (Ray) Wilcox
such as pipe. CPChem also produces aromatics such as benzene The Woodlands, TX 77380-1498 36.20% • SVP, CFO, and
Chevron and styrene, specialty chemicals such as acetylene black (a form of Employees (2004): 5,300 Controller: Greg G.
Phillips carbon black), and drilling and mining chemicals. The company has Phone: 832-813-4100 Employee Growth (1 yr): Maxwell
Chemical formed several petrochemicals joint ventures in the Middle East. Fax: 800-231-3890 (-2.80%) • CIO: Larry R. Frazier
Company LLC Most of CPChem's operations are located in the US.
 The pragmatically named China National Chemicals Import & Export
(known as Sinochem) deals in chemicals, primarily in the petroleum • President and CEO: Liu
industry, but also in rubber, plastics, and fertilizer. Founded in 1950, Deshu
the state-owned company is China's largest trading company and its Address: Sinochem Tower, A2 • CFO: Chen Guogang
China National first multinational conglomerate. It operates through more than 100 Fuxingmenwai Dajie • VP Strategic Planning,
Chemicals subsidiaries in China and abroad in concerns ranging from Beijing 100045, China Information Technology,
Import & petroleum trading to real estate. One of only a handful Chinese Phone: +86-10-8807-8888 and Administr: Luo
Export companies ranked in "FORTUNE" magazine's Global 500, Sinochem Fax: +86-10-8807-8890 Dongjiang
Corporation has diversified into technology, finance, and information businesses.
From painting to printing, Clariant GmbH makes it brighter. The
company makes pigments for paints, lacquers, plastics, and other
specialty applications. The company also makes printing inks for ink • Managing Director:
jet and laser printing, additives to improve heat resistance, and Herbert Link
aluminum paints. Other Clariant GmbH divisions make surfactants, • Member, Management
polymers, pharmaceutical and agricultural fine chemicals, and Board: Alexander Klak
distribute color and additive concentrates. Clariant GmbH sells to the Address: Am Unisys-Park 1 • Member, Management
automotive, electronics, consumer goods, medical, packaging, and 65843 Sulzbach, Germany Board, Finance and
textiles markets. The company, which also has research and Phone: +49-6-196-757-60 Administration: Henri
development operations, is part of specialty chemical giant Clariant Fax: +49-6-196-757-88-56 Schlömer
Clariant GmbH International.
to counteract global warming. The company is starting to
commercialize its chemical fuel additives and other products for
reducing diesel engine emissions and improving fuel economy.
These include its platinum fuel catalysts, which are marketed in Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Europe and the US under the Platinum Plus brand. Clean Diesel Revenue (2004): 0.70 M Director: Bernhard Steiner
Technologies also manufactures and licenses nitrogen oxide (NOx) Address: 300 Atlantic St., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Administration,
reduction systems (under the brand name ARIS 2000) and chemical 702 27.30% CFO, and Treasurer: David
fuel additives to help control diesel engine emissions. The company Stamford, CT 06901 Employees (2004): 13 W. Whitwell
Clean Diesel has a licensing deal with Mitsui to use the ARIS technology in Phone: 203-327-7050 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Technologies, stationary engines in Japan. Former parent Fuel-Tech N.V. owns Fax: 203-323-0461 30.00% R. Glen Reid
Inc. 11% of the company. Yes
Cognis Corporation is the North American presence of the German
chemical manufacturer Cognis Deutschland. Cognis Corp. focuses
on three product lines: care chemicals, coating technology, and • President: Paul S. Allen
oleochemicals. The company also has a patent law department. Address: 5051 Estecreek Dr. • Chief Administrative
Cognis Corp. accounts for about a quarter of its parent's total sales. Cincinnati, OH 45232-1446 Officer: Greg Pflum
An investment group bought Cognis from Henkel in 2001 and took it Phone: 513-482-3000 • Communications
Cognis private; management has plans to go public on its own in the coming Fax: 513-482-5503 Manager: Kathy Bollmer
Corporation years.
petrochemical manufacturers. The company's products include
acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, fatty
chemicals, glycol ethers, lubricants, and resins from suppliers • President and CEO:
including BASF, Cargill, and Dow Corning. It offers safety training, Donna F. Cole
custom blending, warehousing, logistics, and custom packaging Address: 8915 Gaylord St. • Manager, Sales and
services from its locations throughout the US; the company also has Houston, TX 77024-2903 Fiscal Year End: December Marketing: Dave Luther
Cole Chemical import and export operations. Cole Chemical is a minority- and Phone: 713-465-2653 Revenue (2005): 23.00 M • Manager, Business
& Distributing woman-owned business; it was formed by CEO Donna Fujimoto Fax: 713-461-3462 Employees (2005): 12 Development: Hilda Rader
Inc. Cole in 1980.
 Composites One (C1) helps composites fabricators compose their
products. The company distributes a variety of fiberglass and
composite materials, such as additives, adhesives, gel coats, Address: 723 W. Algonquin Rd. • CEO: Steve Dehmlow
pigments, putties, polyester, and vinyl ester resins. A joint venture of Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO: Leon
GLS and Cook Composites and Polymers, C1 maintains more than Phone: 847-437-0200 Revenue (2005): 120.00 M Garoufalis
Composites 30 distribution centers and serves 7,000 customers throughout the Fax: 847-437-0664 Employees (2005): 600 • CFO: Jim Sieber
One LLC US and in Canada.
Give Texas billionaire Harold Simmons a 10-yard penalty, because
the company he founded, Contran, is a holding company. Through
subsidiaries and affiliations, Valhi, Inc. (a publicly traded company
about 90% controlled by Contran) conducts diversified operations in • Chairman: Harold C.
chemicals (NL Industries and Kronos Worldwide), metals (Titanium Simmons
Metals Corporation), waste management (Waste Control Address: Three Lincoln Centre, • President and Director:
Specialties), computer support systems, and precision ball bearing 5430 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 1700 Steven L. Watson
slides and locking systems (CompX International). Contran also has Dallas, TX 75240 • VP and Controller:
a controlling interest in Keystone Consolidated Industries, a maker of Phone: 972-233-1700 Gregory M. (Greg) Swalwell
Contran fencing and wire products. Trusts benefiting Simmons' family (with Fax: 972-448-1444
Corporation Simmons as the sole trustee) own pretty much all of Contran.
entire class. Formed in 2000 by the combination of Hercules'
Copenhagen Pectin/Food Gums unit and the Kelco unit of
Monsanto, CP Kelco's products include carrageenan, gellan gum,
xanthan gum, and microparticulated whey protein. The company, a Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
subsidiary of J. M. Huber, makes additives used to give food, Revenue (2004): 481.00 M Thomas B. (Tom) Lamb
industrial, personal care, and pharmaceutical products (everything Address: 123 N. Wacker Dr., Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Technology: Akiva
from jam and ketchup to paint and cosmetics) the desired texture, Ste. 2000 6.90% T. Gross
viscosity, and stability. Until 2004 Lehman Brothers and Hercules Chicago, IL 60606 Employees (2004): 2,200 • VP, Operations and
had owned 71% and 29% of Kelco, respectively. Huber bought out Phone: 312-554-7800 Employee Growth (1 yr): Business Management:
Hercules in a deal that closed early in 2004 and acquired Lehman's Fax: 312-554-7810 37.50% Robert Bruce Dructor
CP Kelco in the Fall.
halls with performance additives. Through its CPH Solutions and
RTD Hallstar subsidiaries, the company makes polymer and
personal care product additives used to improve the quality of • Chairman: George A.
rubber, plastics, adhesives, coatings, cosmetics, skin care items, Address: 311 S. Wacker Dr., Vincent
and industrial products. It operates two US manufacturing facilities Ste. 4700 • President and COO: John
and distributes products to customers in the US and abroad. The Chicago, IL 60606 J. Paro
company's brands include Paraplex, Plasthall, Hallcote, Quikote, Phone: 312-554-7400 • VP and CFO: Thomas
CPH Holding Suprmix, Maglite, and Marinco. CPH Holding is owned by members Fax: 312-554-7499 (Tom) Seum
Corp. of its executive staff.
Doing the dirty work that helps to keep skies blue is what's at issue
for CRI Asia Pacific. The company, a unit of the US-based CRI • President: Robert Trout
Catalyst (which itself is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of • Business Manager,
Companies), distributes flue gas treatment catalysts and the related Address: 298 Tiong Bahru Rd., Environmental Catalysts
technology to chemical, environmental emission control, and 07-03/04/05 Central Plaza and Systems: Harry Tang
petrochemical companies. Chief among the company's products are 168730 Singapore • Business Director, EO &
catalysts used to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and dioxin removal Phone: +65-6276-3631 KataLeuna Catalyst: King
CRI Asia (pollutants created as a byproduct of incinerating solid and liquid Fax: +65-6276-7456 Way Ma
Pacific hazardous waste materials).
 • President; President,
Chemically speaking, CRI Catalyst (CRICC) is known for its chain CRI/Criterion Catalyst:
reactions. The company, a part of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Robert Trout
Companies' Catalyst Technology unit, manages catalyst • Business Manager: John
development centers, research laboratories, support groups, and Address: 16825 Northchase Dr., Walker
manufacturing plants. Along with its CRI Asia Pacific subsidiary the Ste. 1110 • Business Director,
company provides flue gas treatment catalysts used to reduce Houston, TX 77060 Technology and
harmful emissions produced at chemical and petrochemical facilities. Phone: 281-874-2490 Development: Alan Del
CRI Catalyst CRICC provides services such as silver management and silver Fax: 281-874-2499 Paggio
Co. recovery for the production of ethylene oxide.
chemically challenged. The company acts as the European
distributor for its parent, CRI Catalyst (which is a subsidiary of Royal Fiscal Year End: December • President: Robert Trout
Dutch/Shell Group of Companies). Through its subsidiary, Criterion Address: 1650 Parkway, The Revenue (2004): 133.80 M • Business Manager,
Catalysts & Technologies, CRI/Criterion Catalyst provides Solent Business Park Revenue Growth (1 yr): Environmental Catalysts
hydroprocessing chemicals used by petrochemical companies. Whiteley Fareham, Hampshire (-6.30%) and Systems: Onno
Along with ABB Lummus Global and Catalytic Distribution PO15 7AH, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 48 Maaskant
CRI/Criterion Technologies (CD Tech), it has developed a new, economically Phone: +44-1489-881-881 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Business Director, EO
Catalyst viable process to create low sulfur diesel and low sulfur gasoline with Fax: +44-1489-881-882 4.30% Catalyst: James McAteer
Company Ltd reduced emissions.
D.H. Litter scatters specialty chemical products across the Northeast • President: Michael
and Mid-Atlantic. The distribution company sells to customers in the Address: 565 Taxter Rd., Ste. Granito
plastics, adhesives, paint and coatings, printing ink, paper, textile, 610 • Sales Manager: David
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food industries. It also provides Elmsford, NY 10523 Fiscal Year End: December Penichter
product research and technical training to its customers. D.H. Litter Phone: 914-592-1077 Revenue (2005): 46.00 M • Business Manager:
D.H. Litter represents product manufacturers such as Alcoa, Bayer, and Fax: 914-592-1499 Employees (2005): 30 Charlie Snyder
Company, Inc. Degussa. The company was founded in 1921.
A miracle on the prairie? A subsidiary of Basin Electric Power
Cooperative, Dakota Gasification does not turn water into wine, but it
does the next best thing, it turns coal into natural gas. The Great
Plains Synfuels Plant harnesses the abundant lignite resources
underlying the North Dakota prairie. Through a complex gasification • Chairman: Don Applegate
process the company transforms more than 6 million tons of coal
into more than 54 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas annually, Address: 1600 E. Interstate Ave. • President and CEO:
which is then used to supply homes and businesses across the Bismarck, ND 58501-0561 Fiscal Year End: December Ronald R. (Ron) Harper
Dakota Eastern US. In addition to natural gas, the company's Synfuels plant Phone: 701-221-4411 Revenue (2005): 233.70 M • VP and COO: Alan C. (Al)
Gasification produces carbon dioxide, fertilizers, solvents, phenol, and other Fax: 701-221-4450 Employees (2005): 658 Lukes
Company chemicals.
of chemicals. DC Chemical (DCC) makes basic chemicals (soda
ash, acetic acid, etc.), fine chemicals (ingredients for rubber and Fiscal Year End: December
glyphosate), and petrochemicals (carbon black, benzene, and Revenue (2004): 1909.70 M
xylene). DC Chemical maintains nine manufacturing plants in South Address: Oriental Chemical Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Korea and subsidiary offices throughout Asia as well as in Belgium, Bldg., 50 Sogong-dong, Jung-gu 27.20% • Chairman, Representative
Turkey, and the US. The company was formed in 1959 -- then Seoul, South Korea Employees (2004): 1,768 Director: Soo Young Lee
known as Oriental Chemical Industries (OCI) -- and changed its Phone: +82-2-727-9500 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Honorary Chairman: Hoi
DC Chemical name following the 2001 merger of OCI and Korea Steel Fax: +82-2-757-4111 (-4.10%) Rim Lee
Co., Ltd. Petrochemical.
 Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's name is as complicated as
some of the chemicals it manufactures. The company operates four
business segments: petrochemicals, specialized chemical products, Fiscal Year End: March
cement and construction materials, and pharmaceuticals and other Address: Nihonbashi Mitsui Revenue (2004): 2377.10 M
operations. It makes products such as fertilizers, synthetic rubber, Tower, 1-1,Nihonbashi- Revenue Growth (1 yr):
cement additives for construction and cement production, polyvinyl Muromachi 2-chome, Chuo- 16.80%
Denki Kagaku chloride (PVC) and vinyl acetate resins used to produce synthetic Tokyo 103-8338, Japan Employees (2004): 5,618
Kogyo rubber and plastics, and semiconductor-related electronic materials Phone: +81-3-3507-5055 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Kabushiki (including styrene resins used in semiconductor chips). Founded in Fax: +81-3-3507-5059 (-1.00%) • President and Director:
Kaisha 1915, Denki Kagaku Kogyo has subsidiaries worldwide. Toshio Hiruma
DNT doesn't provide TNT, but it does supply a variety of other
volatile substances. The company, which does business as E.W.
Kaufmann, distributes specialty chemicals and equipment
throughout the northeastern US from warehouses in Massachusetts,
Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. E.W. Kaufmann began as
a sales representative organization in 1956; the employee-owned Address: 1320 Industrial Hwy. • President: Brian Gilbert
company now distributes chemicals from some 30 different Southampton, PA 18966 • Controller: Robin Connor
manufacturers. Its suppliers include BASF, Huntsman, and Phone: 215-364-0240 • Director, Marketing: Jim
DNT Reichhold. Subsidiary E.W. Kaufmann Services provides storage Fax: 215-364-4397 Goldsmith
Corporation and transportation
Dorsett & Jackson tanks and maintenance
distributes raw materialsand installation
in the western services.
US. The
company provides specialty chemicals such as amines, food
additives, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, and
thickening agents. It serves customers in the paints and coatings,
adhesives and sealants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and plastics
and rubber industries. Dorsett & Jackson's suppliers include Alcoa, • Chairman: Paul E. Grubs
Degussa, and Hexion. The company serves California, Nevada, and Address: 3800 Noakes St. • President and CEO:
Arizona from locations in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Los Angeles, CA 90023 Fiscal Year End: December Donald F. (Don) Witteman
company was formed in 1954 by Bob Dorsett and Hartley Jackson Phone: 323-268-1815 Revenue (2005): 37.90 M • EVP and COO: Romer E.
Dorsett & and is owned by executives Paul Grubs, Donald Witteman, and Fax: 323-268-9082 Employees (2005): 29 Johnson
Jackson, Inc. Romer Johnson.

Durr Marketing Associates' forte is raw materials for the specialty

chemical market. The company distributes catalysts, inorganic • President: David R. Durr
chemicals, pigments, lubricants, rust/corrosion/stain inhibitors, Address: 1300 Lower Rodi Rd. • VP, Operations: Debra
plasticizers, resins, and thickening agents. Its customers include Turtle Creek, PA 15145 Ladley
Durr Marketing companies in the adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, Phone: 412-829-2300 • VP, Sales: Keith
Associates, plastics and rubber, and electronics industries. Durr Marketing's Fax: 412-829-7680 Standbridge
Inc. suppliers include Interplastic, PPG Industries, and Huntsman.
It takes Mother Nature millions of years to brew a barrel of oil, but
DynaMotive Energy Systems wants to accelerate the process with its
BioOil product. Clean-burning BioOil, made from forest and
agricultural wastes, can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels in Address: 1700 W. 75th Avenue, • Chairman: Richard Chen
diesel engines, gas turbines, and boilers. BioOil, which is being Suite 105 Fiscal Year End: December Hsing Lin
tested by engine manufacturers in preparation for a commercial Vancouver, British Columbia Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President, CEO, and
DynaMotive rollout, also can be used as raw material for fertilizer and specialty V6P 6G2, Canada Employees (2004): 24 Director: R. Andrew
Energy chemicals. DynaMotive Energy Systems sold its DynaPower unit in Phone: 604-267-6000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Kingston
Systems 2002. It has offices in Massachusetts and London, and sells to Fax: 604-267-6005 33.30% • CFO: Brian Richardson
Corporation customers in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the US. Yes
 E. I. du Pont de Nemours (DuPont) is focusing on chemicals and
profits. The #3 US chemical maker (behind Dow and ExxonMobil
Chemicals) has undergone a restructuring that consolidated eight Fiscal Year End: December
business units into five. These segments produce coatings Revenue (2005): 26639.00 • Chairman and CEO:
(automotive finishes and coatings), crop protection chemicals and M Charles O. (Chad) Holliday
genetically modified seeds, electronic materials (LCDs, sensors, and Revenue Growth (1 yr): Jr.
fluorochemicals), polymers and resins for packaging and other uses, Address: 1007 Market St. (-2.60%) • EVP and COO: Richard
and safety and security materials and chemicals. The company has Wilmington, DE 19898 Employees (2005): 60,000 R. Goodmanson
E. I. du Pont de slimmed down, exiting the pharmaceutical business and fibers Phone: 302-774-1000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: Gary M.
Nemours and industry (INVISTA -- including Lycra and Stainmaster), and is Fax: 302-999-4399 0.00% Pfeiffer
Company focusing more and more on biotechnology and safety and protection. Yes
E. T. Horn wants chemical makers to phone home... the company's
home office, that is. The company distributes chemical ingredients in
the western US. Customers include manufacturers of coatings, • CEO: Gene Alley
lubricants, elastomers and composites, building materials, food, and • President: Patrick
personal care products. E. T. Horn maintains warehouses in Address: 16141 Heron Ave. Marantette
California, Oregon, and Utah and serves customers in 11 western La Mirada, CA 90638 • VP, Finance and
US states. Its suppliers include Aqualon, Cabot, and Degussa. The Phone: 714-523-8050 Revenue (2005): 26.10 M Administration: Julie
E. T. Horn employee-owned company was founded by E. T. "Jack" Horn in the Fax: 714-670-6851 Employees (2005): 100 Wubbena
Company 1960s.
Eaglebrook hopes to make rivers flow cleaner. The company
manufactures a wide range of iron and aluminum coagulants for the Address: 4801 Southwick Dr., • Chairman: Alfred M.
wastewater and potable water industries. The company has offices Ste. 200 Tenny
in the US and Canada and has been acquired by Kemiron Matteson, IL 60443 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Bill Wowchuk
Companies, making it one of North America's largest suppliers of Phone: 708-747-5038 Revenue (2005): 41.40 M • Marketing Manager:
Eaglebrook, inorganic coagulants. Kemiron Companies is the US subsidiary of Fax: 708-747-3278 Employees (2005): 200 Steve Tenny
Inc. Finnish chemical company Kemira Oyj.
Eastman Chemical can recall its past through photos -- it was once
part of film giant Eastman Kodak. The company has developed into
a major producer of chemicals, fibers, and plastics. Its Polyesters • Chairman and CEO: J.
business group is responsible for Eastman's polymers and specialty Fiscal Year End: December Brian Ferguson
plastics manufacturing operations. While the Chemicals & Fibers Revenue (2005): 7059.00 M • President; Head of
business group is comprised of the company's performance Revenue Growth (1 yr): Chemicals and Fibers
chemicals and intermediates; fibers; and coatings, adhesives, Address: 200 S. Wilcox Dr. 7.30% Business Group: James P.
specialty polymers, and inks units. Eastman's products go into such Kingsport, TN 37660 Employees (2005): 12,000 Rogers
Eastman items as food and medical packaging, films, and toothbrushes. Phone: 423-229-2000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: Richard A.
Chemical Eastman is the #1 maker of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a Fax: 423-229-2145 0.00% (Rich) Lorraine
Company plastic used to make packaging for soft drinks, food, and water. Yes
thanks to Ecolab Limited. The UK subsidiary of American specialty
chemicals company Ecolab Inc, it has bought the UK businesses of
pest elimination company Terminix and Adams Healthcare, a maker Address: David Murray John
of hospital hygiene products, since late 2002. The acquisitions have Bldg.
greatly increased the scope of the company's business in Great Swindon SN1 1NH, United • Regional VP: Ronald J.
Britain, which previously had been concentrated in the food and Kingdom Lindsay Pringle
beverage industry as a provider of cleaning and disinfecting systems Phone: +44-1793-51-12-21 • Finance Director: Stephan
and services. Ecolab Limited operates from two locations in Fax: +44-1793-61-85-52 W. Weber
Ecolab Limited England.
 Eka Chemicals is able to eke out a fine living by providing chemicals
to, primarily, the paper and pulp industry. A division of Dutch
chemicals colossus Akzo Nobel, Eka reorganized in 2003. It now has Fiscal Year End: December • President: Jan Svärd
two divisions: Pulp and Paper -- which itself is divided along Revenue (2004): 1336.70 M • Head of Control and
geographic lines -- and Specialty Products. Eka's bleaching Revenue Growth (1 yr): Information Technology:
chemicals provide more than half of the company's total sales. The Address: Lilla Bommen 1 18.90% Gijsberth de Ruiter
remaining portions of the Pulp and Paper unit provide everything 445 80 Bohus, Sweden Employees (2004): 3,070 • Head of Business
from monitoring units for chem labs to coating additives. The Phone: +46-31-58-70-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development, BU-project:
Eka Chemicals Specialty Products division manufactures tall oils and other products Fax: +46-31-58-72-12 6.50% Ulf Liljestrand
AB for the glue, paint, and rubber industries.
If it's chemicals for the North American pulp and paper industry you
seek-a, then head right on over to Eka. The American arm of Eka
Chemicals (a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel), the company is located
throughout the US, with nine manufacturing plants. In addition to Address: 1775 W. Oak
bleaching and water treatment chemicals, Eka Chemicals USA Commons Ct.
markets specialty products like adhesive resins and colloidal silica, Marietta, GA 30062
which is used as a sealant by the electronics industry. Eka Phone: 770-578-0858 • President: Mario Houde
announced in late 2003 that it would restructure its North American Fax: 770-578-1359 • VP, Operations: Roger
Eka Chemicals business; it closed down one plant and ramped up production at two Harcrow
Inc. others.
Elementis Specialties focuses on the elements of specialty
chemicals. The company manufactures additives that improve the
various properties of products made by the coatings, building
products, and cosmetics industries. A division of Elementis plc, it
manufactures rheological additives (that impact thinning and • Managing Director: Neil
thickening and affect flow). The company also manufactures a line of Carr
pigment dispersions and a variety of other specialty additives and Address: 329 Wyckoffs Mill Rd. • VP, Operations: Martin
polymers. In 2004 Elementis bought Sasol's Servo unit and began Hightstown, NJ 08520 Fiscal Year End: December Neil
Elementis integrating it within the Specialties' portfolio. Although its parent is Phone: 609-443-2500 Revenue (2005): 86.90 M • VP, Finance: Zahir
Specialties, based in the UK, Elementis Specialties makes its home in New Fax: 609-443-2422 Employees (2005): 572 Ibrahim
Inc. Jersey and has operations worldwide.
EMCO Chemical Distributors has developed a special chemistry with
its Midwest manufacturing customers. With a fleet of nearly 60
tankers, trailers, trucks, and vans, EMCO distributes chemicals that
include acids, alcohols, aldehydes, surfactants, amines, solvents,
and other industrial and specialty chemicals. The company's custom
packaging facility provides contract blending and packaging services Address: 2100 Commonwealth • President and CEO:
and concentrates on filling orders for hazardous chemicals. Its waste Ave. Edward Polen
EMCO services division has an agreement to supply processed non- North Chicago, IL 60064 Fiscal Year End: December • VP and General Manager:
Chemical hazardous waste to American Ref-Fuel's New York waste-to-energy Phone: 847-689-2200 Revenue (2005): 120.00 M Randall Polen
Distributors, facility; the unit also provides hazardous waste disposal. President, Fax: 847-689-8470 Employees (2005): 230 • Controller: David Sigafus
Inc. CEO, and owner Edward Polen founded EMCO in 1971.
pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA (not to be confused with
American pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. -- they're separate and
unrelated and have been since 1917). EMD Chemicals specializes • President and CEO:
in producing pigments for automotive, packaging, plastics, and Douglas S. Brown
printing applications. The company is the result of the January 2003 Address: 480 S. Democrat Rd. • CFO: Kathie Lamb
combination of four Merck KGaA divisions: EM Science, EM Gibbstown, NJ 08027 • VP and General Manager,
Industries, EMD Pharmaceuticals, and EMD Biosciences. EMD Phone: 856-423-6300 Analytics and Reagents:
EMD Chemicals also makes raw ingredients for cosmetics through its Fax: 856-423-4389 Bill Molnar
Chemicals Inc. subsidiary Rona.
 Someone's got to build the building blocks too, you know? Equistar
Chemicals, a subsidiary of Lyondell Chemical, does just that.
Equistar's primary product is ethylene, which is the world's most-
used petrochemical and the basis for any number of other Fiscal Year End: December
chemicals, plastics, and synthetics. Among the company's other Revenue (2004): 9316.00 M
products are propylene, butadiene, polyethylene, polypropylene, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, benzene, and toluene. Polyethylene Address: 1221 McKinney St., 42.30% • CEO: Dan F. Smith
is used in plastic bags and bottles; polypropylene is used in plastic Ste. 700 Employees (2004): 3,155 • COO: Morris Gelb
caps, rigid packaging, automotive components, and carpet. The Houston, TX 77010 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: T. Kevin
Equistar company was jointly owned by Lyondell and Millennium Chemicals Phone: 713-652-7300 (-0.30%) DeNicola
Chemicals, LP until the former bought the latter in 2004.
Executive: Antonio Zabalza
Ercros is made up of five divisions: basic chemicals (caustic soda Martí
and ethyl acetate), agrochemicals and animal feed (dicalcium Fiscal Year End: December • General Manager,
phosphate, industrial salt, and rock salt), emulsions (polymers in Revenue (2004): 288.70 M Corporative and Business
suspension), and pharmaceuticals (erythromycin and Address: Avenida Diagonal 595, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Development: José L.
phosphomycin), and International. The company was formed in 1989 Plant 5 7.50% Muñiz Álvarez
by the merger of Spain's two largest private chemical companies: 08014 Barcelona, Spain Employees (2004): 972 • Director,
S.A. Cros and Unión Explosivos Río Tinto. Cepa, another Phone: +34-934-393-009 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Teresa
predecessor of Ercros, was the first company to produce penicillin in Fax: +34-934-308-073 (-2.20%) Conesa Fábregues
Ercros, S.A. Spain. Ercros acquired Uralita's Aragonesas unit in 2005.
Ethyl hears you knocking and it hopes you let its products in. The
company is a subsidiary of NewMarket (formerly Ethyl), which was
restructured in June 2004 as a holding company for Ethyl and sister
company Afton Chemical. The new Ethyl markets its gasoline
performance additives and diesel cetane improver (which increases
ignition quality in diesel fuel) throughout North America. It also
makes and markets anti-knock additive tetraethyl lead (TEL), mostly Address: 330 S. 4th St.
through a partnership with Octel, which sells TEL in places that still Richmond, VA 23219
use leaded gasoline. TEL once was a primary product line for Ethyl Phone: 804-788-5600
Ethyl but has seen diminishing returns since the U.S. Clean Air Act and Fax: 804-788-5688 • President: Russell L.
Corporation others like it were put in place. Gottwald Jr.
No surprise that a subsidiary of the world's #1 oil company, Exxon
Mobil, is among the world's top chemical companies. ExxonMobil
Chemical ranks #1 or #2 in making many petrochemicals, including
benzene and toluene, as well as polyolefins such as polypropylene
(PP) and high-density and linear low-density polyethylene (HDPE • President: Michael J.
and LLDPE, respectively). The company also is a major producer of Fiscal Year End: December (Mike) Dolan
olefins (such as ethylene and propylene, used to make polyolefins), Address: 13501 Katy Fwy. Revenue (2004): 27781.00 • VP, Global Operations:
aromatics, and specialty chemicals. ExxonMobil uses its polyolefins Houston, TX 77079-1398 M Bruce G. Macklin
ExxonMobil to make films for packaging and labeling and also licenses some of Phone: 281-870-6000 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • VP, Marketing: Frank S.
Chemical its process technology. It has operations in the Americas, Africa, Fax: 281-870-6661 37.60% Panebianco
Company Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia/Pacific region.
Accidents are why pencils have erasers and why FinishMaster sells
tons of paint. The company is a top US distributor of automotive
paints, coatings, and accessories, which it sells mainly to customers • President, COO, and
in the collision repair industry. FinishMaster distributes a wide variety Director: John A. Lacy
of brand name products from such producers as BASF, DuPont, 3M, Address: 54 Monument Circle, Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, Business
and PPG (its top suppliers). It also makes and markets refinishing Ste. 800 Revenue (2004): 386.40 M Development: Charles
accessories under the PrivateBrand label. The firm's distribution Indianapolis, IN 46204-2942 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (Chuck) VanSlaars
network serves its customers from about 170 sales outlets in 28 Phone: 317-237-3678 11.40% • SVP, Finance, and CFO:
FinishMaster, states. Chairman and CEO Andre Lacy controls 76% of FinishMaster Fax: 317-237-2150 Employees (2004): 1,550 Robert R. (Bob) Millard
Inc. through holding company LDI, Ltd. Yes
 Floridienne, originally named for its mining activities in Florida, now • Chairman: Philippe
focuses on inorganic chemistry, food, and the life sciences. The Bodson
holding company's agro-food division specializes in French seafood, • Managing Director and
snails, and truffles, as well as international food products. The Address: Chaussée de Tervuren Board Member: Jean-Marie
company's chemical unit focuses in making zinc, lead, nickel, 198F Delwart
cadmium, and bismouth salts. In addition, Floridienne develops 1410 Waterloo, Belgium • Group Financial and
enterprises in the biotechnological, food-processing, and chemical Phone: +32-2-353-00-28 Central Services Manager:
Floridienne industries through its life sciences division. Beluflo S.A. owns about Fax: +32-2-353-05-81 Gaëtan Waucquez
s.a. 26% in the company.
E may = mc2, but FMC = chemicals. Once in areas as diverse as oil
field equipment and food machinery, FMC Corporation now focuses
on industrial, specialty, and agricultural chemicals. The company's Fiscal Year End: December
industrial chemicals include soda ash (it's one of the largest Revenue (2005): 2150.20 M • Chairman, President, and
producers), hydrogen peroxide, and phosphorus chemicals. The rest Revenue Growth (1 yr): CEO: William G. (Bill)
of its sales come from agricultural products (insecticides and 4.80% Walter
herbicides) and specialty chemicals (food and pharmaceutical Address: 1735 Market St. Employees (2004): 5,100 • SVP and CFO: W. Kim
FMC additives). FMC and partner Solutia sold Astaris (now called ICL Philadelphia, PA 19103 Employee Growth (1 yr): Foster
CORPORATIO Performance Products LP), its phosphorus compounds joint venture, Phone: 214-299-6000 (-3.80%) • CIO: Michael F. Giesler
N to Israel Chemicals Limited in late 2005. Yes
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, and sometimes a
company's name says exactly what that company is. FMC Wyoming
Corporation is pretty much as it sounds, a division of the FMC
Corporation that is based in Green River, Wyoming. FMC Wyoming
mines and manufactures sodium carbonate and soda ash for pulp
and paper companies; its products also go into the making of Address: Westvaco Rd. • Manufacturing Director:
livestock feed and other parts of the agricultural industry. Its caustic Green River, WY 82935 Fiscal Year End: December Jim Pearce
soda and soda ash also are used to make glass and in the Phone: 307-875-2580 Revenue (2005): 368.00 M • IT Manager: Richard
FMC Wyoming manufacture of chemicals. FMC Wyoming accounts for the majority Fax: 307-872-2308 Employees (2005): 875 (Dick) Bardwell
Corporation of its parent company's alkali chemicals segment.
Lubricants, the US operating unit of Germany-based Fuchs Petrolub,
one of the world's top independent manufacturers of specialty
lubricants and greases. Its products, including heavy-duty greases,
hydraulic fluids, industrial grease and maintenance lubricants, and
metal working fluids, are used by customers in the food processing,
industrial equipment, metals and mining, and pharmaceutical • Chairman and CEO: L.
industries. Fuchs Lubricants also provides chemical process Address: 17050 Lathrop Ave. Frank Kleinman
management services, including process control, optimization, Harvey, IL 60426 • President: David Hughey
usage reduction, and waste minimization services. Its Brooks Steel Phone: 708-333-8900 • VP Finance: Pamela
Fuchs Division offers expertise on lubricants to the North American steel Fax: 708-333-9180 (Pam) Watson
Lubricants Co. industry.
one of the world's leading independent manufacturers of automotive
and industrial lubricants. Its products include engine and gear oils, • Chairman, Supervisory
metalworking fluids, metal forming lubricants, corrosion Board: Jürgen F. Strube
preventatives, quenching oils, biodegradable lubricants, and Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman of the
greases. The company also provides polishing pastes and tools as Revenue (2004): 1495.40 M Executive Board: Stefan R.
well as anti-freeze, mining products, and vaselines. FUCHS Revenue Growth (1 yr): Fuchs
PETROLUB operates through more than 50 production facilities and Address: Friesenheimer Str. 17 14.50% • Vice Chairman of the
FUCHS about 70 subsidiaries worldwide. It operates in the US through 68169 Mannheim, Germany Employees (2004): 4,155 Executive Board and
PETROLUB Fuchs Lubricants and in the UK through FUCHS LUBRITECH, which Phone: +49-621-3802-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Financial Director:
AKTIENGESEL makes specialty lubricants for the food and beverage industries in Fax: +49-621-3802-190 (-1.50%) Alexander Selent
LSCHAFT the UK.
 G.S. Robins flits from manufacturer to manufacturer dropping raw
materials as it goes. Founded in 1923, the company is a family-
owned business that distributes chemicals such as acids, adhesives
and sealants, dyes, esters, flavors and fragrances, food additives,
and intermediates for the food, cleaning product, coatings, metal Address: 126 Chouteau Ave.
treatment, and water treatment industries. Its suppliers include Akzo St. Louis, MO 63102-2490 Fiscal Year End: December • President: G. Stephen
Nobel, DuPont, Georgia Gulf, and Hercules. G.S. Robins also offers Phone: 314-621-5155 Revenue (2005): 51.50 M (Steve) Robins
G.S. Robins storage, custom blending, bulk handling, contract packaging, and Fax: 314-621-1216 Employees (2005): 90 • CFO: Bob Branson
and Company product research services.
Gallade Chemical gallantly delivers chemicals far and wide. The
company is a family-owned business that distributes chemicals such
as acids, alcohols, chlor-alkali, polyglycols, solvents, thickening
agents, and reagents to companies in industrial manufacturing,
microelectronics, research and analysis, and specialty chemical Address: 1230 E. St. Gertrude
industries. It also supplies laboratory, safety, and industrial products Place
such as beakers, protective clothing, and testing kits. Gallade Santa Ana, CA 92707
Chemical's suppliers include Sigma-Aldrich, 3M, EMD Chemicals, Phone: 714-546-9901
Gallade and Mallinckrodt. Founded in 1964, the company delivers products Fax: 714-546-2501 • President and CEO:
Chemical, Inc. throughout the US from its four locations in California. Richard A. (Rick) Gallade
Gantrade gallivants about the globe trading chemical commodities.
The company is a petrochemicals firm and producer of vinyl acetate
monomer (VAM), as well as carbon black and ethylene and
propylene derivatives. The company has marketing and storage Address: 210 Summit Ave., Ste.
operations in the US and throughout Europe. The Parekh family 1 • President: Mahendra
owns Gantrade and has interests in various other chemical Montvale, NJ 07645 Parekh
companies through a venture with Citicorp Venture Capital. The Phone: 201-573-1955 Revenue (2005): 4.60 M • CFO: Mark Cerepak
Gantrade venture controlled synthetic rubber manufacturer Ameripol Synpol, Fax: 201-573-8617 Employees (2005): 22 • VP, Sales: Jai Moorthy
Corporation which liquidated under bankruptcy protection in 2003.
Gaylord Chemical Corporation manufactures just three products:
dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfone. But those
three chemicals go into a number of end products, including the
production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, inks,
and solvents, as well as in semiconductor manufacturing. The • Chairman and CEO:
company is a subsidiary -- for now -- of Temple-Inland's corrugated Address: 106 Galeria Blvd. Louie Zeillmann
packaging unit, as a result of that company's 2002 purchase of the Slidell, LA 70459-1209 Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO: Paul
Gaylord former Gaylord Container Company. Temple-Inland plans to sell off Phone: 985-649-5464 Revenue (2005): 3.60 M Dennis
Chemical the Gaylord Chemical as soon as the company concludes some Fax: 985-649-0068 Employees (2005): 44 • CFO: Jim LeBlanc
Corporation litigation.
General Chemical Industrial Products makes soda and another
product that is rich in calcium, but don't be tempted to take drink.
The company's products are soda ash (a raw ingredient in glass,
soap, textiles, and detergent) and calcium chloride (which can be
used to melt ice from roads and also to bind together the dust, dirt, • Chairman: Eugene I.
and rock that make up an unpaved road). The firm, formerly called (Gene) Davis
General General Chemical Group, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Address: 120 Eagle Rock Ave. • President, CEO, and
Chemical in December 2003. It emerged in April of the following year as East Hanover, NJ 07936 Director: DeLyle W.
Industrial General Chemical Industrial Products. Subsidiary General Chemical Phone: 973-599-5500 Bloomquist
Products Inc. Canada filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005. Yes
 Flipping a coin to find a chemical distributor might bring up George
S. Coyne Chemical. The company distributes industrial chemicals
(for pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics), consumer products (pool
chemicals, de-icing chemicals, solar salt), and metal finishing and • President and CEO:
plating chemicals, primarily in the Eastern US. Coyne Chemical also Address: 3015 State Rd. Thomas H. (Tom) Coyne
George S. provides related valued-added services, such as warehousing, Croydon, PA 19021-6697 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Finance and
Coyne custom blending and packaging, and environmental consulting. The Phone: 215-785-3000 Revenue (2005): 27.10 M Operations: Donald C.
Chemical Co., company was formed in 1868 by George S. Coyne and is operated Fax: 215-785-1585 Employees (2005): 124 (Don) Helwig
Inc. by the founder's descendants.
From one corner of the US all the way to the other, Georgia-Pacific
Resins manufactures adhesives resins and wood chemicals for its
corporate parent, paper and building products giant Georgia-Pacific. Fiscal Year End: December • President: Richard G.
The wholly owned subsidiary functions as the chemical division of Revenue (2004): 588.00 M (Rick) Urschel
the parent, manufacturing adhesives, thermoset resins, and wood Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Senior Manager,
and paper chemicals; it also manufactures formaldehyde. Georgia- Address: 55 Park Place, 16th Fl. 19.00% Accounting: Randy Brackett
Pacific maintains 17 manufacturing facilities in the US and another Atlanta, GA 30303 Employees (2004): 1,300
Georgia- four in South America. It ranks, along with Hexion Specialty Phone: 404-652-4000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Manager, IT: Roger
Pacific Resins, Chemicals, as the world's largest thermoset and forest product Fax: 404-747-2682 0.00% Watson
Inc. resins makers.
Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co. (GNF-J) is part of a joint venture
formed by General Electric, Toshiba, and Hitachi in 2001. General
Electric has the controlling 51% stake in the venture, and Toshiba
and Hitachi split the remaining share. The company develops,
manufactures, and sells nuclear fuel in Japan. Formerly Japan Address: 2-3-1, Uchikawa
Nuclear Fuel Co., GNF-J evolved from a joint venture formed Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0836,
between Toshiba and Hitachi as early as 1967 to introduce to Japan Japan
Global Nuclear a boiling water reactor (BWR) developed by GE. The nuclear fuel Phone: +81-46-833-2323
Fuel - Japan company is affiliated with US-based Global Nuclear Fuel Americas Fax: +81-46-835-2326 • President and CEO:
Co., Ltd. and GE Nuclear Energy. Hiroshi Machiba
Gulf Coast Chemical serves Florida chemical consumers. The
company supplies industrial chemical compounding components • Chairman: Frederick
and equipment. It distributes products from 30 different Walter
manufacturers, including colorants, adhesives, resins, preservatives, Address: 101 Wayne Place • President and CEO: Daryl
filaments, and metal and plastic containers. The firm's suppliers Tampa, FL 33619 Fiscal Year End: December Allen
Gulf Coast include 3M, Degussa, and Ferro. Gulf Coast Chemical also provides Phone: 813-623-5471 Revenue (2005): 3.80 M • Manager, Operations:
Chemical warehousing services. The company was founded in 1957 and Fax: 813-620-0462 Employees (2005): 21 Brian McCullough
Corp. delivers by train and truck.
Although H&R WASAG has exploded in growth by acquiring
explosive companies, the specialty chemicals company remains
most profitable in manufacturing chemical and pharmaceutical raw • Chairman, Supervisory
materials and plastics. With its 2005 acquisition of Westspreng, the Board: Bernd Günther
group has become a leading explosives company in Germany. In • Chairman; Head of
2004 it acquired the specialty products business of BP and agreed to Plastics Division: Horst
acquire two Australian chemical plants from Exxon Mobil. Formerly Address: Neuenkirchener Hollstein
Wasag-Chemie, the company added H&R to its name for major Strasse 8 • VP Sales, Chemical and
shareholder Hansen & Rosenthal and dropped "chemie." The group 48499 Salzbergen, Germany Pharmaceutical Raw
H&R WASAG is involved in such operations as precision-molded parts (Gaudlitz), Phone: +49-5976-945-300 Materials Division: Niels H.
Aktiengesellsc industrial explosives (WASAG-Chemie), gunpowder (WANO), and Fax: +49-5976-945-308 Hansen
haft blasting machines (ZEB).
 H. M. Royal is distinguished in its ability to distribute chemicals
throughout the US. The company's products include compound
ingredients, fillers and reinforcements, fire retardants and smoke
suppressants, plasticizers, polymers, and performance additives. It • President: Joseph E.
serves customers including manufacturers, compounders, and (Joe) Royal
formulators in the plastic, rubber, protective coating, adhesive, and Address: 689 Pennington Ave. • Director, Finance: Daniel
sealant industries. H. M. Royal's suppliers include Albemarle, Trenton, NJ 08618 Fiscal Year End: December G. Myers
DuPont, and Rohm and Haas. The company operates distribution Phone: 609-396-9176 Revenue (2005): 18.30 M • Director, Operations:
H. M. Royal, facilities in New Jersey and California and provides warehousing Fax: 609-396-3185 Employees (2005): 39 Terry Smith
Inc. services across the US through affiliates.
All that glitters may not be gold, but Haber makes the shiny stuff that
really is gold a little easier to get. The company's Haber Gold
Process is used to extract gold much the same way as cyanide, but • Chairman and CEO:
without the toxic side effects. It licenses its technology to gold Norman Haber
exploration companies. Haber's other operations include the Address: 58 Medford St. • President and COO:
development of electromolecular propulsion (EMP), an Arlington, MA 02474 Albert B. Conti
electrochemical process used to evaluate and identify biological Phone: 781-643-2727 • EVP, CFO, and Director:
stains. In 2005 the company, along with its joint venture partner Gold Fax: 781-643-6164 Peter R. (Pete) D'Angelo
Haber, Inc. City, acquired a gold exploration concession in Ghana. Yes
Harcros Chemicals is poised for organic growth. The company
distributes its own line of organic specialty chemicals, as well as
thousands of other chemical products from other manufacturers
(including BASF, DuPont, and Elementis). Harcros distributes • President and CEO: Kevin
through nearly 30 facilities found throughout the US. The company's Mirner
organics division manufactures antifoams, emulsifiers, phosphate • VP, Finance and
esters, and surfactants for nearly every major industry, including Address: 5200 Speaker Rd. Administration: John F.
aerospace, furniture, metal working, personal care, rubber, water Kansas City, KS 66106 Felix
treatment, and more. Formerly a division of British chemicals maker Phone: 913-321-3131 • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Harcros Elementis, Harcros was taken private in 2001 through a Fax: 913-621-7718 Susan Locke
Chemicals Inc management-led buyout assisted by GE Capital.
Hatco Corporation lost its Grace more than a quarter century ago but
still does alright. The lubricant and ester manufacturer was formerly
a part of W. R. Grace & Co. but has been privately held since 1978.
In addition to making synthetic lubricants and lubricant-grade esters
for aviation, automotive, refrigeration, and industrial applications, Address: 1020 King George
Hatco manufactures specialty plasticizers, dielectric fluids, personal Post Rd. • Chairman and CEO: Alex
care product esters, and other specialty chemicals. The company Fords, NJ 08863 Kaufman
also provides research and development and custom manufacturing Phone: 732-738-1000 • CFO: Joseph (Joe) Rall
Hatco services. Hatco is a subsidiary of chemical company Kaufman Fax: 732-738-9385 • SVP: Avron (Av) Magram
Corporation Holdings; Kaufman also owns lubricant maker Anderol.
Haviland Enterprises distribute chemicals such as acids, alcohols,
amines, chelating agents, lubricants, solvents, and surfactants. The
company also provides contract blending and packaging, research
and development, technical service, compliance training, and supply
chain management services. It primarily serves customers in the Address: 421 Ann St. • CEO: Tom Simmons
midwestern US. Associated companies include Haviland Contoured Grand Rapids, MI 49504-2075 Fiscal Year End: December • President: E. Bernard
Haviland Plastics, which makes spiral-wound plastic hose, and Haviland Phone: 616-361-6691 Revenue (2005): 54.80 M Haviland
Enterprises Consumer Products, which blends and packages swimming pool Fax: 616-361-9772 Employees (2005): 145 • CFO: Terry Schoen
Inc. chemicals for private-label customers.
 Chemical distributor HELM U.S. (a subsidiary of Germany-based
HELM Aktiengesellschaft ) distributes specialty and industrial
chemicals from chemical producers to industrial customers in the
Americas. Founded in 1976, the company specializes in distributing
raw materials for producers of thermoset resins and coatings.
Typical products include both liquid (acetone, acrylates, methanol, Address: 1110 Centennial Ave.
propylenes, xylenes) and solid (borax, fumaric acid, melamine, Piscataway, NJ 08854-4169 • President and CEO:
titanium dioxide) chemicals. The company also offers logistics Phone: 732-981-1116 Andreas Weimann
HELM U.S. services such as chemical tanker chartering, documentation, and Fax: 732-981-0528 • CFO: Bill Van Fossen
Corporation import and export regulatory assistance.
Like flour, sugar, and eggs are to bakers, so are building block
chemicals like ethylene, propylene, and butadiene for chemicals
makers. Huntsman Base Chemicals manufactures base commodity
chemicals (including ethylene and propylene) for clients in the
petrochemicals and plastics industries. The company makes up
nearly a third of the business of Huntsman Corporation. Much of its
product (especially the ethylene and propylene) is used by the Address: 10003 Woodloch Fiscal Year End: December
parent company's Polyurethanes and Performance Products Forest Dr. Revenue (2004): 3859.00 M
Huntsman segments. Outside customers include INVISTA and Goodyear, The Woodlands, TX 77380 Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Base which uses Huntsman's butadiene to make fibers for carpet and Phone: 281-719-6000 79.30%
Chemicals rubber for tires, respectively. • President: Kevin J. Ninow
Not that it can't keep a secret, but Huntsman International is no
longer private about its business. It is among the world's largest
makers of basic chemicals and petrochemicals like ethylene and
propylene. Huntsman also produces surfactants (used in cleaning Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Jon M.
and personal care products) and specialty chemicals like Revenue (2004): 6503.40 M Huntsman Sr.
polyurethanes, propylene oxides, and propylene glycol. Huntsman Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
also is among the largest makers of titanium dioxide, the most Address: 500 Huntsman Way 24.00% Director: Peter R.
commonly used white pigment, with 15% of the world market. Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Employees (2004): 5,700 Huntsman
Huntsman Huntsman International operates the business of Huntsman Phone: 801-584-5700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: J. Kimo
International Corporation, which was created in 2004 to take the Huntsman Fax: 801-584-5781 (-9.50%) Esplin
LLC family's business public, which occurred the following year.
ICC Chemical Corporation has a quick cure for manufacturers'
chemical dependencies. The company acts as the international
trading arm of parent ICC Industries, which manufactures chemicals,
plastics, and pharmaceuticals. ICC Chemical markets products such
as petrochemicals; plastic resins and raw materials; organic, • Chairman: John J. Farber
inorganic, and specialty chemicals; performance products; and Address: 460 Park Ave. • President and CEO:
pharmaceutical and food ingredients. It has bulk storage and New York, NY 10022 William Brunger
warehouse locations throughout the US, as well as a fleet of trucks, Phone: 212-521-1700 • Executive Vice President:
ICC Chemical railcars, and isocontainers. ICC Chemical has offices in Africa, Asia, Fax: 212-521-1970 Naveen Chandra
Corporation Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
ICC Industries supplies the dealers who supply the public with drugs.
ICC makes the raw materials that pharmaceutical companies use to
manufacture drugs and trades many basic and specialty chemicals
around the world. An international maker and marketer of chemicals,
plastics, and pharmaceutical products, ICC also trades and
distributes nutritional supplements and food ingredients. Its main
subsidiary, ICC Chemical, maintains trading and marketing offices in Address: 460 Park Ave. • Chairman: John J. Farber
the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. ICC New York, NY 10022 • President: John Oram
Industries owns a majority of Pharmaceutical Formulations, a Phone: 212-521-1700 • VP and CFO: Blaise
ICC Industries manufacturer and distributor of generic over-the-counter drugs. The Fax: 212-521-1970 Sarcone
Inc. Farber family, including chairman John Farber, owns ICC.
 Producing about a third of the world's supply of bromine, ICL
Industrial Products can make nearly 250,000 tons of bromine a year.
The company (also called ICL-IP and formerly known as the Dead
Sea Bromine Group) also manufactures magnesia and chlorine from
Dead Sea brines. The bromine compounds are used in flame • President and CEO:
retardants, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Other sectors Yosef Shahar
targeted by the company include the oil drilling, plastics and • VP, Finance: David Shear
polymers processing, water treatment, and photography markets. Address: 14 Kreutzer St. Fiscal Year End: December
ICL-IP, one of the four operating segments of Israel Chemicals (also Beer Sheva 84101, Israel Revenue (2004): 706.50 M • VP Business
ICL Industrial known as the ICL Group), markets its products worldwide through Phone: +972-8-629-7222 Employees (2004): 1,400 Development: Haim Kosen
Products business partners and a sales network.
ICL Performance Products LP is phosphorific! The North American
unit of Israel Chemicals Limited's performance products segment • President and CEO:
produces phosphorus chemicals, phosphoric acid, and phosphate Richard V. (Dick) Kennedy
salts. The chemicals are used in foods, cleaners, water treatment, Address: 622 Emerson Rd., Ste. Jr.
flat panel televisions, oral care products, paints and coatings, and 500 • VP and CFO: Paul M.
pharmaceuticals. ICL Performance Products was formed in 2000 as St. Louis, MO 63141-1160 Fiscal Year End: December Schlessman
ICL a joint venture of FMC and Solutia. ICL, wanting to expand its Phone: 314-983-7500 Revenue (2004): 350.00 M • VP, Operations: James J.
Performance operations in North America, bought the company, formerly called Fax: 314-983-7638 Employees (2004): 570 Kaiman
Products LP Astaris, for $255 million in late 2005.
Hoping to perfectly meet the needs of its customers, Ideal Chemical
& Supply distributes industrial and specialty chemicals to wholesale,
retail, and manufacturing companies. The company's products Address: 4025 Air Park St. • President: Sam Block Jr.
include acids, alcohols, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, Memphis, TN 38118 Fiscal Year End: September • CFO: Donna Brockman
Ideal Chemical glycol ethers, and hydrogen peroxide. It serves customers across Phone: 901-363-7720 Revenue (2005): 38.00 M • VP, Operations: Kelly L.
& Supply the southeast through its fleet of tankers, trailers, and trucks. The Fax: 901-366-0864 Employees (2005): 105 McCabe
Company company also offers custom blending and packaging services.
focus is on the production of industrial minerals and pigments. A
giant in natural clay production, Imerys is the world's #1 producer of
kaolin, a white clay used in the production of paints, plastics, Fiscal Year End: December
adhesives, porcelain, paper, rubber, and textiles. Imerys structures Address: Tour Maine Revenue (2004): 4030.50 M
its operations in four divisions: Specialty Minerals (kaolin, calcium Montparnasse - 33, avenue du Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Aimery
carbonate); Pigments for Paper (production and commercialization Maine 13.10% Langlois-Meurinne
of kaolin and precipitated calcium carbonate); Refractories and 75755 Paris Cedex 15, France Employees (2004): 14,088 • CEO: Gérard Buffière
Abrasives (raw materials for ceramics); and Building Materials (clay Phone: +33-1-45-38-43-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP, Finance and
roof tiles and bricks). Investment firm Pargesa Holding controls 35% Fax: +33-1-45-38-74-78 2.10% Strategy: Jérôme Pecresse
Imerys of Imerys.
Empire may not be such a popular word any longer, but Imperial
Chemical Industries (ICI) is still among the chemical royalty. Its • Chairman: Peter B.
specialty products group consists of National Starch and Chemical Fiscal Year End: December Ellwood
(industrial adhesives, starch), Quest (fragrance and flavors), and Revenue (2005): 9998.00 M • CEO: John D. G. McAdam
Uniqema (natural and synthetic lubricants and personal care Address: 20 Manchester Sq. Revenue Growth (1 yr):
products). Its paint offerings include the Alba, Dulux, and Glidden London W1U 3AN, United (-6.90%) • EVP, Mergers &
brands. ICI's regional and industrial chemicals segment (subsidiaries Kingdom Employees (2004): 33,300 Acquisitions, General
Imperial in Argentina, India, and Pakistan) makes explosives, soda ash, Phone: +44-20-7009-5000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Counsel, and Company Se:
Chemical sulfur-related products, and fibers. The company announced in early Fax: +44-20-7009-5001 (-4.90%) Andy Ransom
Industries PLC 2006 its intention to sell Uniqema. Yes
 Independent Chemical Corporation distributes chemicals such as
chelating agents, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, and surfactants
and offers custom blending and contract packaging for the textiles,
pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries. It carries products Address: 79-51 Cooper Ave.
from over 70 major chemical manufacturers, including ASHTA, Glendale, NY 11385 Fiscal Year End: February
Independent Degussa, Dow Chemical, Rhodia, Shin-Etsu, and U.S. Borax. Phone: 718-894-0700 Revenue (2005): 27.50 M
Chemical Independent Chemical is a family-owned and -operated company Fax: 718-894-9224 Employees (2005): 40 • President: Stanley
Corporation and was founded in 1948 by Benjamin Spielman. Spielman
alkali it produces ends up in products such as detergents, diapers,
nylon seat belts, PVC pipes, and pharmaceuticals. A major chlor-
alkali producer in Europe, it is also a top sulfur chemicals
manufacturer and a major player in electrochemical technology. It
manufactures caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, bulk liquid chlorine, Address: Runcorn Site, South • CEO: Thomas P. (Tom)
and sulfuric acid, among other products. It is one of the major Parade Crotty
producers of chlorinated paraffin. Ineos Chlor shares common Runcorn, Halton WA7 4JE, • Operations Director:
ownership with the Ineos group of companies, but is a separate United Kingdom Fiscal Year End: March Anthony (Tony) Traynor
entity. It was formed in 2001 when Ineos bought an 85% stake in Phone: +44-1928-516-512 Revenue (2004): 1010.40 M • Business Director: Chris
Ineos Chlor ICI's chlor-alkali businesses; Ineos purchased the remaining 15% in Fax: +44-1928-515-253 Employees (2004): 2,200 Tane
Limited 2004.
Ineos Fluor manufactures hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) for a range of
uses, from refrigerators to air conditioners to household insulation.
The company, which is a member of the Ineos Group of chemical
companies, also makes hydrofluoroalkanes (HKAs), which are used Fiscal Year End: December
as propellants in medicinal inhalers, and fluoronated feedstocks, Revenue (2004): 198.00 M
which are used as the building blocks for specialist polymers, Address: The Heath Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Andrew C.
pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals. Ineos Fluor's manufacturing Runcorn, Halton WA7 4QX, 9.10% (Andy) Currie
facilities are located in the UK and in Louisiana in the US; there's United Kingdom Employees (2004): 256 • CEO: David (Dave) Price
also one in Japan that is operated by Teijin. The company was Phone: +44-1928-515-525 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Roger
Ineos Fluor established in 1989 after the mandatory phasing out of chemicals Fax: +44-1928-513-890 (-5.20%) Bell
Limited such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
businesses. Product lines include silicas and zeolites, ethylene
oxide-based specialty and intermediate chemicals, fluorochemicals
used as refrigerants and propellants, and phenol and acetate
products. Ineos Chlor, a maker of chlor-alkali chemicals, shares Fiscal Year End: March
controlling ownership but is technically separate from the group. Address: Hawkslease, Chapel Revenue (2004): 4632.30 M
Ineos Group has acquired BASF's US and Canadian polystyrene Lane Revenue Growth (1 yr):
business and the amino resins business of US-based Cytec Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 45.80% • Chairman and CEO:
Industries. In 2005 it acquired petrochemicals group Innovene from 7FF, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 2,430 James A. (Jim) Ratcliffe
BP for $9 billion. Ineos Group was formed in 1998 after a Phone: +44-23-8028-7067 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: John
Ineos Group management buyout led by chairman and CEO Jim Ratcliffe, who Fax: +44-23-8028-7054 (-0.50%) Reece
Limited controls the group.
Killing bugs, sterilizing medical instruments, and keeping your car
warm -- the products made at Ineos Oxide help with all of that. A
member of the Ineos Group of companies, Ineos Oxide makes,
primarily, ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG). The first can Fiscal Year End: December
be used to manufacture sterilants and pesticides, while ethylene Address: Hawkslease House, Revenue (2004): 805.60 M
glycol is a chief component of antifreeze and de-icing fluids and is Chapel Lane Revenue Growth (1 yr):
used to produce polyester, PET resin, and coatings. Ineos Oxide is Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 28.30%
among the world's leading manufacturers of EO, EG, and their 7FG, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 546
derivatives, along with chemical manufacturers BASF, BP, and Dow. Phone: +44-23-8028-7067 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Ineos Oxide It works through third-party agreements with companies like Fax: +44-23-8028-7054 1.90% • Chairman: Antoine
Ltd. Crompton, Dow, and BASF. Verrijckt
 Ineos Phenol produces phenol and acetone, two basic chemicals
used in the manufacture of products ranging from aspirin to home
appliances. A member of the Ineos Group of companies, Ineos
Phenol is the world's largest phenol producer, ahead of the likes of Fiscal Year End: December
Sunoco, Shell, and Dow. Acetone is a by-product of the process that Revenue (2004): 3159.70 M
manufactures phenol, the oxidation of cumene. Ineos Phenol is also Revenue Growth (1 yr):
the largest consumer of cumene. The company maintains two Address: Dechenstrasse 3 63.20% • CEO: Alberto Spera
manufacturing facilities in Europe (in Antwerp, Belgium, and 45966 Gladbeck, Germany Employees (2004): 637 • VP, Operations: Otto
Ineos Phenol Gladbeck, Germany) and one in the US (in Mobile, Alabama). Ineos Phone: +49-2043-958-302 Employee Growth (1 yr): Schnurr
GmbH & Co. Phenol also acquired a cumene plant in Texas from Chevron Phillips Fax: +49-2043-958-947 (-2.00%) • CFO: Graeme Leask
KG Chemical in 2005.
Add the additives product line of ExxonMobil Chemical Company to
that of Shell Chemicals and you'll get, if not infinity, at least Infineum.
The joint venture was formed in 1999 and makes petroleum
additives for fuel and lubricants. Infineum divides its products along Address: Milton Hill Business & • President and CEO: Tony
five distinct lines: driveline additives (for transmission fluids and axle Technology Centre Gaskell
lubrication), engine oil additives (for everything from lawnmowers to Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 • VP, Finance: Iain
heavy-duty diesel engines), fuel additives (including refinery 6BB, United Kingdom Richardson
Infineum additives and those designed to improve fuel performance), Phone: +44-1235-54-9500 • VP, Technology: Shaun
International industrial products (compressor, metalworking, and hydraulic fluids), Fax: +44-1235-54-9523 Kennedy
Limited and marine additives (for fuel and oil).
Interchem is a leading international supplier of fine chemicals,
pharmaceutical intermediates, pharmaceutical bulk actives, and
other compounds. The company's customers include pharmaceutical
developers and other manufacturers. In addition to matching
chemical manufacturers with drugmakers, Interchem verifies that the Address: 120 Rte. 17 North • CEO: Joseph M. Pizza
chemicals it distributes meet the US Food and Drug Administration's Paramus, NJ 07653-1579 • VP, Marketing: Theresa
ever-changing regulations. It also offers new product research and Phone: 201-261-7333 Kelly
Interchem development, innovative packaging, and multimedia and marketing Fax: 201-261-7339 • VP, Sales: David Hanson
Corporation services. Interchem was founded in 1981.
Interstate Chemical Company delivers the goods. Founded in 1968,
the company has developed from a small regional chemical
distributor to a firm with operations in the northeastern, midwestern,
and western US. It operates warehouse and terminal facilities with a
total storage capacity of about 17 million gallons, as well as a fleet of
company-owned tractor-trailers (over 200 trucks, trailers, and • Chairman and President:
tankers). Services include barge terminaling, custom chemical Address: 2797 Freedland Rd. Albert R. Puntureri
blending, food and pharmaceutical packaging, and liquid packaging. Hermitage, PA 16148-0600 • CFO: Paul Cirillo
Interstate Interstate Chemical also provides intermediate bulk containers to its Phone: 724-981-3771 Revenue (2005): 67.00 M • Director, Marketing and
Chemical customers. President and chairman Albert Puntureri controls Fax: 724-981-3675 Employees (2005): 335 Communications: Bill Merz
Company, Inc. Interstate Chemical.
Corn can give you meal, muffins, bread, fritters, tortillas, and
succotash. So why not fuel, too? Iroquois Bio-Energy is building a Address: 6317 E. 181st Ave. • President: Michael J.
dry-mill ethanol production plant in Indiana for the manufacture of Hebron, IN 46341-9302 Aylesworth
Iroquois Bio- ethanol as a fuel. The company will also sell distillers grains and Phone: 219-996-4925 • Assistant VP and COO:
Energy carbon dioxide, both of which are byproducts of the ethanol Fax: 219-996-4925 Keith A. Gibson
Company, LLC manufacturing process.
 The Dead Sea has given life to Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL). That
body of water is rich in bromine, potash, salt, and magnesium,
minerals that ICL turns into fertilizers and other products. Bromine
commonly is used in flame retardants, and potash is a common Fiscal Year End: December
fertilizer. The company accounts for about 35% of the world's Revenue (2004): 2715.00 M
bromine production and about 11% of the world's potash. ICL Address: Millenium Tower, 23 Revenue Growth (1 yr):
produces magnesium alloys -- used in auto parts -- through a joint Aranha St. 19.60% • Chairman: Yossi Rosen
venture with Volkswagen. Although most of the company's chemicals Tel-Aviv 61070, Israel Employees (2004): 8,546 • President and CEO: Akiva
Israel are produced in Israel (from the Dead Sea), it sells mainly outside of Phone: +972-3-6844-401 Employee Growth (1 yr): Mozes
Chemicals its home country (90% of sales). Investment firm Israel Corporation, Fax: +972-3-6844-428 1.10% • CFO: Avi Doitchman
Limited controlled by The Ofer Group, owns about 52% of the company.
ITOCHU Chemicals America Inc. (ICAI) doesn't make any
chemicals, but it sure can get them to your door when you need
them. The company, a subsidiary of ITOCHU International, • President: Hiroaki (Bob)
distributes a variety of chemical products, from specialty chemicals Address: 360 Hamilton Ave., 6th Yamashita
like adhesives and acids to plastic resins and ion exchange filters. Fl. • SVP and Controller: Alex
ICAI serves chemical manufacturers, the pulp and paper, paints and White Plains, NY 10601 Fiscal Year End: March Tabaco
ITOCHU coatings, and food and beverage industries. The company changed Phone: 914-333-7800 Revenue (2004): 237.00 M • SVP, Sales and
Chemicals its name from ITOCHU Specialty Chemicals at the beginning of 2005 Fax: 914-333-7848 Employees (2004): 50 Marketing: Norihito Sasaki
America Inc. and is among the top 10 chemical distributors in the US.
Iwatani International is all about gas and energy. The company's
largest business unit, energy and general household products, Fiscal Year End: March
supplies liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to both businesses and Revenue (2004): 5223.40 M
consumers, as well as related household products. The company Address: 21-8, Nishi-Shimbashi Revenue Growth (1 yr):
also is a major supplier of industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, 3-chome, Minato-ku 14.70%
argon, and carbon dioxide to electronics, steel, chemical, and paper Tokyo 105-8458, Japan Employees (2004): 6,598
Iwatani manufacturers, among others. Iwatani's other business activities Phone: +81-3-5405-5741 Employee Growth (1 yr):
International include producing materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, Fax: +81-3-5405-5737 (-1.80%) • President and Director:
Corporation stainless steel processing, homebuilding, and pig breeding. Akiji Makino
As great as toothpaste, paint, and tires are, J.M. Huber claims to
make them even better. Hard to believe, we know. Founded in 1890
by Joseph M. Huber (and still owned by his heirs), the company
makes specialty additives and minerals used to thicken and improve
the cleaning properties of toothpaste, the brightness and gloss of
paper, the strength and durability of rubber, and the flame retardant • Chairman, President, and
properties of wire and cable. The diverse company also makes Address: 333 Thornall St. CEO: Peter T. Francis
oriented strand board (a plywood substitute), explores for and Edison, NJ 08837-2220 • Director, Corporate
produces oil and gas, and provides technical and financial services. Phone: 732-549-8600 Communications: Robert
J.M. Huber Huber has acquired hydrocolloids (thickeners for gums) maker CP Fax: 732-549-7256 (Bob) Currie
Corporation Kelco from Lehman Brothers and Hercules.
Jacob Stern & Sons, which primarily operates through its Acme-
Hardesty division, is a global oleochemicals marketer. Acme-
Hardesty distributes an array of oil- and fat-based chemicals, as well
as flavor and fragrance ingredients and industrial chemical products.
Its customers include manufacturers of adhesives, coatings, • President: Philip Berstein
lubricants, soaps, food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care Address: 1464 E. Valley Rd. • VP Finance: Marven
products. Most of Acme-Hardesty's oleochemicals are imported from Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Pierson
Asia, the Middle East, and South America. Jacob Stern & Sons was Phone: 805-565-1411 • VP Sales and Marketing:
Jacob Stern & founded in 1857 by Jacob Stern; the family-owned company Fax: 805-565-1415 Jerome Weisberg
Sons, Inc. continues to be managed by the founder's descendants.
 From a garage bathtub in rural New York, John Wiley Jones
launched what has become a leading repackager of chlorine and
other chemicals used for water purification. JCI Jones Chemicals, • President and CEO:
formerly Jones Chemicals, also makes and distributes caustic soda, Address: 1515 Ringling Blvd., Jeffrey W. Jones
sodium bisulfite, and sodium hypochlorite. The company delivers its Ste. 900 • EVP, Finance and CFO:
chemicals to water-treatment plants and sells its chlorine to private- Sarasota, FL 34236 Fiscal Year End: March Angela L. Marvin
JCI Jones label companies for repackaging and resale as household bleach. Phone: 941-330-1537 Revenue (2005): 100.00 M • SVP, Purchasing and
Chemicals, Founded in 1930, JCI has remained a family-owned business; Fax: 941-330-9657 Employees (2005): 250 Sales: James Chappel
Inc. current CEO Jeffrey Jones is the founder's grandson.
Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited (JCIC) could write the
book for Chemistry 101. As one of China's leading producers of
basic chemicals and chemical raw materials, the company has four Fiscal Year End: December
principal product groups: petroleum products, petrochemicals and Revenue (2004): 3848.40 M • Deputy Chairman: Xu
organic chemicals, synthetic rubber and chemical fertilizers, and Address: No. 9 Longtan Rd., Revenue Growth (1 yr): Fengli
inorganics. The largest units are petroleum and petrochemical Longtan District 54.20% • General Manager and
Jilin Chemical products, such as gasoline and ethylene. After much wrangling and Jilin 132021, China Employees (2004): 20,445 Director: Shi Jianxun
Industrial restructuring involving state-owned corporations and agencies, Phone: +86-432-390-3912 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Deputy General Manager
Company PetroChina (itself a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Fax: +86-432-302-8126 (-6.10%) and Director: Zhang Xingfu
Limited Corporation) now controls two-thirds of Jilin Chemical.
JLM Industries knows how to perform. Most of the company's sales
come from distributing performance chemicals, olefins, and specialty
plastics. JLM also produces and sells phenol and acetone for use in
making adhesives, coatings, plastics, and solvents. Phenol is used
to make resins that go into bonding agents and wood adhesives;
acetone is an intermediate for acrylic sheeting and other products. Address: 8675 Hidden River • Chairman, President, and
JLM also sells propylene (used in plastic film and molded parts) and Pkwy. CEO: John L. Macdonald
inorganic and specialty chemicals. The company has about 1,000 Tampa, FL 33637 • CFO: Michael J. Molina
clients worldwide, including Celanese, DuPont, Eli Lilly, 3M, and Phone: 813-632-3300 • VP, Operations: Scott
JLM Shell Chemicals. Founder and CEO John Macdonald and an Fax: 813-632-3301 MacDonald
Industries, Inc. investor group have taken JLM private.
Johnson Matthey Inc. holds the precious metals, catalysts, coatings,
and pharmaceutical businesses in the US. Pharm-Eco Laboratories
(renamed Pharma Services in 2005) provides contract research and Address: 435 Devon Park Dr.,
development for the pharmaceutical industry. The West Deptford Ste. 600
subsidiary in New Jersey manufactures active pharmaceutical Wayne, PA 19087 Fiscal Year End: March
ingredients in the US. Its New York precious metals office sells Phone: 610-971-3000 Revenue (2005): 470.70 M
Johnson platinum sheet, tube, and wire to jewelers. Johnson Matthey Fuel Fax: 610-971-3022 Employees (2005): 1,650 • CEO, Johnson Matthey
Matthey Inc. Cells is also based in the US. Plc: Neil A. P. Carson
to 1817, is an established world leader in the refining and distributing
of gold, silver, and platinum group metals (about 65% of sales). It is • Chairman: Sir John
the sole marketing agent for Anglo Platinum, the world's largest Fiscal Year End: March Michael Middlecolt Banham
platinum producer. Johnson Matthey's next largest unit, the Revenue (2005): 8714.30 M
Catalysts division, produces environmental catalysts for vehicles, Address: 2-4 Cockspur St., Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chief Executive and
fuel cells, and process catalysts. The company's Colours and Trafalgar Sq. 6.20% Director: Neil A. P. Carson
Johnson Coatings business focuses on supplying decorative materials for London SW1Y 5BQ, England Employees (2005): 7,354 • Executive Director, Group
Matthey Public ceramics. Its Pharmaceutical Materials division makes active Phone: +44-20-7269-8400 Employee Growth (1 yr): Corporate Development,
Limited ingredients, such as codeine, sold to pharmaceuticals Fax: +44-20-7269-8433 (-2.30%) Colors and: D. W. Morgan
Company manufacturers. Yes
 K.A. Steel Chemicals has grown organically and inorganically --
literally and figuratively. The company's specialty is the distribution of
bulk inorganic commodity chemicals. It is the largest US distributor of
caustic sodas (used in making soap, rayon, and paper, among other
applications) and is a major producer and distributor of sodium • President: Robert (Bob)
hypochlorite (used to bleach pulp and in water purification). K.A. Steel
Steel also distributes hydrochloric acid (used to clean metals and as Address: 15185 Main St. • CFO: Bernie Ludwig
a chemical intermediate). The company has more than 20 plants Lemont, IL 60439 • EVP, Operations and
and terminals in the US. Kenneth A. Steel Sr. founded K.A. Steel in Phone: 630-257-3900 Administration: Brad
K.A. Steel 1953 and second-generation Steel family members Robert and Ken Fax: 630-257-5096 Davidson
Chemicals Inc. Jr. own the company.
Kaneka Corporation is part of the solution, but contributes maybe a Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Masatoshi
little to the problem as well. The diversified company's products Revenue (2005): 4072.50 M Takeda
include anti-hypertensive intermediates, but also margarine and Address: 3-2-4, Nakanoshima, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President: Masami Onishi
shortening. Its largest segment makes basic chemicals, resins, and Kita-ku 7.50% • Executive Director;
plastics (caustic soda, PVC, and sealants), while Kaneka's other big Osaka 530-8288, Japan Employees (2005): 6,649 General Manager, Finance
business line makes food products and pharmaceutical Phone: +81-6-6226-5050 Employee Growth (1 yr): and Accounting: Setsuo
Kaneka intermediates. The company's third unit manufactures magnet wire, Fax: +81-6-6226-5037 0.80% Shimazaki
Corporation optical films, and synthetic fibers.
KIC Chemicals distributes food, pharmaceutical, industrial, and
personal care products. A short list of distributed offerings includes
castor oil and castor seed derivatives, fatty acids, soap and cosmetic
ingredients, flavor and fragrance ingredients, glycerin and vegetable Address: 84 Business Park Dr. • President: Edward Kort
oils, industrial chemicals, and plasticizers. KIC also provides custom Armonk, NY 10504 • Controller: Dierdre
KIC packaging and labeling services. The company was established in Phone: 914-273-6555 O'Keefe
Chemicals, 1985. KIC Chemicals is owned by Edward Kort, the company's Fax: 914-273-6760 • VP: Eric Kort
Inc. president.
It doesn't turn things to gold with a single touch, it doesn't have a
dream, and it has nothing at all to do with burgers. But this King --
King Industries -- is master of its own domain. A manufacturer of
additives for coatings and lubricants, King Industries has a • President and CEO:
distribution network that spans the globe and maintains sales Address: Science Rd. Richard S. King
operations in the Netherlands. The company serves customers in Norwalk, CT 06852 • CFO: Robert DiPani
the industrial manufacturing, metalworking, rust prevention, and Phone: 203-866-5551 • EVP, Operations: F. Abi
King paint industries. Founded in 1932, King Industries is still controlled Fax: 203-866-1268 Karam
Industries, Inc. by the family of founder Robert J. King.
Chemical manufacturers in the southeastern US never mind getting
a lump of Kohl at Christmas or any other time of year. Kohl
Marketing moves products for companies like Degussa, Johnson
Polymer, and Akzo Nobel; the chemical distributor's wingspan • President: Bob Niccol
stretches from eastern Pennsylvania down to Florida and west to Address: 1103 Bombay Ln. • VP, Logistics and
Tennessee and Mississippi. It distributes raw chemical materials to Roswell, GA 30076 Finance: Paul Englert
makers of paints, plastics, textiles, adhesives, graphic arts, and Phone: 770-753-4979 • Manager, Marketing and
Kohl building materials. Kohl Marketing has distribution centers in North Fax: 770-753-4980 Production: Bill Stobierski
Marketing, Inc. Carolina, Florida, and at its home base in Roswell, Georgia.
 Korea Kumho Petrochemical manufactures synthetic rubbers and
resins, rubber chemicals, and electronic components for the
semiconductor industry. Its products are found in everything from
tires and shoes to office supplies and building materials. The
company also builds heat and power plants that supply steam and
electricity. Founded in 1970, Korea Kumho operates through several Address: 15/16F, Kumho-Asiana • Vice Chairman and CEO:
domestic offices and plants and international locations in Frankfurt, Bldg., 57, Shinmunno 1-ga, Park Chan-Koo
Germany; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; Los Angeles, US; Jongno-gu • President and CEO: Kim
Shenzhen, China; and Guangzhou, China. It is the holding company Seoul, South Korea Heung-Gee
Korea Kumho for the Kumho Asiana Group, (land and sea transportation, Phone: +82-2-6303-0114 • President and CEO: Kim
Petrochemical construction, tire manufacturing, and financial services, among Fax: +82-2-6303-3179 Wan-Jae
Co., Ltd. others).
Forget the outer planets, the earth has its own gaseous giant in the
form of L'Air Liquide (Air Liquide). The world's largest industrial gas
supplier, Air Liquide has more than 130 subsidiaries in 65 countries. Fiscal Year End: December
It specializes in industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, Revenue (2004): 12789.10
acetylene, and helium) used in welding, heat treatment, plastic M • Chairman, Supervisory
production, and other processes; the company also sells medical Revenue Growth (1 yr): Board: Alain Joly
gases (oxygen, nitrogen, nitrous oxide). Its markets range from Address: 75, Quai d'Orsay 21.40% • Chairman, Management
aerospace and food processing to steel and oil refining. Air Liquide 75007 Paris, France Employees (2004): 35,900 Board: Benoît Potier
took advantage of the break-up Messer Griesheim in 2004, buying a Phone: +33-1-40-62-55-55 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Finance and
L'Air Liquide large portion of that company's operations -- in Germany, the UK, Fax: +33-1-40-62-54-65 12.50% Administration: John Glen
S.A. and the US -- for more than $3 billion. Yes
LG Chem got there first. Founded in 1947, it was Korea's first
chemical company. The chemical division of the LG Group, the
company produces a variety of products, including cosmetics, Fiscal Year End: December
personal care products, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and Address: LG Twin Tower, East Revenue (2004): 6804.50 M • President, CEO, and
specialty chemicals. It's divided into three segments. The Chemicals Tower, 20 Yoido-dong, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: No Ki-Ho
and Polymers unit makes PVC, acrylates, and engineering plastics; Youngdungpo-gu 43.30% • President and CTO: Yeo
its Industrial Materials division manufactures window frames, flooring Seoul 150-721, South Korea Employees (2004): 9,816 Jong-Kee
materials, and other construction-industry products; and the Phone: +82-2-3773-5114 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Cho Han-
company's Information and Electronic Materials segment produces Fax: +82-2-3773-7813 (-1.80%) Young
LG Chem, Ltd. rechargeable batteries and display materials.
Much of Linde's business is lighter than air. The company is divided • Chairman, Supervisory
into two units: Gas and Engineering and Material Handling. A leading Board: Manfred Schneider
producer of industrial and medical gases, Linde also has an Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman of the
engineering unit that builds process plants for companies in the Revenue (2004): 12850.20 Executive Board,
petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and gas manufacturing industries. M President, and CEO:
But don't call Linde a lightweight. Its material handling division is one Address: Abraham-Lincoln- Revenue Growth (1 yr): Wolfgang H. Reitzle
of the world's top makers of forklifts and also manufactures Strasse 21 13.90% • Member of the Executive
warehouse equipment, transmission systems, and hydraulic control 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany Employees (2004): 41,383 Board, Accounts,
Linde devices. The company also made refrigeration equipment and Phone: +49-611-770-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Controlling, Financ: Peter
Aktiengesellsc cooling systems for retail food stores, but sold that business to Fax: +49-611-770-269 (-11.30%) Diesch
haft Carrier for $400 million in a deal that closed in September 2004. Yes
From poisoning garden pests to exfoliating dry skin, Lonza Inc puts
itself in the middle of things. As the US operations of its parent
company, Lonza Inc accounts for about a third of the Lonza Group's
$1 billion in annual sales. While Lonza doesn't actually make Address: 90 Boroline Rd.
consumer products, the company provides chemical ingredients and Allendale, NJ 07401 Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
intermediates for the personal care, water treatment, and plastics Phone: 201-316-9200 Revenue (2005): 337.20 M Stephan Kutzer
industries, from its five locations (four manufacturing and one R&D) Fax: 201-785-9989 Employees (2005): 527 • CFO: Vincent L. DiVito
Lonza Inc throughout the US.
 Quick as a cat, Lynx Chemical has joined the performance-
chemicals fray. The company was founded in mid-2003 by veterans
of Eastman Chemical and the former Vulcan Chemicals (now part of • President and CEO:
Occidental Chemical). Lynx got its start by purchasing two plants in James A. (Jim) Lewis
Georgia from Vulcan after the company had sold most of its Address: 2000 Riveredge • COO: Daniel (Danny)
performance-chemicals business line earlier that year; Lynx later Pkwy., Ste. 750 McCaul
acquired a third facility. The company isn't interested in competing Atlanta, GA 30328 • VP, Research and
with the big boys -- it is content to work in its small-market niche, Phone: 678-990-5020 Development: John
Lynx Chemical making and marketing batches as small as less than a million Fax: 678-990-5021 Newlove
Group pounds (quantities that are just not profitable for larger companies).
additives to oil and gas companies in more than 70 countries
worldwide. Its fluids cool and lubricate drill bits, remove rock
cuttings, and maintain the stability of the wellbore. Through M-I's • President and CEO:
Swaco division, the company provides pressure control, rig Loren K. Carroll
instrumentation, and drilling waste management products and Address: 5950 North Course Dr. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and CFO: Chris
services. It is also a worldwide producer of barite and bentonite used Houston, TX 77072 Revenue (2004): 2231.90 M Rivers
by the oil and gas and industrial markets. M-I Swaco is a joint Phone: 713-739-0222 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, M-I Production
venture of Smith International (60%) and Schlumberger Limited Fax: 713-308-9626 19.60% Chemicals: John Kelly
M-I L.L.C. (40%).
The world isn't black and white for Magruder Color. The company
manufactures organic pigments for the ink, plastics, and paint
industries. It produces flushed and dry color dispersions, acrylic
chips, alkyd resins, ink vehicles, and specialty colors and varnishes.
Magruder, founded in 1927, primarily serves graphic arts customers.
The firm markets its pigments throughout the Americas, Asia, and • Chairman: Allan
Europe. The company has sold subsidiary Radiant Color, a maker of Address: 1029 Newark Ave. Weissglass
fluorescent pigments. The Weissglass family bought Magruder Color Elizabeth, NJ 07208 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Abdul Saleh
Magruder from founder Robert Magruder in 1962 (upon his retirement) and has Phone: 973-242-1300 Revenue (2005): 70.20 M • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Color expanded it over the decades through organic growth and Fax: 973-242-4087 Employees (2005): 350 Evan Weissglass
Company, Inc. acquisitions.
Malaco International distributes chemicals and petroleum products.
Chemicals used by oil refineries account for much of the company's
business; Chevron has been a major customer. Other chemical
products handled by Malaco include caustic soda, glycerine, and
surfactants, which are used by manufacturers in a variety of
industries. Most of Malaco's customers are on the West Coast or the Address: 1990 N. California
Gulf Coast of the US. The company distributes gasoline and diesel Blvd., Ste. 608
fuel primarily to government entities in California. Malaco doesn't Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Malaco maintain storage facilities, and transportation is handled by Phone: 925-280-8710 • President: Peter Llama
International contractors. The family of company president and CEO Peter Llama Fax: 925-280-4580 • VP: Elizabeth (Liz) Llama
Inc. owns Malaco, which was founded in 1977.
Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties works the dynamics of
dolomite and magnesium. A subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials,
the company manufactures and sells dolomitic lime and magnesia-
based chemicals to customers in the industrial, agricultural, and
environmental sectors. Magnesia Specialties' dolomitic lime products Address: 195 Chesapeake Park
are primarily sold to customers in the steel industry. The firm's Plaza, Ste. 200 • Chairman: Philip J. (Phil)
Martin Marietta chemicals segment includes products used for animal feed, flame Baltimore, MD 21220 Sipling
Magnesia retardant, wastewater treatment, and paper production purposes. Phone: 410-780-5500 • President: Daniel G.
Specialties, The company has manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Michigan, Fax: 410-780-5777 (Dan) Shephard
LLC Ohio, and Tennessee.
 Materia manufactures catalysts and provides process technologies
to companies in the agrochemical, fine chemical, materials, and Address: 60 N. San Gabriel • President, CEO, CTO,
pharmaceutical industries. The company's catalyst technology aids Blvd. and Director: Michael A.
in the production of small, medium, and large molecules. Originally Pasadena, CA 91107 (Mike) Giardello
known as Advanced Sports Materials, Materia was founded in 1997 Phone: 626-584-8400 Revenue (2005): 5.00 M • Director, Finance: Ron
to commercialize metathesis polymer technology created at the Fax: 626-584-1984 Employees (2005): 35 Chang
Materia Inc. California Institute of Technology.
resins, solvents, surfactants, and thickening agents to companies in
the adhesives and sealants, automotive, glass and refractory, paints
and coatings, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, and soaps and • President and CEO: Scot
detergents industries. The company maintains facilities in Cleveland; Address: 14450 King Rd. Westerbeek
Detroit; and Louisville, Kentucky. Customers include Cabot and Riverview, MI 48192-7939 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Sales: Maynard
other major chemical manufacturers. The family of company Phone: 734-479-4500 Revenue (2005): 23.30 M Pittenger
Matteson- president Scot Westerbeek owns Matteson-Ridolfi, which was Fax: 734-479-1630 Employees (2005): 16 • Controller: Bill Riggs
Ridolfi, Inc. founded in 1932.
Mays Chemical doesn't make its clients say "Mother, may I?" before
shipping them desired products. The company distributes chemicals
and raw materials to customers in the automotive, cosmetics,
electronics, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, paint, and pulp and
paper industries. Mays Chemical's product lines include acids,
alcohols, chlor-alkali products, chlorinated solvents, flavors and
fragrances, food additives, glycol ethers, and inorganic chemicals. • President: William G.
The company also offers chemical management services, cleaning Address: 5611 E. 71st St. Mays
and sanitation systems, formulated chemical products, and Indianapolis, IN 46220 • CFO and Controller: Eric
outsourcing services. Mays has customers in 14 countries in the Phone: 317-842-8722 Gillespie
Mays Chemical Americas, Europe, and Asia. The firm is owned by president William Fax: 317-842-4604 • COO: Bill West
Company, Inc. Mays.
Merichem will give you chemicals and send you on your merry way.
The company produces phenol and cresylic acids at its plant in
Houston, Texas. It produces naphthenic acids (used in paint driers
and wood preservatives) at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. • Chairman and CEO:
Merichem also owns Gas Technology Products (GTP), which Kenneth F. Currie
produces sulfur removal systems. Merichem was founded in 1945. • EVP: John M. (Johnny)
The company is divided into two subsidiaries: Merisol USA handles Address: 5455 Old Spanish Trail Walbrick
all the phenolic products, and Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Houston, TX 77023 • VP, Finance, and
Services provides caustic management, sulfur removal, naphthenic Phone: 713-428-5000 Treasurer: Bruce D.
Merichem acids, and other products and services to the refinery and coal Fax: 713-688-2626 Upshaw
Company processing industries.
Messer Group (formerly Messer Griesheim) has rid itself of some of
that gassy feeling. The company, a major producer of industrial
gases, has sold about 70% of its gas holdings to industry giant Air
Liquide for about $3.3 billion. It still operates in 32 countries but has Fiscal Year End: December
shifted its focus from Western Europe and the US to Central and Revenue (2004): 710.60 M • CEO: Stefan Messer
Eastern Europe and China. In addition to supplying gases such as Address: Limespark, Otto- Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Hans-Gerd
oxygen, nitrogen, and helium, Messer builds gas plants for Volger-Straße 3c (-62.20%) Wienands
customers. Goldman Sachs and Allianz each owned a third of the D-65843 Sulzbach, Germany Employees (2004): 3,762 • Director, Corporate
company (along with the founding Messer family) but have sold their Phone: +49-6196-7760-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Diana
Messer Group stakes back to the Messer family, who financed that purchase with Fax: +49-6196-7760-501 (-47.30%) Buss
GmbH the Air Liquide deal.
 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) is Japan's largest chemical
company. Heading a list of subsidiaries and affiliates longer than a
complex chemical formula, MCC is a major player in petrochemicals, Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Kanji Shono
specialty chemicals, carbon, and pharmaceuticals. Roughly a third of Revenue (2004): 18225.20 • President, CEO, and
its sales come from petrochemicals such as ethylene, vinyl chloride, M Board Member: Ryuichi
and raw materials for synthetic fibers. The company's functional Address: 33-8, Shiba 5-chome, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Tomizawa
materials segment produces plastics and films. The company also Minato-ku 15.70% • Deputy CEO; Supervising
makes chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing and data storage Tokyo 108-0014, Japan Employees (2004): 33,496 Special Mission, Internal
Mitsubishi products such as CDS and DVDs. MCC owns almost 60% of Phone: +81-3-6414-3730 Employee Growth (1 yr): Audit; Boa: Masaoki
Chemical Mitsubishi Pharma, which makes plasma derivatives, allergy Fax: +81-3-6414-3745 (-11.00%) Funada
Corporation medications, and cardiovascular pharmaceuticals.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings was created in 2005 as a holding
company for Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Pharma, which both
became wholly owned subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
after its establishment. As the largest chemical company in Japan,
Mitsubishi Chemical (MCC) produces a wide variety of
petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and the like. Other products
include plastics and films, data storage devices such as CDs and Address: 33-8 Shiba 5-chome,
DVDs, as well as chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing. Minato-ku • Representative Director,
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Pharma (MPC) makes pharmaceutical products for Tokyo 108-0014, Japan Member of the Board, and
Chemical central nervous system, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal Phone: +81-3-6414-3730 President: Ryuichi
Holdings disorders, in addition to OTC and anti-inflammatory drugs. MCC Fax: +81-3-6414-3745 Tomizawa
Corporation holds almost 60% of MPC.
chemicals? We know what Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) would
say. The company makes chemicals through four major units. Its
Natural Gas Chemicals unit is primarily engaged in producing
methanol, formaldehyde, and ammonia. Its Aromatics Chemicals Fiscal Year End: March
unit produces xylenes, nylon, and plasticizers. The company's Revenue (2004): 3225.20 M • Chairman: Akira Ohira
Specialty Chemicals unit makes hydrogen peroxide and plastic Address: Mitsubishi Bldg., 2-5-2 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President: Hideki Odaka
resins. Through its Information & Advanced Materials unit, MGC also Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku 23.80% • Senior Managing
is involved in producing materials such as plastics and circuit boards Tokyo 100-8324, Japan Employees (2004): 2,363 Executive Officer and
Mitsubishi Gas for electronics manufacturers. The company was formed in 1971 Phone: +81-3-3283-5000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Executive Assistant to:
Chemical when Japan Gas Chemical merged with Mitsubishi Edogawa Fax: +81-3-3287-0833 (-5.00%) Hiromi Nakamura
Company, Inc. Chemical.
As can be gleaned from its name, Mitsui Chemicals America is the
American home base of the Tokyo-based Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Address: 800 Westchester Ave., • President: Kensaku
With headquarters in Purchase, New York, the company makes Ste. N607 Maruyama
adhesive resins, electronic materials, specialty polymers, and Purchase, NY 10573 Fiscal Year End: March • Director, Finance: Koji Ito
Mitsui engineering plastics. Mitsui Chemicals America has locations and Phone: 914-253-0777 Revenue (2005): 492.50 M • Corporate Marketing
Chemicals affiliates throughout the US, including in California, Michigan, Ohio, Fax: 914-253-0790 Employees (2005): 700 Manager: Jennifer Giuliano
America, Inc. and Tennessee.
Mitsui Chemicals stays chemically balanced as one of Japan's
largest producers of petrochemicals and its leading producer of Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Hiroyuki
phenols (building blocks for plastics). The company produces Revenue (2004): 10313.40 Nakanishi
petrochemicals for use in the manufacture of such items as synthetic Address: Shiodome City Centre, M • President: Kenji Fujiyoshi
rubber and pigments. Applications of phenols include 1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director,
pharmaceuticals, ink, and adhesives. Mitsui Chemicals' other Minato-ku 17.40% Corporate
chemical products include fiber intermediates used in polyester, Tokyo 105-7117, Japan Employees (2004): 12,348 Communications, Legal
Mitsui industrial chemicals used in paper, polymers used in pipes and films, Phone: +81-3-6253-2100 Employee Growth (1 yr): and Admin: Ritsuo
Chemicals, and specialty resins used in adhesives. The company also makes Fax: +81-3-6253-4245 (-2.50%) Yamamoto
Inc. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and agrochemicals.
 Depending on the situation, Morre-Tec Industries can bring home
the bacon or fry it up in the pan. (If, by bacon, you mean bromine-
and chlorine-based chemicals.) Not only does the New Jersey
company distribute chemicals through its partnerships with ICL • President: Leonard (Len)
Industrial Products and others, but Morre-Tec also manufactures its Glass
own line of specialty chemicals. Through affiliated companies Address: 1 Gary Rd. • Controller: Steve
(including Blenco Industries, JEDCO Adhesives, and Repackaging Union, NJ 07083-5527 Wigodsky
MORRE-TEC Services Corporation), Morre-Tec also manufactures adhesives and Phone: 908-688-9009 • Sales Director: Alan
INDUSTRIES, solvents and imports chemicals for the food and cosmetics Fax: 908-688-9005 Wirsul
INC. industries. The company was formed in 1987.
now a major Japanese trader, developer, and manufacturer of
chemical products. Although chemicals, plastics, and related Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Hideo Nagase
production machinery account for much of its sales, Nagase also Revenue (2004): 5048.20 M • President, CEO, and
produces and distributes electronics, medical supplies, and health Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Hiroshi Nagase
care and beauty products. Nagase maintains a worldwide network of Address: 1-1-17, Shinmachi, 20.10% • Managing Executive
sales and distribution branches in Asia, Europe, and North America. Nishi-ku Employees (2004): 2,884 Officer, Plastics, Life
The company operates through subsidiaries and alliances with Osaka 550-8668, Japan Employee Growth (1 yr): Sciences, Fine Ch: Yoshizo
Nagase & Co., companies such as Eastman Chemical Company and Union Phone: +81-6-6535-2114 3.40% Shibata
Ltd. Carbide.
Founded in 1935 to produce carbide, Nippon Carbide has grown
with the times. The company still makes basic chemicals, but it now
also makes films, synthetic resins, and electronic materials. Nippon Fiscal Year End: March
Carbide's films segment is its largest and makes wrapping film and Revenue (2004): 449.40 M
reflective films for street signs. The company's resins unit makes Address: 2-11-19 Kohnan, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and Director:
melamine resins (for tableware), resins used in glue, and heat- Minato-ku 5.80% Tokushiro Hosoda
Nippon resistant resins (used in pipes). Its electronic materials segment Tokyo 108-8466, Japan Employees (2004): 2,791 • Director, General Affairs,
Carbide makes ceramic wiring boards and specialty resins. The chemical Phone: +81-3-5462-8200 Employee Growth (1 yr): Legal, General Accounting,
Industries Co., segment still makes carbide derivatives and basic and fine chemical Fax: +81-3-5462-8244 3.70% and Bu: Yukio Yokoyama
Inc. products ranging from pharmaceuticals to pesticides.
Industrial has grown organically. The company has five chemical
plants in Japan. Two plants in Fukushima produce barium
compounds and lithium chemicals used in electronics and organic
and inorganic phosphorus compounds. The other three plants
produce silicate compounds, phosphorus compounds, and chromic Address: 9-11-1, Kameido,
acid compounds (used to finish metals). Nippon Chemical Industrial Koto-ku Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Jun-ichi
Nippon has ventures with Dowa Mining (Barium Chemicals), Fuji Chemical Tokyo 136-8515, Japan Revenue (2004): 442.40 M Tanahashi
Chemical (Keiyo Chemical), and Asahi Denka (Kanto Sodium Silicates Glass), Phone: +81-3-3636-8111 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
Industrial Co., among others. Affiliate JCI USA Inc. handles sales of industrial Fax: +81-3-3636-6817 25.80% Director: Gen-ichi Satoh
Ltd. chemicals in the US.
Feeling parched? Then don't drink the products made by Nippon
Soda Co. (NISSO) -- it's caustic. NISSO manufactures basic
chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine used for industrial Fiscal Year End: March
purposes. The company also produces specialty and performance Revenue (2004): 1280.40 M
chemicals such as dyes and poultry and pig feed additives; Address: 2-1, 2-Chome, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
agrochemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides; and Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku 12.70%
pharmaceuticals. NISSO's non-chemical operations include Tokyo 100-8165, Japan Employees (2004): 1,564
warehousing, transportation services, construction, and non-ferrous Phone: +81-3-3245-6054 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Nippon Soda metals operations. The company sells its products primarily in Japan Fax: +81-3-3245-6238 (-2.90%) • President and Director:
Co., Ltd. but also in other parts of Asia, North America, and Europe. Katsunobu Inoue
 Since its founding in 1887 as Japan's first chemical fertilizer Fiscal Year End: March
manufacturer, Nissan Chemical Industries has grown to include a Revenue (2004): 1475.90 M
wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, electronic Address: 3-7-1, Kanda Nishiki- Revenue Growth (1 yr):
materials, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Nissan Chemical cho, Chiyoda-ku 16.50% • President: Nobuichiro
Industries' basic chemical products include melamine, ammonia Tokyo 101-0054, Japan Employees (2004): 1,505 Fujimoto
Nissan derivatives, silica products and electronic coatings, and acids. Its Phone: +81-3-3296-8320 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
Chemical smallest chemical segment, pharmaceuticals, includes anti- Fax: +81-3-3296-8210 (-6.50%) Suketoshi Tsukamoto
Industries, Ltd. hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and lipid-lowering drugs.
If you should find yourself in the market for exploding pastries, NOF
might be your one-stop bakery. The company is a major processor
of oilseeds, from which it produces oleochemicals (common in
personal care items such as detergents and shampoos) and food Fiscal Year End: March
staples such as margarine, shortening, and processed oils. It also Address: Yebisu Garden Place Revenue (2004): 1301.40 M
produces explosives used in construction and in military and space Tower, 20-3, Ebisu 4-chome, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
applications. In addition, NOF produces materials for electronics and Shibuya-ku 14.40% • Executive Chairman:
petroleum-based chemicals such as surfactants, polymers, and Tokyo 150-6019, Japan Employees (2004): 3,599 Masayasu Uno
paints for ships and automobiles. The company was founded in Phone: +81-3-5424-6600 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
NOF 1937 by a merger of four firms involved in the manufacture of oil and Fax: +81-3-5424-6800 (-4.30%) Youhei Nakajima
Corporation fats, edible oils, coatings, and soap.
The members of the Northern Growers Cooperative have had
enough of cooperation and have decided to get down to business.
Northern Growers, LLC provides corn to Northern Lights Ethanol (a
joint venture with Broin Companies). The company grew out of the
cooperative and is comprised of corn producers in South Dakota. Address: 48416 144th St. • CEO, CFO, and Manager:
Northern Lights operates an ethanol plant near Big Stone City, South Big Stone City, SD 57216 Robert Narem
Dakota that produces 40 million gallons annually. It receives Phone: 605-862-7902 • President and Manager:
Northern incentive payments on both the state and federal levels to produce Fax: 605-862-7904 Steve Street
Growers, LLC ethanol as an alternative fuel product.
It doesn't have a screaming, bearded man hawking its products on
TV commercials, but OxyChem does all right nonetheless.
Occidental Chemical, the chemicals business of Occidental
Petroleum, is manufactures basic chemicals, vinyls, petrochemicals,
and specialty chemicals. It is the top US maker of chlorine and
caustic soda (used in bleach, plastics, and pulp and paper) and the Fiscal Year End: December • President: B. (Chuck)
top producer of potassium hydroxide or caustic potash (used in Address: 5005 LBJ Fwy. Revenue (2004): 3675.00 M Anderson
fertilizers). Through its 76% stake in OxyVinyls, it's the leading North Dallas, TX 75244-6152 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Director, Communications
Occidental American maker of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), used to make Phone: 972-404-3800 15.60% and Web Development: Bill
Chemical PVC resins. It bought the chemicals unit of Vulcan Materials for $360 Fax: 972-404-3669 Employees (2004): 2,974 Dykes
Corporation million in a deal that closed in mid-2005.
Brash new company Braskem has become the top money maker for
holding group Odebrecht. Braskem, a leading thermoplastic resin
producer in Latin America, was formed in 2002 when Odebrecht
merged its chemical business with that of Copene and Mariana.
Braskem makes plastics and acrylics, synthetic fibers, chemical • Chairman: Emílio
compounds, pipes and tubes, and gasoline and solvents, among Address: Av. Luis Viana, 2841, Odebrecht
other products. Flagship company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht Paralela., Edifício Odebrecht • President and CEO:
leads Odebrecht's engineering, heavy construction, and specialized 41827-900 Salvador, Bahia, Fiscal Year End: December Pedro Augusto Ribeiro
technology operations, such as its electromechanical structures and Brazil Revenue (2004): 8184.20 M Novis
offshore drilling services. Formed in 1944, Odebrecht is focusing on Phone: +55-71-2105-1111 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Director, Finance: Alvaro
two areas: engineering and construction and chemicals and Fax: +55-71-230-0701 59.80% Novis
Odebrecht S.A. petrochemicals.
 Sure, there may be chlorine in your water, but it's also in the pipes,
the soap, and your clothes too. Olin Chlor Alkali manufactures
chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydrosulfite, and
other chemicals. Chlor alkali chemicals are the basis for a vast array Fiscal Year End: December
of pharmaceutical products, plastics, household cleaners, and Revenue (2004): 448.00 M
clothing as well. Olin ranks as the #4 chlor alkali chemical maker in Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President: John L.
the US, after the likes of Dow and PPG. While many chlor alkali Address: 490 Stuart Rd. NE 12.00% McIntosh
makers consume their own products as raw materials for other Cleveland, TN 37312 Employees (2004): 1,000 • Marketing Manager,
downstream products, Olin sells most of its own chlorine chemicals Phone: 423-336-4850 Employee Growth (1 yr): Chlorine and Caustic Soda:
Olin Chlor to third parties. The company accounts for about a quarter of Olin Fax: 423-336-4830 0.00% Tom Rice
Alkali Products Corporation's sales.
Chemicals maker Orgasynth proves organic and synthetic chemicals
don't have to be mutually exclusive. The company specializes in the
synthesis of organic molecular chemicals. Fine chemicals account
for a little more than one-third of its sales; specialty chemicals Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and Managing
(flavorings, fragrances, dyes, and agrochemicals) make up the Revenue (2004): 132.50 M Director: Emmanuel Alves
balance. Orgasynth sells its products to primarily European clients in Address: 211 Boulevard Vincent Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Deputy Managing
a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, electronics, Auriol 4.50% Director: Carole Alves
cosmetics, food, and animal nutrition. Chairman and CEO 75013 Paris, France Employees (2004): 538 Abdelli
Emmanuel Alves, a former executive of Rhône-Poulenc (now Phone: +33-1-56-61-72-80 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Manager:
Sanofi-Aventis after successive mergers), and his family control Fax: +33-1-56-61-72-99 10.90% Richard Michalak
Orgasynth S.A. nearly 85% of Orgasynth.
Orica USA (formerly Energetic Solutions) belongs to a big, loud
family. The company makes explosives and is part of Australian
chemicals and explosives behemoth Orica Limited (formerly ICI
Australia). The company is a leading supplier of commercial
explosives and detonating systems to the mining, quarrying, and
construction markets. In addition to providing blasting products, the
company provides blast management services and technology. In Address: 33101 E. Quincy Ave. • President: Donald O.
2005 the company entered a long-term contract with Terra Watkins, CO 80137 (Don) Brinker
Mississippi, a unit of Terra Industries, in which Orica will be supplied Phone: 303-268-5000 • VP Marketing: Brian
with industrial-grade ammonium nitrate and nitrate solution. Orica Fax: 303-268-5250 Wallace
Orica USA Inc. UA traces its history to 1912.
Blue skies, puffy white clouds, maybe even a pretty little rainbow --
ORYXE Energy wants you to be able to see these things clearly. The
company develops fuel additives that make engines run cleaner,
thereby reducing the resulting pollution. Among the products ORYXE Chairman and CEO:
offers are additives for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels. Its OR-LED Walter L. Schindler
diesel fuel additive has been approved by the state of Texas for • Vice Chairman and CTO:
sale, and the company has begun marketing the product in that Address: 6 Thomas Frederick L. (Fred) Jordan
state. OR-LED is used to help reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides Irvine, CA 92618-2512 • President and Chief
ORYXE Energy as well as carbon monoxide, allowing engines to meet tougher Phone: 949-452-9272 Marketing Officer: Kevin
International, emission standards. The company was founded by executive Fax: 949-452-9274 McGlensey
Inc. officers Fred and Chris Jordan in 2001.
No Pain, no gain. Pain Enterprises helps customers in a number of
industries (including the chemicals, food processing, hospitality, • Chairman: John F. Pain
medical, packaging, and restaurant markets) by supplying them with Address: 101 Daniels Way • CFO: Sheila Pain
carbon dioxide as gas (in bulk, cylinder, and nitrogen/CO2 mix Bloomington, IN 47404 Fiscal Year End: September • VP, Business
forms) and as dry ice (in pellet or block versions). Pain Enterprises Phone: 812-330-1400 Revenue (2005): 60.00 M Development and
Pain also retails dry ice through its BerryCold Retail Dry Ice division. The Fax: 812-330-1544 Employees (2005): 300 Marketing: Gil D'Arcy
Enterprises Inc company was established in 1957.
 Specialty chemicals maker Penreco manufactures white mineral oils,
petrolatums, specialty hydrocarbon fluids, petroleum sulfonates,
cable-filling compounds, refrigeration oils, food grade compressor
lubricants, and gelled products. Its products are used in cosmetics,
skin and hair care products, and candles as well as in Address: 4401 Park Ave.
pharmaceuticals. The company is 50%-owned by ConocoPhillips; Dickinson, TX 77539 Fiscal Year End: December
M.E. Zukerman Specialty Oil Corporation bought the other half of Phone: 281-337-1534 Revenue (2005): 250.00 M
Penreco from the former Pennzoil-Quaker State in 2001. It was Fax: 281-337-1200 Employees (2005): 400
Penreco founded as the Pennsylvania Refining Company in 1878. • President: Tom Readal
Petrochem Carless wants to keep drivers from being carless.
Petrochem Carless offers products such as antifreeze, brake fluids,
de-icers, and racing fuels. It also supplies chemical solvents such as
alcohols, amines, and esters. The company is one of the top Fiscal Year End: December
European refiners and distributors of specialty hydrocarbons and Address: Cedar Court, Guildford Revenue (2004): 297.40 M
advanced automotive fluids, as well as a leading supplier of drilling Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Paul Gemski
fluids. Petrochem Carless was formed in 2000 when Petrochem Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9RX, 12.40% • Finance Director: Vincent
bought Carless (which traces its history back to 1859) from Spanish United Kingdom Employees (2004): 173 Fannon
petrochemical manufacturer Repsol and merged the two companies' Phone: +44-1372-360-000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Commercial Director:
Petrochem operations. The company underwent a management buyout (backed Fax: +44-1372-380-400 (-10.80%) David Little
Carless Ltd by Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance) in early 2005.
Pssst. Hey, Buddy. Want some diammonium phosphate,
monoammonium phosphate, or even any triple superphosphate?
Because Phosphate Chemicals Export Association (PhosChem)
knows a guy who can hook you up. PhosChem was organized in
1974 to market phosphate fertilizer chemicals internationally for its
member companies. Its current membership is made up of
Mississippi Phosphates (formerly part of Mississippi Chemical, which Address: 100 S. SaundersRd.,
Phosphate is now part of Terra Industries), two units of The Mosaic Company Ste. 300
Chemicals (Mosaic Fertilizer and Mosaic Phosphates), and PCS Phosphate (a Lake Forest, IL 60045 • Founder and President;
Export subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan). The association Phone: 847-739-1200 President, Mosaic
Association, is a top exporter of phosphate fertilizers and ships its products from Fax: 847-739-1614 Phosphates Company:
Inc. nine ports in the southern US. Steven H. (Steve) Paxton
Europe needs chemicals, too, and Polimeri Europa is more than
happy to provide them. Polimeri Europa, the petrochemical arm of
Italy-based oil behemoth Eni, produces and distributes a wide range Fiscal Year End: December
of chemicals, operating through three main divisions: basic Revenue (2004): 7390.20 M
chemicals, polyethylene, and elastomers and styrenics. Polimeri Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Giorgio
Europa sells more than 5 billion tons of materials a year and has a Address: Piazza Boldrini, 1 31.20% Clarizia
sales network that is present in 17 countries. (Italy still accounts for 20097 San Donato Milanese, Employees (2004): 6,563 • Managing Director and
more than half of company sales.) The company has its Milano, Italy Employee Growth (1 yr): Board Member: Piero
Polimeri headquarters and numerous plants in Italy, and it also has plants in Phone: +39-02-520-1 (-6.80%) Raffaeli
Europa SpA Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, and the UK.
Perhaps you know a better method of getting your gas out into the
world, but industrial gas heavyweight Praxair is content to use
Praxair Distribution. The company distributes industrial, medical, and
other gases to more than 600 Praxair locations in the US and
Canada. Praxair Distribution delivers industrial gases and hardware
to welders; respiratory gases and healthcare equipment to hospitals
and homecare patients; and specialty gases and equipment to Address: 39 Old Ridgebury Rd.
electronics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical Danbury, CT 06810-5113 Fiscal Year End: December
Praxair companies. It uses a line of stores and depots, cylinder-filling plants, Phone: 716-879-4077 Revenue (2005): 900.00 M
Distribution, homecare service locations, and distribution centers to serve its Fax: 716-879-2040 Employees (2005): 4,000 • President: Wayne J.
Inc. customers needs. Yakich
 At Praxair, doing business is always a gas. The company produces
and sells atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and others)
as well as process and specialty gases (CO2, helium, and hydrogen)
for the chemicals, food and beverage, semiconductor, and health Fiscal Year End: December
care industries. Depending on a client company's gas needs, Praxair Revenue (2005): 7656.00 M • Chairman, President, and
can build an on-site gas plant or provide gases by the cylinder. The Revenue Growth (1 yr): CEO: Dennis H. Reilley
company's Praxair Surface Technologies subsidiary supplies high- Address: 39 Old Ridgebury Rd. 16.10% • President and COO:
temperature and corrosion-resistant metallic, ceramic, and powder Danbury, CT 06810-5113 Employees (2004): 27,020 Stephen F. Angel
coatings mainly to the aircraft, plastics, and primary metals Phone: 203-837-2000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: James S.
industries. Praxair Healthcare Services supplies hospitals and the Fax: 716-879-2040 6.20% (Jim) Sawyer
Praxair, Inc. medical homecare industry. Yes
You can clean with pride. Pride Solvents & Chemical distributes
chemicals such as alcohols, amines, chlorinated solvents, esters,
surfactants, glycol ethers, and ketones. Industries and applications
include metal cleaning, pharmaceuticals, paints and coatings,
personal care products, flavors and fragrances, and compounding
products. The company also provides custom blending and Address: 6 Long Island Ave. • CEO: A.W. Dhom Sr.
packaging services. Pride Solvents & Chemical's product suppliers Holtsville, NY 11742 • VP, Finance: Gary Klundt
Pride Solvents include Celanese, Dow Chemical, and Rhodia. Formed in 1970, the Phone: 631-758-0200 • VP, Sales: James
& Chemical family-owned company maintains five distribution locations and has Fax: 631-758-0290 Stipicevic
Co. a fleet of nearly 40 vehicles.
PVS Chemicals makes undrinkable sodas, sulfur-based chemicals,
and acids that not even Timothy Leary would find palatable. The
company's product list includes sulfuric and hydrochloric acids, liquid
caustic soda, ferric chloride, and ammonium thiosulfate. These
intimidating-sounding chemicals are used in applications such as
water treatment (wastewater, process, and municipal), electronics
manufacture (including semiconductor etching), metal finishing and Address: 10900 Harper Ave. • President and CEO:
plating, and food and pharmaceutical production. PVS Chemicals' Detroit, MI 48213 Fiscal Year End: December James B. (Jim) Nicholson
PVS subsidiaries include PVS Technologies (water treatment), Dynecol Phone: 313-921-1200 Revenue (2005): 22.10 M • VP and CFO: Donald R.
Technologies, (transportation, analysis, treatment, and recycling of chemicals), and Fax: 313-921-1378 Employees (2005): 60 Sosnoski
Inc. PVS Nolwood (chemical distribution).
Quadra Chemicals markets and distributes commodity and specialty
chemicals and provides related services to customers throughout
Canada. Quadra serves a broad customer base from a large range
of industries, including animal feed, cosmetics, food processing, Address: 370 Blvd. Joseph-
pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, petroleum, and textiles. The Carrier
Canadian company, which acquired US-based Great Western Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec J7V
Chemical in 2001, sold its US operations in 2005 to chemicals 5V5, Canada • Chairman and President:
distributor Brenntag. Quadra also operates a fleet of trucks and Phone: 450-424-0161 Anthony (Tony) Infilise
Quadra trailers, as well as tankers and railcars. Owners include company Fax: 450-424-9458 • CFO: Pierre Thivierge
Chemicals Ltd. chairman and president Tony Infilise.
three major business segments: machinery, chemicals, and
electronic materials. Its machinery segment makes pipe-jacking
machines used for tunneling in the installation of sewer, gas, and Fiscal Year End: March
water lines and electricity and communication networks; it also Revenue (2004): 234.00 M
makes screens and pumps for dealing with the slurry that its pipe- Address: 1-1-1 Kyobashi, Chuo- Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
jacking machines produce. The chemical products include ku, Yaesu Dai Bldg. 6.40% Masato Ryuman
phosphorous, ferric oxide, and phosphoric acid. The electronics Tokyo 104-0031, Japan Employees (2004): 748 • President: Atsuhiro Ohi
division recycles silicon wafers for re-use, produces dummy and test Phone: +81-3-3278-3801 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Director: Katsuhiko
Rasa wafers, and makes high-purity materials such as gallium and Fax: +81-3-3281-6699 (-8.20%) Yamada
Industries, Ltd. phosphorus for electronics.
 Through its subsidiaries, RÜTGERS makes chemicals that include Board: Heinz Rzehak
aromatics, cosmetics, organic intermediates, petroleum products, • Head of Corporate
and pharmaceuticals. A subsidiary of RAG, RÜTGERS also has Communications and
interests in the construction, electronics, and plastics industries. The Public Relations: Klaus
company's subsidiaries are: RÜTGERS Chemicals, Bakelite, and HT Address: Rellinghauser Strasse Langhoff
Troplast. RÜTGERS is in the process of exiting the plastics 3 • Corporate
business. It has sold engineering plastics maker Isola to investment 45128 Essen, Germany Communications,
firm Texas Pacific Group and thermosetting resins producer Bakelite Phone: +49-201-1-77-02 RÜTGERS Chemicals AG:
to the former Borden Chemical (now called Hexion Specialty Fax: +49-201-1-77-21-08 Detlef Markmann
RÜTGERS AG Chemicals).
Baby, it's cold outside -- or inside. Refron distributes refrigerants
such as CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs throughout the US. The company
operates roughly 100 stockpoints and sales offices nationwide and
provides delivery services. It also offers retrofit blending, recycling Address: 38-18 33rd St. Key People
and reclamation, purity testing, technical support, and information Long Island City, NY 11101-2211 • President: Jay
sharing services. Refron's customers include HVAC contractors, Kestenbaum
facility owners, government agencies, and manufacturing and Phone: 718-392-8002 • VP, Sales: Gerald
transportation companies. The company was created in 1950 under Fax: 718-392-8006 Kestenbaum
Refron Inc. the name Refrigeration Sales Co.
India and Reliance Industries rely on each other. The company is Fiscal Year End: March
India's largest petrochemical firm and second largest company Revenue (2005): 15210.90
(behind Indian Oil and just ahead of Hindustan Petroleum). It Address: Reliance Center, 19, M
contributes about 3% of India's GDP and is the country's largest Walchand Hirachand Marg., Revenue Growth (1 yr):
exporter. Polyesters and polymers account for most of Reliance's Ballard Estate 29.00%
sales. In 2006 the company demerged into four separate entities: Mumbai 400038, India Employees (2005): 12,113
Reliance Reliance Capital Ventures, Reliance Communication Ventures, Phone: +91-22-3032-7000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and Managing
Industries Reliance Energy Ventures, and Reliance Natural Resources. Fax: +91-22-2287-0072 6.60% Director: Mukesh D.
Limited Reliance intends to take these companies public. Ambani
Ribelin Sales distributes additives, containers, extenders, fillers,
inks, and pigments to markets that include the adhesives and Address: 3857 Miller Park Dr. • Chairman: Chuck Ribelin
sealants, construction and building materials, paints, cosmetics, Garland, TX 75042 • President: Michael A.
plastics, printing, and textiles industries. The company, which Phone: 972-272-1594 Ribelin
Ribelin Sales, primarily serves the southeast, has distribution centers in Texas, Fax: 972-404-9683 • Controller: Rod Jenkins
Inc. Florida, Georgia, and Arizona.
It's all in the family at Rit-Chem. The family-run business is a go-
between company that imports, exports, markets, and contracts for
custom, high-quality, and hard-to-find chemicals. Its imports are • President and CFO:
primarily chemicals that are no longer made in the US, chemical Address: 109 Wheeler Ave. Henry L. Ritell
preparations custom-produced for Rit-Chem, or chemicals of a Pleasantville, NY 10570-3011 • VP, Market Development:
higher quality than are typically made domestically. The company Phone: 914-769-9110 Gary Rittel
Rit-Chem Co., was founded by president Henry Rittel, who remains at the helm of Fax: 914-769-1408 • VP, Sales: Wayne Rittel
Inc. business.
Rohm and Haas is the one to blame if you can't get that paint out of
your hair. The company's operations are divided among six
segments, the largest of which is the coatings group, which makes Fiscal Year End: December
additives and binders used by paint makers. The performance Revenue (2005): 7994.00 M • Chairman and CEO: Rajiv
chemicals unit makes plastics additives and antimicrobials, while the Revenue Growth (1 yr): L. (Raj) Gupta
electronic materials division manufactures photoresists and Address: 100 Independence 9.50% • VP and CFO: Jacques M.
materials for making printed wiring boards. Acrylates make up most Mall West Employees (2004): 16,691 Croisetiere
of its Monomers division, and Rohm and Haas' salt group markets Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, CIO, and Director,
salt for road ice control, table salt (Morton Salt), and water softening. Phone: 215-592-3000 (-3.20%) Human Resources: Anne
Rohm and The smallest unit manufactures adhesives and sealants. The Haas Fax: 215-592-3377 M. Wilms
Haas Company family controls 28% of the company. Yes
 And two shall become one. Shipley and Rodel have gotten married
and become Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, a subsidiary of
specialty chemicals giant Rohm and Haas. Its three product lines
are: Semiconductor Technologies (products for chemical mechanical • President and CEO:
polishing, which creates flawless chip surfaces, the unit's largest Pierre R. Brondeau
division), Circuit Board Technologies (chemicals and materials for Address: 455 Forest St. Fiscal Year End: December • VP and CFO: Robert
Rohm and printed circuit boards used in cell phones and computers), and Marlborough, MA 01752 Revenue (2004): 1250.00 M Harrer
Haas Packaging and Finishing Technologies (coatings for integrated Phone: 508-481-7950 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • VP and CTO: Gary S.
Electronic circuit packaging and connectors). The company accounts for almost Fax: 508-485-9113 15.80% Calabrese
Materials 20% of Rohm and Haas' revenue. Yes
Rowell Chemical keeps rolling, rolling, rolling... chemical ingredients
to its customers. Along with its subsidiary, Milport Enterprises, the
company distributes inorganic compounds, including acids, alkalis, • Chairman and CEO: Nat
bleaching agents, chelating agents and polymers, phosphates, Address: 15 Salt Creek Ln., Ste. J. Rowell
potassium salts, sodium salts, surfactants, and metal and water 205 • President: Terrence J.
treatment chemicals, primarily in the midwestern US. Rowell Hinsdale, IL 60521 Fiscal Year End: December Matray
Rowell Chemical also offers custom compounding, repackaging, and some Phone: 630-920-8833 Revenue (2005): 12.60 M • VP, Operations: Matt
Chemical chemical manufacturing services, and it operates a fleet of Fax: 630-920-8994 Employees (2005): 60 Koupal
Corporation distribution trucks, trailers, and tanks.
Royster-Clark has been spreading it on thick for more than 125
years. The company makes and distributes fertilizer and crop-
protection products. It also processes seed for other companies and Fiscal Year End: December
sells seed under its own label. Operations include some 30 fertilizer Revenue (2004): 1071.00 M
granulation and blending and seed-processing plants; 250 retail farm Address: 1251 Avenue of the Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and CEO:
supply centers; and 75 distribution terminals and warehouses. The Americas, Ste. 900 11.60% Francis P. Jenkins Jr.
company operates primarily in the midwestern and southeastern US. New York, NY 10020 Employees (2004): 2,820 • President and COO: G.
A majority of Royster-Clark's sales come from the distribution of Phone: 212-332-2965 Employee Growth (1 yr): Kenneth (Ken) Moshenek
Royster-Clark, fertilizers bought from third parties. Royster-Clark was acquired by Fax: 212-332-2999 (-9.60%) • CFO: Paul M. Murphy
Inc. Agrium for $515 million in 2006.
SABIC isn't meant to be an anagram for basic; that's just a happy
accident. SABIC Europe manufactures, markets, and distributes
basic and intermediate petrochemicals, including hydrocarbons,
polyethylene, polypropylene, and other polyolefins, to customers Address: Poststraat 1
throughout Europe. SABIC Europe is the European arm of 6135 KR Sittard, The
petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC). It produces Netherlands
nearly three million tons of polyethylene and polypropylene per year, Phone: +31-46-4767-000 • CEO: Frans H. Noteborn
and the company, formerly named SABIC EuroPetrochemicals, also Fax: +31-46-4760-530 • COO: Boy Litjens
SABIC Europe markets its parent's products throughout the continent
Got it, got it, need it, need it, got it, and got it. It is Samsung, but it's
not the guys who make all that stuff you see at the electronics store.
Rather, Samsung America Inc. (SAI) is the US arm of the Korean
commodities trading, marketing and distribution, and investment Address: 105 Challenger Rd.,
company Samsung Corporation (a part of the Samsung chaebol, or Ste. 1
industrial group). As a commodities trader, SAI deals in chemicals, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 • President and CEO: Jae
steel, metals, textiles, and natural resources. The company's Phone: 201-229-5000 Hyung Lee
Samsung marketing and distribution efforts include consumer products ranging Fax: 201-229-5080 • Treasurer: Kenny Cho
America, Inc. from health care products to FUBU clothing and Astra golf wear.
 Samsung Total Petrochemicals sticks to the basics. The company
manufactures building block chemicals that go into the making of a
host of other chemicals needed to make the stuff we can use. It
starts with a naphtha cracker, yielding propylene and ethylene, which
are the raw materials in the production of polymers. Samsung Total Address: 411-1, Dokgod Ri,
divides its operations in three: polymer production (polyethylene, Daesan Up
polypropylene, high- and low-density polyethylene), base chemicals Seosan, Chungchong-nam 356-
(selling the ethylene and propylene the company does not use itself, 711, South Korea
Samsung Total as well as aromatics used to make the materials that go into Phone: +82-2-772-6642
Petrochemical synthetic fibers and such), and petrochemicals like solvents and Fax: +82-2-772-6618 • President and CEO: Ko
s Co., Ltd. liquefied petroleum gases (propane, butane, etc.). Hong-Sik
essential. The company distributes essential oils and fine and
specialty chemicals for the flavors and fragrance industry; typical
products include aromatic chemicals, terpenes, menthol crystals,
psyllium seed husk, water-soluble gums, and vanilla beans. In
addition to its New York State headquarters, Sarcom has offices in
Florida and in China, and it has distribution deals with companies in Address: 393 Church St.
France, China, and the US. It has a joint venture that produces Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 • President and CEO:
essential oils in China, and its subsidiary AEP Colloids imports and Phone: 518-580-9740 Stephen (Steve) Strouse
distributes food ingredients. The company was founded in 1982 by Fax: 518-580-8577 • Comptroller: Roy Arnold
Sarcom Inc. Bob Palagonia.
SABIC's is an acronym for the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,
but it could stand for "seriously big industrial chemicals company."
Saudi Arabia's largest non-oil company, SABIC produces chemicals
through six business units: basic chemicals, intermediates,
polyolefins, PVC and polyester, fertilizers, and metals. The company Address: P.O. Box 5101
is one of the world's largest makers of polyethylene and Riyadh 11422, Saudi Arabia
polypropylene. The Saudi government owns 70% of SABIC but has Phone: +966-1-225-8000 • President and CEO:
Saudi Basic plans to privatize the company. The remaining 30% of the company Fax: +966-1-225-9000 Stephen (Steve) Strouse
Industries is owned by private investors in Saudi Arabia and the other counties • Comptroller: Roy Arnold
Corporation of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
SScience Company, formerly Shimura Kako, imports nickel ingots
from Canada-based Inco Limited. and processes the metal into
nickel salts such as nickel chloride and nickel sulfate (90% of sales).
Nickel salts are used in electroplating, ceramics, and pigments, and Fiscal Year End: March
as catalysts. SScience has ended its nickel smelting operations to Revenue (2004): 23.00 M
concentrate on nickel ingot processing. The company has expanded Address: 3-1-1 Marunouchi, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
into new materials, including magnets and metallic particles. It has Chiyoda-ku 18.40% • President and CEO:
developed a method for creating tiny "nanoparticles" for use in Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Employees (2004): 46 Moritoshi Shinada
catalysts; the method could be used in the creation of Phone: +81-3-3216-6431 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director: Yozo
S·Science "nanomachines." SScience's other businesses include real estate, Fax: +81-3-3214-3630 17.90% Ohta
Company, Ltd. construction materials, and environmental equipment.
From manure to your sewer, Süd-Chemie's products help make a
nasty world a nicer place. The company's adsorbents and additives
division (more than half of its sales) makes chemicals for municipal • Chairman, Supervisory
and industrial wastewater treatment, bleaching agents for the Fiscal Year End: December Board: Jürgen F. Kammer
purification of edible oils and fats, and additives for the treatment of Revenue (2004): 1176.00 M • Chairman, Managing
solid and liquid manure. The division's other products include Revenue Growth (1 yr): Board: Günter von Au
thickening agents for paints, glues, and cosmetics, as well as Address: Lenbachplatz 6 22.80% • COO and Head of the
desiccants for controlling moisture in pharmaceuticals. Süd- D-80333 Munich, Germany Employees (2004): 51,080 Absorbents and Catalysts
Süd-Chemie Chemie's catalysts are used in the manufacture of synthetic gases, Phone: +49-89-5110-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Division: Hans Jürgen
Aktiengesellsc biocides, and air-pollution control systems. One Equity Partners Fax: +49-89-5110-375 925.30% Wernicke
haft (OEP) owns about 40% of the company.
 Süd-Chemie Inc. (SCI) is a catalyst for many things. The company's
catalysts are used in gases (by ammonia plants making fertilizers
and methanol plants for fuel additives), hydrogenation (for the • President and CEO:
cosmetics and consumer products industries), and in the refining Thomas A. Marx
and petrochemical processes. It also produces dessicants, humidity Address: P.O. Box 32370 • Lands and Contract
indicators, industrial minerals, skin protectants, and ingredients to Louisville, KY 40210 Fiscal Year End: December Manager and Media
help the flow of things (rheological additives). The company also Phone: 502-634-7200 Revenue (2005): 201.20 M Relations Contact: Richard
Süd-Chemie offers emissions control products and services. SCI is the US Fax: 502-634-7739 Employees (2005): 800 Power
Inc. division of German chemical big wig Süd-Chemie.
Schenectady International came to life by bringing good varnishes to
life for General Electric. Founded by Howard Wright in 1906, the
company was established to develop insulating varnishes for GE's
early electrical devices. Schenectady International has sold its
electrical insulating business to ALTANA, but it still makes friction • Chairman and CEO:
material resins for use in making brake linings and clutch facings. Wallace A. Graham
The company's other products include alkylphenols, phenolic resins, Address: 2750 Balltown Rd. • President and COO:
and electronic chemicals used in the production of semiconductors, Schenectady, NY 12304 Charles G. Griswold
Schenectady imaging products, packaging, rubber compounds, agrochemicals, Phone: 518-347-4200 • SVP, Financial and CFO:
International, dyes, fuel additives, and flavoring agents. Descendants of Wright Fax: 518-346-3111 John C. Obst
Inc. still own the company.
Like peas and carrots, so go gigantic oil companies and less gigantic • EVP, Chemicals;
but still formidable petrochemical companies. Thus, you get Royal President and CEO, Shell
Dutch/Shell Group and Shell Chemicals. The division manufactures Chemical LP: Fran Keeth
all manner of petrochemicals and is a leader or among the leaders in Address: Shell Centre, 2 York • VP, Asia/Pacific/Middle
producing olefins, aromatics, solvents, phenols, and glycols for Rd. Fiscal Year End: December East Ventures and
customers that make products such as plastics, coatings, and London SE1 7NA, United Revenue (2004): 29497.00 Development: Tan Ek Kia
detergents. Shell and BASF had been partners in a polyolefins- Kingdom M • VP, Strategy,
Shell making joint venture called Basell but sold the JV in 2005 to private Phone: +44-20-7934-1234 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Acquisitions, and
Chemicals investment firm Access Industries. Infineum is another joint venture Fax: +44-20-7934-7703 41.70% Divestments: Sven Royall
Limited (with ExxonMobil Chemical) that makes lubricant additives.
Shintech produces PVC (the chemical also known as polyvinyl Address: #3 Greenway Plaza, • President and CEO,
chloride). Based in Houston, Shintech also has plants in Freeport, Ste. 1150 Director: Chihiro Kanagawa
Texas and in Louisiana. Shintech serves customers primarily in Houston, TX 77046 Fiscal Year End: March
North American, but also exports its products worldwide. Established Phone: 713-965-0713 Revenue (2005): 53.30 M • Senior Managing Director:
in 1973, Shintech is a US subsidiary of Japanese diversified Fax: 713-965-0629 Employees (2005): 260 Yasuhiko Saitoh
Shintech, Inc. chemicals giant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
Showa Denko is one of Japan's leading producers of chemicals and
industrial materials. The company's sectors include petrochemicals Fiscal Year End: December
(olefins, organic chemicals, plastic products), aluminum (aluminum Revenue (2004): 7184.10 M • Chairman: Mitsuo Ohashi
cans, sheets, ingots, foils), electronics (semiconductors, ceramic Address: 13-9 Shiba-Daimon 1- Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
materials, hard disks), chemicals (industrial gases, ammonia, Chome, Minato-ku 11.60% Kyohei Takahashi
agrochemicals), and inorganic materials (ceramics, graphite Tokyo 105-8518, Japan Employees (2004): 11,166 • Managing Director;
electrodes). Showa Denko, which is part of Japan's Fuyo Group, has Phone: +81-3-5470-3235 Employee Growth (1 yr): Business Support Center:
Showa Denko more than 180 subsidiaries and affiliates. In 1939 Nihon Electrical Fax: +81-3-3436-2625 (-2.70%) Hiroshi Ito
K.K. Industries and Showa Fertilizers combined to form Showa Denko.
 Siel Ltd. helps make India a bit cleaner and fatter. The
conglomerate's businesses manufacture cleaning chemicals (caustic
soda, chlorine, bleaching powder), and edible vegetable oils. Its
consumer oils are sold under the Cornola, Panghat, Ruby, and Address: Kirti Mahal, 5, 19 • Chairman: Siddharth
Sunbeam brands . As part of a plan to restructure the company's Rajendra Pl. Shriram
debts, spun off its sugar operations into a new company, Mawana New Delhi 110 008, India • Wholetime Director,
Sugars Ltd. Other associated, joint venture, or subsidiary companies Phone: +91-11-25739103 Fiscal Year End: March Secretary, and Compliance
include Honda Siel Power Products (portable generators, pumps), Fax: +91-11-25743659 Revenue (2005): 50.20 M Officer: K. P. Singh
Siel Ltd. Usha International (electronic products).
Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical manufactures chemicals from
petroleum chemical fibres, polyester plastic, chemical raw materials
and products, crude oil, petroleum refined products, hydrocarbon
compound derivatives, fuel and equipment. Major products include
ethylene, butadiene, polyethylene, polypropylene, refined PTA, Address: 777 Xinhua Rd.,
ethylene glycol, aromatic hydrocarbons, acetic acid, gasoline, diesel, Yanjian Development Zone,
kerosene, and liquefied gas. The company operates close to 35 Luhe District Revenue (2004): 3835.10 M
Sinopec manufactuing plants. China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec), which Nanjing 210048, China Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Yangzi is controlled by the Chinese government, owns a controlling interest Phone: +86-25-5778-2200 44.40%
Petrochemical in Yangzi Petrochemical. Sinopec has announced plans to buy back Fax: +86-25-5778-4389 Employees (2004): 8,731
Co., Ltd. the company and privatize it. • Chairman: Dai Houliang
SNF Floerger is among the world's leading manufacturers of
synthetic flocculants, laying claim to more than 25% of the world's Fiscal Year End: December
market. (Synthetic flocculents are used in water treatment.) SNF Revenue (2004): 777.50 M
Floerger also makes other products, including acrylamides and Address: ZAC de Milieux Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and President:
acrylates. The company has more than 30 subsidiaries and 42163 Andrézieux Cedex, 9.20% René Pich
operations in more than 140 countries around the world, including France Employees (2004): 1,700 • CFO: Philippe Chaut
SNF Inc. in the US and SNF (India), which is building a new facility Phone: +33-4-77-36-86-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Technical Director: René
SNF Floerger with backing from the Indian government. SNF Floerger generates Fax: +33-4-77-36-86-96 0.00% Hund
SAS nearly all of its sales outside of France.
manufactures synthetic flocculant, coagulant, and dispersant
polymers used for municipal and industrial water and wastewater
treatment. Other industries served by SNF include paper processing, • President: Peter Nichols
textile printing, oil production, agriculture, and personal-care • VP, Finance: James
products manufacturing. The American arm of French polymer Address: 1 Chemical Plant Rd. Carlson
maker SNF Floerger, the company has nine polymer production Riceboro, GA 31323 • Business Development
facilities around the US. Business units include Chemtall, Floquip Phone: 912-884-3366 and Marketing Manager:
(polymer preparation equipment), Pearl River Polymers, Polychemie, Fax: 912-884-5031 Scott Ramey
SNF Inc. and Polydyne.
Mamma mia, it's Snia! The company, a leading Italian manufacturer
of chemical and fiber products, has spun off its medical products
businesses to concentrate on chemicals and textiles. Snia's
chemical division, operating through subsidiary Caffaro, produces
base, specialty, and fine chemicals. Snia's textile yarn business,
Nylstar (run as a joint venture with Rhodia), produces cellulose Address: Via Friuli, 55 • Chairman: Umberto Rosa
acetate filament, nylon, and rayon. Italian financial company Bios 20131 Cesano Maderno, Milano, • Operating Vice Chairman:
S.p.A. owned just over 50% of Snia until 2005 when it spun off its Italy Andrea Matiussi
holding to Bios shareholders, including Hopa S.p.A. (controlled by Phone: +39-02-63321 • CEO and Board Member:
financier Emilio Gnutti), banking group Antonveneta, and Banca Fax: +39-02-6332-358 Carlo Vanoli
Snia S.p.A. Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
 Société d'Oxygène et d'Acetylène d'Extrême-Orient (SOAEO)
provides a basic element of manufacturing (not to mention life):
oxygen. A publicly traded subsidiary of French gas manufacturer Air
Liquide, SOAEO packages and distributes oxygen, acetylene, and
other gases and equipment used for welding; the company's • Chairman: Jean-Claude
Société products also have medical applications. Customers include the Address: 75, Quai d'Orsay Fiscal Year End: December Buono
d'Oxygène et chemical, steel, electronics manufacturing, and health care 75321 Paris Cedex, France Revenue (2004): 259.50 M • CEO: Lee Chun Wah
d'Acetylène industries. Although SOAEO is based in France, all of the company's Phone: +33-1-40-62-55-55 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Head of Communications:
d'Extrême- manufacturing operations are in Asia. Air Liquide owns 87% of Fax: +33-1-40-62-54-65 172.30% Dominique Maire
Orient SOAEO.
• Chairman and Managing
Look to SOL for more than sunlight. SOL S.p.A., the major operating Fiscal Year End: December Director: Aldo Fumagalli
entity of the SOL Group, produces and distributes industrial gases -- Revenue (2004): 437.60 M Romario
oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, gas mixtures, and more -- Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Vice Chairman and
used in the technical and medical arenas. Sister companies include Address: Piazza Diaz, 1 16.80% Managing Director: Marco
Vivisol (oxygen and related respiratory treatment equipment) and Sol 20052 Monza, Milano, Italy Employees (2004): 1,447 Annoni
Welding (equipment and materials for the welding market sold under Phone: +39-039-239-61 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Officer: Marco
the Esseti and Overweld brands, among others). Headquartered in Fax: +39-039-239-6371 6.20% Filippi
SOL S.p.A. Italy, SOL has operations located in 15 countries in Europe.
Despite the address in Belgium, Solvay doesn't waffle at all when it
comes to the chemical sector. The industrial giant's chemicals
division, Solvay Chemicals, accounts for about a third of its Fiscal Year End: December
business. The unit's products include soda ash, calcium carbonate, Revenue (2004): 3318.60 M
and both organic and inorganic fluorides. Solvay Chemicals is Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
comprised primarily of three formerly separate subsidiaries: Solvays Address: 3333 Richmond Ave. 5.40% Richard L. Hogan
Interox, Minerals, and Fluorides. The company is among the world Houston, TX 77098-3099 Employees (2004): 8,594 • VP, Finance and
Solvay leaders in a number of product lines, including fluorochemicals, Phone: 713-525-6500 Employee Growth (1 yr): Customer Order Services:
Chemicals, hydrogen peroxide, detergents, and electrochemical specialties. Its Fax: 713-525-7806 (-10.50%) Stephen Kovar
Inc. more than 40 plants are spread throughout the world.
Like Jean-Claude Van Damme rendered as a scientific equation,
specialty chemicals company Solvay is the muscles from Brussels.
With subsidiaries and affiliated companies in about 50 countries, the
Belgium-based Solvay operates in three sectors: chemicals, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, Executive
pharmaceuticals, and plastics. Its chemicals sector makes hydrogen Revenue (2004): 10744.20 Committee, and Director:
peroxide and soda ash (used to make glass). Solvay's M Aloïs Michielsen
pharmaceuticals include cardiological drugs, gastrointestinal Address: Rue du Prince Albert, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • General Manager,
enzymes, and antidepressants. And the company's plastics 33 13.30% Chemicals: Christian
compounds include vinyl and polyethylene products; it also B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Employees (2004): 29,300 Jourquin
processes plastics into pipe, waterproofing foils, and fuel and air Phone: +32-2-509-6111 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Baron Daniel
intake systems for automobiles. Belgian holding company Solvac Fax: +32-2-509-6617 (-2.30%) Janssen
Solvay SA owns 26% of Solvay. Yes
Just as its name suggests, Solvents and Chemicals distributes
chemicals and solvents such as acids, alcohols, amines, chlorinated
solvents, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, plasticizers, and sulfates.
The company's customers include members of the paints and
coatings, petroleum refining, and plastic industries. It delivers Address: 4704 Shank Rd.
products throughout four states in the southwestern US and exports Pearland, TX 77581 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Gabriel Baizan
Solvents and commodities to Latin America and the Middle East. Suppliers include Phone: 281-485-5377 Revenue (2005): 8.80 M • Controller: Carl Caldwell
Chemicals, Equistar Chemicals, Lyondell Chemical, and Shell Chemical. Fax: 281-485-6129 Employees (2005): 43 • EVP: Jean-Pierre Baizan
Inc. Founder Gabriel Baizan formed the company in the late 1960s.
 Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) has a knack for developing industrial
minerals and chemicals for the paper, coatings, building materials,
ceramic, glass, polymer, and food industries. Its primary product is • Chairman, President, and
precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), which brightens and whitens Address: The Chrysler Building, CEO: Paul R. Saueracker
paper, teeth, and paint. In addition to the paper industry, 405 Lexington Ave. • EVP: Anton Dulski
pharmaceutical companies also are big users of PCC (as a buffering New York, NY 10174 • Group SVP, Finance;
agent in tablets). Other mineral products include quicklime, Phone: 212-878-1800 Fiscal Year End: December CFO; and Treasurer: John
Specialty limestone, and talc. SMI is a subsidiary of Minerals Technologies, Fax: 212-878-1801 Revenue (2004): 623.40 M A. Sorel
Minerals, Inc. accounting for about two-thirds of its parent's sales.
SRF Limited is a diversified manufacturer with three core
businesses: chemicals, industrial fabrics, and industrial synthetics. Fiscal Year End: March
The company's chemicals are used for refrigeration and air Revenue (2005): 261.80 M
conditioning. Its fabrics are fashioned into conveyor belts used in Address: Express Bldg., 1st Fl. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and Managing
such industries as mining and utilities. SRF Limited's synthetic 9-10, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg 40.70% Director: Arun Bharat Ram
packaging films are used to contain consumer goods like soap, New Delhi 110002, India Employees (2004): 1,728 • VP, IT & HR: Kartikeya
shampoo, and tea. Founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of nylon tire Phone: +91-11-237-384-94 Employee Growth (1 yr): Bharat Ram
cord fabric, today the company is one of the world's largest Fax: +91-11-233-240-52 (-16.80%) • CFO: S.G.Y. Narayanan
SRF Limited producers of tire cord and a leading maker of belting fabrics.
A not so sterling record is being burnished by petrochemical
manufacturer Sterling Chemicals. Sterling is focused on producing
core products, including styrene (ultimately used to produce
disposable cups, packaging, and plastic products), and acetic acid Fiscal Year End: December
(an ingredient in adhesives, coatings, and fibers). Its products are Revenue (2004): 851.70 M • CEO, President, and
primarily sold to other chemical producers, as well as consumer and Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Richard K. Crump
industrial product manufacturers. The company (formerly Sterling Address: 333 Clay St., Ste. 3600 44.20% • SVP, Finance, and CFO:
Chemicals Holdings) came out of bankruptcy in late 2002 and went Houston, TX 77002-4109 Employees (2004): 336 Paul G. Vanderhoven
Sterling public again in mid-2003. Resurgence Asset Management owns Phone: 713-650-3700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Commercial: Paul
Chemicals, about 80% of the company. Sterling left the acrylonitrile business in Fax: 713-654-9551 (-21.90%) C. Rostek
Inc. 2005 due to a history of losses in the division. Yes
• President: Hiromasa
Japan's #3 chemical producer behind Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Fiscal Year End: March Yonekura
Kasei, Sumitomo Chemical makes chemicals for almost everything Revenue (2004): 10965.40 • EVP, Technology and
made and grown under the sun. About one-third of the company's M Research and
sales come from petrochemicals such as polypropylene, ethylene, Address: 27-1, Shinkawa 2- Revenue Growth (1 yr): Development: Satoshi
and elastomers. Sumitomo's other major units make chome, Chuo-ku 18.30% Kawachi
Sumitomo pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, Tokyo 104-8260, Japan Employees (2004): 19,036 • Managing Director,
Chemical and fertilizers), and basic chemicals such as caustic soda and Phone: +81-3-5543-5102 Employee Growth (1 yr): Finance and Accounting
Company, methanol. The company also makes chemicals for electronics and Fax: +81-3-5543-5901 6.30% Office, Investor a: Yuji Ito
Limited fine chemicals. The company is part of Japan's Sumitomo Group.
If you can't stand the heat, use one of the chemicals that Summit
Environmental distributes. The company is the sole marketer and
distributor of FlameOut, an EPA-approved (and thus environmentally • Chairman and CEO: B.
friendly) replacement for Halon for both commercial and residential Fiscal Year End: December Keith Parker
fire fighting. FlameOut is also approved for use by the US Forestry Revenue (2004): 0.20 M • CFO and Director: Chris
Service; it is manufactured by BioGenesis. Additionally, Summit Revenue Growth (1 yr): Dellinges
distributes a similar product, FirePower, as well as kind-to-the-Earth Address: 210 S. Green 31.50% • VP Shareholder and
Summit cleaning products (Ultimate Clean) and a line of cosmetics Longview, TX 75601 Employees (2004): 5 Public Relations, Secretary,
Environmental (Pannache). The company markets its products through strategic Phone: 800-522-7841 Employee Growth (1 yr): and Director: Paula B.
Corporation, alliances and distribution agreements in the Asia/Pacific region, Fax: 903-758-1903 0.00% Parker
Inc. Europe, North America, and South America. Yes
 Sunoco Chemicals has bulked up on polypropylene and phenol. In
addition, the company produces benzene (and its derivatives) for
manufacturers of fibers and detergents; toluene and xylenes for
makers of fibers, film, and urethane products; and ethylene for Address: 10 Penn Center, 1801 • President: Bruce G.
specialty chemical companies. Sunoco Chemicals produces Market St. Fiscal Year End: December Fischer
chemicals at eight facilities in the US. Most of the company's sales Philadelphia, PA 19103-1699 Revenue (2004): 2197.00 M • Director, Information and
are in the US. The chemical producer, a unit of oil refiner and Phone: 215-977-3321 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Technology: Michael B.
Sunoco marketer Sunoco, Inc., doubled in size with its 2001 purchase of Fax: 215-977-3470 35.00% Yuhas
Chemicals Aristech Chemical, formerly a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp.
Despite the oily name, Superior Oil actually distributes industrial
products and provides chemical and waste services. Superior's
solvents and chemicals division -- which has nine stocking facilities
and a fleet of some 160 trucks, trailers, and tankers -- supplies
manufacturers of paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, fabricated
metal products, and adhesives. The fiberglass and resins unit sells
to clients that make products ranging from parts for recreational Address: 400 W. Regent St. • President: Ray Roembke
vehicles to bathtubs and showers. Superior Oil also provides Indianapolis, IN 46225 • CFO and Director, Human
blending, solvent reclamation, and hazardous waste removal Phone: 317-781-4400 Resources: Robert
Superior Oil services. Suppliers include BASF, Celanese, and Chevron Phillips. Fax: 317-781-4401 Andersen
Company, Inc. The company is owned by members of its management team.
Anyone who's grilled with charcoal would question its ability to make
water cleaner, but Sutcliffe Speakman swears by it. The company
makes activated carbon (which has charcoal as a precursor) as a
filter for water treatment, gas and air purification, and solvent
recovery; its large internal surface area allows activated carbon to Address: Edgar House, Lockett
act as an adsorbent. In addition to supplying activated carbons, Road
Sutcliffe Speakman supplies emission contol systems worldwide for Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire • Managing Director: Allan
industries that include the chemical, pharmaceutical, printing, and WN4 8DE, United Kingdom Singleton
Sutcliffe food and beverage sectors. Global activated carbon maker Calgon Phone: +44-1942-275-400 • Sales and Marketing
Speakman Carbon, which operates in Europe through Chemviron Carbon, Fax: +44-1942-275-600 Director: Ralph Lowery
Limited bought Sutcliffe Speakman in 2004.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation is a diversified company that
makes industrial gases, gas-handling equipment (including high-
purity systems for semiconductor production), packaged foods, and Address: 16-7, Nishi-Shinbashi
house wares. The company markets its products to the food and 1-chome, Minato-ku Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman: Konosuke Ose
beverage, shipbuilding, aerospace, chemical, and steel industries. Tokyo 105-8442, Japan Revenue (2004): 2179.80 M
Taiyo Nippon Nippon Sanso maintains the Thermos brand of vacuum bottles in Phone: +81-3-3581-8200 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
Sanso Japan. Effective October 1, 2004 the company merged with Taiyo Fax: +81-3-3581-8755 9.60% Hiroshi Taguchi
Corporation Toyo with the surviving company taking the combined new name
Tanner plies the trade of chemical shipping and warehousing. The
company distributes anhydrous ammonia and ammonium hydroxide
by tank truck, railcar, drum, and cylinder to US customers from
approximately 20 facilities east of the Mississippi. It also provides • CEO: Raymond C.
custom blending, contract packaging, and safety training services. Tanner
Tanner's products are sold to companies in the refrigeration, metal Address: 735 Davisville Rd. • President and COO:
treatment, agriculture, chemical production, personal care product, Southampton, PA 18966 Fiscal Year End: December Stephen B. Tanner
pulp and paper, and water treatment industries. The company, which Phone: 215-322-1238 Revenue (2005): 52.10 M • Director, Sales: Tom
Tanner was founded in 1954 by Lawrence Tanner, is run by a third Fax: 215-322-7791 Employees (2005): 102 Hearn
Industries, Inc. generation of Tanner family members.
 TCR doesn't make chemicals, it sells them. The company markets
specialty chemicals to companies that use them to make adhesives,
coatings, inks, food, sealants, plastics, and building products. TCR, Address: 26 Centerpointe Dr.,
which maintains six warehouses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Ste. 120 • CEO: Anthony Rumfola
Oregon, and Utah, distributes the goods of some 25 manufacturers. La Palma, CA 90623 • President and COO: Sam
Typical products distributed include epoxies, resins, additives, latex, Phone: 714-521-5222 Revenue (2005): 5.40 M Rumfola
TCR carbon black, calcium carbonate, waxes, pigments, polymers, Fax: 714-521-1636 Employees (2005): 25 • VP, Finance: Don Smith
Industries, Inc. vegetable oils, and dispersants and surfactants.
Technology Flavors & Fragrances (TFF) would like you to come to
your senses by way of its products. Just as its name indicates, TFF • Chairman and CEO:
makes flavors and fragrances used in a wide variety of beverages, Fiscal Year End: December Philip (Phil) Rosner
cosmetics, foods, liquors, and pharmaceuticals. The company, Revenue (2004): 16.00 M • VP, CFO, Secretary, and
founded in 1989, works with its clients to develop unique tastes and Revenue Growth (1 yr): Treasurer: Joseph A.
aromas for both consumer and institutional products; it has some Address: 10 Edison St. E. 2.60% Gemmo
Technology 36,000 flavor and fragrance product formulations in its library. Amityville, NY 11701-2814 Employees (2004): 67 • VP, Business
Flavors & Formulations developed by TFF are used in more than 1,200 Phone: 631-842-7600 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development Worldwide:
Fragrances, products sold worldwide. TFF has been acquired by industry rival Fax: 631-842-8332 6.30% Phillip D. (Phil) Ross
Inc. FFG Industries, which is owned by investment firm Nautic Partners.
completion chemicals. The company is a distributor of drilling fluids
and specialty chemicals to oil and gas customers operating primarily Address: 1525 N. Post Oak Rd.
in the Gulf Coast region of the US. Tekcor Technology's products Houston, TX 77055 • CEO: Thomas (Thom)
Tekcor include completion, corrosion control, displacement, fluid loss Phone: 713-688-3278 Venus
Technology, control, polymer, and surfactant fluids. The company was founded in Fax: 713-688-3620 • President: Tim Harris
Ltd. 2000.
The road does get bumpy, doesn't it? The road to success for fuel-
additive maker Texas Petrochemicals (TPC) had been smoothed by
the US Clean Air Act of 1990, which requires an oxygenate be
added to gasoline in heavily populated areas. The company had
been getting about half its sales from the production of MTBE, the • Chairman: Mark C.
predominant oxygenate used in the US; however, it is reducing its Demetree
dependence on MTBE following several contamination incidents. Address: 3 Riverway, Ste. 1500 Fiscal Year End: June • President, CEO, and
TPC's product line now focuses on C4 hydrocarbons, including Houston, TX 77056-1935 Revenue (2004): 646.20 M Director: Charles W.
Texas butadiene (for synthetic rubber), butene-1 (used in the production of Phone: 713-627-7474 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (Charlie) Shaver
Petrochemical ethylene), high-purity isobutylene (an intermediate for lube oils and Fax: 713-626-3650 (-8.80%) • CFO: Ruth I. Dreessen
s LP specialty resins), and diisobutylene (a raw ingredient for surfactants). Yes
than 20 companies such as Akzo Nobel, Dover Chemical,
International Specialty Products, and PolyOne. Products include
resins, colloids, specialty amines, silicas, carbon black, flame Address: 1761 S. Naperville Rd. • CEO: Terry Hilson
retardants, cosmetic ingredients, biocides, polymers, catalysts, Wheaton, IL 60187 • President: Lori Hilson
lubricants, and epoxies. Customers include businesses in the Phone: 630-665-3085 • Manager, Accounting:
TH Hilson coatings, adhesives, lubricants, industrial, and personal care Fax: 630-665-0196 Diana Hennig
Company markets.
Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) is the leading integrated
petrochemical company in Thailand, producing naphtha, liquefied
petroleum gas, and lubricant oils. The bankrupt company is being Address: TPI Tower, 11th Fl., Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: Prachai
reorganized by the Thai government -- the country's largest such 26/56 Chan Tat Mai Rd. Revenue (2004): 3997.40 M Leophairatana
restructuring case -- and plans to emerge from bankruptcy in 2006. Bangkok 10120, Thailand Revenue Growth (1 yr): • SVP, Finance and
Thai PTT Plc, Thailand's largest oil and gas group, purchased a 31.5% Phone: +66-0-2678-5000 65.10% Accounting: Prasert
Petrochemical stake in the company in late 2005, although a legal battle to win Fax: +66- 0-2678-5001-5 Employees (2004): 7,464 Ittimakin
Industry PCL majority control of the company waged on into the following year.
 If you don't know what The Chemical Company (TCC) sells then
you're probably not that smart. (Hint: It starts with a C and rhymes
with schmemicals.) The company distributes a wide variety of • CEO: Robert N. (Nick)
specialty and commodity chemicals, from resins and polymers to Address: 19 Narragansett Roach Jr.
acids and flame retardants. Its chemicals are used in a range of Address: 19 Narragansett Ave. Ave. • CFO: Frances H.
products, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, food, and Jamestown, RI 02835 Jamestown, RI 02835 Gammell-Roach
paper. TCC operates nearly 20 warehouses and provides delivery Phone: 401-423-3100 Phone: 401-423-3100 • EVP, Sales: Forest
The Chemical services to customers throughout the US and Canada. The company Fax: 401-423-3102 Fax: 401-423-3102 Goodman
Company also offers custom manufacturing services.
production of plastics, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and herbicides and
pesticides. The largest chemical company in the US and #2 • Chairman, President, and
worldwide (ahead of ExxonMobil and behind BASF), Dow also is a Fiscal Year End: December CEO: Andrew N. Liveris
leader in performance plastics (engineering plastics, polyurethanes, Revenue (2005): 46307.00 • EVP, CFO, and Director:
and Dow Automotive). Other products include polyethylene resins for M Geoffery E. (Geoff) Merszei
packaging (including Styrofoam brand insulation), fibers, and films, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
as well as performance chemicals like acrylic acid. The company Address: 2030 Dow Center 15.30% • EVP, Performance
also manufactures commodity chemicals (chlor-alkalies and glycols) Midland, MI 48674 Employees (2004): 43,203 Plastics and Chemicals
The Dow and agricultural chemicals. Its smallest unit, Hydrocarbons and Phone: 989-636-1000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Portfolio: Romeo Kreinberg
Chemical Energy, makes petrochemicals. Dow makes more than 3,500 Fax: 989-636-3518 (-6.80%)
Company products. Yes
M.F. Cachat distributes a cachet of specialty chemical products. The
company supplies chemicals such as adhesives and sealants, food • President: Michael Cachat
additives, inorganics, pigments, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, and
thickening agents to members of the adhesives and sealants, paints Address: 14600 Detroit Ave. • VP, Finance: Bruce
and coatings, food, plastics, and rubber industries. The company's Lakewood, OH 44107 Fiscal Year End: December Jarosz
operations are focused in the midwestern and northeastern US. M.F. Phone: 216-228-8900 Revenue (2005): 70.00 M • President, Sales: John
The M.F. Cachat, founded in 1977, has expanded through acquisitions of Fax: 216-228-9916 Employees (2005): 53 Mastrantoni
Cachat Co. other distributors.
Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry doesn't run a charity, but it does
have a soup kitchen of sorts. The company makes specialty polymer
chemicals like Gohsenol, a polyvinyl alcohol that affects water
solubility, and Soarnol, a resin for use with food packaging and fuel Fiscal Year End: March
tanks. Most of the company's products -- produced by the acetyl and Address: Umeda Sky Building Revenue (2004): 680.30 M
fine chemical, functional resin, and advanced product (electronic Tower East, 1-1-88 Ohyodo- Revenue Growth (1 yr):
The Nippon components, film) divisions -- are synthetic raw materials used in Naka, Kita-ku 16.50%
Synthetic consumer products. Nippon Synthetic Chemical creates vinyl resins, Osaka 531-0076, Japan Employees (2004): 1,496
Chemical polymers, and liquefied acetylene that end up in agriculture, Phone: +81-6-6440-5300 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Industry Co., packaging, and electronic products. Mitsubishi Chemical owns more Fax: +81-6-6440-5330 (-0.90%) • President and Director:
Ltd. than a third of the company. Yoshiaki Hirai
The Plaza Group (TPG) is an international distributor of
petrochemical solvents and chemical intermediates. Established in
1994, TPG is the exclusive marketer of some products from • President: Randy E.
companies such as Shell Oil and Frontier Oil. The company markets Velarde
to FORTUNE 500 companies, major international enterprises, direct Address: 10375 Richmond Ave., • Financial Director: Robert
consumers, and chemical distributors. Its products are used in the Ste. 1620 (Bob) Imm
production of resins, coatings, and adhesives. TPG partners with Houston, TX 77042-4143 • Director, Business and
global suppliers in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. The Phone: 713-266-1059 Sales: Wilfred J. (Wilf)
The Plaza company is owned by president Randy Velarde and is one of the Fax: 713-266-8660 Kimball
Group largest minority-owned business in Houston, as well as in the US.
 Thunder Sword Resources gets its power from many places. Its
main properties include the Pilot Harbour gold exploration project Address: 736 Granville St., Ste.
(Ontario) and the Geermu magnesium chloride project (China). It is 1006
also looking into importing magnesium chloride from Israel (due to Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z Fiscal Year End: October
lower shipping costs). The company plans to import the liquefied 1G1, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Thunder magnesium and sell it for use in dust control, fertilizer, and highway Phone: 604-682-4429 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
Sword de-icing products. Thunder Sword Resources is also researching Fax: 604-682-4624 (-41.40%) Director: Siegfried (Siggy)
Resources Inc. other uses for magnesium chloride. Naguschewski
Tilley distributes chemicals, oils, and lubricants over roads both flat
and hilly. The company offers a full range of chemicals, specialty
chemicals, and solvents for customers in the food, personal care,
and pharmaceutical industries. Its oil and lubricant products -- motor Address: 501 Chesapeake Park • President and CEO: John
oils, hydraulic oils, transmission fluids, rust preventers, metalworking Plaza Tilley
fluids -- are typically used by those in the automotive and Baltimore, MD 21220 • Controller: Kirk Izer
manufacturing industries. Tilley also provides packaging, transfer, Phone: 410-574-4500 • VP, Sales: Richard
Tilley Chemical and handling services. Founded in 1952, Tilley's suppliers include Fax: 410-391-6665 Mumley
Company, Inc. Morton Salt, BASF, Rhodia, and Dow.
Tiszai Vegyi Kombinát Rt. (TVK) began as a factory commissioned
to produce paint for the Soviet Union; after a switch to the production
of fertilizer, today it manufactures petrochemicals, primarily
polyolefins, from about seven plants. TVK is Hungary's sole Fiscal Year End: December
manufacturer of polyolefins and has 20% of Central Europe's Revenue (2004): 979.20 M • Chairman: György
petrochemical market share. The company sells its products to Revenue Growth (1 yr): Mosonyi
small- and medium-sized plastics makers in more than 40 countries, Address: TVK Ipartelep, Gyári út 35.70% • CEO and Deputy
though primarily in Europe. TVK is majority owned by Hungary's 3581 Tiszaújváros, Hungary Employees (2004): 1,724 Chairman: Árpád Olvasó
largest company, oil biggie MOL Group; it merged with another Phone: +36-49-522-222 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Director, Operations:
Tiszai Vegyi member of the MOL Group, the Slovak petrochem company Slovnaft Fax: +36-49-521-322 (-17.60%) László Sebestyén
Kombinát Rt. in early 2004.
company's largest business segments produce acrylic acids and
esters (used in fibers, rubber, and paper processors) and chloralkali Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Bunshiro
chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine. Toagosei also is a Revenue (2004): 1399.40 M Fukuzawa
major producer of plastic products such as PVC pipe and couplings Address: 1-14-1, Nishi- Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and CEO:
and other inorganic chemicals such as sulfuric acid (used in Shinbashi, Minato-ku 13.20% Akihiko Yamadera
fertilizers) and industrial gases (oxygen and nitrogen) for medical Tokyo 105-8419, Japan Employees (2004): 2,597 • Director, New Business
use. The company also produces adhesives, including instant Phone: +81-3-3597-7215 Employee Growth (1 yr): Planning and Development
Toagosei Co., adhesive Aron Alpha, which is better known as Crazy Glue in the Fax: +81-3-3597-7217 (-6.10%) and Director: Hideki Kato
Ltd. US.
Don't be fooled; it's a big distributor to women, too. Tomen America
Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese trading conglomerate TOMEN, has
divisions that deal in chemicals, food & produce, lumber, machinery,
real estate, and textiles. Active in the US since 1950, Tomen
America maintains branch offices Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit,
Houston, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, and San Address: 1285 Avenue of the
Jose. A sample of operations: subsidiary Deepwater Chemicals Americas
provides iodine derivatives to the agriculture, photography, ink and New York, NY 10019 Fiscal Year End: March • President: Tatsushi Yano
colorants, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries; Tomen Phone: 212-397-4600 Revenue (2004): 775.00 M • VP and CFO: Minoru
Tomen Grain Co., transports corn, soy, and other grains from the Midwest to Fax: 212-582-2007 Employees (2004): 200 Hirata
America Inc. the Gulf Coast for shipment around the world.
 Tosoh America is a holding company for several chemical and
specialty materials subsidiaries of Tokyo-based parent company
Tosoh Corporation. Tosoh America provides finance, human
resources, and information technology services for its Japanese Address: 3600 Gantz Rd. • President, Tosoh
parent's American operations. Tosoh America, founded in 1989, Grove City, OH 43123-1895 Fiscal Year End: March Corporation: Katsumi
maintains facilities in California, Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Phone: 614-539-8622 Revenue (2005): 256.70 M Ishikawa
Tosoh America Pennsylvania, and Texas. The Tosoh USA division handles sales, Fax: 614-539-8722 Employees (2005): 800 • Treasurer: Joel Moor
Inc. marketing, and business development.
Founded in 1935 as a maker of caustic soda, Tosoh (a Japanese
abbreviation of oriental soda) still produces caustic soda but has
expanded into a number of other areas. Today Tosoh's three core
businesses -- petro-, basic, and specialty chemicals -- account for Fiscal Year End: March
roughly equal portions of sales. The company's basic chemicals Revenue (2004): 4585.20 M
include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and Address: 3-8-2, Shiba, Minato- Revenue Growth (1 yr):
chlorine. Petrochemicals include olefins such as benzene, toluene, ku 16.40% • Chairman and CEO:
and ethylene, as well as various polymers. Tosoh has been focusing Tokyo 105-8623, Japan Employees (2004): 9,196 Madoka Tashiro
on higher-margin specialty chemicals like ethylene amines and Phone: +81-3-5427-5118 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President and COO:
Tosoh specialty materials such as quartz. The company has more than 140 Fax: +81-3-5427-5198 0.30% Takashi Tsuchiya
Corporation affiliates worldwide but gets about 90% of sales from Japan.
Total Petrochemicals is just a small portion of a very large TOTAL.
The company is the business unit in charge of the French energy
giant's worldwide production of base petrochemicals (olefins and Fiscal Year End: December
aromatics), polyethylene, polypropylene, and styrenics (styrene, Revenue (2004): 12276.00
polystyrene, and elastomers). Olefins are the basic building blocks of M
the chemical world, such as ethylene and propylene, which are Revenue Growth (1 yr):
manufactured primarily from natural gas and naphtha; they are the Address: Rue de l'Industrie 52 46.00%
raw materials used in just about everything the company makes. 1040 Brussels, Belgium Employees (2004): 7,000
Total Total Petrochemicals operates facilities that are integrated with Phone: +32-2-288-9111 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Petrochemical TOTAL's refining plants. Its main production operations are located Fax: +32-2-288-3369 (-6.70%) • President: Jean-Bernard
s in Belgium, China, France, Singapore, and the US. Lartigue
from France. But Total Petrochemicals USA, the North American
arm of French energy giant Total's basic chemicals unit, is doing just
fine in Houston. The company manufactures base and • President and CEO; VP,
petrochemicals from its facilities in Texas and Louisiana and also Base Chemicals: Bernard
operates a refinery in Texas. Total Petrochemicals produces Claude
polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, and transportation fuels. Address: 1201 Louisiana St., • CFO: Bertrand de La
Total operates on the theory that a petrochemical company is run Ste. 1800 Noue
Total best when it's tightly integrated with its petroleum company parent. Houston, TX 77002 • VP and CIO: Lee
Petrochemical And so Total Petrochemicals USA runs its facilities in conjunction Phone: 713-483-5000 O'Shields
s USA, Inc. with Total's plants in the US.
TR International Trading Company (TRI) walks softly and carries a
big chemical distributorship. The company distributes all manner of
chemicals and raw materials from locations worldwide. TRI has its Address: 1218 3rd Ave., 21st Fl. • President: Anthony
TR headquarters in Seattle and branch offices in Chicago and New Seattle, WA 98101 Ridnell
International Jersey. TRI maintains warehouses in Asia, Europe, and the US and Phone: 206-505-3500 • CFO: Jeff Wright
Trading ships its products to Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Fax: 206-505-3501 • CIO: Brian Gorzoch
Company, Inc. South America.
 Convinced that good chemical products translates into good profits,
Transchemical distributes chemicals including alcohols, esters, • President: William F.
ketones, solvents, and surfactants. It also provides solvent Address: 419 E. DeSoto Ave. (Fletch) Stovall Sr.
reclamation and blending services. Transchemical supplies St. Louis, MO 63147 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: Sean Simmonds
customers in the adhesives and sealants, cosmetics and personal Phone: 314-231-6905 Revenue (2005): 32.80 M • Manager, Marketing:
Transchemical care, food and beverage, paints and coatings, plastic and rubber, Fax: 314-231-5851 Employees (2005): 28 Daniel (Dan) Croghan
, Inc. and other industries.
Treatt tricks your nose and taste buds into liking a thing. Although
the company points out that it is not a flavor and fragance company,
Treatt does make and supply raw materials used in the flavor and
fragrance and food and beverages industries. It blends and distills Fiscal Year End: September
essential oils. Products include flavor-enhancing citrus oils and Revenue (2005): 57.30 M • Chairman: Edward W.
Treattarome, a line of flavors named after the food from which they Address: Northern Way Revenue Growth (1 yr): Dawnay
are distilled. The company's ingredients are used in air fresheners, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 0.20% • Managing Director: Hugo
cosmetics, soaps, soft drinks, confectionery, and pharmaceuticals. 6NL, England Employees (2005): 173 W. Bovill
The Bovill family, including managing director Hugo Bovill, control Phone: +44-1284-702-500 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Director, Finance and
29% of the company. Treatt, founded in 1886, operates as R C Fax: +44-1284-703-809 5.50% Secretary: Richard Hope
Treatt plc Treatt in the UK and Treatt USA in the US.
Treibacher Industries' chemical and metallurgy business is
elemental. Its Steel and Foundry Products unit manufactures noble
alloys like vanadium and molybdenum, while the Recycling division Fiscal Year End: December
takes care of industrial metals that result as waste product from the Revenue (2004): 278.00 M • CEO: Reinhard Iro
first unit (recycling vanadium, nickel, and molybdenum). Treibacher's Address: Auer von Welsbach Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Rainer
High Performance Materials division produces carbide powders Str. 1 58.00% Schmidtmayer
used to manufacture tools and electrical parts, and the company's 9330 Althofen, Austria Employees (2004): 593 • Head of Marketing and
Rare Earths and Chemicals unit's products are used to manufacture Phone: +43-4262-505-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Public Relations: Helene
Treibacher batteries, electronics, ceramics, and catalysts. Treibacher has a Fax: +43-4262-2005 (-0.30%) Leitner
Industrie AG subsidiary in Slovenia and a sales unit in Canada.
Ulrich Chemical wants to make its clients chemically rich. The
company is a chemical distributor in the midwestern US. It serves
customers from industries including metals and automotive, paint
and coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, • President and CEO:
cosmetics and personal care, food and beverage, and water and Edward M. (Ed) Pitkin
electric utilities. Products include acids, solvents, reagents, and Address: 3111 N. Post Rd. • CFO: James P. (Jim) Fohl
lubricants. Ulrich Chemical also provides custom blending and Indianapolis, IN 46226 Fiscal Year End: December
repackaging, manufacturing, hazardous waste removal, laboratory Phone: 317-898-8632 Revenue (2005): 33.40 M • VP, Sales: Suzie Pitkin
Ulrich analysis and troubleshooting, and information technology services. Fax: 317-895-0614 Employees (2005): 180 Shaw
Chemical, Inc. The family-owned company was formed in 1919.
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) makes the legos of the chemicals
world. The company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, turns out
building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene, which are
converted into the most widely used plastics resins: polyethylene Fiscal Year End: December
and polypropylene. It is also a leading producer of ethylene oxide Revenue (2004): 5864.00 M
and ethylene glycol used to make polyester fibers and antifreeze, Address: 400 W. Sam Houston Revenue Growth (1 yr):
respectively. Although the name Union Carbide may conjure up Pkwy. South 13.50% • President and CEO: John
nightmarish images of the Bhopal disaster in India (1984) or the Houston, TX 77042 Employees (2004): 3,800 R. Dearborn
company's more recent landslide of asbestos litigation, the Houston- Phone: 713-978-2016 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, CFO, and Treasurer:
Union Carbide based company originally made its name as a major global chemical Fax: 713-978-2394 (-5.00%) Edward W. Rich
Corporation producer and continues today as a major basic chem maker.
 Tums can't stop it. Rolaids can't even hope to contain it. Union
Industrial Gas Group (UnionGas) gives people gas from 45 locations
across eight states. UnionGas operates a number of subsidiary
companies (BMS/BTU, Doussan, Gulf Oxygen, Union Gas & Supply,
United Welding, and Valley Gas & Specialty) that manufacture and Address: 4545 Fuller Dr., Ste.
deliver various industrial, medical, and specialty gases. Subsidiary 336
Liquilux/Texgas provides propane and propane accessories to the Irving, TX 75038 • President and CEO:
Union Houston and Southeast Texas areas. Among the company's Phone: 972-893-5600 Jeffrey (Jeff) Ellis
Industrial Gas customers are HVAC contractors, research laboratories, chemical Fax: 972-893-5690 • CFO: John Olsen
Group manufacturers, mining companies, and pipe fabricators.
United Mineral & Chemical distributes high-purity metals, such as
aluminum, boron oxide, silicon, and tellurium. It also has a vast Address: 1100 Valley Brook • Chairman and CEO:
supply of coatings, industrial, food, and pharmaceutical chemicals. Ave. Jacques Leviant
The company also distributes organic, inorganic, special effect, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Fiscal Year End: December • President and General
United Mineral fluorescent, and phosphorescent pigments. United Mineral & Phone: 201-507-3300 Revenue (2005): 5.50 M Manager: A. Nurhan
& Chemical Chemical was founded in 1956 by Alfred Frankel, Jacques Leviant, Fax: 201-507-1506 Employees (2005): 22 Becidyan
Corporation and Ralph W. Firman.
Univar N.V., distributes agricultural and industrial chemicals from 20
locations across Canada. The company also offers custom blending,
repackaging, and private label packaging services. Univar Canada Fiscal Year End: December
provides logistics and warehousing services though its Fort Storage Revenue (2004): 689.10 M
division, which operates warehouses in the provinces of Alberta, Address: 9800 Van Horne Way Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The company targets industries that Richmond, British Columbia V6X 20.90%
include oil and gas exploration and production, agriculture, mining, 1W5, Canada Employees (2004): 766
coatings and adhesives, food, pharmaceuticals, and water Phone: 604-273-1441 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President: Larry Bullock
Univar Canada treatment. Fax: 604-273-2046 2.40% • VP, Finance: Joel Kallner
Ltd.
A business unit of global chemical distributor Univar N.V., Univar Ltd
caters to the distribution and logistical needs of UK customers.
Through its three major business operations -- Chemical Distribution,
Supply Chain Services, and Industrial Consumables (RW Greeff) -- Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: David Jukes
the company serves customers in industries that include Revenue (2004): 501.50 M • Financial Director: Mike
construction and engineering, personal care and pharmaceuticals, Address: 46 Peckover St. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Latham
transportation, and water treatment. The company operates a Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 2.70% • Business Director,
network of logistics centers throughout the UK and Ireland to ensure 5BD, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 880 Performance Chemicals,
a regional supply and to provide service support in any market. Its Phone: +44-1274-377000 Employee Growth (1 yr): PCPE and Fiske: Martin
RW Greeff unit, established in 1880, was the first company in the UK Fax: +44-1274-377088 (-13.00%) Pugh
Univar Ltd to sell 3M products. Univar UK was founded in 1862.
Univar is a leader in the universe of independent chemical
distributors. The company buys chemicals in bulk and blends and • Chairman, President, and
packs them for customers in the agricultural, coating/ink/adhesive, Fiscal Year End: December CEO: Gary E. Pruitt
electronics, food and beverage, forestry, mining, oil and gas, Revenue (2004): 5284.20 M • SVP and CFO: Patrick D.
pharmaceutical, personal care, pest control, polymer, waste Address: 333 Blaak, 11th Fl. Revenue Growth (1 yr): Tole
management, and water treatment industries. Univar also offers 3011 GB Rotterdam, The 12.00% • SVP, Strategic Planning
inventory management, custom labeling, custom packaging, waste Netherlands Employees (2004): 6,672 and Business
management, warehouse management, and technical support Phone: +31-10-275-78-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development: David W.
services. The company serves about 250,000 industrial end-users Fax: +31-10-414-68-63 (-2.00%) Mahon
Univar N.V. through more than 160 distribution centers.
 Univar USA has an unvarying devotion to distributing chemicals
across the US. Univar USA was once the US distribution arm of
Royal Vopak, but the latter spun off all of its chemical distribution
operations as Univar N.V., a separate publicly traded company, and
Univar USA now operates as a Univar N.V. subsidiary. Univar USA
distributes hundreds of chemicals, including acids, alcohols, Address: 6100 Carillon Point • President: Terry Hill
catalysts, solvents, and flavorings. Its customers include Kirkland, WA 98033 • SVP, Finance and
manufacturers in such industries as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, Phone: 425-889-3400 Administration: Frank
Univar USA foods, pulp and paper, electronics, oil and gas, inks, and adhesives, Fax: 425-889-4100 Mirabelli
Inc. as well as waste management companies.
Van Diest Supply Company has tied itself up with a corn belt. The
agricultural chemical distributor and maker sells its wares under the
Corn Belt Products brand name. Those wares include herbicides,
pesticides, adjuvants (which enhance the properties of herbicides
and pesticides), and spray drift management products (which keep • President: Robert (Bob)
the herbicides and pesticides where they're intended to be and not Van Diest
drifting off to harm the surrounding environment). With a fleet of Address: 1434 220th St. • VP, Marketing: John Van
more than 175 trucks and pickups, Van Diest ships its products from Webster City, IA 50595 Diest
Van Diest about a dozen distribution centers spread throughout a 15-state area Phone: 515-832-2366 • Treasurer: Dalene
Supply of the Midwest. The family-operated company was founded by Bob Fax: 515-832-2955 Schlitter
Company Van Diest in 1956.
Van Horn, Metz & Co. distributes chemical ingredients such as
pigments, dyes, extenders, additives, resins, lubricants, and base
stocks. The company's customers include makers of plastic and • President: H. Morgan
rubber products, inks, adhesives and sealants, and paints and Address: 201 E. Elm St. Smith
coatings. Founded in 1950 by Harold Van Horn and Donald Metz, Conshohocken, PA 19428 Fiscal Year End: December • Controller: Anthony
the serves customers from Maine south to the Carolinas' and as far Phone: 610-828-4500 Revenue (2005): 25.20 M Crisafulli
Van Horn, Metz west as Michigan. Van Horn Metz operates 10 warehouses and eight Fax: 610-828-0936 Employees (2005): 24 • EVP: Barrett C. Fisher
& Co., Inc. sales offices.
Velsicol Chemical knows what it takes to make things flexible. The
company produces specialty chemicals based on benzoic acid and
cyclopentadiene, including specialty plasticizers (used to give resins
and rubbers flexibility). Velsicol's major products, plasticizers,
include benzoate esters, high-performance polymerics, and • Chairman, President, and
monomerics, and are used in adhesives, caulks, coatings, sealants, Address: 10400 W. Higgins Rd., CEO: Arthur R. Sigel
and PVC resins. The company is a top producer of cyclopentadiene- Ste. 600 • EVP and CFO: Lawrence
based intermediates for flame retardants and pesticides; it also Rosemont, IL 60018-3713 (Larry) Hartman
Velsicol makes additives for the food industry. Velsicol was founded in 1931; Phone: 847-298-9000 • Director, Global Sales:
Chemical the company was the subject of a management buyout in 1986 and Fax: 847-298-9014 Sherman Friedman
Corporation then was acquired by private equity firm Arsenal Capital in 2005.
VeraSun Energy hopes its profits rise with the progress of the US
quest for energy independence. The company is one of the nation's
leading producers of ethanol, a type of alcohol that can be blended
with gasoline and used to fuel motor vehicles. In the US, ethanol is
made primarily from corn, and VeraSun maintains production • CEO and Director: Donald
facilities in the corn-growing states of Iowa and South Dakota. A third Fiscal Year End: December L. (Don) Endres
plant is under construction in Iowa, and VeraSun has announced Address: 100 22nd Ave. Revenue (2005): 236.40 M • President and Director:
plans to build two additional facilities, in Iowa and Minnesota. The Brookings, SD 57006 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Bruce A. Jamerson
VeraSun company is selling a branded fuel, VE85, at service stations in the Phone: 605-696-7200 22.00% • SVP and CFO: Danny C.
Energy Midwest. CEO Don Endres owns just over 50% of VeraSun Energy; Fax: 605-696-7250 Employees (2005): 145 Herron
Corporation South Dakota investment firm Bluestem Funds owns 33%.
 Virotec International develops and manufactures chemicals to
minimize the environmental effects of industrial activity. The
company provides technologies to treat contaminated waste in rock,
soils, wastewater, and sludge. Building from its platform technology, Address: Administration Bldg. Fiscal Year End: June
Bauxsol, the company has developed several product lines, 50B, Pinewood Drive, Sanctuary Revenue (2004): 1.30 M
including ViroFlow, ViroSewage, ViroMine, ViroSoil, and Cove Revenue Growth (1 yr):
ViroConcrete. In 2005 the company sold its HydroDec Technology Hope Island, Queensland 4212, 15.40% • Chairman: Brian Sheeran
unit. The group has expanded in North America and Europe and Australia Employees (2004): 32 • CEO: John R. Catling
Virotec received regulatory approval for its products in the US and the UK. Phone: +61-7-5530-8014 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Bruno
International Among projects in the US has been work for the Pennsylvania Fax: +61-7-5530-8052 23.10% Bamonte
Ltd Department of Transportation to treat pyritic rock at Interstate 99.
A modern-day Merlin might go to Vivion for ingredients for his
potions. The company distributes chemicals and ingredients for use
in the food, nutraceutical, industrial, personal care, pharmaceutical,
and water treatment industries. It serves customers through a
network of offices and warehouses in the western US. Vivion sells
products, including acids, humectants, oils, anti-oxidants, Address: 929 Bransten Rd.
coagulants, sweeteners, preservatives, solvents, biocides, and San Carlos, CA 94070 • President: Edward
binders, from suppliers such as Akzo Nobel, Archer Daniels Midland, Phone: 650-595-3600 Poleselli
Dow Chemical, and Morton International. The company was founded Fax: 650-595-2094 • Controller: Vince Duardo
Vivion, Inc in 1957. • VP: Michael Poleselli
Wacker-Chemie puts the silicon in the chip industry -- literally. The
German chemicals company supplies silicon, silicone, and silanes to
the personal computer, telecom, and electronics industries. Split into Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
two main units -- Chemicals and Semiconductors (including Siltronic) Revenue (2004): 3468.40 M Peter-Alexander Wacker
-- Wacker manufactures surface coating resins, industrial salt, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Member, Executive
acetyls, and insulation materials. Wacker has again announced Address: Hans-Seidel-Platz 4 12.00% Board: Joachim Rauhut
plans to float Siltronic AG in an IPO (previous plans for an IPO were 81737 Munich, Germany Employees (2004): 14,688 • SVP, Corporate
postponed in late March 2003). In 2005, Sanofi-Aventis sold its 44% Phone: +49-89-6279-0 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications: Peter
Wacker stake in the company to the Wacker family. It is now publicly traded, Fax: +49-89-6279-1770 (-6.00%) Polzer
Chemie AG with the Wacker family still controlling two-thirds of the company.
Walsh & Associates fills its tote with chemical products and carries it
throughout North America. The company distributes chemical
ingredients and raw materials (for ink, paints and coatings, plastics,
soaps, sealants, food, and personal care products), containers (paint • President and CEO: Ellen
cans, plastic pails, and plastic drums), and equipment (can crushers, M. Murphy
filling machines, and mixers). Suppliers include Akzo Nobel, Address: 1400 Macklind Ave. • Comptroller: Brian T.
Degussa, and Rhodia. Walsh & Associates maintains locations in St. Louis, MO 63110-2004 Walsh
Walsh & Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. The Phone: 314-781-2520 • Director Operations:
Associates, company was founded in 1968 by Robert Walsh, Arthur Schmidt, Fax: 314-781-9424 Randall D. Lewis
Inc. and George Claytor.
Warwick International has been cleaning up in the chemicals
business for more than a quarter century. The company is a leading
manufacturer of a bleach activator called MYKON that its based on
the chemical tetra acetyl ethylene diamine (TAED). The activator Fiscal Year End: December
allows detergents to become more powerful at lower temperatures Revenue (2004): 259.20 M • Managing Director:
and more quickly. Additionally, the Warwick Group maintains a Address: Mostyn Revenue Growth (1 yr): Robert F. (Bob) Ellis
number of chemical distribution companies worldwide. The company Holywell, Flintshire CH8 9HE, 8.20% • VP, Finance: Steve
is a subsidiary of American aerospace and manufacturing company United Kingdom Employees (2004): 461 Williams
Warwick Sequa Corporation. In addition to serving the household and Phone: +44-1745-560-651 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Sales and Marketing:
International industrial detergents industry, the group targets such industries as Fax: +44-1745-561-353 (-3.80%) E. Barry Tilby
Group Limited water treatment, textile processing, coatings, and personal care.
 It's an old saw, but Wausau Chemical does what its name says it
does. It manufactures and distributes chemical products from its • Acting President,
base in Wausau, Wisconsin. The company acts as a retailer and Address: 2001 N. River Dr., P O Operations Manager, and
wholesaler. Its products include chemicals used for carwashes, Box 953 Chemical Engineer: Arthur
boiler treatment, dairy cleaners, hay treatment, janitorial supplies, Wausau, WI 54402-0953 Fiscal Year End: August (Art) Flashinski
Wausau and laundry detergents. Wausau Chemical operates a fleet of trucks Phone: 715-842-2285 Revenue (2005): 8.70 M • Manager, Accounting:
Chemical that serves all locations in Wisconsin, as well as eastern Minnesota, Fax: 715-842-9059 Employees (2005): 35 Larry Theel
Corporation northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Chemical Service will deliver your hydrochloric and sulfuric acid,
saving you a trip. The nationwide chemical distributor based in • Chairman and President:
Michigan has a fleet of tankers, trailers, and freight boxes that it uses Robert N. Hilleary
to transport chemicals to customers. Chemicals transported by • Director, Finance: Richard
Webb include acids (Webb distributes more than a million pounds a Address: 2708 Jarman St. Topp
week), chlor-alkalis, alcohols, ketones, and acetates. In addition to Muskegon, MI 49444-0348 Fiscal Year End: June • VP and Director,
Webb transportation, the company also provides safety training, inventory Phone: 231-733-2181 Revenue (2005): 28.80 M Operations: Patrick O'
Chemical management, warehousing, liquid blending, and contract packaging Fax: 231-739-5454 Employees (2005): 45 Toole
Service Corp. services.
chemical products. It distributes acids, adhesives and sealants,
colorants, dyes, pigments, esters, flavors and fragrances, food
additives, and intermediates throughout the Americas as well as Address: 239 Great Neck Rd. • President: Bert
Wego Asia and Europe. Customers include the agriculture, cosmetics, Great Neck, NY 11021 Eshaghpour
Chemical & detergent, food, organic intermediates, mining, pharmaceutical, Phone: 516-487-3510 Revenue (2005): 80.00 M • Controller: Martin Ferber
Mineral photographic, paper, textile, water treatment, and wood treatment Fax: 516-487-3794 Employees (2005): 50 • VP: Edward Khalily
Corporation industries.
chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, flavors and fragrances, and
glycol ethers from locations in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
The company also provides blending and custom packaging Address: 1557 Marietta Rd. NW
services. It sells chemicals from suppliers such as Akzo Nobel, Atlanta, GA 30318 Fiscal Year End: June
Clariant, Flint Hills, Ineos Chlor, Lanxess, and Sunoco Chemicals. Phone: 404-355-8220 Revenue (2005): 46.00 M
Whitaker Oil Whitaker Oil is a family-owned company that was founded in the Fax: 404-355-8217 Employees (2005): 70
Company, Inc. 1920s.
White Martins doesn't mind giving its customers gas. The company,
a subsidiary of global industrial gas giant Praxair, is South America's
largest provider of industrial, specialty, and medical gases. White • President: Domingos H.
Martins serves customers in the chemical, health care, metal Address: Rua Mayrink Veiga, 9 G. Bulus
fabrication, and the food and beverage, industries, among others. 20090-050 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Industrial: Marcelo
White Martins The company also manufactures welding and cutting equipment, as Revenue (2004): 866.00 M Pereira Quintaes
Gases well as equipment for the transportation and storage of industrial Phone: +55-21-2588-6622 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • VP, Business: Murilo Melo
Industriais gases. White Martins was delisted from Brazilian exchanges when Fax: +55-21-2588-6683 22.30%
Ltda. Praxair upped its ownership to more than 99%.
Witton Chemical manufactures polyurethane and silaneted
prepolymers for use in adhesives and sealants. It also makes a line
of polyacrylic dispersants (produced by its Acriflow division) used by • Chairman: Andrew
the water treatment, paints and coatings, and paper industries. Address: Southgate Avenue Wrench
Based in the UK, the company also has international operations Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7AT, • Head of Sales and
headquartered in Cyprus. Witton Chemicals, which has produced England Marketing: Tony Butcher
Witton fine chemicals and polymers for multinational companies for more Phone: +44-1638-716-001 • Operations Manager:
Chemical Co than 35 years, has been experiencing a slump in sales over the past Fax: +44-1638-717-658 Steve Owen
Ltd two years. It has had to cut staff to make up for the shortfall in sales.
 The products made by Wynn Oil have been to the moon and
featured in Steve Martin's The Jerk. (No judgment implied, just
stating a fact.) Wynn Oil and its subsidiaries (the Wynn's Specialty
Chemical Group) develop, manufacture, and market specialty
chemical products and automotive service equipment. The
company's lubricating oils reduce friction in car engines and NASA
rockets alike. Wynn's products include engine oil, coolants, Address: 1050 W. 5th St. • President: Donald J.
transmission and brake fluids, and HVAC chemicals. Those products Azusa, CA 91702 (Don) DiCostanzo
are sold under the brand names Friction Proofing, XTend, and Du Phone: 626-334-0231 Fiscal Year End: June • Marketing: Rosemary
Wynn Oil All.Wynn Oil was founded in 1939 by Chestien Wynn, was bought by Fax: 626-334-1456 Revenue (2004): 110.00 M Torez
Company Parker Hannifin in 2000, and is now a subsidiary of ITW.
Young Chemical is not old, more middle aged, really, but it knows
what it's doing. Founded in 1959 by Donald Young, the company
distributes chemicals throughout the Midwest, from western New
York to Kentucky and north into Michigan. Young's products are
made by such companies as BASF, DuPont, Millennium, and Solvay
and are shipped from warehouses in Ohio and Michigan. The firm
supplies chemical materials to companies in the cleaning, metal Address: 6465 Eastland Rd. • President: Todd Kroehle
finishing, food, personal care, pharmaceutical, paint, specialty Brook Park, OH 44142-1305 Fiscal Year End: December • EVP: Bob Lisey
Young chemical, and chemical processing industries. Young Chemical is Phone: 440-234-3200 Revenue (2005): 30.00 M • Operations Manager:
Chemical owned and operated by Donald Young's sons-in-law, president Todd Fax: 440-234-3255 Employees (2005): 42 John Bennett
Company Kroehle and EVP Bob Lisey.
• President and Director:
zuChem's the one they call Dr. Feel Good. Its products are the ones David C. Demirjian
that'll make you feel all right. In addition to making chemicals for Address: 2201 W. Campbell Dr., • COO, President, Food
pharmaceuticals, the Chicago-based, development stage company Ste. 215 Ingredients: Michael
is in the process of making an artificial sweetener that can give that Chicago, IL 60612 Friesema
sugar high you crave without the calories you don't. zuChem Phone: 312-997-2150 • VP, Corporate
manufactures glycochemicals for the pharmaceutical, food, flavor Fax: 312-997-2160 Development: Rajni Aneja
zuChem, Inc. and fragrance, and specialty chemicals industries.
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
A. Cohen & Co. was formerly a manufacturer of phosphor Address: Purland Rd., West
copper and other non-ferrous metal products. The company Thamesmead Business Park
also provided metal recycling services. A. Cohen & Co., since London SE28 0AT, United Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December
ceasing all of its operations in 2004, continues to seek further Phone: +44-20-8310-3354 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
A. Cohen & Co. investment in order to establish new business activities. The Fax: +44-20-7636-5857 Employees (2004): 0 • Chairman: Graham
plc company currently is not involved in trade of any kind. Ashley
Adastra Minerals is based in London, but has mining projects
in development in Central Africa (Angola, Congo, and
Zambia). The company owns exploration and mining
concessions to diamond and mineral (including copper,
cobalt, and zinc) properties. Upon acquiring the concessions,
the company conducts feasibility studies to determine if • Chairman: Bernard
reserves can be recovered profitably. Founder Jean- Vavala
Raymond Boulle owns nearly 10% of the company through Address: St. Georges' House, 15 Fiscal Year End: October • President, CEO, and
his America Diamond Corp. and Gondwana (Investments) Hanover Sq. Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Timothy (Tim)
companies. Top UK insurer Prudential plc owns 14% of the London W1S 1HS, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 49 Read
company. First Quantum Minerals agreed to buy Adastra for Phone: +44-20-7355-3552 Employee Growth (1 yr): • COO and Director:
Adastra Minerals $245 million in cash and stock in early 2006; Adastra later Fax: +44-20-7355-3554 28.90% Bernard Pryor
Inc. rejected a counter offer from Mwana Africa.
Rod, wire, and tubing are the specialities of Ansonia Copper
& Brass. The company casts, extrudes, and draws copper • President and CEO:
and copper alloys. The result is semi-finished products that Address: 75 Liberty St. Raymond L. McGee
undergo additional modification by the company's customers. Ansonia, CT 06401 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: Steven Turner
Ansonia Copper & Brass operates from two facilities in Phone: 203-732-6600 Revenue (2005): 39.10 M • VP, Sales and Marketing:
Ansonia Copper & Connecticut, one devoted to rod and wire and the other Fax: 203-735-3787 Employees (2005): 280 Jeff Lawlor
Brass Inc. devoted to tubing. The company was founded in 1845.
Antofagasta is one of the world's leading copper miners. It
produces about 470,000 metric tons of copper annually. Fiscal Year End: December • Managing Director and
Antofagasta's road and railway operations transport mine Revenue (2004): 1908.70 M Director: Philip J. Adeane
output and consumable products in northern Chile and Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Hussein Barma
Bolivia. The company operates a joint venture, called Address: 5 Princes Gate 77.40% • VP, Finance and
Cordillera de las Minas, with the Brazilian mining company, London SW7 1QJ, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 2,842 Development and CFO,
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Antofagasta also owns a water Phone: +44-20-7808-0988 Employee Growth (1 yr): Antofagasta Minerals:
distribution company in Chile. Chile's Luksic family owns 65% Fax: +44-20-7808-0986 15.60% Alejandro Rivera
Antofagasta plc of Antofagasta through the E. Abaroa Foundation. Yes
Aries Resource, formerly Truax Ventures, isn't looking to the
stars for help in finding copper and gold in Canada. The Address: 1255 W. Pender St.
company has a copper exploration and development project Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1H2, • President and CEO:
located in the Liard mining division of British Columbia. It has Canada Reza A. Mohammed
another copper and nickel property in southwestern British Phone: 604-681-0004 • Chairman: Rt. Hon.
Aries Resource Columbia. Aries Resource also has ventured to Brazil to Fax: 604-681-0014 Edward Lawson
Corp. explore for diamonds.
 mettle. The company, a subsidiary of diversified mining firm
Grupo México, is a leading miner, refiner, and smelter. Each
year it produces around 600 million pounds of copper, 300
million pounds of zinc, and 20 million ounces of silver. • Chairman, CEO, and
ASARCO's mines are primarily in the southwestern US. The President: Daniel
company also produces such copper products as rod, cake, Tellechea Salido
and billet and sulfuric acid as a by-product of the smelting Address: 2575 E. Camelback Rd., • VP, CFO and Treasurer:
process. Several of ASARCO's assets, including its majority Ste. 500 Genaro Guerrero Diaz
stake in Southern Copper Corp. (SCC), were sold to Grupo Phoenix, AZ 85016 Mercado
México in 2003 in an effort to improve ASARCO's financial Phone: 602-977-6500 • VP, Environmental
ASARCO picture. It didn't work; the company filed for Chapter 11 Fax: 602-977-6700 Affairs: Tom Aldrich
Incorporated bankruptcy in 2005.
Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper producing anodes,
cathodes, wire rod, and wire and cables. The company is a
subsidiary of Freeport-McMoran, with operations in Cordoba Fiscal Year End: December
(continuous casting/wire drawing), Huelva (metallurgical Revenue (2004): 490.60 M
complex), and Barcelona (wire plant). Atlantic Copper Address: Paseo de la Castellana, 95, Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
purchases copper concentrate from fellow Freeport-McMoran Torre Europa - Plant 17 31.60% Javier Targhetta
subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia. Customers include Draka, 28046 Madrid, Spain Employees (2004): 731 • SVP, Corporate
General Cable/BICC, IBMei, Nexans, Pirelli, and Tyco. Phone: +34-91-334-94-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development: Patricio
Atlantic Copper, Founded in 1873 as The Rio Tinto Company, Atlantic Copper Fax: +34-91-334-94-53 (-6.80%) Barrios
S.A. was acquired by Freeport-McMoran in 1993.
When it comes to natural resources, what's mine is Aur's.
Mining company Aur Resources' active operations include the
Quebrada Blanca and Andacollo mines in Chile and the Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Martin Claude
Louvicourt site in Quebec, Canada. These three mines Revenue (2004): 336.90 M Lepage
produce more than 240 million pounds of copper annually, Address: 1 Adelaide St. East, Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
along with significant amounts of gold, silver, and zinc. 2501 56.30% Director: James W. Gill
Chilean operations account for the majority of sales. Aur Toronto, Ontario M5C 2V9, Canada Employees (2004): 1,270 • EVP, Business
Resources has development projects in Panama (Cerro Phone: 416-362-2614 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development: David W.
Aur Resources Colorado, one of the world's largest copper reserves) and Fax: 416-367-0427 0.80% Brace
Inc. Canada (the Duck Pond project in Newfoundland). Yes
Fiscal Year End: June
Aztec Resources has gone to the ends of the Earth to serve Revenue (2005): 0.50 M
its customers. The company is an iron ore producer in the Revenue Growth (1 yr):
state of Western Australia. The company's brownfield iron ore Address: 6 Kings Park Rd. 1.70% • Chairman and CEO: Ian
project is situated on the Koolan Island located off the West Perth 6005, Australia Employees (2005): 9 Fred Burston
Western Australian coastline in the Kimberley region north of Phone: +61-8-9420-1700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Marketing Manager:
Aztec Resources Derby. London-based Cambrian Mining owns about 19% of Fax: +61-8-9420-1777 28.60% Warren Gilhome
Limited Aztec Resources.
Boliden is one of Europe's leading mining and smelting
companies. It concentrates on zinc and copper and is the
largest producer of mined zinc in Europe. It also produces
lead, precious metals, sulfur, and lead and tin alloys. The
company operates smelters in Sweden, Finland, and Norway
and has mines in Sweden and Ireland. In 2003 Boliden sold Fiscal Year End: December
its fabrication and engineering operations to Outokumpu and Revenue (2004): 2710.70 M • Chairman: Risto
purchased Outokumpu's copper and zinc mining and smelting Address: Klarabergsviadukten 90, 101 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Virrankoski
business. After the transaction Outokumpu became the 20 105.80% • President, CEO, and
largest shareholder, with 49% of the company. The group Stockholm, Sweden Employees (2004): 4,479 Director: Jan C.
began restructuring after Outokumpu and Boliden combined Phone: +46-8-610-15-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): Johansson
their mining and smelting holdings. Outokumpu reduced its Fax: +46-8-31-55-45 15.00% • Deputy CEO: Tom Niemi
Boliden AB stake to 16% in 2005.
 Chino Mines Co., a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge's Mining
subsidiary, is a copper mining and processing company
headquartered in New Mexico. The company operates an
open-pit mine, a smelter, and a concentrator. Copper giant
Phelps Dodge became the sole owner of Chino Mines in 2003
when it bought the remaining third of the company that had
been controlled by Heisei Minerals Corp. (a subsidiary of Address: 210 Cortez Ave.
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation). The mine dates back to Hurley, NM 88043 Fiscal Year End: December
1910, but mining at the company's Hurley, New Mexico Phone: 505-537-3381 Revenue (2005): 200.00 M • Unit General Manager,
Chino Mines location was first done by American Indians and then the Fax: 505-537-3694 Employees (2005): 800 New Mexico Operations:
Company Spaniards who then controlled the American Southwest. Richard N. Mohr
up to date. Colonial Metals is a nonferrous metal smelting
company. It primarily produces brass, bronze, and aluminum
from purchased copper and from scrap and recycled
materials. It sells its products mainly to makers of defense,
housing, and industrial equipment. Customers of Colonial Address: 217 Linden St. • CEO: David Serls
Metals have included the US Naval Supply Systems Columbia, PA 17512 Fiscal Year End: December • COO: Michael R. Mann
Command. (An unrelated company, Colonial Metals, Inc., Phone: 717-684-2311 Revenue (2005): 38.00 M • Director, Sales: Gilda
Colonial Metals supplies precious metals and precious metal-based Fax: 717-684-9555 Employees (2005): 122 Hartman
Co. chemicals.)
Constellation Copper is hoping the stars align in their quest • Chairman: Patrick M.
for copper. The company is a copper exploration and mining James
firm with projects mainly in Utah and Mexico. It also has a • President, CEO and
stake in a copper mining company located in Australia. End Director: Gregory A. Hahn
Constellation uses for copper include wire, tubing, electric motors, and Address: 1040-999 W. Hastings St. • VP, Operations: Micheal
Copper electronics. Resource Capital Funds (RCF) is a major Vancouver, British Columbia V6C P. Attaway
Corporation shareholder in Constellation Copper. 2W2, Canada
Codelco is a different kind of high-energy copper top.
Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) is the
world's top producer of copper (ahead of US-based Phelps • Chairman and Minister of
Dodge), controlling some 20% of the world's known copper Mining: Alfonso Dulanto
reserves and mining around 1.8 million tons of copper Fiscal Year End: December Rencoret
annually. Copper accounts for some 40% of Chile's exports Revenue (2004): 8203.70 M • President and CEO: Juan
and, as the top copper firm, Codelco is responsible for around Revenue Growth (1 yr): Villarzú Rohde
3% of the country's gross domestic product. It is also a major Address: Huérfanos 1270 116.90% • SVP, Mining
producer of molybdenum (used for ferroalloys). Codelco's Santiago, Chile Employees (2004): 16,778 Development and
Corporación joint development partners on Chilean projects include Phone: +56-2-690-3000 Employee Growth (1 yr): Projects: Juan Enrique
Nacional del Canadian firm Placer Dome, Australian firm Xstrata, and US Fax: +56-2-690-3059 1.10% Morales Jaramillo
Cobre de Chile firm CCM Ojos del Salado.
Cumerio fully understands the merits of the chemical Cu. The
copper processor, which was spun off from big metals
processor Umicore early in 2005, operates through two units. Fiscal Year End: December
Its Copper Refining division smelts and refines copper Revenue (2004): 2079.80 M
anodes and cathodes. The Copper Products division Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Karel Vinck
produces copper wirerod, speciality rod, billets, and cakes; Address: Broekstraat, 31 65.90% • CEO and Director: Luc
ordinary and high-performance wire; and speciality chemicals 1000 Brussels, Belgium Employees (2004): 1,554 Delagaye
and engineering metal powders. Cumerio's main operations in Phone: +32-2-227-1200 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Director: Michel
Belgium have been refining copper since the 1920s; the Fax: +32-2-227-1201 (-4.20%) Moser
Cumerio NV/SA company also has processing operations in Bulgaria and Italy.
 company explores properties in northern Mexico for precious
and base metals. Its projects include the Bolivar and Address: 630 René-Lévesque Blvd. • Chairman: Thomas L.
Promontorio copper, gold, silver, and zinc properties along West, Ste. 2930 Fiscal Year End: March Robyn
the Sierra Madre mineral belt in Chihuahua, Mexico. In 2005 Montreal, Quebec H3B 1S6, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.20 M • President, CEO, and
Dia Bras Exploration dropped its plans to explore diamond Phone: 514-866-6001 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Réjean Gosselin
Dia bras properties in Ontario in order to focus on its projects in Fax: 514-866-6193 617.50% • CFO: Léonard Téoli
Exploration Inc. Mexico.
• Chairman: Robert J.
Doublestar Resources oversees mining interests in Honduras Address: 885 Dunsmuir St., Ste. 350 Gayton
that include copper, gold, lead, silver, and zinc deposits. The Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1N5, • President, CEO,
company also has a diamond development property in British Canada Secretary, and Director:
Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada. Through Phone: 604-688-7377 Alan C. Savage
Doublestar his interests in Southern Gold, Alan Savage, Doublestar Fax: 604-688-7307 • CFO: Simon J. Anderson
Resources Ltd. Resources' CEO, controls more than 10% of the company.
Do you know about DOWA? The company processes and
sells copper, gold, silver, and other metals, supplying its
smelters with ore from its mining ventures in Mexico. DOWA Fiscal Year End: March
also produces electronics materials, including metal powders Revenue (2004): 2221.40 M • President, CEO, and
for data storage tapes, gallium arsenide wafers for integrated Address: 8-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Hirokazu
circuits, and zinc powder for alkaline batteries. The company Chiyoda-ku 20.40% Yoshikawa
offers heat-treatment services and makes industrial furnaces, Tokyo 100-8282, Japan Employees (2004): 4,203 • COO: Kenichi Watanabe
mainly for the automotive industry, at plants in Asia and North Phone: +81-3-3201-1061 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Director:
DOWA MINING America. Other DOWA units are involved in real estate, Fax: +81-3-3201-1259 (-1.30%) Kazumasa Suezawa
CO., LTD. recycling, and provide construction and engineering services.
discovery before it shouts Eureka! The junior natural
resources company owns interests in two properties in the
Cariboo Mining Division in British Columbia. Eureka
Resources explores for copper on the 10,000-acre Lottie
Lake project, which it has an option to acquire. The company
wrote off its 2,300-acre Fraser Gold project in 1998 after it Address: 355 Burrard St., Ste. 1000
determined gold could not be economically mined there. An Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
increase in the price of gold, however, has prompted the 2G8, Canada
company to perform more geophysical soils and sampling Phone: 604-608-6154
Eureka programs at the site. President John J. O'Neill owns 67% of Fax: 604-602-1989 • President and Director:
Resources Inc. the company. John J. O'Neill
First Quantum Minerals knows the dynamics of mining in
Africa's Copper Belt. The company owns all or part of several
copper mining operations in Africa, and it has another site in
development. Most of First Quantum's revenues come from
its 17% stake in Mopani Copper Mines, which has mining and
smelting operations in Zambia and Congo. However, the • Chairman and CEO:
company has begun production at its 80%-owned Kansanshi Address: 543 Granville St., 8th Fl. Fiscal Year End: December Philip K. R. Pascall
site in Zambia. Its Frontier Copper and Guelb Moghrein Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1X8, Revenue (2004): 113.50 M • President and Director:
deposits are in development. In 2006 the company made an Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): G. Clive Newall
offer to acquire UK-based Adastra Minerals, which also has Phone: 604-688-6577 86.90% • CFO and Director: Martin
First Quantum projects in Africa. Adastra rejected the offer as too low but Fax: 604-688-3818 Employees (2004): 973 R. Rowley
Minerals Ltd. later agreed to a price of $245 million.
 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) really digs its • Chairman and President
profits. The company's 91%-owned subsidiary PT Freeport Commissioner, PT
Indonesia (PT-FI) operates the vast open-pit Grasberg gold, Freeport Indonesia: James
copper, and silver mine in Indonesia. (The government of Fiscal Year End: December R. (Jim Bob) Moffett
Indonesia owns the other 9% of PT-FI.) Through its stake in Revenue (2005): 4179.10 M • President and CEO;
PT-FI, FCX controls proved and probable reserves of about Revenue Growth (1 yr): EVP, PT Freeport
37 billion pounds of copper and about 40 million ounces of Address: 1615 Poydras St. 76.20% Indonesia: Richard C.
gold. In addition to its mining operations, FCX engages in New Orleans, LA 70112 Employees (2004): 14,988 Adkerson
Freeport- smelting and refining. Copper, in the form of concentrates and Phone: 504-582-4000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and COO: Mark J.
McMoRan Copper in refined products such as cathodes and anodes, accounts Fax: 504-582-1847 1.20% Johnson
& Gold Inc. for most of FCX's sales. Yes
than a phrase. GIM is a holding company for Germany's KM
Europa Metal (KME), one of the world's top producers of
semi-finished copper and copper alloys. In addition to the coin
blanks used for the euro, KME also produces laminated
metal, brass bars, cathodes, tubes, rolled products, and high- Fiscal Year End: December
tech products (cables and superconductor wires). KME is Revenue (2004): 2861.50 M • Honorary Chairman:
owned by Societa Metallurgica Italiana (SMI), which in turn is Revenue Growth (1 yr): Luigi Orlando
controlled by GIM. The company sells to customers in the Address: Via dei Barucci 2 17.40% • Chairman: Salvatore
G.I.M. - Generale building, electronics, telecom, and transportation industries. 50127 Florence, Italy Employees (2004): 7,270 Orlando
Industrie GIM's board is headed by members of the Orlando family, Phone: +39-055-4411-1 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Deputy Chairman:
Metallurgiche which has been involved with the company for more than 100 Fax: +39-055-4411-681 (-6.20%) Vincenzo Manes
S.p.A. years.
Global Copper Corporation acquires, develops, and operates
copper and gold mines in South America. The company Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St. • President and CEO:
currently owns and is developing properties in Relincho and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Ross J. Beaty
Vizcachitas, Chile and in Taca Taca and San Jorge, Canada • CFO: Sandra Lim
Argentina. The Chilean properties contain Phone: 604-687-0407 • VP, Exploration: Leo
Global Copper copper/molybdenum porphyry deposits. The sites in Argentina Fax: 604-687-7041 Hathaway
Corporation contain copper/gold porphyry deposits.
• Chairman and CEO;
Mexico's largest mining company, Grupo México is the world's Executive President,
#3 copper producer, behind Chile's Codelco and US-based Southern Peru Copper;:
Phelps Dodge. The company's mining segment (about 75% of Germán Larrea Mota-
sales) has operations in Mexico (Minera México), the US Fiscal Year End: December Velasco
(ASARCO), and Peru (75%-owned Southern Copper). The Revenue (2004): 4205.80 M • VP, International
segment mines and refines copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, Address: Avenida Baja California 200, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Relations: Juan Rebolledo
lead, and other metals, as well as coal. It also produces Colonia Roma Sur 71.20% Gout
intermediate copper products (cathodes and rods) and 06760 México, D.F., Mexico Employees (2004): 21,068 • President, Finance and
sulfuric acid. The company's Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex) Phone: +52-55-5080-0050 Employee Growth (1 yr): Administration: Daniel
Grupo México rail transport division operates Mexico's largest rail fleet Fax: +52-55-5564-7677 1.20% Tellechea Salido
S.A. de C.V. (15,000 railcars) and has 6,000 miles of track. Yes
copper, brass, and bronze and manufactures copper-based
alloys from its facilities in Ohio. The company processes the Address: 22500 Alexander Rd. • President and CEO:
scrap into ingots and pellets, which are then sold to Bedford, OH 44146-5533 Fiscal Year End: December Michael A. Schumann
customers in the metal foundry industry. Members of the Phone: 440-439-2300 Revenue (2005): 36.20 M • VP, Finance: William D.
I. Schumann & Schumann family own and run I. Schumann, which was Fax: 440-439-0317 Employees (2005): 135 Knight
Co. founded in 1917.
 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Pierre B.
Imperial Metals wants to rule its share of the mining business Revenue (2004): 0.90 M Lebel
in British Columbia. The company explores, develops, and Address: 580 Hornby St., Ste. 200 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and Director: J.
produces base and precious metals, mainly copper, gold, and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, (-97.40%) Brian Kynoch
molybdenum. Its primary properties are located in British Canada Employees (2004): 190 • CFO and Corporate
Columbia (Mount Polley mine, Nak property, and Huckleberry Phone: 604-669-8959 Employee Growth (1 yr): Secretary: André H.
Imperial Metals mine) and Nevada (Sterling property). Imperial Metals was Fax: 604-687-4030 (-9.50%) Deepwell
Corporation formed in 2001.
Fans of French cookware, telecommunications cable and
wire, and the penny will love Inca Pacific Resources. An
exploration and mining company focused primarily on copper,
though it also explores for silver and molybdenum, it is
developing multiple properties in Peru. Inca Pacific's primary
location is the Magistral mine project in northern Peru. It and Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 1550
another project at Antoro Sur are scheduled for large-scale Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6,
exploration operations in 2005. The company also operates Canada
another exploration project at Cueva Blanca. Inca Pacific Phone: 604-687-3727 • President, CEO, and
Inca Pacific began operations with a 1999 agreement with the government Fax: 604-687-7041 Director: Anthony (Tony)
Resources Inc. of Peru to acquire what would become its Magistral project. Floyd
Inlet Resources hopes to find copper at the end of the
rainbow. The company is active in copper and nickel mining Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste. 802
development in Canada. Inlet Resources owns mineral Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
properties including Red Lake Gold (in Ontario) and Ungava 1G8, Canada
(in Quebec). The company, which is exploring its properties Phone: 604-605-0777
Inlet Resources for mineral deposits, also believes platinum group metals are Fax: 604-683-8087 • President and Director:
Ltd. in the area. David Baker
Inmet Mining believes it has a solid base for growth in base
metals. The mining company emphasizes base metals such
as copper and zinc, although gold accounts for about 30% of
its sales. Inmet is involved in four producing mines: Troilus, a Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
wholly owned gold mine in Quebec, Canada; Çayeli, a 55%- Revenue (2004): 453.40 M Richard A. Ross
owned joint venture in Turkey that produces copper and zinc Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and COO:
concentrates; Ok Tedi, an 18%-owned copper mine in Papua Address: 330 Bay St., Ste. 1000 94.30% Jochen E. Tilk
New Guinea; and Pyhäsalmi, a copper and zinc mine in Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S8, Canada Employees (2004): 3,000 • VP, Corporate
Finland. It also has a zinc mine in Canada and a copper mine Phone: 416-361-6400 Employee Growth (1 yr): Development: Frank Balint
Inmet Mining in Turkey, both in development. The company explores in Fax: 416-368-4692 219.50%
Corporation other areas of Europe and the Americas. Yes
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited is China's largest copper
producer. The company manufactures 340,000 tons of copper
annually from its mines, which include the Dexing and
Yongping pits and the Wushan underground mine. It owns a Fiscal Year End: December
copper smelter and refinery, and its majority-owned Jiangxi Revenue (2004): 1282.70 M • Chairman: He
Copper Products subsidiary manufactures copper rods and Revenue Growth (1 yr): Changming
wires. Other operations include gold and silver production. Address: 15 Yejin Ave. 96.00% • CFO: Wu Jinxin
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited was formed by parent Guixi, Jiangxi 335424, China Employees (2004): 13,040 • Executive Director and
Jiangxi Copper Corporation, which is owned by the Chinese Phone: +86-701-377-7735 Employee Growth (1 yr): General Manager: Li
government, in 1997. Jiangxi Copper Corporation owns 48% Fax: +86-701-377-7013 (-2.70%) Yihuang
Jiangxi Copper of Jiangxi Copper Company Limited. Yes
 When it comes to copper, Kazakhmys does everything from
dig it up to refine it. Among the top ten copper producers in
the world, the company mines, processes, smelts, and refines
copper and copper cathode and rod products. It annually
produces about 397,000 tons of copper cathode (used in
computers, electric motors, automobiles, and other products).
In addition, Kazakhmys processes and sells by-products such Address: 4 New Sq., Bedfont Lakes,
as gold, silver, and zinc. The company operates primarily in Feltham
Kazakhstan (where it has about 15 mines), as well as in London TW14 8HA, United Kingdom • Chairman: Vladimir Kim
Germany and the UK. China accounts for most of the Phone: +44-20-8636-7900 • CEO: Ruslan Yun
company's sales. Chairman Vladimir Kim has a controlling Fax: +44-20-8636-7920 • COO: Alexander Yun
Kazakhmys PLC stake in Kazakhmys.
Kennecott Utah Copper, a subsidiary of mining giant Rio
Tinto, operates Bingham Canyon, one of the world's biggest
open pit mines. (It's even visible from space.) Annual
production at Bingham Canyon is nearly 300,000 tons of
copper, nearly 400,000 ounces of gold, 3 million ounces of Fiscal Year End: December
silver, and 18 million pounds of molybdenum. In operation Revenue (2004): 1113.00 M • President and CEO:
since 1906, Bingham Canyon has produced about 17 million Revenue Growth (1 yr): William (Bill) Champion
tons of copper -- more than any other mine in history. It has Address: 8362 W. 10200 South 54.20% • CFO: Robert L (Rob)
plenty of ore left, and Kennecott expects to continue open pit Bingham Canyon, UT 84006 Employees (2004): 1,400 Light
Kennecott Utah mining until 2013 followed by years of underground mining Phone: 801-569-6000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Marketing and Sales:
Copper afterward. The company has its own smelter and refinery and Fax: 801-569-6045 (-0.40%) James Cowley
Corporation sells its copper to fabricators.
KGHM Polska Miedz is one of the largest Polish exporters.
The company mines ores, primarily copper and silver, in
Poland. Mined copper is smelted and refined into cathodes, • Chairman: Elzbieta
wire rod, and round copper billets. It also produces gold, lead, Niebisz
aggregates, salt, as well as being involved in waste Address: Marii Sklodowskiej- • President: Marek
management. About 80% of sales comes from its copper Address: Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie 48 Curie 48 Szczerbiak
operations; silver accounts for nearly 15% of sales. Formerly 59-301 Lubin, Poland 59-301 Lubin, Poland • First VP, Finance and
state-owned, the company began trading on the stock Phone: +48-76-84-78-200 Phone: +48-76-84-78-200 Economics: Jaroslaw
KGHM Polska exchange in 1997. The Polish State Treasury still holds about Fax: +48-76-84-78-500 Fax: +48-76-84-78-500 Andrzej Szczepek
Miedz S.A. 45% of KGHM Polska Miedz.
mineral exploration. Spread throughout the world, the
company has gold and base metals projects in Argentina, Address: Exchange Tower, 130 King
Australia, China, Canada, and Mexico. Laramide Resources' St. West, Ste. 3680 Fiscal Year End: December
best bet may be its Westmoreland project (copper, gold, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B1, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.20 M • President: Marc
uranium) in Queensland, Australia. The company holds Phone: 416-599-7363 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Henderson
Laramide investments in Aquiline Resources and Alliance Pacific Fax: 416-599-4959 (-14.00%) • Secretary: Chris Irwin
Resources Ltd. Resources.
Latitude Resources (formerly Latin American Copper) is not
about to cop out on its search for base metals in Chile. The
junior mining company is involved in drilling, exploration, and
excavation activities primarily related to iron oxide copper
gold deposits. Its exploration efforts also extend to porphyry
copper deposits. Latitude Resources operates in areas Fiscal Year End: June • Chairman: Anthony
including Cerro Sur, El Teno, and Lillian; its joint venture with Address: 43 N. Audley St. Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Joseph (Tony) Williams
US-based Phelps Dodge focuses exploration efforts on the London W1K 6WH, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 9 • CEO: Martin Konig
Candelaria Belt region in Northern Chile. Latitude Resources Phone: +44-20 7493 9116 Employee Growth (1 yr): • COO: Sally Joy Schofield
Latitude was founded in 2000. Resourceworks owns about 15% of the Fax: +44-20 7493 9118 80.00%
Resources plc company.
 Leader Mining International explores for such minerals as
copper, tantalum, and magnesium in Canada. The company's • President and CEO: R.J.
projects include a magnesium claim near Vancouver, British (Bob) McGowan
Columbia; a tantalum deposit in north central Sasketchewan; Address: 505 6th St. SW, Ste. 2806 • CFO: Christopher Gulka
and a copper deposit near Flin Flon, Manitoba. Leader Mining Calgary, Alberta T2P 1X5, Canada • VP, Corporate Affairs,
has a joint venture agreement with Kores Canada, a Phone: 403-234-7501 Europe: Roland Kesselring
Leader Mining subsidiary of the Korean government, was established in Fax: 403-234-7504
International Inc. 1987.
Lumina Resources Corp explores and develops copper mines
in Canada. The company operates the Hushamu property on
northern Vancouver Island; it is made up of 18,200 hectares
of mineral claims and contains copper/gold porphyry deposits. Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St.
Lumina also owns the Redstone property located in the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, • Chairman: Ross J. Beaty
Northwest Territories; it contains copper mineralization Canada • President and CEO:
deposits. Another site called Casino is located in the Yukon; it Phone: 604-687-0407 Anthony (Tony) Floyd
Lumina contains a lower grade copper/gold/molybdenum porphyry Fax: 604-687-7041 • CFO: Sandra Lim
Resources Corp. deposit.
If you call a "copper" in South America, don't be surprised if
you get Madeco. The company is one of Chile's leading
manufacturers of copper wire and cable (building wire, fiber-
optic telecommunications cable, and power cable), brass
(pipes, bars, and sheets), aluminum (window and door Fiscal Year End: December • Honorary Chairman:
frames, hardware), and flexible packaging (aluminum foil). Revenue (2004): 581.00 M Oscar Ruiz-Tagle
Madeco sells its products to companies in the construction, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Humeres
consumer product packaging, energy, mining, and Address: Ureta Cox, 930 45.30% • Chairman: Guillermo
telecommunications industries. The company's Armat San Miguel, Santiago, Chile Employees (2004): 2,768 Luksic Craig
subsidiary makes coin blanks for the Chilean mint. Diversified Phone: +56-2-520-1000 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Tiberio Dall'Olio
Latin American investment enterprise Quiñenco owns more Fax: +56-2-520-1140 1.60% Lenzini
Madeco S.A. than 50% of Madeco. Yes
Mediterranean Resources (formerly Mediterranean Minerals)
is searching out gold and base metal deposits at mineral Address: 890 - 885 Dunsmuir St. • Executive Chairman:
properties located in Turkey and other countries. The Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1N5, Lawrence M. Glaser
company also maintains subsidiaries in Peru in order to Canada • President, CEO, and
oversee administrative operations related to mineral Phone: 604-669-3397 Director: Peter J. Guest
Mediterranean properties in which it retains arbitration rights. Toronto-based Fax: 604-669-3357 • CFO: Winnie Wong
Resources Ltd. Dundee Precious Metals holds 30% of the company.
Once a gold miner, MK Resources has switched to copper.
MK Resources focuses on exploration and the purchase of
promising metal properties. The company's key property is Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO: G.
the Las Cruces copper deposit in Spain, which is estimated to Revenue (2004): 1.00 M Frank Joklik
have proven and probable reserves of more than 2.3 million Address: 60 E. South Temple, Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President and Director:
pounds of copper. MK Resources also is engaged in 1225 (-31.10%) Thomas E. Mara
exploration programs elsewhere in Spain and in Nevada. In Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Employees (2004): 30 • CFO, Secretary, and
2005 MK Resources sold a 70% stake in Las Cruces to Inmet Phone: 801-297-6900 Employee Growth (1 yr): Treasurer: John C. Farmer
MK Resources Mining, and in a related transaction, holding company Fax: 801-297-6950 15.40%
Company Leucadia National took full ownership of MK Resources.
 Mining for metals can be a big, hairy ordeal, but Monster
Copper is up for the task. The company primarily seeks
mineral deposits known as iron oxide hosted copper gold
(IOCG). Monster Copper has exploration and development
properties in the Yukon Territory, Labrador, and Nova Scotia Address: 11 Rocksprings Ave.
and has formed a partnership with Noranda Exploração ( a Richmond Hill, Ontario L4S 1R2,
subsidiary of Falconbridge) to explore a copper and gold Canada
property in northern Brazil. In Labrador the company was at Phone: 905-780-8783 • President, CEO, and
Monster Copper first exploring for copper and gold, but has since partnered Fax: 905-780-8790 Director: Michael J.
Corporation with Santoy Resources to focus on uranium exploration. Downes
Monterrico Metals hopes to find its fortunes in Peru. The • Managing Director and
company primarily explores the Rio Blanco copper and Fiscal Year End: December Board Member:
molybdenum project in northern Peru, on the border of Address: No. 2 London Wall Buildings Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Christopher J. (Chris)
Ecuador. It has various other base and previous metal London EC2M 5UU, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 146 Eager
projects that aren't advanced as Rio Blanco. For these Phone: +44-20-7448-5088 Employee Growth (1 yr): • COO and Director:
Monterrico Metals exploration projects Monterrico Metals looks for partners. Fax: +44-20-7448-5089 47.50% Raymond J. (Ray) Angus
Plc None of its properties are in production.
Mueller Copper Tube, part of the Mueller Industries group of
companies, manufactures drawn copper tubing and copper
fittings. Products include tubing designed to carry water and Address: Rte. 25 South
to carry refrigerants, as well as line sets. Fittings made by Fulton, MS 38843 Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
Mueller Copper Mueller Copper Tube are used in plumbing and other Phone: 662-862-2181 Revenue (2005): 55.80 M William D. O'Hagan
Tube Company, pressure applications. Other Mueller Industries units make Fax: 662-862-3002 Employees (2005): 400 • CFO: Kent A. McKee
Inc. fittings from plastic, brass, and other metals.
Murchison United acquires, explores, and develops industrial
mining properties in western Australia and Tasmania. The Address: 2 Centro Ave., Subiaco Fiscal Year End: June • Chairman: Glenn R.
company's Millenium leases located in Queensland is being Perth 6008, Australia Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Featherby
explored for copper and other minerals. Murchison United is Phone: +61-8-9381-4711 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director: Mark
Murchison United studying the viability of acquiring properties in Africa and the Fax: +61-8-9381-4722 (-91.40%) D. Reilly
NL Republic of Guinea for the purpose of uranium exploration.
NGK Metals manufactures beryllium copper metal alloy
products. The company's products are offered in forms
including bar, plate, rod, strip, and tube. It also sells such Address: 917 US Hwy. 11 South
other goods as chill vents and safety tools. NGK Metals Sweetwater, TN 37874 • President: Glade Nelson
operates from facilities in France, Japan, and the US. The Phone: 423-337-5500 • Director of Technology:
NGK Metals company is a subsidiary of Japan based maker of insulation Fax: 423-337-5540 Nate Gildersleeve
Corporation for utility and industrial electric lines NGK INSULATORS.
metal. The company is made up of two main business
segments. The company's copper production unit produces
copper cathodes (a 99.9%-pure form of copper) from ore,
recycling materials, and scrap. Its second business unit, Fiscal Year End: September
copper processing, then uses this copper to cast wire rod and Revenue (2005): 3639.80 M • Chairman of the
shapes, copper alloys, and rolled products. The company Revenue Growth (1 yr): Executive Board: Werner
produces about 800,000 tons of copper each year. Address: Hovestrasse 50 19.00% Marnette
Customers include companies in the chemical, electronics, D-20539 Hamburg, Germany Employees (2005): 3,158 • CFO: Toralf A. Haag
automotive, and construction industries. NA also produces Phone: +49-40-7883-3224 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Head of Public Relations:
Norddeutsche precious metals (gold and silver) as a byproduct of copper Fax: +49-40-7883-3003 (-1.50%) Simone Tasche
Affinerie AG processing.
 Norther Peru Copper owns and develops the Galeno Cu-Au
and Pashpap Cu-Mo copper properties located in Northern Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St. • Chairman: Robert P.
Peru. Galeno, located near the largest gold mine in South Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Pirooz
America, is made up of a porphyry deposit. The company has Canada • CEO and President:
Northern Peru plans to explore the Pashpap property, which is made up of 5 Phone: 604-687 0407 Marshall Koval
Copper known porphyry deposits, through a joint venture with Japan Fax: 604-687 0407 • CFO: Sandra Lim
Corporation Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.
Novicourt mines for several specific types of metals, including Fiscal Year End: December
copper and zinc, in the Louvicourt region of Canada. Its Revenue (2004): 49.70 M
primary asset is the company's 45%-stake in the Louvicourt Revenue Growth (1 yr):
mine (production ceased at the mine in 2005). The company Address: 181 Bay St., Ste. 200 61.70% • President and CEO:
also partners with Canadian mining firms on several other Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada Employees (2004): 189 George Jones
projects. It is exploring properties in Brazil and Canada (near Phone: 416-982-7145 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP Finance and
the Louvicourt mine.) Novicourt is 60%-owned by copper and Fax: 416-982-7490 (-14.10%) Controller: Michael Boone
Novicourt Inc. nickel mining giant Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda).
mainly for markets in Europe and the US. Products include
copper rods, bars, sheets, plates, strips, wire, and tubes. Its
operations are separated into five divisions: Americas, • Chairman: Finn
Appliance Heat Exchangers and Asia, Automotive Heat Address: Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola Johnsson
Exchangers, Europe, and Forming Equipment. The company, FIN-02101 Espoo, Finland Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO: John
Outokumpu which was formerly part of Finland-based Outokumpu, was Phone: +358-10-4255-700 Revenue (2005): 251.20 M Peter Leesi
Copper Products sold to private equity firm Nordic Capital for about $770 Fax: +358-10-4255-747 Employees (2005): 1,800 • CFO: Jyrki Vesaluoma
Oy million.
explanatory. The company explores and develops copper
deposits in Peru. Its primary exploration project is the
Toromocho deposit in the Morococha district, located in the
central part of the country. In 2003 Peru Copper acquired the Address: 475 W. Georgia St., Ste. • Chairman: J. David
option to develop the Toromocho property from government- 920 Lowell
owned Empresa Minera del Centro del Peru (known as Vancouver, British Columbia V6B • President, CEO, and
Centromin). The company is also acquiring interests in other 4M9, Canada Director: Charles G. Preble
concessions adjacent to Toromocho. Founder and chairman Phone: 604-689-0234
J. David Lowell and his family hold about 15% of the Fax: 604-688-0094 • CFO: Thomas J. Findley
Peru Copper Inc. company. Yes
Phelps Dodge (PD) may produce the metal found in pennies,
but its rank in the copper business is no small change. PD is
the world's second-largest copper producer, after Chile's
Codelco. Copper accounts for most of PD's sales, but the
company also produces gold, silver, molybdenum, and other
mineral and chemical by-products of its copper operations. Fiscal Year End: December
Other businesses -- under its Phelps Dodge Industries Revenue (2005): 8287.10 M • Chairman and CEO: J.
division -- include Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable (specialty Revenue Growth (1 yr): Steven Whisler
conductors for the aerospace, computer, and automotive 16.90% • President and COO:
industries and telecommunications cables). The company Address: 1 N. Central Ave. Employees (2004): 14,000 Timothy R. Snider
produces more than half of the copper mined in the US. It Phoenix, AZ 85004-4414 Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: Ramiro
Phelps Dodge sold Columbian Chemicals, which makes carbon black, to DC Phone: 602-366-8100 7.70% G. Peru
Corporation Chemical in early 2006. Yes
 a lot to Phelps Dodge Mining Company (PDMC). The mining
and metals division of Phelps Dodge maintains copper and
molybdenum mining operations (Climax Molybdenum) in the • President: David C.
US and South America. Much of its copper is used as the Naccarati
primary raw materials for the electrical wire and cable • President, Phelps Dodge
industry, while molybdenum is used by the steel industry, Sales Company: Arthur R.
primarily, and also chemical manufacturers. PDMC also Miele
produces gold, silver, and other metals as a by-product of its Address: 1 N. Central Ave. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, South American
copper mining. The company operates three copper smelters Phoenix, AZ 85004-4415 Revenue (2004): 5443.40 M Mining Operations and
in the US. PDMC, which produces more than a million tons of Phone: 602-366-8100 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Development: Harry M.
Phelps Dodge copper annually, accounts for about 70% of Phelps Dodge's Fax: 602-366-7329 92.40% (Red) Conger
Mining Company total sales.
Quadra Mining is doing a little gambling in Nevada, but it's not Address: 1177 W. Hastings St., Ste. • Chairman: Alexander M.
at the casino. The company owns the Robinson Mine in 2000 Fiscal Year End: December Laird
eastern Nevada. Through mining contractor Washington Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2K3, Revenue (2004): 11.90 M • CEO: William H. (Bill)
Group, the company produces copper and gold. Originally Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): Myckatyn
formed back in 2002, Quadra Mining bought the Robinson Phone: 604-689-8550 64266.50% • President: Paul M. Blythe
Quadra Mining Mine from BHP Billiton in 2004. The company also owns the Fax: 604-689-8556 Employees (2004): 343
Ltd. Sierra Gorda project in Chile.
Regalito Copper (formerly Lumina Copper) hopes to shine in
the copper mining business. The company has the rights to
copper exploration properties in Chile. Regalito Copper is
waiting for mineral prices to rise before it initiates the Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St., Ste.
development of these properties. Chairman Ross Beatty, also 1550
the chairman and CEO of Pan American Silver, controls about Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, • Chairman: Ross J. Beaty
30% of the company. Pan Pacific Copper Co., a joint venture Canada • President: David Strang
of Mitsui Mining & Smelting and Nippon Mining & Metals, Phone: 604-687-0407 • CEO and Director:
Regalito Copper made an offer to acquire Regalito Copper in 2006; Regalito's Fax: 604-687-7041 Robert P. Pirooz
Corp. board endorsed the takeover bid. Yes
• Chairman: Robert A.
Rockwell Ventures has mining operations (primarily copper) in Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. Dickinson
northern Chile through subsidiary Minera Ricardo Resources. 1020 • President, CEO, and
The company is exploring and developing the properties in Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2V6, Director: Ronald W.
Chile in partnership with Rio Tinto. Rockwell Ventures is also Canada Thiessen
involved in exploration projects in British Columbia. Officers Phone: 604-684-6365 • CFO, Secretary, and
Rockwell and directors of the company hold more than15% of its Fax: 604-684-8092 Director: Jeffrey R. Mason
Ventures Inc. shares. Yes
As its name suggests, South American Gold and Copper Fiscal Year End: September
Company (SAGC) explores and develops gold, silver, copper, Revenue (2005): 2.30 M • Chairman: Paul J.
and other industrial mineral properties in South America. The Revenue Growth (1 yr): DesLauriers
company's Pimenton mine in Chile started production in 2004. 146.80% • President and CEO:
In addition, SAGC holds interests in several limestone Address: 67 Yonge St. Employees (2005): 170 Stephen W. Houghton
South American deposits in Chile and the company is exploring a copper Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8, Canada Employee Growth (1 yr): • EVP and CFO: William C.
Gold and Copper deposit adjacent to the Pimenton mine. SAGC is also Phone: 416-369-9359 17.20% O'Donnell
Company Limited investigating the viability of a gold prospect in Peru.
 copper -- its mines are high in the Andes Mountains. One of
the largest miners in the world, SCC mines, smelts, and
refines copper at its Toquepala and Cuajone mines, about • President, CEO, and
400 miles from Lima. It produces blister copper and copper Director: Oscar González
cathodes at the smelter and refinery in Ilo, Peru. SCC Fiscal Year End: December Rocha
produces better than 1.5 billion pounds of copper annually, Address: Avenida Caminos del Inca Revenue (2005): 4112.60 M • EVP and COO: Xavier
making it the No. 1 copper producer by reserves. Its copper is No. 171, Chacarilla del Estanque, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Garcia de Quevedo
sold in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, where it's used Santi 139.70% Topete
mainly for building, construction, and electronics. The Lima 33, Peru Employees (2004): 3,544 • VP, Finance, CFO, and
company also recovers silver and molybdenum from copper Phone: +51-1-372-1414 Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: J. Eduardo
Southern Copper ore. Americas Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of Grupo Fax: +51-1-372-0262 (-0.60%) González Felix
Corporation México, owns 75% of SCC. Yes
Sumitomo Electric Wintec America manufactures wire and
electric cable. The company's specialty is wire used in the
production of magnets for electrical machinery. It serves
customers involved in the manufacture of air conditioners, Address: 909 Industrial Dr. • President and CEO:
automobiles, hand tools, refrigeration equipment, and Edmonton, KY 42129-8944 Masahara (Mark) Kurata
Sumitomo televisions among other products. Sumitomo Electric Wintec Phone: 270-432-2233 • Sales Manager: Tim
Electric Wintec America is a subsidiary of Japan-based Sumitomo Electric Fax: 270-432-2838 Dubree
America, Inc. Industries.
since 1691 -- along with gold, nickel, and zinc. Metals-related
refining and processing operations account for more than half
of SMM's sales. The company has smelting and refining
operations, plus mining resources, in Japan (the Hishikari
gold mine), the US, Australia, Peru, Philippines, and Chile. It
also produces electronic materials (about 30% of sales),
including bonding wire, lead frames, electric paste, and Address: 5-11-3, Shinbashi, Minato- Fiscal Year End: March • President: Koichi
copper-clad polymide film for semiconductors and printed ku Revenue (2004): 3806.60 M Fukushima
circuit boards. Other operations make construction and Tokyo 105-8716, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Senior Managing
housing materials and offer soil and water remediation Phone: +81-3-3436-7701 28.40% Executive Officer:
Sumitomo Metal services. Founded in 1590, SMM is part of the "keiretsu" Fax: +81-3-3434-2215 Employees (2004): 8,187 Hirosuke Chihara
Mining Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Group.
Getting the lead (and zinc) out is paramount to Toho Zinc.
The company is a leading Japanese producer of zinc and
lead. The bulk of Toho Zinc's sales are from its smelting and Fiscal Year End: March
refining operations, which produce lead, silver, sulfuric acid, Revenue (2004): 529.20 M
and other nonferrous products. The company also Address: 1-6-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho, Revenue Growth (1 yr):
manufactures electronic parts (noise-absorbing coils, noise Chuo-ku 18.20% • President, CEO, and
filters, and high-frequency transformers), materials for gold Tokyo 103-8437, Japan Employees (2004): 990 Director: Tadashi Aoki
coating, and products used by the aerospace and nuclear Phone: +81-3-3272-5611 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
Toho Zinc Co., industries such as high-purity iron powder and flake used in Fax: +81-3-3271-0137 (-3.40%) Toshio Kurigami
Ltd. the manufacture of superalloys.
Like its name says Uganda Gold Mining explores for gold in
Africa. The company started out in Uganda exploring for gold, Address: 307 Granville St.
but now has moved on to a promising copper and cobalt Vancouver, British Columbia V7K 1H2,
property in the Rwenzori Mountains. Back home, Uganda Canada
Gold also holds two gold properties in British Columbia, which Phone: 604-682-2245
Uganda Gold it might explore with the help of joint venture partners. Officers Fax: 604-682-2775 • President and CEO: Allan
Mining Ltd. and board members hold about 20% of the company. J. Beaton
 Fiscal Year End: March
Vedanta Resources explores, mines, and refines copper, Revenue (2005): 1884.20 M • Chairman: Anil K.
zinc, and aluminum with operations located in Australia, Revenue Growth (1 yr): Agarwal
Zambia, and India. Vedanta does business in India through its Address: 16 Berkeley St 46.10% • CEO: Kuldip K. Kaura
copper-producing subsidiary Sterlite Industries. Sterlite holds London W1J 8DZ, United Kingdom Employees (2005): 22,613 • Finance Director and
stakes in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminum Company. In Phone: +44-20-7499-5900 Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: Peter E. Sydney-
Vedanta Australia, Vedanta has copper mines in Queensland and Fax: +44-20-7491-8440 79.40% Smith
Resources plc Tasmania.
Wolverine Tube helps refrigerators and air conditioners chill
out. One of North America's largest makers of copper and
copper alloy tube for commercial products, Wolverine sells Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Dennis J.
directly to original equipment manufacturers. The company Revenue (2005): 873.50 M Horowitz
makes a broad range of commercial custom tubing, including Address: 200 Clinton Ave. West, 10th Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CEO, President, and
industrial (for residential air conditioning units), technical (for Floor 9.50% COO: Johann R. (Chip)
heat exchangers), copper alloy (for utilities), and fabricated Huntsville, AL 35801 Employees (2004): 3,178 Manning Jr.
(for automotive, electrical, HVAC, and other applications) Phone: 256-353-1310 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP, CFO and Secretary:
Wolverine Tube, products, as well as wholesale tube for standard air Fax: 256-580-3659 5.50% James E. Deason
Inc. conditioning, plumbing, and refrigeration. Yes
Zambia Copper Investments' portfolio is heavy on copper.
The company primarily mines copper and cobalt through Address: Clarendon House, 2 Church Fiscal Year End: December
28%-owned Zambian mining company Konkola Copper Mines St. Revenue (2004): 440.60 M
(KCM). Other shareholders in KCM include Vedanta Hamilton, Bermuda Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Zambia Copper Resources (51%) and ZCCM Investments (21%). KCM also Phone: 352-40-25-05-1 23.70%
Investments has smelting and refining operations. Copper Development Fax: 352-40-25-05-66 Employees (2004): 0 • Chairman: Jean-Pierre
Limited Foundation has a 44% stake in Zambia Copper. Rozan
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
Even in bad times, Agnico-Eagle Mines has always
followed the Golden Rule: gold rules. The Canadian gold
producer has limited its mining production to its 100%-
owned LaRonde Mine in Quebec, which produced about
270,000 ounces of gold in 2004. LaRonde holds more than • Chairman: James D.
5 million ounces of gold in proven and probable reserves -- Nasso
one of the largest gold deposits ever found. The mine also Address: 145 King St. East, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • Vice Chairman, CEO and
produces copper, zinc, and silver as a byproduct of its gold 500 Revenue (2005): 241.30 M Director: Sean Boyd
mining. Through its Contact Diamond unit (formerly Toronto, Ontario M5C 2Y7, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.40% • President, COO and
Sudbury Contact Mines), the company conducts diamond Phone: 416-947-1212 Employees (2005): 789 Director: Eberhard (Ebe)
Agnico-Eagle exploration at properties in Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, and Fax: 416-367-4681 Employee Growth (1 yr): 29.30% Scherkus
Mines Limited Northwest Territories in Canada. Yes
All that glitters is not AngloGold Ashanti, but much of it is.
The company (a result of the 2004 merger of AngloGold
and Ashanti Goldfields) is a contender with Newmont and
Barrick to be known as the world's largest gold miner.
AngloGold Ashanti has 63 million ounces of proven and
probable reserves and mines about 6 million ounces from • Chairman: Russell P.
its open-pit and underground mines in Africa, Australia, and Edey
the Americas; it also has many exploration projects. In all, Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Executive
the company operates 20 mines in 10 countries. Prior to the Address: 11 Diagonal St. Revenue (2005): 2629.00 M Director: Robert M.
merger, most of AngloGold's mines were high-overhead, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.70% (Bobby) Godsell
deep-level, hard-rock operations in South Africa (now less Phone: +27-11-637-6000 Employees (2004): 65,400 • President and Director:
AngloGold than half of sales). South African minerals giant Anglo Fax: +27-11-637-6624 Employee Growth (1 yr): 18.00% Sir Sam Esson Jonah
Ashanti Limited American owns 51% of AngloGold. Yes
Apollo Gold is not something you might find on Mount
Olympus, but rather a mining company operating in Canada
and the US. The company has gold, silver, lead, and zinc
mine operations in Montana, Nevada, and Ontario. The
company's Montana Tunnels facility produces about 35,000 Fiscal Year End: December
ounces of gold annually along with a majority of the Revenue (2005): 43.30 M • Chairman: Charles E.
company's silver, lead, and zinc. Its Florida Canyon Address: 204 Black St., Ste. 300 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-33.10%) Stott
property (sold in late 2005) in Nevada produced more than Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2M9, Employees (2005): 129 • President, CEO, and
70,000 ounces of gold annually. Apollo is primarily focused Canada Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: R. David Russell
Apollo Gold on developing its Black Fox Project gold mine operation in Phone: 867-668-5252 (-68.00%) • CFO: Melvyn Williams
Corporation Ontario. Yes
Banro is looking for a jewel in Africa's gold belt. The
company explores and develops gold properties along the
Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Congo. It is currently
developing four gold projects (Kamituga, Lugushwa,
Namoya, Twangiza) that cover more than 1,600 square • Chairman: Simon F. W.
miles in the Maniema and South Kivu provinces. It has Address: 1 First Canadian Place, Village
identified about 2 million ounces of measured and indicated 100 King St. West, Ste. 7070 • President, CEO, and
resources on the properties. The Congolese government Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E3, Canada Director: Peter N. Cowley
holds a small ownership stake in the company's operations. Phone: 416-366-2221 • CFO: J. Gregory (Greg)
Banro Banro has a 40% ownership interest in Canadian mining Fax: 416-366-7722 Short
Corporation company BRC Development. Yes
 In the world of mining, Barrick's name is golden. The
company became the world's #1 gold producer, ahead of
Newmont Mining and AngloGold Ashanti, after acquiring
Placer Dome in 2006. Barrick alone churns out some 5
million ounces of gold annually and has 90 million ounces
in proved and probable reserves. More than half of the
company's production comes from its North America • Chairman: Peter Munk
operations, which include the 9,900-acre Goldstrike Address: BCE Place, Canada Trust • President, CEO, and
property, located in Nevada's Carlin Trend gold-producing Tower, 161 Bay St., Ste. 3700 Director: Gregory C. (Greg)
region. Its properties outside of North America include the Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Wilkins
Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania, the Pierina mine in Peru, and Phone: 416-861-9911 Revenue (2005): 2350.00 M • EVP and CFO: Jamie C.
Barrick Gold the Kalgoorlie mine in Australia. Barrick bought fellow Fax: 416-861-2492 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 21.60% Sokalsky
Corporation Canadian gold miner Placer Dome for $10.4 billion. Yes
Bema Gold beams most when it finds a rich gold strike. The
gold and silver mining company owns the Julietta Mine
(79%-owned, Russia) and the Petrex Mines (South Africa), • Chairman, President, and
both currently its primary assets in production. The Address: 3100 Three Bentall CEO: Clive T. Johnson
company produces about 230,000 ounces of gold annually. Centre, 595 Burrard St. • SVP, Operations: George
Other interests include the Aldebaran Property (Chile), the Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Johnson
Cerro Casale Deposit (Chile), the Yarnell Property (US), the IJI, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Development and
Refugio Mine (Chile), and Russia's Kupol gold and silver Phone: 604-681-8371 Revenue (2005): 108.00 M Production: Dennis
Bema Gold project, which was acquired in 2003. The Refugio Mine Fax: 604-681-6209 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.30% Stansbury
Corporation (50%-owned) was brought into production in 2005. Yes
Birch Mountain Resources is trying to climb to the top of the
heap in the industrial minerals business. The company was
exploring and developing precious metal properties, but is
now concentrating on industrial mineral properties (primarily • Chairman: Kerry E. Sully
lime and concrete aggregate) in the Athabasca region of Address: 250 6th Ave. SW, Ste. • President, CEO, and
northern Alberta. Formed in 1994, the company has three 300 Director: Douglas J. (Doug)
major divisions: Mineral Exploration, Mineral Technology, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H7, Canada Rowe
and Industrial Minerals. In 2004 Birch Mountain Resources Phone: 403-262-1838 • VP, Finance and CFO:
Birch Mountain announced the Hammerstone limestone project, which is Fax: 403-263-9888 Hansine Ullberg
Resources Ltd. waiting regulatory approval. Yes
construction is. One of the top gold producers in the world,
the company operates six mines -- including underground
and open-pit projects -- primarily in Canada, Guyana, and
Suriname. Cambior produces about 700,000 ounces of gold • Chairman: Guy G.
annually and has total proven and probable reserves of 3.5 Dufresne
million ounces. The company's Omai mine in Guyana Address: 1111 St. Charles St. • President, CEO, and
(expected to shutdown in 2005) produces about 240,000 West, East Tower, Ste. 750 Director: Louis P. Gignac
ounces annually, or 35% of the company's gold. Longueuil, Quebec J4K 5G4, • VP, Business
Meanwhile, its Rosebel gold mine in Suriname began Canada Fiscal Year End: December Development and
production in 2004; the mine produced about 270,000 Phone: 450-677-0040 Revenue (2004): 300.00 M Exploration: François
ounces the first year it came online. Cambior also mines Fax: 450-677-3382 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 57.20% Viens
Cambior Inc. ferroniobium and bauxite. Yes
 Canyon Resources operates a gold mine in California. Its
Briggs Mine, located in the southeastern part of the state,
produced about 30,000 ounces of gold and 8,500 ounces of
silver in 2004. The company is engaging in reclamation
operations at its Kendall Mine, near Lewistown, Montana. In • Chairman: Richard H. De
addition, Canyon Resources is exploring for gold and silver Fiscal Year End: December Voto
on properties elsewhere in the western US and in Africa Address: 14142 Denver West Revenue (2005): 4.10 M • President, CEO and
and Latin America. The main customer for the company's Pkwy., Ste. 250 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-65.30%) Director: James K. B.
gold is Standard Bank London; Metalor USA Refining is the Golden, CO 80401 Employees (2004): 22 Hesketh
Canyon main customer for the silver produced by Canyon Phone: 303-278-8464 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP and Chief Accounting
Resources Resources. Fax: 303-279-3772 (-66.20%) Officer: David P. Suleksi
Corporation Yes
Cardero Resource is hot on the trail for mineral deposits.
The company is primarily exploring copper, iron, gold, and
silver properties in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru. In Mexico,
where most of its projects are located, Cardero Resource
has exploration operations in the Baja California State, the
Coahuila de Zaragoza State, the San Luis Potosi State, and Address: 1177 W. Hastings St.,
the Sonora State. The company is involved in a joint Ste. 1901 • President, CEO, and
venture agreement with Anglo American to explore and Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Director: Hendrik (Henk)
develop the properties in the Baja California State. 2K3, Canada van Alphen
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is involved in one of Phone: 604-408-7488 • CFO: Michael W. (Mike)
Cardero Resource Cardero Resource's projects in Peru. Cardero Resource Fax: 604-408-7499 Kinley
Corp. also has a silver project in Argentina. Yes
Claude Resources digs up dirt clods to get to precious
metals. The company is currently mining gold only at its
Seabee mine in northern Saskatchewan, but has other
exploration projects underway in northern Manitoba and Address: 224 4th Ave. South, Ste. • Chairman: Arnie E. Hillier
northwestern Ontario. Claude produces about 40,000 200
ounces of gold annually at its Seabee mine; it has proven Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
and probable reserves of about 160,000 ounces of gold. 5M5, Canada Revenue (2004): 21.50 M Director: A. Neil McMillan
While Gold accounts for about 90% of the company's sales, Phone: 306-668-7505 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-5.30%) • COO: Raymond G.
Claude the company also produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, Fax: 306-668-7500 Employees (2004): 171 Gagnon
Resources Inc. and oil in Alberta and southeastern Saskatchewan. Yes
Through sheer concentration and might, Compañía de
Minas Buenaventura extracts metals in the form of silver-
lead, silver-gold, zinc, and lead-gold-copper concentrates.
Gold accounts for about 50% of the company's sales.
Minas Buenaventura has an interest in Latin America's
largest gold mine (about 45%, Minera Yanacocha, Peru), • Chairman: Alberto
with 32 million ounces in mineable proved and probable Benavides de la Quintana
reserves. It operates three mining units and has a Address: Carlos Villarán 790, Santa Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO and
controlling interest in five mining companies. The company Catalina Revenue (2005): 273.20 M Director: Roque Benavides
Compañía de has exploration projects in Peru and other parts of South Lima 13, Peru Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.20%) Ganoza
Minas America, mostly through joint ventures. It also has electric Phone: +51-1-419-2538 Employees (2004): 1,984 • VP, CFO: Carlos E.
Buenaventura power transmission and engineering services companies Fax: +51-1-471-7349 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-5.30%) Gálvez Pinillos
S.A.A. for the mining industry. Yes
 "Hello" to Venezuela. Crystallex's main development project
is the Las Cristinas gold mine in Venezuela. After a
protracted court battle, in 2002 Crystallex was finally
chosen to develop the Las Cristinas property (expected to
begin production in 2007) located in Bolivar State. Other Address: 18 King St. East, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Robert A.
operations include the Tomi mine (gold in Venezuela), Lo 1210 Revenue (2005): 25.00 M Fung
Incréible mine (gold in Venezuela), and the Revemin Mill Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 23.80% • President, CEO, and
Crystallex (ore processing in Venezuela). These operations are Phone: 416-203-2448 Employees (2004): 567 Director: Todd Bruce
International currently Crystallex International's only revenue generating Fax: 416-203-0099 Employee Growth (1 yr): 60.20% • CFO: Dan Hamilton
Corporation projects. Yes
DRDGOLD, formerly Durban Roodepoort Deep, roots deep
for profits. The gold mining and refining company has been
mining west of Johannesburg since 1895. DRDGOLD
produces about 400,000 ounces of gold annually, and it has
more than 5 million ounces in ore reserves. It pursues ultra-
deep mining at depths of almost 2.5 miles. DRDGOLD • Chairman: Molton P.
focuses on three main projects in South Africa: the Blyvoor Address: 299 Pendoring Ave., Ncholo
Section, the ERPM Section, and the Crown Section. Recent Blackheath • CEO and Director: Mark
growth for the company has come through its operations in Randburg 2195, South Africa Fiscal Year End: June M. Wellesley-Wood
Papua New Guinea, where it owns the Tolukuma gold mine Phone: +27-11-219-8700 Revenue (2005): 173.20 M • COO and Director: Louis
DRDGOLD and has a 20% joint venture stake in the Porgera mine. Fax: +27-11-476-2637 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-45.50%) C. Lamsley
Limited DRDGOLD also has interests in Fiji. Yes
While it's not looking for a fabled city of gold, the company
does have various exploration and development operations
located in Brazil, China, and Turkey. Eldorado Gold
primarily operates the São Bento Mine (the company's only
producing mine) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In Address: 550 Burrard St., Ste. 1188 • Chairman: Hugh C.
Turkey, the company is exploring and developing several Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Morris
projects including the Kisladag and Efemçukuru properties. 2B5, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
In 2005 Eldorado Gold entered China by acquiring Afcan Phone: 604-687-4018 Revenue (2005): 29.70 M Director: Paul N. Wright
Eldorado Gold Mining and obtaining the Tanjianshan gold development Fax: 604-687-4026 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-10.50%) • COO: Norm S. Pitcher
Corporation project. Yes
Entrée Gold hopes to serve up a heaping helping of gold.
The company explores and develops gold and copper
prospects in Mongolia. Its holdings primarily include the
Lookout Hill and Turquoise Hill properties, both located in Address: 1166 Alberni St., Ste.
the southern Gobi Desert. Entrée Gold has an agreement 1201
with Ivanhoe Mines to help develop the Lookout Hill project. Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
None of the company's projects are in production. The 3Z3, Canada
company had been exploring Costa Rica in the 1990s, but Phone: 604-687-4777 • President, CEO, and
pulled out after no luck. In 2002 Entrée Gold became Fax: 604-687-4770 Director: Gregory (Greg)
Entrée Gold Inc. involved in option agreements for property in Mongolia. Crowe Yes
 FNX Mining Company hopes the effects of its projects pay
off. The company produces metals from Canada's Sudbury
Basin, primarily mining for nickel, copper, platinum,
palladium, and gold. It owns the Sudbury Basin project;
partner Inco Limited processes and sells the production • President, CEO, and
from the property. In order to concentrate on developing Director: A. Terrance
Sudbury the company sold off its stake in an Alaska Address: 55 University Ave., Ste. (Terry) MacGibbon
property, but still holds an option on a property in Guinea. In 700 • SVP and COO: Anthony
2005 the company acquired Dynatec's interest in the Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7, Canada Fiscal Year End: December P. (Tony) Makuch
Sudbury project (making it 100%-owned by FNX) and its Phone: 416-628-5938 Revenue (2005): 72.70 M • VP and CFO: Ronald P.
FNX Mining 50% holding in Aurora Platinum. In return Dynatec received Fax: 416-360-0550 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 56.00% Gagel
Company Inc. a 20% stake in FNX. Yes
Gammon Lake Resources hopes to find itself swimming in
a pool of gold. The company explores for precious metals,
primarily gold in Canada and Mexico (including its main
Ocampo gold and silver project in Chihuahua). The
company has about 40 concessions at the Ocampo project Address: 202 Brownlow Ave.,
and is expected to begin production in 2006. Gold was first Cambridge 2, Ste. 306 • Chairman and President:
discovered in the remote area of Ocampo in 1804 and was Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1T5, Fred George
actively mined until the Mexican revolution of 1912. Canada • CEO and Director:
Gammon Lake also holds more than 25% of Mexgold Phone: 902-468-0614 Bradley H. Langille
Gammon Lake Resources, which has gold and silver properties in Fax: 902-468-0631 • COO: John C. Thornton
Resources Inc. Chihuahua and Guanajuto. Yes
Most of what glitters for Glamis Gold can be found in
Honduras, Mexico, and the US. The company gets more
than 80% of its revenue from two properties: the 67%-
owned Marigold Mine, a joint venture with Barrick Gold's
Homestake Mining unit, in Nevada, and the San Martin
Mine, in Honduras. Glamis also owns a producing property
in Mexico, El Sauzal Mine, which yields silver as well as • Chairman: A. Dan Rovig
gold. The company's Rand Mine, in California, has been • President, CEO, and
shut down. Glamis is developing the Marlin project in Address: 5190 Neil Rd., Ste. 310 Director: C. Kevin
Guatemala, another gold and silver property. Overall, Reno, NV 89502 Fiscal Year End: December McArthur
Glamis has reserves of some 6.3 million ounces of gold. Phone: 775-827-4600 Revenue (2005): 202.60 M • EVP and COO: James S.
The company moved to expand in 2006 when it bought the Fax: 775-827-5044 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 113.90% Voorhees
Glamis Gold Ltd. Canadian minerals company Western Silver. Yes
This company's not interested in "greener" fields. Gold
Fields is one of the world's largest gold exploration and
development companies. It ranks as South Africa's #2 gold
producer, after AngloGold Ashanti. Gold Fields produces
more than four million ounces of gold a year at mines in Address: 24 St. Andrews Rd. Fiscal Year End: June • Chairman: Alan J. Wright
South Africa (Beatrix, Driefontein, Kloof), Ghana (Damang, Parktown, Gauteng 2193, South Revenue (2005): 1893.10 M • CEO and Director: Ian D.
Tarkwa), and Australia (St. Ives, Agnew). The company has Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Cockerill
mineral reserves and resources of more than 200 million Phone: +27-11-644-2400 Employees (2005): 50,500 • CFO and Director:
Gold Fields ounces of gold. Norilsk Nickel is Gold Fields' largest Fax: +27-11-644-0626 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Nicholas J. (Nick) Holland
Limited shareholder, with a 20% stake in the company. Yes
 Venezuela, which contains proven and probable reserves
of about 10 million ounces of gold and 1.3 billion pounds of • Chairman: James H.
copper. Gold Reserve has been developing Brisas since Address: 926 W. Sprague Ave., Coleman
1992, and the company is still working to raise money to Ste. 200 Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Director:
begin mining. A feasibility study completed for Gold Spokane, WA 99201 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Rockne J. Timm
Reserve in early 2005 suggested that the company would Phone: 509-623-1500 Employees (2004): 65 • President and Director: A.
need more than $550 million to put the Brisas project into Fax: 509-623-1634 Employee Growth (1 yr): 71.10% Douglas Belanger
Gold Reserve Inc. production. Yes
Precious few companies have a name as self-explanatory
as Goldcorp. The gold mining company operates the Red
Lake Mine in Ontario (its largest gold mine), a 38% stake in
the Alumbrera gold and copper mine in Argentina, the
Luismin Mine in Mexico, the Peak Mine in Australia, and the
Wharf Mine in the US. Goldcorp's mines produce more than Address: Waterfront Centre, 200 • CEO, President, and
1 million ounces of gold annually; the precious metal Burrard St., Ste. 1560 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Ian W. Telfer
accounts for nearly all of the company's sales. In 2005 the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2005): 896.40 M • EVP and COO: Russell
company acquired Wheaton River Minerals, which 3L6, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 369.30% C. Barwick
operated mines in Argentina, Australia, and Mexico. The Phone: 604-696-3000 Employees (2004): 308 • EVP and CFO: Lindsay
company's recent string of acquisitions has placed it among Fax: 604-696-3001 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.70%) Hall
Goldcorp Inc. the top five gold mining companies in the world. Yes
Gold gets top billing at Golden Star Resources. The
company's main assets are in southern Ghana, in West
Africa's Ashanti gold belt, and include the Bogoso, Prestea,
Prestea Underground (inactive), and Wassa properties.
Overall, the company has proven and probable reserves of
about 3.8 million ounces of gold. Golden Star owns a
controlling stake in EURO Ressources (formerly Guyanor • Chairman: Ian A.
Ressources), which is developing a gold mining project in Address: 10901 W. Toller Dr., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December MacGregor
French Guiana, in South America. In addition, the company 300 Revenue (2005): 93.80 M • President, CEO, and
has interests in gold exploration projects elsewhere in Littleton, CO 80127-6312 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 54.50% Director: Peter J. Bradford
Africa (Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone) and South America Phone: 303-830-9000 Employees (2004): 1,150 • SVP and CFO: Allan J.
Golden Star (Chile, Peru, Suriname). In 2005 Golden Star expanded in Fax: 303-830-9094 Employee Growth (1 yr): 15.00% Marter
Resources Ltd. Africa by acquiring St. Jude Resources. Yes
Great Basin Gold is sinking a lot into its mining efforts.
Great Basin, part of minerals exploration and development
company Hunter Dickinson's portfolio, is focused on its 25-
sq.-mi. Ivanhoe Project in Nevada's Carlin Trend gold belt.
Initial exploration of just part of the property has identified a Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. • Co-Chairman: Robert A.
possible 900,000 ounces of gold in reserves. Ivanhoe has 1020 Dickinson
had a surface mine, but Great Basin has located feeder Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Co-Chairman: Ronald W.
veins of gold and silver for underground mining. The 2V6, Canada Thiessen
company is teaming up with fellow Canadian Hecla Mining Phone: 604-684-6365 • President, CEO, and
Great Basin Gold to develop identified deposits. Great Basin also explores Fax: 604-684-8092 Director: Ferdi Dippenaar
Ltd. the Burnstone gold property in South Africa. Yes
 Harmony Gold Mining Company specializes in turning old
digs into new digs. The company generally buys under-
performing gold operations and turns them into low-cost,
high-productivity mines. Harmony is South Africa's third
largest gold miner and the sixth largest in the world. In • Chairman: Patrice
South Africa (accounting for 90% of sales) it operates 12 Address: 4 The High St., 1st Fl., Fiscal Year End: June Motsepe
shafts in the Free State Province. The company produces Melrose Arch Revenue (2005): 1265.20 M • CEO and Director: Z.
more than 3 million ounces of gold annually and has Melrose North, Gauteng 2196, Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-10.50%) Bernard Swanepoel
another 55 million ounces in reserves. Outside of South South Africa Employees (2005): 47,988 • Group Finance and
Harmony Gold Africa, it also operates mines in Australia (New Celebration, Phone: +27-11-684-0140 Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: Nomfundo
Mining Company South Kalgoorlie, and Mt. Magnet) and exploration projects Fax: +27-11-684-0188 (-15.50%) Qangule
Limited in Peru and Papua New Guinea. Yes
IAMGOLD--see me shine. The Canadian gold miner owns
stakes in Mali's adjoining Yatela and Sadiola gold mines
(40% and 38%, respectively); both are joint ventures with
South African firm AngloGold Ashanti and the government • Chairman: William D.
of Mali. The Sadiola mine produces 450,000 ounces of gold Pugliese
annually and the Yatela mine produces about 240,000 Address: 220 Bay St., 5th Fl. • President, CEO, and
ounces of gold annually. The two mines combined contain Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Joseph F. (Joe)
more than 3 million ounces of gold reserves. IAMGOLD Phone: 416-360-4710 Revenue (2004): 112.70 M Conway
IAMGOLD also has ownership interests in various exploration projects Fax: 416-360-4750 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.70% • CFO: Grant A. Edey
Corporation in other parts of West Africa as well as the Americas. Yes
IMA Exploration is digging where the Atlantic and Pacific
mix, and it has its sights set on silver. The Canadian
company operates a silver and lead mining interest in
southern Argentina, where its Navidad project has an Address: 837 W. Hastings St., Ste. • Chairman: Gerald G.
estimated potential reserve of 300 million ounces of silver 709 Carlson
and 1.2 million tons of lead. The company discovered the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
silver mineralization and galena (typical lead mineralization) 3N6, Canada Director: Joseph Grosso
throughout this region in 2003. IMA is managed and Phone: 604-687-1828 • VP, CFO, and Director:
IMA Exploration partially financed by the Grosso Group, a Canadian mining Fax: 604-687-1858 Arthur Lang
Inc. specialist firm, chaired by IMA's CEO Joseph Grosso. Yes
a rocky business, but that hasn't stopped them from
venturing to the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico. Formed
in 1995, the company's primary project is the Carmen
deposit at its Monterde property in the state of Chihuahua. Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste.
Carmen was originally an underground mine in the 1930s 215
and is believed by Kimber Resources to have potential Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
again as an open pit mine. None of the company's 2V6, Canada Director: Robert V. Longe
properties are in production. Fund manager and company Phone: 604-669-2251 • CFO: Peter J.A. de Visser
Kimber director James Puplava holds approximately 20% of Kimber Fax: 604-669-8577
Resources Inc. Resources. Yes
Kinross Gold digs gold mining so much, especially since
prices have risen, that it acquired fellow Canadian gold
miners Echo Bay Mines and TVX Gold. Those deals made
Kinross one of the world's top 10 gold miners, upping its
production to approximately 1.6 million ounces of gold
annually. In addition, the company has proven and • Chairman: John E. Oliver
probable reserves of 19 million ounces of gold and more Address: 40 King St. West, 52nd Fl. • President, CEO, and
than 32 million ounces of silver. About half of the Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Tye W. Burt
company's revenues come from its Fort Knox and Round Phone: 416-365-5123 Revenue (2005): 725.50 M • EVP, COO, and Director:
Kinross Gold Mountain properties in the US. Other operations are located Fax: 416-363-6622 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 8.80% Scott A. Caldwell
Corporation in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Russia, and Zimbabwe. Yes
 and it likes it that way. The company operates a gold mine
on Papua New Guinea's Lihir Island, a volcanic island that
contains one of the world's largest gold bodies. Lihir Gold
produces over 600,000 ounces of gold annually and has
reserves of more than 15 million ounces. Plant
modifications -- particularly in the company's autoclaves Address: Pacific Place, 7th Fl., Cnr. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Ross Garnaut
(used to extract gold from ore) and a heat recovery project Champion Parade and Musgrave St. Revenue (2005): 224.90 M • CEO: Arthur Hood
that allows ore containing lower sulfur grades to be treated Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-4.20%) • CFO and General
more efficiently -- have improved Lihir Gold's production. Phone: +675-321-7711 Employees (2004): 1,070 Manager, Finanacial and
Global mining giant Rio Tinto Group formerly controlled a Fax: +675-321-4705 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.20% Commercial: Paul Fulton
Lihir Gold Limited 15% stake in Lihir Gold. Yes
Miner Meridian Gold seeks the longitude and latitude of
paydirt. The company's top producing project is its El Peñón
operation in Chile, which yields about 314,000 ounces of • Non-Executive Chairman:
gold and some 4.8 million ounces of silver annually. Other Christopher R. Lattanzi
operations include a joint venture with Barrick Gold at the Address: 9670 Gateway Dr., Ste. • Vice Chairman,
Rossi site in Nevada and the Esquel gold project in 200 President, and CEO: Brian
Argentina, along with exploration projects in Argentina, Reno, NV 89521-3952 Fiscal Year End: December J. Kennedy
Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. The company's total Phone: 775-850-3777 Revenue (2005): 131.80 M • EVP and Secretary:
proven and probable reserves include 4.4 million ounces of Fax: 775-850-3733 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.70% Edward H. Colt
Meridian Gold Inc. gold at the El Peñón and Esquel sites. Yes
Mines Management explores and develops silver and • Chairman, President, and
copper properties in the US. The company's primary CEO: Glenn M. Dobbs
property is the Montanore project in northwestern Montana, • VP Business
which was operated between 1988 and 2002 by Noranda Address: 905 W. Riverside, Ste. Development and
Minerals. Mines Management would like to further develop 311 Fiscal Year End: December Corporate Secretary:
the Montanore property, and the company is working to Spokane, WA 99201 Revenue (2005): 0.10 M Douglas D. Dobbs
complete the required environmental and engineering Phone: 509-838-6050 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • CFO and Treasurer:
Mines studies and to determine an economically viable way to Fax: 509-838-0486 Employees (2004): 5 James H. Moore
Management, Inc. conduct mining operations. Yes
Miramar Mining's gold is no mirage. The company's primary
operation is the exploration of the Hope Bay gold project in
Nunavut, Canada. In addition, it operates the Con and
Giant Mines near Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest • Chairman: Anthony J.
Territory. The two mines are winding down, with production Petrina
dropping to about 15,000 ounces of gold in 2004. In order Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
to focus on its promising Hope Bay project, Miramar Revenue (2005): 0.40 M Director: Anthony P. (Tony)
divested most of its interest in Northern Orion Explorations, Address: 889 Harbourside Dr., Ste. Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-93.70%) Walsh
which has mining operations in Argentina and Cuba. 300 Employees (2004): 500 • EVP and COO: Brian M.
Miramar Mining Miramar Mining formed a joint venture in 2004 with Kinross North Vancouver, British Columbia Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.30% Labadie
Corporation Gold to explore the Back River gold projects in Nunavut. V7P 3S1, Canada Yes
Nevsun Resources is looking to heat things up in the mining
business. The company explores and develops gold and
base metal properties in Africa. It expects its Tabakoto gold
project in Mali to begin commercial production after it Address: 1075 W. Georgia St., Ste. • Chairman: Gary E.
completes construction in 2006. Its other main projects 800 German
include the exploration of the Segala gold project in Mali Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • President, CEO, and
and the Bisha property (which includes gold, copper, and 3C9, Canada Director: John A. Clarke
zinc) in Eritrea. Nevsun also holds the Kubi gold project in Phone: 604-623-4700 • COO: Gerald J. (Gerry)
Nevsun Ghana, with major player AngloGold Ashanti (formerly Fax: 604-623-4701 Gauthier
Resources Ltd. Ashanti Goldfields). Yes
 Newmont Mining certainly goes for the gold. The company
is among the world's top gold producers (with Barrick ahead
of AngloGold Ashanti), following acquisitions in Canada,
Bolivia, and Australia. Newmont produces some 8 million
ounces of gold annually; it has proven and probable • Chairman and CEO:
reserves of more than 90 million ounces of gold. Other Fiscal Year End: December Wayne W. Murdy
metals that the company mines include copper, silver, and Address: 1700 Lincoln St. Revenue (2005): 4406.00 M • President and Director:
zinc. Operations in North America and South America Denver, CO 80203 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-2.60%) Pierre Lassonde
account for more than half of Newmont's production. It also Phone: 303-863-7414 Employees (2004): 14,000 • SVP, Operations:
Newmont Mining has mining facilities in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Fax: 303-837-5837 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.50% Thomas L. Enos
Corporation and Uzbekistan. Yes
American mining business for a long time to come. The
company is putting all of its effort into exploring and
developing the Pebble Property in Alaska, about 230 miles • Chairman: Robert A.
from Anchorage. The property is believed to contain more Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. Dickinson
than 25 million ounces of gold and about 15 billion pounds 1020 • President, CEO, and
of copper. Once owned by Canadian zinc miner Teck Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: Ronald W.
Cominco, the property's option rights were acquired by 2V6, Canada Thiessen
Northern Dynasty Minerals in 2004. Deposit developer Phone: 604-684-6365 • CFO, Secretary, and
Northern Dynasty Hunter Dickinson provides management services for the Fax: 604-684-8092 Director: Jeffrey R. Mason
Minerals Ltd. company. Yes
Minerals nevertheless dates back to 1919. The company,
formerly called Northgate Exploration, mines gold and
copper at its Kemess South open pit mine in British
Columbia. The mine produces some 300,000 ounces of
gold and more than 75 million pounds of copper annually. • Chairman: Terrence A.
Northgate's adjacent property, Kemess North, contains an (Terry) Lyons
estimated 4 million ounces of gold and nearly 1.5 billion Address: 815 Hornby St., Ste. 404 • President, CEO, and
pounds of copper; it's expected to begin producing around Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z Director: Kenneth G.
2007. The company is also involved in several joint 2E6, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Stowe
Northgate ventures including the Hyland Gold property with Phone: 604-681-4004 Revenue (2005): 257.30 M • SVP and CFO: Jon A.
Minerals StrataGold and the Sustut Copper project with Doublestar Fax: 604-681-4003 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.10% Douglas
Corporation Resources. Yes
NovaGold Resources is hitching its star to gold and copper
prospecting. The company explores and develops mineral • President, CEO, and
properties across Alaska and Canada. Its main projects Director: Rick Van
include the Ambler (in partnership with Rio Tinto), Donlin Address: 200 Granville St., Ste. Nieuwenhuyse
Creek (in partnership with Placer Dome), and Nome 2300 • SVP, CFO, and
operations in Alaska. In British Columbia, NovaGold Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: November Secretary: Robert J. (Don)
Resources is exploring the Galore Creek gold and copper 1S4, Canada Revenue (2005): 1.90 M MacDonald
project. None of its mining operations are in production. Phone: 604-669-6227 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-9.50%) • SVP and COO: Peter W.
NovaGold The company does earns revenue from sand-and-gravel Fax: 604-699-6272 Employees (2004): 40 Harris
Resources Inc. production (at its Nome property) and from the sale of land. Yes
Orezone Resources hopes to find that elusive strata of gold Director: Ronald N. (Ron)
in the earth. To accomplish this task, the company has Little
concentrated on exploring and developing gold properties • CFO: Douglas (Doug)
in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Some of its properties in Address: 290 Picton St., Ste. 201 Perkins
Burkina Faso include Bondi, Essakan, and Sega. Founded Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8P8, Canada • VP, Corporate
in 1995, Orezone Resources partners with other miners, Phone: 613-241-3699 Development: Greg Bowes
Orezone most notably Gold Fields Limited, to move a project into Fax: 613-241-6005
Resources Inc. production. Yes
 Pacific Rim Mining hopes it has found the gold coast. The
company is focusing on developments (primarily gold
deposits) in the Americas. Its most advanced property is the
El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. Its other assets
include a 49% interest in the Denton-Rawhide gold mine in • Chairman: Catherine E.
Nevada as well as various exploration projects in Argentina, Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 410 Fiscal Year End: April McLeod-Seltzer
Chile, and El Salvador. Kennecott Minerals holds the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2005): 11.90 M • CEO, President, and
remaining shares in the Denton-Rawhide mine. The 2T6, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.70%) Director: Thomas C. (Tom)
company was formed by the 2002 merger of US-based Phone: 604-689-1976 Employees (2004): 134 Shrake
Pacific Rim Dayton Mining and a Canadian company, also called Fax: 604-689-1978 Employee Growth (1 yr): 16.50% • CFO: F. John Norman
Mining Corp. Pacific Rim Mining, in an all-share deal. Yes
Queenstake Resources rules over gold mines in Nevada.
The mining and exploration company's only property in • Chairman: Robert L.
production is the Jerritt Canyon gold mine, which was Zerga
acquired from AngloGold and Meridian Gold in 2003. Jerritt • CEO and President; EVP,
Canyon is expected to produce about 275,000 ounces of Director of Exploration,
gold annually from its mines in Nevada. The mine has been Fiscal Year End: December and Directo: Dorian L.
in production for about 25 years. Queenstake Resources Revenue (2005): 90.20 M (Dusty) Nicol
had originally been involved in developing the Magistral Address: 204 Lambert St., Ste. 200 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-7.90%) • VP, Finance and CFO:
Queenstake mine, but decided to sell it in order to focus its resources on Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3T2, Employees (2004): 442 Eric H. Edwards
Resources Ltd. maximizing production at the Jerritt Canyon mine. Canada Yes
Randgold Resources hopes its Morila mine is a golden
gorilla. The exploration and mining company's chief asset is
its stake in the Morila Limited gold mine located in Mali.
Morila is a joint venture with leading gold miner AngloGold
Ashanti. Randgold Resources has holdings in projects in
Mali (the Loulo operation, which began production in 2005) • Chairman: Philippe
and Côte d'Ivoire (the Tongon operation). It also has Address: La Motte Chambers, La Liétard
exploration projects in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Motte Street Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Director: D.
Tanzania. The company has proven and probable reserves St. Helier, Jersey JE1 1BJ, Channel Revenue (2004): 73.30 M Mark Bristow
of about 2.5 million ounces of gold. Randgold Resources Islands Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-33.10%) • Finance Director and
Randgold was spun off from Randgold & Exploration in 1995 and in Phone: +44-1534-735-333 Employees (2004): 110 Director: Roger A. Williams
Resources 2006 Randgold & Exploration sold its remaining holding in Fax: +44-1534-735-444 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.80%
Limited the company. Yes
name. The company's Canadian mines produce about
70,000 ounces of gold annually and have total gold
reserves of more than 600,000 ounces. It owns the Beaufor
Mine, it's largest producing mine, in southwestern Quebec Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
(half of its Beaufor stake is through 70%-owned subsidiary Address: 110 avenue Principale Revenue (2005): 17.10 M Martin Rivard
Louvem Mines Inc.). Richmont's nearby Camflo Mill Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 4P2, Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-48.20%) • VP, Operations: Christian
processes mine production. The company's Francoeur and Canada Employees (2004): 180 Pichette
Nugget Pond mines have played out, but it expects the East Phone: 819-797-2465 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Nicole
Richmont Mines Amphi and Island Gold properties to begin production in Fax: 819-797-0166 (-22.40%) Veilleux
Inc. 2007. Yes
 Rio Tinto is always on the lookout for pay dirt. Rio Tinto
Group, one of the world's largest mining operations,
comprises dual-listed sister companies Rio Tinto Limited
(based in Melbourne) and Rio Tinto plc (based in London).
Although each company trades separately, the two Rio • CEO and Director: R.
Tintos operate as one business. Rio Tinto mines coal Leigh Clifford
(about 20% of sales), iron, copper, uranium, industrial • Finance Director and
minerals (borax, salt, talc), aluminum, gold, and diamonds. Fiscal Year End: December Director: Guy R. Elliot
The company has operations worldwide, but most of its Address: 55 Collins St., Level 33 Revenue (2005): 19033.00 M • Head of Communication
mines are located in politically stable areas of Australia, Melbourne 3000, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 61.30% and Sustainable
Europe, and North America. Mining operations in these Phone: +61-3-9283-3333 Employees (2004): 33,000 Development: Andrew
areas account for nearly 80% of sales. Subsidiaries include Fax: +61-3-9283-3707 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.40%) Vickerman
Rio Tinto Group Kennecott Utah Copper. Yes
gold mines, the company buys the right to collect royalties
from mine operators. This strategy allows Royal Gold to
minimize its exposure to the costs of mineral exploration
and development. More than 80% of the company's
revenue comes from its royalty interests related to the • Chairman and CEO:
Pipeline Mining Complex, a project in Lander County, Stanley Dempsey
Nevada, operated by affiliates of Placer Dome and Rio Address: 1660 Wynkoop St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: July • President, COO, and
Tinto. Royal Gold holds royalty stakes in other producing 1000 Revenue (2005): 25.30 M Director: Tony Jensen
properties in the western US and in Argentina. The Denver, CO 80202-1132 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.20% • Chief Accounting Officer
company also owns interests in exploration- and Phone: 303-573-1660 Employees (2005): 14 and Treasurer: Stefan L.
development stage projects in the US and in Argentina, Fax: 303-595-9385 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.70%) Wenger
Royal Gold, Inc. Burkina Faso, Finland, and Russia. Yes
Rubicon hopes to find the mother lode in Mother Earth. The
company primarily has operations near Red Lake, Ontario,
that it hopes to mine for gold; the properties are called the
McFinley Gold Project and the McCuaig Property joint
venture. Through subsidiaries, Rubicon also owns interests Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. • Chairman: J. Garfield
in properties in other parts of Canada and Alaska. Its 1540 MacVeigh
Toquima Minerals subsidiary explores for gold and base Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
metals in Alaska and Nevada. All the properties are in 2V6, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: David W.
exploration stage, meaning the company has not yet Phone: 604-623-3333 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Adamson
Rubicon Minerals determined whether removing minerals from them would be Fax: 604-623-3355 Employees (2004): 36 • CFO: Peter G. Wong
Corporation feasible. Yes
exploration. The company is mainly exploring the
Courageous Lake project in the Northwest Territories, the
Grassy Mountain project in Oregon, and the Kerr-
Sulphurets and Red Mountain projects in British Columbia. • President, CEO, and
Seabridge acquired the Noche Buena gold mining project Address: 172 King St. East, Ste. Director: Rudi P. Fronk
located in Mexico from Hecla Mining in early 2006. It also 300 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: James S.
holds options to form joint ventures in numerous other Toronto, Ontario M5A 1J3, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Anthony
properties located in North America. Albert Friedberg, Phone: 416-367-9292 Employees (2004): 6 • CFO and Secretary:
Seabridge Gold through Pan Atlantic Bank and Trust, holds a 20% interest Fax: 416-367-2711 Employee Growth (1 yr): 20.00% Roderick (Rod) Chisholm
Inc. in Seabridge Gold. Yes
 Tanzanian Royalty Exploration, formerly Tan Range
Exploration, is more interested in gold than a golden tan.
The company acquires prospecting licenses in East Africa
and options out exploration and development rights under
royalty agreements to larger mining companies. Tanzanian
Royalty holds 140 mineral properties in Tanzania's Lake
Victoria Greenstone belt and Kabanga regions (the sites of • Chairman and CEO:
small scale mining in the past). In addition to gold, Address: 355 Burrard St., Ste. 1400 James E. (Jim) Sinclair
Greenstone deposits contain diamonds, copper, nickel, and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President: Jonathan G.
Tanzanian zinc. While none of its properties are in production, the 2G8, Canada Deane
Royalty company has agreements with industry giants Barrick Gold Phone: 604-669-5598 • CFO, Secretary, and
Exploration and AngloGold Ashanti, as well as smaller firm Northern Fax: 604-669-8915 Director: Victoria Luis
Corporation Mining Explorations. Yes
Taseko Mines owns and operates a copper mine and two
properties where gold has been discovered, all in British
Columbia. The company's Gibraltar Mine produces copper Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. • Co-Chairman: Robert A.
concentrate and molybdenum. Taseko's also owns the 1020 Dickinson
Prosperity project, which contains an estimated 2.3 billion Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: September • Co-Chairman: Ronald W.
pounds of copper and 6.7 million ounces of gold, and the 2V6, Canada Revenue (2005): 75.50 M Thiessen
Harmony property with an estimated 3 million ounces of Phone: 604-684-6365 Employees (2004): 15 • President and CEO:
Taseko Mines gold. Taseko is part of the stable of mining companies Fax: 604-684-8092 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Russell E. Hallbauer
Limited managed by Hunter Dickinson, Inc. Yes
When it views its holdings, Vista Gold hopes its prospects
for gold are good. The company's principal property is its
Hycroft mine in Nevada. Hycroft -- an open-pit, heap-leach
gold and silver mine -- produced more than a million
ounces of gold between 1983 and 1999. Vista Gold has • President, CEO, and
since suspended mining at Hycroft and has frozen Director: Michael B.
development of its Amayapampa property in Bolivia, and Address: 7961 Shaffer Pkwy., Ste. Richings
both properties are being sold. Vista Gold owns other 5 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: Gregory G. Marlier
properties in the US (California, Colorado, Idaho, and Littleton, CO 80127 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M • VP, Business
Nevada) and in Bolivia, as well as interests in gold projects Phone: 720-981-1185 Employees (2004): 10 Development: Howard M.
in Mexico and Indonesia. The company has agreed to buy Fax: 720-981-1186 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.10% Harlan
Vista Gold Corp. the Mt. Todd gold mine in northern Australia. Yes
Yamana Gold (formerly Yamana Resources) does its
business in Brazil. The company has operating mines
(Fazenda Brasileiro and Fazenda Nova) that produce some
130,000 ounces of gold annually. It has two other mines
under construction in Brazil (with plans to begin mining
production in 2006). Yamana Gold also expects to mine for • Chairman: Victor H.
copper as part of its expansion plans. In 2006 the company Bradley
acquired Canada-based RNC Gold, giving Yamana several Address: 150 York St., Ste. 1902 • President, CEO, and
mines in production and various exploration operations in Toronto, Ontario M5H3S5, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Peter Marrone
Latin America. That year Yamana also bought Desert Sun Phone: 416-815-0220 Revenue (2004): 32.30 M • COO and Director:
Mining, which complements the company's Brazilian Fax: 416-815-0021 Employees (2004): 1,307 Antenor Silva
Yamana Gold Inc. operations. Yes
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
number 365 in Greek, and Abraxas Petroleum is working
hard as a 365-day-a-year oil and gas company. The
independent energy company is engaged in natural gas and • Chairman, President,
crude oil exploration, development, and production. It and CEO: Robert L. G.
operates primarily in Texas (along the Gulf Coast and in the (Bob) Watson
Permian Basin) and in Wyoming, and reports estimated • EVP, CFO, and
proved reserves of 75.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 3.1 Address: 500 N. Loop 1604 E., Fiscal Year End: December Treasurer: Chris E.
million barrels of oil. In 2003 Abraxas sold its Canadian Ste. 100 Revenue (2005): 48.60 M Williford
Abraxas subsidiaries to a royalty trust for approximately $138 million, San Antonio, TX 78232 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.40% • VP Land and Marketing
Petroleum and reorganized its remaining Canadian assets as Grey Wolf Phone: 210-490-4788 Employees (2005): 48 and Secretary: Stephen T.
Corporation Exploration, Inc. In 2005 Grey Wolf Exploration was spun off Fax: 210-490-8816 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.10% Wendel
[ABP] in an IPO. Yes
Just like "Allegheny Moon" Patti Page sang about, Allegheny
Energy Supply can really "shine, shine, shine." The company
is the power production business segment of utility holding
company Allegheny Energy (AE). The unit owns and
operates about 20 fossil-fueled and hydroelectric power • Chairman and CEO:
plants, but about 95% of its power is generated by coal (the Paul J. Evanson
company burns 18 million tons of coal a year). Located in the Address: 4350 Northern Pike • President: John P.
Mid-Atlantic region of the US, Allegheny Energy Supply Monroeville, PA 15146-2841 Campbell
Allegheny Energy plants have a generating capacity of approximately 11,000 Phone: 412-858-1600 • Chief Commercial
Supply Company, MW and supplies power to AE's distribution subsidiaries as Fax: 412-856-3725 Officer: Philip L. Goulding
LLC well as to customers in deregulated markets.
Altek Power hopes it has all the technology it needs to
become a top player in the global electricity market. The
independent power producer is a manufacturer of distributed
generation plants. It operates a generation facility in Alberta
that is fueled with solution gas (a waste product of the • Chairman and CEO:
petroleum industry). Altek Power also sells distributed Byron P. Loewen
generation equipment, including waste gas-fired turbine Address: 1708 Dolphin Ave., Ste. • President, CFO,
generators and biomass (organic waste) energy systems. It 1004 Secretary, and Director:
provides engineering and construction services for power Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y Rodney W. (Rod) Reum
plants and other heavy industrial facilities. Altek Power 9S4, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • Manager Distribution and
Altek Power expanded in 2004 with the acquisition of an 80% stake in Phone: 250-717-3707 Revenue (2004): 0.30 M Sales: James W. (Jim)
Corporation Focus Industrial Contractors, which provides biomass and Fax: 250-717-3708 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-69.50%) Lehman
[APKKF.PK] gas power construction. Yes
Three Mile Island looked like an opportunity, not a disaster,
to AmerGen Energy, which acquires and operates nuclear
plants as an independent power producer in North America.
AmerGen was formed to capitalize on a marketplace in which
utilities were unloading their nukes due to new laws or high
operational costs. AmerGen acquired three nuclear stations
in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in 1999 and 2000;
its assets give it a generating capacity of about 2,500 MW. Address: 300 Exelon Way
More bidders have entered the nuclear market since then, Kennett Square, PA 19348
and several acquisition attempts by AmerGen have been Phone: 610-765-5493 • President and CEO:
AmerGen Energy rejected by utilities that instead wanted to auction off the Fax: 610-765-5789 Christopher M. (Chris)
Company, LLC assets. AmerGen is a part of utility holding company Exelon. Crane
 untapped natural gas deposits, and American Oil & Gas is
searching for them. The exploration and production company
is focusing its efforts on Montana and Wyoming, a region
with one of the largest undeveloped natural gas fields in the
US. American Oil & Gas has acquired stakes in more than
180,000 gross acres in its five core project areas, and has • Chairman and CEO:
estimated proved reserves of 321,710 barrels of oil and Address: 1050 17th St., Ste. 1850 Patrick D. (Pat) O'Brien
346.3 million cu. ft. of natural gas, The company was formed Denver, CO 80265 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CFO, and
via a strategic alliance between North Finn LLC and Tower Phone: 303-991-0173 Revenue (2005): 4.70 M Director: Andrew P.
American Oil & Colombia Corporation. In 2005 American Oil & Gas acquired Fax: 303-595-0709 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 571.40% (Andy) Calerich
Gas, Inc. [AEZ] Tower Colombia Corp. Yes
Generating profits through cogeneration, Americas Power
Partners focuses on cogeneration technologies as it
develops small-scale independent power plants in the US
and sells electricity to utilities, marketers, and industrial and
commercial users. The company also provides on-site
distributed generation and optimization services (whereby it • Chairman and CEO:
improves plant operations but leaves ownership in the hands Mark A. Margason
of the client). In addition, Americas Power Partners improves Address: 710 N. York Rd. • President, COO, and
some plant's utility and distribution systems while taking Hinsdale, IL 60521 Director: Gordon B.
Americas Power ownership and operation of the plant. Armstrong International Phone: 630-325-9101 Mendelson
Partners, Inc. owns 41% of Americas Power Partners; chairman and CEO Fax: 630-325-8167 • CFO: Jerome P. Frett
[APPN.PK] Mark Margason holds a 31% stake. Yes
• Chairman, President,
Anadarko Petroleum has ventured beyond its original area of and CEO: James T. (Jim)
operation -- the Anadarko Basin -- to explore for, develop, Hackett
produce, and market oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and • SVP and CFO; CEO,
related products worldwide. The large independent company Anadarko Algeria
has proved reserves of 1.1 billion barrels of crude oil and 7.5 Fiscal Year End: December Company: R. A. (Al)
trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas. More than half of the Address: 1201 Lake Robbins Dr. Revenue (2005): 7100.00 M Walker
Anadarko company's reserves are in the US (Alaska, Louisiana, Texas, The Woodlands, TX 77380-1046 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.00% • VP Corporate
Petroleum the midcontinent and Rocky Mountain regions, and the Gulf Phone: 832-636-1000 Employees (2005): 3,300 Development: Albert L.
Corporation of Mexico). Other activities include coal, trona, and other Fax: 832-636-8220 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% (Al) Richey
[APC] mineral mining. Yes
Apache is an oil and gas exploration and production
company with onshore and offshore operations in North
America and in Argentina, Australia, China, Egypt, and the
UK. The company has proved reserves of 2.1 billion barrels
of oil equivalent, mostly from five North American regions: • Chairman: Raymond
the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, Plank
the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Anadarko Basin in Address: 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, COO,
Oklahoma, and Canada. In 2004 it acquired more than two Ste. 100 Revenue (2005): 7457.30 M and Director: G. Steven
dozen mature US and Canadian fields from Exxon Mobil for Houston, TX 77056-4400 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 40.50% (Steve) Farris
Apache $347 million and Gulf of Mexico properties from Anadarko Phone: 713-296-6000 Employees (2005): 2,805 • EVP and CFO: Roger B.
Corporation Petroleum for $525 million. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina Fax: 713-296-6496 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.20% Plank
[APA] destroyed 8 of its 241 rigs in the Gulf. Yes
 Aptly named, Apco Argentina exploits oil and gas resources
in Argentina. Deregulation gave Apco Argentina's joint • Chairman and CEO:
venture with Perez Companc and Petrolera Perez Companc Ralph A. Hill
the right to pump oil from the Entre Lomas concession in • President, COO, and
southwestern Argentina until 2026. The exploration and Address: One Williams Center, Fiscal Year End: December General Manager:
production company (69%-owned by US powerhouse The 26th Fl. Revenue (2005): 41.70 M Thomas Bueno
Williams Companies) holds a 53% stake in the Entre Lomas Tulsa, OK 74172 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.50% • CFO, Controller, and
venture. Apco Argentina, which also holds interests in other Phone: 918-573-2164 Employees (2005): 11 Chief Accounting Officer:
Apco Argentina oil and gas concessions in Argentina, has proved reserves of Fax: 918-573-6546 Employee Growth (1 yr): 22.20% Landy L. Fullmer
Inc. [APAGF] 22.6 million barrels of oil and 65.1 billion cu. ft. of gas. Yes
ATP Oil & Gas looks for its revenues where others have
shelved their operations. The company's strategy is to exploit
continental shelf assets that are being sold by larger oil
companies searching for higher returns in deeper waters. It
explores and develops natural gas and oil properties
primarily on the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, • Chairman and President:
where it has interests in 52 blocks, 26 platforms, and 68 Address: 4600 Post Oak Place, Fiscal Year End: December T. Paul Bulmahn
wells, and in the Southern Gas Basin of the UK's North Sea. Ste. 200 Revenue (2005): 146.70 M • SVP Operations: Leland
Its proved reserves total 275.2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Houston, TX 77027 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 26.40% E. Tate
ATP Oil & Gas equivalent; natural gas makes up the bulk of the reserves. Phone: 713-622-3311 Employees (2004): 50 • SVP and CFO: Albert L.
Corporation Employees and directors, led by founder and CEO Paul Fax: 713-622-5101 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.80%) Reese Jr.
[ATPG] Bulmahn, control 37% of ATP Oil & Gas. Yes
Barnwell Industries has more than a barnful of assets. Its
interests range from oil and gas production, contract well
drilling operations, and Hawaiian property investments. • Chairman and CEO:
Barnwell Industries explores for and produces oil and natural Morton H. Kinzler
gas primarily in Alberta, Canada. It has proved reserves of • President, COO, General
1.3 million barrels of oil and 25.2 billion cu. ft. of gas. Address: 1100 Alakea St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: September Counsel, and Director:
Subsidiary Water Resources International drills water and 2900 Revenue (2005): 41.20 M Alexander C. Kinzler
geothermal wells and installs and repairs water pump Honolulu, HI 96813-2833 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.10% • EVP, CFO, Secretary,
Barnwell systems in Hawaii. The company also owns a 78% interest in Phone: 808-531-8400 Employees (2005): 52 Treasurer, and Director:
Industries, Inc. Kaupulehu Developments, which owns leasehold rights to Fax: 808-531-7181 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Russell M. Gifford
[BRN] more than 1,900 acres in Hawaii. Yes
It may be small fruit in the giant petroleum industry, but Berry
Petroleum delivers the juice. The company buys properties
with heavy crude oil reserves for exploitation and sale to
refining companies. Berry Petroleum's core properties are in
California's Kern, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties, and its • Chairman: Martin H.
proved reserves of 126 million barrels of oil equivalent. The Young Jr.
company squeezes the most from its assets by using thermal Address: 5201 Truxtun Ave., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President , CEO, and
recovery: Steam is injected into heavy crude oil reserves to 300 Revenue (2005): 404.90 M Director: Robert F.
reduce oil viscosity and allow it to flow to the surface. Berry Bakersfield, CA 93309-0640 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.40% Heinemann
Petroleum also owns three gas-fired cogeneration facilities. Phone: 661-616-3900 Employees (2005): 209 • EVP and CFO: Ralph J.
Berry Petroleum In 2005 the company acquired 130,000 acres of oil and gas Fax: 661-616-3881 Employee Growth (1 yr): 33.10% Goehring
Company [BRY] assets in Colorado from J-W Operating Company. Yes
 Blue Dolphin Energy is trying to stay afloat in the waters of
the Gulf of Mexico. Blue Dolphin Energy explores for and
acquires, develops, and operates oil and gas properties in
the Gulf of Mexico and along the Texas Gulf Coast. The • Chairman and CEO: Ivar
company owns offshore pipeline operations and its Petroport Siem
subsidiary develops deep-water terminals and storage • President and Secretary:
facilities, allowing large tankers to deposit crude oil directly Fiscal Year End: December Michael J. (Mike)
into a pumping facility. Blue Dolphin Energy swam in choppy Address: 801 Travis, Ste. 2100 Revenue (2005): 4.50 M Jacobson
waters in 2003 and 2004, running up heavy debts in its Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 221.40% • VP, Business
Blue Dolphin exploration and production activities. In 2004 it reported Phone: 713-227-7660 Employees (2004): 7 Development: John P.
Energy Company proved reserves of only 400 barrels of oil and 35.3 million cu. Fax: 713-227-7626 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-22.20%) Atwood
[BDCO] ft. of natural gas. Yes
Renewable energy never gets old to Boralex. The company
produces wood-residue, natural gas-fired cogeneration,
hydroelectric, and wind energy in Quebec, the northeastern
US, and France. Boralex owns and operates power stations
with a combined capacity of about 250.2 MW: eight
hydroelectric plants (Canada, France, and US), five wood-
residue thermal power stations (Maine and New York), and a • Chairman and CEO:
natural gas cogeneration power station and three wind farms Address: 36, rue Lajeunesse Fiscal Year End: December Bernard Lemaire
(France). It also manages several power generating facilities Kingsey Falls, Quebec J0A 1B0, Revenue (2004): 75.80 M • President, COO, and
(191 MW of electricity) owned by Boralex Power Income Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 60.10% Director: Claude Audet
Fund, in which it owns a 23% stake. Canada-based paper Phone: 819-363-5116 Employees (2004): 250 • VP and CFO: Jean-
and packaging group Cascades owns 43% of Boralex, which Fax: 819-363-5127 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.20% François Thibodeau
Boralex Inc. was incorporated in 1982.
first small independent exploration and production firms to
use 3-D seismic imaging. The company continues to rely on
3-D and other advanced technologies for onshore
exploration. It explores mainly in the Anadarko Basin, the
onshore Texas Gulf Coast, and West Texas. Since its Address: 6300 Bridge Point Pkwy., Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President,
founding in 1990, it has drilled more than 650 wells. Brigham Building 2, Ste. 500 Revenue (2005): 97.00 M and CEO: Ben M. (Bud)
Exploration has net proved reserves of about 101.9 billion Austin, TX 78730 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 34.30% Brigham
Brigham cu. ft. of natural gas and 3.2 million barrels of oil. Founder Phone: 512-427-3300 Employees (2004): 57 • EVP and CFO: Eugene
Exploration and CEO Bud Brigham and his wife, Anne, control 7% of the Fax: 512-427-3400 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% B. Shepherd Jr.
Company [BEXP] company. Yes
in the wake of the UK's 1957 Windscale plant nuclear
accident, the 1979 Three Mile Island incident in the US, and
the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. But British Energy is
still a believer. The group is the UK's largest electricity
generator and produces about 20% of the UK's power • Chairman: Adrian A.
through its eight nuclear facilities in Scotland and England Address: 3 Redwood Crescent, Montague
(total capacity is 9,600 MW). British Energy also owns the Peel Park Fiscal Year End: March • CEO and Director:
2,000-MW coal-fired plant (Eggborough) in England; it has East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire Revenue (2005): 905.50 M William A. (Bill) Coley
sold its North American power generation operations. The G74 5PR, United Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-40.30%) • Finance Director and
British Energy company, affected by a slump in wholesale power prices, has Phone: +44-135-526-2000 Employees (2005): 5,451 Director: Stephen
Group plc completed a two-year restructuring and a government Fax: +44-135-526-2301 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.50% Billingham
[BEYGF.PK] bailout. Yes
 Brookfield Power (formerly Brascan Power) isn't brash when
it comes to producing electricity. The subsidiary of real estate
firm Brookfield Asset Management generates more than
2,600 MW of capacity at hydroelectric plants in the Canadian
provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, as well Address: BCE Place, 181 Bay St.,
as in the US (Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and New Ste. 300 • Co-Chairman: Ed Kress
York) and Brazil. Brookfield Power also has power Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada • Co-Chairman and CEO:
transmission and distribution operations (11,000 customers) Harry A. Goldgut
in northern Ontario. Both the company and its parent have Phone: 416-363-9491 • President and COO:
Brookfield Power snapped up more than 70 hydroelectric generating stations in Fax: 416-363-2856 Richard Legault
Corporation the US since September 2004.

Like a cog on a gear in a well-oiled machine, Cabot Oil &

Gas (ticker symbol: COG) has engaged in the oil industry
very efficiently. Cabot explores for and produces natural gas
and oil, and it sells gas to industrial customers, local utilities, • Chairman, CEO, and
and gas marketers. It has estimated proved reserves of 1.2 Fiscal Year End: December President: Dan O. Dinges
trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Major areas of Address: 1200 Enclave Pkwy. Revenue (2005): 682.80 M • SVP and COO: Michael
operation include Appalachia, the Anadarko Basin (Kansas, Houston, TX 77077 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.70% B. Walen
Cabot Oil & Gas Oklahoma, and Texas), the Rocky Mountains (Wyoming), Phone: 281-589-4600 Employees (2005): 354 • VP and CFO: Scott C.
Corporation and the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. The company also Fax: 281-589-4828 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.30% Schroeder
[COG] has reserves in Alberta and British Columbia. Yes
Callon Petroleum can call on new technologies to find old
petroleum resources, employing computer-aided techniques • Chairman, Callon
such as 3-D surveys to explore and develop oil and gas Petroleum and Callon
properties. It also focuses on acquiring properties. Most of Petroleum Operating:
the firm's holdings are in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, John S. Callon
although some are onshore in Alabama and Louisiana. • President, CEO, Acting
Callon's estimated proved reserves stand at 188.6 billion cu. Fiscal Year End: December CFO, and Director, Callon
ft. of natural gas equivalent. The firm owns working and/or Address: 200 N. Canal St. Revenue (2005): 141.30 M Petroleum a: Fred L.
royalty interests in about 231 producing oil wells and 242 Natchez, MS 39120 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.90% Callon
producing gas wells. Natural gas accounts for the bulk of its Phone: 601-442-1601 Employees (2004): 87 • Corporate Information
Callon Petroleum daily production. The company collaborates with Murphy Oil, Fax: 601-446-1410 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.40%) Officer: H. Clark Smith
Company [CPE] BP, and others in its offshore exploration. Yes
Calpine may get hot, but it also knows how to blow off some
steam. The independent power producer and marketer
controls more than 26,000 MW of generating capacity
through interests in natural gas-fired power plants in the US,
Canada, and the UK. Calpine is also a top geothermal
producer; it owns 90% of the plants at the largest geothermal
facility in the US (The Geysers in northern California), where Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Kenneth T.
electricity is produced from natural steam. Calpine has 750 Address: 50 W. San Fernando St. Revenue (2004): 9229.90 M Derr
MW of capacity from these plants. In addition, the company San Jose, CA 95113 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.50% • CEO and Director:
owns approximately 500 billion cu. ft. equivalent of proved Phone: 408-995-5115 Employees (2004): 3,505 Robert P. (Bob) May
Calpine natural gas reserves and has gas gathering and Fax: 408-995-0505 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.50% • CFO: Scott J. Davido
Corporation transportation assets. Calpine filed Chapter 11 late in 2005.
 Canadian Hydro Developers wants to fill up the Canadian
energy market with water, wind, and wood-waste generated
electricity. The company builds and operates independent
power plants that focus on low-impact renewable energy
technologies, such as hydroelectric, biomass, and wind
energy, in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Address: Ste. 500, 1324 17th Ave. • CEO and Director: John
Ontario. It has 17 low-impact renewable power plants with a SW Fiscal Year End: December D. Keating
combined net capacity of 162 MW. In 2005 it signed a 20- Calgary, Alberta T2T 5S8, Canada Revenue (2004): 19.70 M • President, COO, and
Canadian Hydro year contract to sell green power to the Ontario Electricity Phone: 403-269-9379 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.60% Director: J. Ross Keating
Developers, Inc. Finance Corporation for the Melancthon Grey Wind Project Fax: 403-244-7388 Employees (2004): 44 • CFO: Kent E. Brown
[CHDVF.PK] near Shelborne. Yes
Canadian Natural Resources has exploited Canada's
resources to become one of the country's largest gas
producers. The company has large oil and natural gas
holdings in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as in
Saskatchewan. It also has holdings in the North Sea and
offshore West Africa. Canadian Natural has proved reserves
of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas
and produces an average of 514,000 barrels of oil equivalent Address: 855 - 2 St. SW, Ste. • Chairman: Allan P.
per day. The company has begun development of its C 2500 Markin
$10.8-billion Horizon Oil Sands Project, which is Canada' Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
Canadian Natural fourth major open-pit oil sands development. Horizon is Phone: 403-517-6700 Revenue (2005): 8691.00 M John G. Langille
Resources projected to produce up to 110,000 barrels of bitumen per Fax: 403-517-7350 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.20% • COO: Steve W. Laut
Limited [CNQ] day by mid-2008. Yes
CanArgo make a go of it? Apparently so. CanArgo Energy,
formerly Fountain Oil, is an independent oil and gas
company that primarily acquires, develops, and exploits gas
and oil properties in Eastern Europe. The main focus of
CanArgo Energy is the Ninotsminda field in the Republic of
Georgia, where the company's Ninotsminda Oil subsidiary
operates a production-sharing venture with Georgian Oil.
Proved reserves at the Ninotsminda field are 6.3 million Address: • Chairman, President,
barrels of oil and 2.6 billion cu. ft. of gas. CanArgo also St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3RR, Fiscal Year End: December and CEO: David Robson
explores in Georgia's Samgori field and holds interests in Channel Islands Revenue (2005): 7.60 M • CFO: Richard J. Battey
CanArgo Energy Kazakhstan. CanArgo has disposed of its oil and gas Phone: +44-1481-729-980 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-20.80%) • COO: Vincent McDonnell
Corporation interests in Ukraine and its petroleum product marketing and Fax: +44-1481-729-982 Employees (2004): 158
[CNR] refining operations in Georgia. Yes
Carrizo Oil & Gas sees its future in 3-D. An independent
exploration and production company that drills in proven
onshore fields along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana,
Carrizo aggressively acquires 3-D seismic data and arranges
land lease options in conjunction with conducting seismic
surveys. As part of a new strategy, the company is exploiting • Chairman: Steven A.
deeper, over-pressured targets, which generally require Address: 14701 St. Mary's Ln., Fiscal Year End: December Webster
higher cost. To reduce its risk, it is selling some of the Ste. 800 Revenue (2005): 78.20 M • President, CEO, and
prospects. Carrizo has additional properties in North Texas, Houston, TX 77079 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 52.10% Director: S. P. Johnson IV
the Rockies, and in the UK North Sea. Its total proved Phone: 281-496-1352 Employees (2004): 38 • VP, CFO, Secretary, and
Carrizo Oil & reserves stand at 109.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Fax: 281-496-1251 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Treasurer: Paul F. Boling
Gas, Inc. [CRZO] equivalent. Chairman Steven Webster owns 11% of Carrizo. Yes
 Chesapeake Energy knows the peaks and valleys of the oil
and gas business. The independent exploration and
production company concentrates on building natural gas
reserves through acquisitions in the US midcontinent region.
This region accounts for the vast majority of the company's
estimated proved reserves of 4.9 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas • Chairman and CEO:
equivalent, but Chesapeake also has assets along the Gulf Fiscal Year End: December Aubrey K. McClendon
Coast, in the Permian Basin, and in the Ark-La-Tex region. In Address: 6100 N. Western Ave. Revenue (2005): 4665.30 M • EVP and CFO: Marcus
Chesapeake 2005, in a major move, the company acquired Columbia Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 72.20% C. Rowland
Energy Natural Resources for $2.2 billion. Chesapeake co-founders Phone: 405-848-8000 Employees (2004): 1,718 • EVP Operations and
Corporation Tom Ward (president) and Aubrey McClendon (CEO) own Fax: 405-843-0573 Employee Growth (1 yr): 44.10% COO: Steven C. Dixon
[CHK] 5.9% and 5.5% of the company, respectively. Yes
China Huaneng Group (CHNG) is one of China's five largest
power conglomerates. The company oversees government
interests in 10 subsidiaries, including more than 40% in
Huaneng Power International. Through subsidiaries it
develops and operates more than 85 thermal and hydro
power plants. CHNG is responsible for close to 195 billion
kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. In addition to its power-
generation business, the company plans to enter other
sectors, including finance, transportation, information Address: 40 Xueyuan Nanlu
technology, and renewable energy. Beijing 100088, China
Phone: +86-10-6229-1888
China HuaNeng Fax: +86-10-6229-1899
Group • CEO: Li Xiaopeng
is the largest refiner and petrochemical producer in China. Its
parent, state-owned China Petrochemical (Sinopec Group),
reorganized in 2000 and pooled the best of its assets as
Sinopec Corp. Sinopec Corp.'s businesses include oil and
gas exploration and production; crude oil processing; oil
products trading, transportation, distribution and marketing; Address: 6A Huixin East St., Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Chen
and petrochemical products production, marketing and Chaoyang District Revenue (2005): 101984.00 M Tonghai
China Petroleum distribution. It has proved reserves of 3.3 billion barrels of oil Beijing 100029, China Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.20% • President: Wang Tianpu
& Chemical and 2.9 trillion cu. ft. of gas, and owns more than 29,400 gas Phone: +86-10-6499-0060 Employees (2004): 389,451 • SVP, CFO, and Director:
Corporation stations. The government of China owns 55% of the Fax: +86-10-6499-0022 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.80%) Zhang Jiaren
[SNP] company. Yes
Cimarex Energy's energy is devoted to oil and gas
exploration and production. The company was formed in
2002 by the spinoff of a unit of contract driller Helmerich &
Payne's Cimarex Energy subsidiary and that unit's • Chairman, President,
consequent acquisition of oil and gas explorer Key and CEO: F. H. Merelli
Production. Cimarex Energy is focusing its operations on the Address: 1700 Lincoln St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP Business
Midcontinent, Gulf Coast, Permian Basin, and Gulf of 1800 Revenue (2005): 1118.60 M Development and Land:
Mexico. The company has estimated proved reserves of Denver, CO 80203 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 65.70% Stephen P. Bell
more than 1.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In 2005 Phone: 303-295-3995 Employees (2005): 689 • VP, CFO, Secretary, and
Cimarex Energy Cimarex Energy acquired Magnum Hunter Resources in a Fax: 303-295-3494 Employee Growth (1 yr): 89.80% Treasurer: Paul J. Korus
Co. [XEC] $2.1 billion stock deal that doubled the size of the company. Yes
 Revenues come naturally to CKX Lands. Formerly called
Calcasieu Real Estate and Oil, CKX Lands owns about
14,000 acres in Louisiana that host oil and gas wells, mines,
timber, and agricultural operations. Formed in 1930, the
company does not perform any mining or oil and gas
operations. Instead, it generates revenues through royalties
from the natural resources produced from its land. Originally
set up to receive mineral royalties spun off by a bank to its Fiscal Year End: December
shareholders, CKX Lands' growth strategy is built around Revenue (2005): 2.70 M • President and CEO:
acquiring landholdings in southwest Louisiana. Its largets Address: 3401 Ryan St. Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Arthur Hollins III
customer, Cox & Perkins accounts for about a third of the Lake Charles, LA 70601 Employees (2005): 4 • VP and Treasurer:
CKX Lands, Inc. company's sales; Kerr-McGee and Unit Petroleum each Phone: 318-494-4256 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% William D. Blake
[CKX] account for about 15%. Yes
Former Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams once
devoted his energy to politics. Now he's devoted to the
independent oil and gas firm that he founded. Clayton
Williams Energy explores for oil and gas deposits in
Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas and exploits those • Chairman, President,
resources. The company has proved reserves of 299 billion and CEO: Clayton W.
cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Most of those reserves are in Williams
the Permian Basin and in East Texas. It also operates 94 Fiscal Year End: December • EVP, COO, and Director:
miles of gas pipeline and processing plants in Texas and Address: 6 Desta Dr., Ste. 3000 Revenue (2005): 264.70 M L. Paul Latham
Mississippi. Williams is CEO and owns approximately 48% of Midland, TX 79705-5510 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 30.90% • SVP, Finance, CFO,
Clayton Williams the firm. In 2004 Clayton Williams Energy boosted its Phone: 432-682-6324 Employees (2005): 174 Secretary, Treasurer, and
Energy, Inc. reserves by 150% with the acquisition of Southwest Royalties Fax: 432-682-1452 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.60% Director: Mel G. Riggs
[CWEI] Inc. for $188 million. Yes
CNOOC manages China's offshore oil and gas exploration
and production activities, in partnership with international oil
and gas firms. Under Chinese government-regulated
production sharing contracts, CNOOC has the sole right to
acquire up to 51% of any successful discovery offshore
China made by foreign partners. CNOOC has 2.2 billion
barrels of oil equivalent in proven reserves, primarily in the
South China Sea. CNOOC is also engaged in oil refining, Address: 65th Fl., Bank of China • Chairman and CEO:
natural gas processing, and refined and processed products Tower, 1 Garden Rd., Central Chengyu Fu
marketing. The oil producer has a net production of 320,000 Hong Kong Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
barrels of oil equivalent per day, making it China's third Phone: +852-2213-2500 Revenue (2005): 8588.60 M Shouwei Zhou
CNOOC Limited largest oil company. CNOOC is 71%-owned by China Fax: +852-2525-9322 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.10% • CFO: Hua Yang
[CEO] National Offshore Oil Corporation. Yes
Coast Mountain Power develops and operates independent
hydroelectric power projects in British Columbia. Through its
Coast Mountain Hydro Corp., the company is developing two
hydroelectric-generating facilities on the Iskut River in
northwestern British Columbia: the 112-MW (installed
capacity) Forrest Kerr and the 19-MW More Creek project. In • Chairman: J. Christopher
conjunction with the Forrest Kerr and More Creek projects, it Address: Ste. 707, 1281 W. Lay
has filed an application for a license for a 60-MW run-of-river Georgia St. • President, CEO, and
hydroelectric generating plant on Mclymont Creek in British Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Director: Clifford A. (Cliff)
Columbia. The three projects will give the company a 3J7, Canada Grandison
combined installed capacity of nearly 195 MW. It is also Phone: 604-681-8680 • CFO and Director: Peter
Coast Mountain developing a transmission line to deliver electricity to the BC Fax: 604-681-8646 J. Sproston
Power Corp. Hydro grid.
 Tricks are for kids, but Cogentrix Energy is for electric
generating facilities, silly rabbit. The company develops, • President: Larry
owns, and operates independent power plants, located Kellerman
primarily in the US. Cogentrix Energy has an operational • Group SVP and CFO:
generating capacity of 3,300 MW from its stakes in more Thomas F. Schwartz
than 25 coal- and gas-fired facilities. The company also sells Address: 9405 Arrowpoint Blvd. • Group SVP,
electricity wholesale to utilities and power marketers, Charlotte, NC 28273-8110 Development, Mergers,
primarily through long-term purchase or conversion Phone: 704-525-3800 and Acquisitions: Tom
Cogentrix contracts. New York-based investment firm Goldman Sachs Fax: 704-529-5313 Bonner
Energy, Inc. Group acquired Cogentrix Energy in December 2003.
and oil. The midsized independent oil and gas company has
proved reserves of 504.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas
equivalent (86% in the form of natural gas) on its properties
in four major areas -- East Texas and North Louisiana, • Chairman, President,
Mississippi, South Texas, and Southeast Texas. Comstock and CEO: M. Jay Allison
Resources operates 334 of the 670 producing wells in which • SVP, CFO, Secretary,
it holds an interest. The company has grown by exploiting its Address: 5300 Town and Country Fiscal Year End: December Treasurer, and Director:
existing reserves and through acquisitions. In 2004 Blvd., Ste. 500 Revenue (2005): 303.30 M Roland O. Burns
Comstock Resources acquired producing properties from Frisco, TX 75034 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.90% • VP Corporate
Comstock Ovation Energy for $62 million. In 2005 the company Phone: 972-668-8800 Employees (2004): 72 Development: Michael W.
Resources, Inc. acquired assets from EnSight Energy Partners for $192.5 Fax: 972-668-8812 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.90% Taylor
[CRK] million. Yes
• President; EVP,
Constellation Generation is a real star when it comes to Constellation Energy:
power generation. The company is a key element of parent Michael J. (Mike) Wallace
Constellation Energy Group's nonregulated merchant energy Address: 1997 Annapolis • CFO: James (Jim)
division. The unit has more than 12,000 MW of generating Exchange Pkwy., Ste. 500 Walkington
capacity from 30 power and fuel processing facilities in 10 Annapolis, MD 21401 Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, Business
Constellation states. Its power is sold to wholesale customers through Phone: 410-897-5000 Revenue (2005): 646.00 M Development: Joe C.
Generation affiliate Constellation Energy Commodities Group (formerly Fax: 410-234-5220 Employees (2005): 2,300 Turnage
Group, LLC Constellation Power Source).
successful independent oil and natural gas company.
Contango Oil & Gas (named after a term used by oil and gas
traders to describe anticipated rising prices in the futures
market) explores for and acquires oil and gas properties
along the Gulf Coast. Contango, which holds proved
reserves of 911 million cu. ft. of natural gas and 77,000 Address: 3700 Buffalo Speedway, Fiscal Year End: June
barrels of oil, has strategic exploration alliances with Juneau Ste. 960 Revenue (2005): 4.30 M • Chairman, President,
Exploration, Alta Resources, and others. In 2004 the Houston, TX 77098 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-84.40%) CEO, CFO, and
Contango Oil & company sold its south Texas natural gas and oil assets to Phone: 713-960-1901 Employees (2005): 6 Secretary: Kenneth R.
Gas Company Edge Petroleum for $50 million. CEO Kenneth Peak owns Fax: 713-960-1065 Employee Growth (1 yr): 50.00% Peak
[MCF] 18.5% of Contango. Yes
The power ball is back in Covanta Energy's court. The power
producer has interests in plants located in the Americas,
Asia, and Europe that generate some 2,000 MW of capacity.
More than half of its power supply is derived from fossil-
fueled and hydroelectric facilities; the rest comes from its • President and CEO:
alternative energy facilities, including its waste-to-energy Fiscal Year End: December Anthony J. Orlando
plants in the US. It also provides contract construction, Address: 40 Lane Rd. Revenue (2004): 700.40 M • SVP and CFO: Craig D.
maintenance, and operation services for water and Fairfield, NJ 07004 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-11.40%) Abolt
wastewater systems in the US. Covanta Energy emerged Phone: 973-882-9000 Employees (2004): 1,800 • SVP, Operations: John
Covanta Energy from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection when it was acquired Fax: 973-882-7234 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-25.00%) M. Klett
Corporation by Covanta Holding (then Danielson Holding) in 2004.
 CREDO Petroleum believes strongly in fossil fuels: It
explores for, produces, and markets natural gas and crude
oil in the US Gulf Coast, Midcontinent, and Rocky Mountain
regions. The company has traditionally concentrated on
shallow and medium-depth properties (7,000-10,000 ft.), but
in 2005 it launched new projects in Kansas and South Texas
(where it is drilling to well depths ranging from 10,000 to Fiscal Year End: October • Chairman, President,
15,500 feet). The company has estimated proved reserves of Address: 1801 Broadway, Ste. 900 Revenue (2005): 13.80 M CEO, and Treasurer:
CREDO 15.5 billion cu. ft. of gas and 386,000 barrels of oil. Denver, CO 80202-3837 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.00% James T. Huffman
Petroleum Subsidiary United Oil operates the company's properties in Phone: 303-297-2200 Employees (2004): 10 • VP and CFO: David W.
Corporation Oklahoma, and CREDO Petroleum's other subsidiary, SECO Fax: 303-297-2204 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Vreeman
[CRED] Energy, owns royalty interests in the Rocky Mountains. Yes
Across the Gulf of Mexico region of the US, Crosstex Energy
is hard at work pushing natural gas. The company gathers,
transports, treats, and processes natural gas through more
than 5,000 miles of pipeline, nine processing plants, four
fractionatiors, and 190 gas treating plants. Its revenues are
generated through the purchase and resale of natural gas • Chairman: Bryan H.
from more than 40 independent producers located along the Address: 2501 Cedar Springs, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Lawrence
US Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. Through its treating 600 Revenue (2005): 3033.00 M • President CEO, and
division, Crosstex cleans carbon dioxide and hydrogen Dallas, TX 75201 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 53.30% Director: Barry E. Davis
sulfide from natural gas, enabling it to meet pipeline quality Phone: 214-953-9500 Employees (2004): 325 • EVP and CFO: William
Crosstex Energy, requirements. Crosstex Energy Inc. owns and controls the Fax: 214-953-9501 Employee Growth (1 yr): 72.00% W. Davis
L.P. [XTEX] general partner of Crosstex Energy. Yes

Datang Power is a zinger in the Chinese power market.

Datang International Power Generation (Datang Power),
formerly Beijing Datang Power Generation, operates and
develops power plants, sells electricity, and provides power
equipment maintenance services throughout the country.
Datang The company is one of China's largest independent power Address: 482 Guanganmennei Fiscal Year End: December
International producers; it has a generating capacity of about 11,300MW Ave., 8th Fl., Xuanwu District Revenue (2004): 1639.60 M • Chairman: Zhai Ruoyu
Power from interests in coal-fired and hydroelectric facilities. Datang Beijing 100053, China Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.50% • Vice Chairman and
Generation Power owns and operates 4 power plants and manages 15 Phone: +86-10-8358-1901 Employees (2004): 9,891 President: Zhang Yi
Company Limited power companies. Government-owned China Datang Corp. Fax: +86-10-8358-1911 Employee Growth (1 yr): 29.60% • CFO: Wang Xianzhou
[DIPGY.PK] owns about 35% of Datang Power. Yes
An independent oil and gas exploration and production
company, Delta Petroleum has been dealt a good hand in
proved reserves. It has 224.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas
equivalent, 54% of which is in the Louisiana and South
Texas basins on the Gulf Coast. It is also active in offshore
California near Santa Barbara, Colorado's Denver-Julesberg • Chairman and CEO:
and Piceance basins, and Wyoming's Wind River basin. Roger A. Parker
Delta Petroleum operates three major subsidiaries: Castle Address: 370 17th St., Ste. 4300 Fiscal Year End: June • President and COO:
Texas Exploration Limited Partnership, Delta Exploration Denver, CO 80202 Revenue (2005): 61.80 M John R Wallace
Delta Petroleum Company, Inc., and Piper Petroleum Company. It also owns Phone: 303-293-9133 Employees (2005): 95 • CFO and Treasurer:
Corporation about 92% of Amber Resources. In 2006 Delta Petroleum Fax: 303-298-8251 Employee Growth (1 yr): 90.00% Kevin K. Nanke
[DPTR] acquired Castle Energy. Yes
 Delta Power is an alpha company when it comes to
developing, acquiring, financing, and managing independent
power projects throughout the US. The company has
interests in 29 primarily fossil-fueled power plants in nine
states with a combined generating capacity of more than
2,700 MW. It sells its electricity through wholesale contracts
with regional utility companies and on the spot market.
Subsidiary Delta Power Services provides operation and Address: 67 Park Place East • President: Dean N.
maintenance services. Financial partners include John Morristown, NJ 07960 Vanech
Hancock Financial Services, ArcLight Capital Partners, and Phone: 973-889-9100 Revenue (2005): 61.40 M • SVP Finance: Richard G.
Delta Power Morgan Stanley. In 2005 the company sold two hydroelectric Fax: 973-889-0020 Employees (2005): 224 Vicens
Company, LLC plants to Brascan Power for $31.4 million.
Denbury Resources has long since capped its oil and gas
operations in its native Canada to try its luck in the Deep
South. The independent exploration and production company
has estimated proved reserves of nearly 130 million barrels
of oil equivalent and working interests in wells across • Chairman: Ronald G.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and in the Gulf of Mexico. In Greene
Mississippi it also owns wells that produce carbon dioxide Address: 5100 Tennyson Pkwy., Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
(CO2), which it uses to force oil out of the ground at nearby Ste. 3000 Revenue (2005): 557.20 M Director: Gareth Roberts
abandoned wells. In 2002 Denbury Resources bought Plano, TX 75024 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 23.50% • SVP, CFO, Secretary,
Denbury Genesis Energy LLC, the general partner of Gulf Coast crude Phone: 972-673-2000 Employees (2004): 380 and Treasurer: Phil
Resources Inc. oil marketer Genesis Energy, L.P., and the Gulf Coast Fax: 972-673-2150 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.60% Rykhoek
[DNR] properties of Coho Energy. Yes
way into the big leagues. With acquisitions of PennzEnergy,
Northstar Energy, and Santa Fe Snyder, it has become an oil
and gas heavyweight. It got stouter by buying Anderson
Exploration, and Mitchell Energy & Development. In 2003 it
acquired Ocean Energy for $3.5 billion and merged it with • Chairman and CEO: J.
Devon Newco. Devon has proved reserves of 649 million Larry Nichols
barrels of oil equivalent, 7.3 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, and Fiscal Year End: December • President: John Richels
246 million barrels of natural gas liquids. It also has Address: 20 N. Broadway Revenue (2005): 10741.00 M • CFO and SVP,
exploration and production assets in the Gulf of Mexico, Oklahoma City, OK 73102-8260 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.90% Corporate Finance and
Devon Energy western Canada, and in other major oil patches worldwide. In Phone: 405-235-3611 Employees (2004): 3,900 Development: Brian J.
Corporation 2006 Devon agreed to buy US-based Chief Holdings LLC for Fax: 405-552-4550 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.60%) Jennings
[DVN] $2 billion. Yes
It's double or nothing for Double Eagle Petroleum (formerly
Double Eagle Petroleum and Mining) which gambles on
hitting pay dirt as it explores for and produces oil and gas in
the Rocky Mountains of Utah and Wyoming. Double Eagle
Petroleum owns interests in 524 producing wells, and natural
gas accounts for 96% of the oil and gas independent's Address: 777 Overland Trail, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
production. The company has proved reserves of more than 206 Revenue (2005): 20.50 M • President, CEO, and
278,000 barrels of oil and 34.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, Casper, WY 82602 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 56.50% Director: Stephen H. Hollis
Double Eagle and leases acreage in seven states. Double Eagle Petroleum Phone: 307-237-9330 Employees (2004): 1
Petroleum Co. sells its oil and gas on the spot market. CEO Stephen Hollis Fax: 307-266-1823 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • CFO: David Milhom
[DBLE] owns more than 8% of the company. Yes
 Drax Group has bragging rights when it comes to operating
the largest coal-fired power plant in Europe. The company's
primary subsidiary, Drax Power, operates the Drax Power
Station in North Yorkshire, England. The generation facility • Chairman, Drax Group
has a capacity of nearly 4,000 MW; its output is sold to and Drax Power: Gordon
wholesale electricity customers. Drax Group underwent a Address: Drax Power Station, P.O. Horsfield
financial restructuring in 2003 after its largest customer, TXU Box 3 • CEO and Director:
Europe, filed for administrative protection. The company was Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 8PQ, Fiscal Year End: December Dorothy Thompson
formerly owned by US generation firm AES; it fell into the United Kingdom Revenue (2004): 1053.60 M • Finance Director and
hands of AES' former project creditors in 2003. After refusing Phone: +44-17-5761-8381 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 25.80% Board Member: Gordon
Drax Group two takeover bids, the company was listed on the London Fax: +44-17-5761-8504 Employees (2004): 540 Boyd
Limited Stock Exchange in 2005.
Edge Petroleum goes high-tech to gain an edge over its
rivals in the oil and gas exploration and production business.
The company relies on visualization software and a 3-D
seismic database to find natural gas and oil prospects
onshore along the Gulf of Mexico region. Edge Petroleum
has proved reserves of 102.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas • Chairman President and
equivalent, of which 80% is natural gas and natural gas CEO: John W. Elias
liquids. Although its primary operations are in Texas, where Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and CFO: Michael
most of its net developed acreage is located, the company Address: 1301 Travis, Ste. 2000 Revenue (2005): 121.20 M G. Long
also has major developed holdings in Alabama, Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 87.90% • VP Business
Edge Petroleum Mississippi, and New Mexico. In 2004 the company acquired Phone: 713-654-8960 Employees (2004): 53 Development and
Corporation Contango Oil & Gas' south Texas natural gas and oil Fax: 713-654-7722 Employee Growth (1 yr): 51.40% Planning: C.W. MacLeod
[EPEX] interests for about $50 million. Yes
Edison Mission Energy (EME) once wanted to conquer the
nonregulated energy sector, but now it'll settle for a piece of • Chairman and CEO:
the US market. The company, a subsidiary of Edison Theodore F. (Ted) Craver
International, has interests in power plants in US and Turkey Jr.
(Doga project) that give it a net physical generating capacity Fiscal Year End: December • CFO and SVP: W.
of nearly 10,000 MW. EME sells power through contracts Address: 18101 Von Karman Ave. Revenue (2005): 2248.00 M James (Jim) Scilacci
with large utilities, regional distributors, and other energy Irvine, CA 92612 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 37.20% • VP, Business
companies; it also trades energy on the open markets. A Phone: 949-752-5588 Employees (2005): 1,745 Management: John P.
Edison Mission decline in wholesale energy prices has forced EME to retreat Fax: 949-263-9162 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.30%) Finneran Jr.
Energy to its home soil and sell off nearly all of its foreign holdings.
In business in Italy since the dawn of the electric age, Edison
has grown to become Italy's leading independent power
producer, with more than 6,000 MW of hydroelectric, fossil-
fueled, and wind-powered generating capacity. Much of Chairman and CEO:
Edison's electricity goes to Italy's largest utility, Enel; Edison Umberto Quadrino
also sells power to commercial and industrial businesses. • Head of Finance: Franco
The company has oil and natural gas marketing, exploration, Fiscal Year End: December Balsamo
and production operations; it also distributes gas directly to Address: Foro Buonaparte, 31 Revenue (2004): 7769.30 M • Director, External
154,000 retail customers. Edison was controlled by 20121 Milan, Italy Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.10% Relations and
Italenergia Bis, a group led by Fiat and Electricité de France Phone: +39-02-6222-1 Employees (2004): 3,857 Communication: Andrea
(EDF), but in 2005 the power shifted -- EDF and Italian utility Fax: +39-02-6222-7379 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.80%) Prandi
Edison S.p.A. AEM S.p.A. now jointly control Edison.
 It does not take a genius to figure out what business Electric
Energy (EEI) is involved in. The company generates nearly
1,100 MW of electric capacity at its coal-fired power plant in
Joppa, Illinois. The independent producer sells its power
output to its shareholders. The Missouri-based utility holding
company Ameren holds an 80% stake in EEI; Ameren Address: 2100 Portland Rd.
purchased Dynegy's 20% stake in 2004 as part of its Joppa, IL 62953 Fiscal Year End: December
acquisition of Illinois Power Company (which now operates Phone: 618-543-7531 Revenue (2005): 207.30 M
Electric Energy, as AmerenIP). Kentucky Utilities ( a subsidiary of LG&E Fax: 618-543-7420 Employees (2005): 257 • President: Robert L.
Inc. Energy) owns the remaining 20% of the company. Powers
Enbridge Energy Management, bridging the gap over a
complex structure of pipeline partnerships, manages and
controls the business of Enbridge Energy Partners (formerly
Lakehead Pipe Line Partners). The company's only asset is
an 18% limited partner interest in Enbridge Energy Partners,
which owns the US part of North America's longest liquid • Managing Director and
petroleum pipeline (Lakehead System) and also has interests Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. Director: Stephen J. J.
in natural gas gathering, treating, processing, and 3300 (S.J.J.) Letwin
transmission operations in East Texas. Enbridge Energy Houston, TX 77002 • VP Operations and
Enbridge Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., holds Phone: 713-821-2000 Technology: R. L. Adams
Management, a 17% stake in the company, and serves as the general Fax: 713-821-2232 • VP Finance: M. A. Maki
L.L.C. [EEQ] partner of Enbridge Energy Partners. Yes
derived from Energy, Canada, and Alberta). It has proved
reserves of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and 11.8 trillion cu. ft. of
natural gas in Canada and the US. Boosting its North
American assets, in 2004 EnCana acquired Tom Brown for
about $2.2 billion and sold a portion of its assets to Harvest • Chairman: David P.
Energy for about $395 million. That year the company sold its O'Brien
UK North Sea assets to Nexen for about $2.1 billion and has Address: 855 - 2nd St. SW, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
agreed to sell its natural gas liquids business to Provident 1800 Revenue (2005): 14266.00 M Randall K. (Randy)
Energy Trust for a reported $586 million. The company Calgary, Alberta T2P 2S5, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.80% Eresman
EnCana agreed in 2005 to sell its gas storage facilities to a private Phone: 403-645-2000 Employees (2004): 4,090 • EVP and CFO: Brian C.
Corporation equity fund headed by Riverstone Holdings and The Carlyle Fax: 403-645-2091 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.10% Ferguson
[ECA] Group. Yes
and CEO), Encore Acquisition is an independent oil and
natural gas company engaged in the acquisition,
development, and exploitation of reserves in several basins.
Operations include drilling in the Williston Basin of Montana
and North Dakota, the Permian Basin of Texas and New • Chairman and CEO: I.
Mexico, and the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma. The Jon Brumley
company's total proved reserves of 196 million barrels of oil Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
equivalent are primarily from its Cedar Creek Anticline asset Address: 777 Main St., Ste. 1400 Revenue (2005): 457.30 M Jon S. (Jonny) Brumley
(in Montana and North Dakota). Encore Acquisition was Fort Worth, TX 76102 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 53.20% • EVP, CFO, and
Encore formed in 1998 by J.P. Morgan Partners, Warburg Pincus & Phone: 817-877-9955 Employees (2004): 164 Treasurer: Roy W.
Acquisition Co., and Natural Gas Partners. In 2004 the company Fax: 817-877-1655 Employee Growth (1 yr): 37.80% Jageman
Company [EAC] acquired Cortez Oil & Gas. Yes
 Like famous British explorer Captain James Cook's vessel,
The Endeavour, Endeavour International has been on quite a
journey. The company started life as a graphics company
(Expression Graphics) in 2000, before changing its name
and business direction in 2002, when (as Continental • Co-CEO and Director:
Southern Resources) it began to focus on oil and gas John N. Seitz
exploration in the US. In 2004 it acquired NSNV, which held • Co-CEO and Director:
a North Sea seismic database, and became Endeavour Fiscal Year End: December William L. (Bill) Transier
Endeavour International. It then sold its US assets. The company is Address: 1000 Main St., Ste. 3300 Revenue (2005): 38.70 M • EVP, Operations and
International buying up stakes in mature North Sea fields that the majors Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 945.90% Business Development:
Corporation are moving away from. Endeavour International has proved Phone: 713-307-8700 Employees (2005): 52 Bruce H. Stover
[END] reserves of 2.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. Yes
It pays for Energy Partners to have friends in the oil and gas
business. The independent explorer and producer focuses
on the shallow Gulf of Mexico waters offshore Louisiana. It
partners with big oil companies to explore for reserves on • Chairman and CEO:
properties the majors have left behind; Energy Partners Address: 201 St. Charles Ave., Fiscal Year End: December Richard A. Bachmann
earns an interest in the new reserves and production. The Ste. 3400 Revenue (2005): 402.90 M • President, COO, and
company has interests in 327 productive wells, and has New Orleans, LA 70170 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.50% Director: Phillip A. Gobe
proved reserves of 41.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. Phone: 504-569-1875 Employees (2005): 170 • Treasurer: Joseph H.
Energy Partners, Energy Partners has grown through acquisitions, including Fax: 504-569-1874 Employee Growth (1 yr): 12.60% LeBlanc Jr.
Ltd. [EPL] the 2002 purchase of Hall-Houston Oil Company. Yes
Both enterprising and productive, Enterprise Products
Partners is a leading player in the North American natural
gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), and crude oil industries, with
a range of processing, transportation, and storage services.
Operations include natural gas processing, NGL
fractionation, and crude oil transportation. The hub of the • Chairman: Dan L.
company's business is Houston's Mont Belvieu refinery Duncan
complex. Enterprise owns interests in 18,368 miles of gas Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
pipeline, 113,297 miles of NGL and petrochemical pipeline, Address: 2727 North Loop West Revenue (2005): 12257.00 M Director: Robert G.
Enterprise and 813 miles of crude oil pipeline. It also owns salt domes, Houston, TX 77008-1037 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.30% Phillips
Products drilling platforms, and fractionation and natural gas Phone: 713-880-6500 Employees (2004): 2,606 • EVP, CFO, and Director:
Partners L.P. processing plants. Chairman Dan Duncan holds a 37.4% Fax: 713-880-6668 Employee Growth (1 yr): 96.70% Michael A. Creel
[EPD] stake in Enterprise. Yes
EOG Resources hogs a resource -- natural gas. The
independent oil and gas company is engaged in exploring for
natural gas and crude oil and developing, producing, and
marketing those resources. EOG, an independent offspring
of the once powerful Enron, has total estimated reserves of • Chairman and CEO:
6.2 trillion cu. ft. equivalent, including 5.6 trillion cu. ft. of Mark G. Papa
natural gas reserves and 106 million barrels of cude oil, Fiscal Year End: December • President, Chief of Staff,
condensate, and natural gas liquid (NGL) reserves. The Address: 333 Clay St., Ste. 4200 Revenue (2005): 3607.00 M and Director: Edmund P.
company operates in major production basins in Canada, Houston, TX 77002-7361 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 56.70% (Ed) Segner III
offshore Trinidad, the US, and the UK sector of the North Phone: 713-651-7000 Employees (2004): 1,250 • EVP Operations: Gary L.
EOG Resources, Sea. EOG is boosting its North American exploration Fax: 713-651-6995 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.60% Thomas
Inc. [EOG] activities and expanding its reserves. Yes
 exploration and production operations in Colorado, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. The
company, which has an ongoing acquisition program, has • Chairman and CEO:
estimated proved reserves of 668.3 billion cu. ft. of natural Douglas H. Miller
gas equivalent. EXCO Resources holds interests in more • Vice Chairman,
than 5,180 wells. In 2004 the company acquired Appalachian President, and Secretary:
explorer North Coast Energy for $225.1 million. In 2005 Address: 12377 Merit Dr., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Stephen F. Smith
TXOK (a Boone Pickens-controlled affiliate) acquired 1700 LB 82 Revenue (2004): 92.80 M • VP, CFO, Chief
ONEOK Energy. Following EXCO Resources' 2006 IPO, Dallas, TX 75251 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 189.20% Accounting Officer, and
EXCO TXOK became a subsidiary in a move that added 223.3 Phone: 214-368-2084 Employees (2004): 284 Treasurer: J. Douglas
Resources, Inc. billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent to the company's Fax: 214-368-2087 Employee Growth (1 yr): 115.20% Ramsey
[XCO] reserves. Yes

Got oil and gas? FieldPoint Petroleum can point to its oil and
gas fields and its interests in about 340 productive oil and
gas wells in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and
Wyoming. The independent oil and gas exploration company
operates some 61 of these wells. FieldPoint Petroleum has
proved developed reserves of 880,991 barrels of oil, and 1.4 Address: 1703 Edelweiss Dr., Ste.
billion cu. ft. of natural gas. In 2005 the company announced 301
FieldPoint plans to explore and develop of its Palo Duro Basin acreage Cedar Park, TX 78613 Fiscal Year End: December
Petroleum (some 3,235 acres in Floyd County, Texas). Chairman and Phone: 512-250-8692 Revenue (2005): 4.00 M • Chairman, President,
Corporation CEO Ray Reaves, an oil and gas industry veteran, controls Fax: 512-335-1294 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 33.30% CEO and Director: Ray D.
[FPP] 41% of the company. Reaves Yes
and gas business as it squeezes hydrocarbons from old
forests buried deep underground. While the independent
exploration and production company explores outside of
North America, Forest Oil is focusing on building additional
reserves in the US and expanding in Canada. It holds • Chairman: Forrest E.
substantial acreage in Canada and also operates a Address: 1600 Broadway, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Hoglund
marketing and trading unit in that country. The company 2200 Revenue (2005): 1072.00 M • President and CEO: H.
reports proved reserves of 1.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas Denver, CO 80202 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.40% Craig Clark
Forest Oil equivalent. Billionaire Philip Anschutz had controlled a 32.5% Phone: 303-812-1400 Employees (2004): 496 • EVP and CFO: David H.
Corporation stake in Forest Oil. At the end of 2005 he controlled about Fax: 303-812-1602 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.30% Keyte
[FST] 13%. Yes
It's not Carl Sagan's "billions and billions of stars" that Galaxy
Energy Corporation is looking for, but a few stellar finds in
the oil and gas exploration and production business. The • President, CEO, and
company focuses on acquiring and developing coalbed Director: Marc E. Bruner
methane and other natural gas properties in Montana, Texas, • SVP, CFO, Secretary,
and Wyoming. In 2005 Galaxy Energy acquired 60% of a Address: 1331 17th St., Ste. 1050 and Treasurer:
parcel of 4,000 undeveloped acres in the Piceance Basin in Denver, CO 80202 Fiscal Year End: November Christopher S. Hardesty
Galaxy Energy Colorado. The company is also looking into natural gas Phone: 303-293-2300 Revenue (2005): 1.30 M • COO and Director: Cecil
Corporation opportunities in Europe, primarily in Germany and Romania. Fax: 303-293-2417 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1200.00% D. Gritz
[GAX] CEO Marc Bruner controls 20.4% of the company. Yes
 Gasco Energy is not your local gas company or energy
provider. The exploration and production independent
develops and explores for natural gas and crude petroleum
primarily in the Rocky Mountains. The company's exploration
activities are focused on Utah's Uinta Basin and Wyoming's • Chairman: Marc A.
Green River Basin. Gasco Energy's proved reserves are 41.3 Address: 8 Inverness Dr. East, Bruner
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. The principal markets Ste. 100 Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
for its commodity products are natural gas transmission Englewood, CO 80112 Revenue (2005): 16.90 M Mark A. Erickson
pipeline companies, private industrial companies, refining Phone: 303-483-0044 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 412.10% • EVP and COO: Michael
Gasco Energy, companies, and utilities. In 2004 ConocoPhillips accounted Fax: 303-483-0011 Employees (2004): 13 K. Decker
Inc. [GSX] for 93% of the company's production. Yes
Though most of GeoResources' products are wet and
slippery, one of them is dry and powdery. The company's oil
and gas operations in Montana and North Dakota generate
the bulk of its revenues. It also has a contract drilling
operation. GeoResources has proved reserves of 2.3 million • President, CEO, and
barrels of oil and 391 million cu. ft. of gas. It also mines Director: Jeffrey P. Vickers
leonardite, an oxidized lignite coal, which it processes into a Address: 1407 W. Dakota Pkwy., Fiscal Year End: December
powder used primarily as a dispersant or thinner in drilling Ste. 1-B Revenue (2005): 8.00 M • Secretary and Director:
muds. In 2004 GeoResources sold 48% of its crude oil to Williston, ND 58801 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.60% Cathy Kruse
Plains Marketing Canada. Drilling companies active in the Phone: 701-572-2020 Employees (2004): 11 • VP Land and Finance:
GeoResources, Gulf of Mexico buy most of the company's leonardite Fax: 701-572-0277 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.30%) Jeffrey B. Jennings
Inc. [GEOI] products as mud additives in oil and gas drilling. Yes
The natural resources in productive, hydrocarbon-rich • President, CEO, and
geological basins are the target for GMX Resources. The Director: Ken L.
Oklahoma-based independent oil and natural gas company Kenworthy Jr.
explores on more than 20,800 combined net acres located in • EVP, CFO, Secretary,
the Sabine Uplift in Texas and Louisiana, and the Tatum Address: 9400 N. Broadway, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Treasurer, and Director:
basin in New Mexico. With 66 net producing wells, GMX 600 Revenue (2005): 19.20 M Ken L. Kenworthy Sr.
Resources has proved reserves of 64.3 billion cu. ft. of Oklahoma City, OK 73114 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 146.20% • Natural Gas Marketer
natural gas equivalent. It has a large inventory of drilling and Phone: 405-600-0711 Employees (2004): 18 and Pipeline Operations
GMX Resources recompletion projects with an estimated 42 billion cu. ft. of Fax: 405-600-0600 Employee Growth (1 yr): 125.00% Manager: Keith Leffel
Inc. [GMXR] natural gas equivalent of proved undeveloped reserves. Yes
rocks of ancient Mother Earth, Goodrich Petroleum brings
forth oil and gas. The independent exploration and
production company delves into formations dating to the • Chairman of the Board
Miocene and Frio Age in southern Louisiana, where it has of Directors Emeritus:
most of its proved reserves. The company also operates in Henry Goodrich
the Cotton Valley trend in Texas and leases acreage in Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Patrick E.
Michigan. Goodrich Petroleum owns interests in 139 active Address: 808 Travis St., Ste. 1320 Revenue (2005): 68.30 M Malloy III
Goodrich oil and gas wells and has estimated proved reserves of 172.8 Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.40% • Vice Chairman and
Petroleum billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Chairman Patrick Phone: 713-780-9494 Employees (2004): 52 CEO: Walter G. (Gil)
Corporation Malloy owns 21% of the company; director Josiah Austin, Fax: 713-780-9254 Employee Growth (1 yr): 40.50% Goodrich
[GDP] 22%. Yes
 baskets. The exploration and production company sells 99%
of its oil to Shell and 88% of its gas to Chevron. It operates
off the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, with a heavy concentration
on two fields: West Cote Blanche Bay and Hackberry Fields.
Gulfport operates about 70 producing wells and has proved Address: 14313 North May Ave., • Chairman: Mike Liddell
reserves of nearly 25 million barrels of oil equivalent. The Ste. 100 Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Director:
company emerged from the ashes of WRT Energy, which Oklahoma City, OK 73134 Revenue (2005): 27.60 M James D. (Jim) Palm
Gulfport Energy filed for bankruptcy in 1996 amid allegations of fraud. Phone: 405-848-8807 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.80% • VP and CFO: Michael G.
Corporation Gulfport emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Fax: 405-848-8816 Employees (2005): 63 (Mike) Moore
[GPOR] 1997. Yes
Harken Energy harkens back to the days when a certain
President George W. Bush was an oil man. Harken Energy,
which bought Bush's small oil company more than a decade
ago, explores for and produces oil and gas in the US and
Latin America. It has interests in oil and gas wells in the Gulf • Chairman: Alan G.
Coast region of Texas and Louisiana. Internationally, it has Quasha
exploration and development operations in Colombia, Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Panama, and Peru. The company, which is striving to put Address: 180 State St., Ste. 200 Revenue (2005): 37.20 M Director: Mikel D.
some unprofitable years behind it, has proved reserves of Southlake, TX 76092 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 27.00% Faulkner
Harken Energy 13.3 billion cu. ft. of gas and 5.6 million barrels of oil. Lyford Phone: 817-424-2424 Employees (2005): 46 • VP, Finance, and CFO:
Corporation Investments Enterprises owns 30% of the voting stock of Fax: 972-652-4433 Employee Growth (1 yr): 31.40% Anna M. Williams
[HEC] Harken Energy. Yes
Harvest Natural Resources is keen to harvest the natural
resources of oil and gas. The independent's main exploration
and production work takes place in Venezuela, where it has
proved reserves of 36 million barrels of oil equivalent. It • Chairman: Steve
operates through its 80%-owned Venezuelan subsidiary, Chesebro'
Harvest Vinccler C.A., which operates the South Monagas Address: 1177 Enclave Pkwy., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • EVP, COO, and Director:
Unit in Venezuela. Founded in 1989, the company sold its 300 Revenue (2005): 236.90 M James A. Edminston
stakes in Siberian ventures Arctic Gas and Geoilbent to Houston, TX 77077 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 27.30% • SVP Corporate
Harvest Natural Yukos in 2002 and 2003, although the company is still keen Phone: 281-899-5700 Employees (2004): 221 Development: Byron A.
Resources, Inc. on developing Russian oil and assets. It also has interests in Fax: 281-899-5702 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Dunn
[HNR] China. Yes
Power plant developer, owner, and operator Indeck Energy
Services tries to make sure it always has a project on deck.
The company owns and operates 11 fossil-fueled,
hydroelectric, and alternative energy generation plants -- 10
in the northeastern US and one in the UK -- that have a total
capacity of more than 850 MW. Indeck Energy Services also • Chairman and CEO:
has 2,800 MW under development in Illinois and Michigan; Gerald R. (Gerry)
and it operates two plants (400-MW of capacity) in the Forsythe
northeastern US for NRG Energy. Affiliate Indeck Power Address: 600 N. Buffalo Grove Rd. • President and COO:
Equipment rents or leases boilers and generators, and Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Thomas M. Campone
Indeck Operations runs and maintains power and steam Phone: 847-520-3212 • SVP and CFO: Lawrence
Indeck Energy plants. Chairman and CEO Gerald Forsythe owns Indeck Fax: 847-520-9883 A. Lagowski
Services, Inc. Energy Services, which was founded in 1985.
 You can probable tell by its name that InterGen is an
international generator of electricity. The independent power
producer has interests in projects with more than 15,000 MW
of generating capacity in Africa, the Americas, Asia,
Australia, and Europe. The company provides fuel
procurement and project management, financing, and
negotiation services. It's power is sold to utilities, energy • CEO: John Stokes
marketers, and end-use customers. InterGen is currently a Address: 15 Wayside Rd. • Manager Public Affairs:
joint venture formed by Shell Oil (68%) and Bechtel (32%) in Burlington, MA 01803-4609 Sarah Webster
1995, but the parents have agreed to sell the unit to Highstar Phone: 781-993-3000 • SVP and CFO: Martin
Capital (a part of American International Group) for a Fax: 781-993-3005 Rees
InterGen reported $1.75 billion.
There may be milk and honey on the other side of the River
Jordan, but to date, not much oil. In Israel, Isramco has
stakes in two long-term offshore leases, and serves as the
operator of one (the Med Ashdod Lease). In the US the
company is engaged (through subsidiary Jay Petroleum) in
oil and gas exploration in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas, and Wyoming. It also had a minority interest in a Address: 11767 Katy Frwy., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
Congo offshore exploration venture, which it wrote off in 711 Revenue (2005): 7.70 M • Chairman and CEO:
2003. Isramco has proved reserves of 173,900 barrels of oil Houston, TX 77079 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 32.80% Haim Tsuff
and 2.3 billion cu. ft. of gas. In 2004, the company purchased Phone: 713-621-3882 Employees (2004): 11 • President and Director:
Isramco, Inc. a luxury cruise liner for $8 million. Chairman and CEO Haim Fax: 713-621-3988 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Jackob Maimon
[ISRL] Tsuff owns 49.8% of Isramco. Yes
and chemicals. The oil and gas company has proved
reserves of about 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Kerr-
McGee explores for and produces oil and gas in the Gulf of
Mexico, as well as in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The
company is also a major producer of titanium dioxide (a white
pigment used in paint, plastics, and paper) and operates • Chairman and CEO:
chemical plants in Australia, Europe, and the US. Kerr- Address: Kerr-McGee Center, 123 Fiscal Year End: December Luke R. Corbett
McGee has agreed to sell several of its oil and gas fields in Robert S. Kerr Ave. Revenue (2005): 5927.00 M • SVP and CFO: Robert
the North Sea to the UK-based Centrica and the Denmark- Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.90% M. Wohleber
Kerr-McGee based A.P. Møller - Mærsk. W&T Offshore has agreed to Phone: 405-270-1313 Employees (2004): 4,084 • SVP and COO: David A.
Corporation acquire Kerr-McGee's oil and gas holdings in the Gulf of Fax: 405-270-3029 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.30% (Dave) Hager
[KMG] Mexico. Yes
It's a Linn-Linn situation. CEO Michael Linn's namesake
company Linn Energy has successfully drilled for natural gas
in the Appalachian Basin. The natural gas exploration and
production company made seven property acquisitions
(including more than 1,230 producing wells) between 2003
and 2005 in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West • Chairman: Toby R.
Virginia. The company, which has drilled 126 wells with a Neugebauer
100% success rate, has proved reserves of 100.9 billion cu. Address: 1700 N. Highland Rd., • President, CEO, and
ft. of natural gas equivalent. Linn Energy has focused on Ste. 100 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Michael C.
shallow drilling (2,500 to 5,500 ft.), and many of its wells are Pittsburgh, PA 15241 Revenue (2004): 21.20 M (Mike) Linn
connected to multiple producing zones. Following its IPO, Phone: 412-854-0470 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 538.90% • EVP and CFO: Kolja
Linn Energy, LLC Quantum Energy Partners will control 45% of the company; Fax: 412-854-0474 Employees (2004): 52 Rockov
[LINE] CEO Linn, 14%. Yes
 Magellan Petroleum has gone around the world to explore for
oil and gas. It operates mainly through Magellan Petroleum
Australia Limited (MPAL), a publicly traded Australian firm.
MPAL's chief assets are interests in the Mereenie oil and gas
field and the Palm Valley gas field in the Amadeus Basin in
Australia's Northern Territory. MPAL and Magellan Petroleum Fiscal Year End: July • Chairman: Walt er
also own interests in oil and gas properties in New Zealand, Address: 10 Columbus Blvd. Revenue (2005): 21.90 M McCann
Magellan Canada, and the UK. The company has proved reserves of Hartford, CT 06106 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.90% • President, CEO, CFO
Petroleum 25.4 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 487,000 barrels of oil. Phone: 860-293-2006 Employees (2005): 33 and Chief Accounting
Corporation MPAL's main customer is the Northern Territory's Power and Fax: 860-293-2349 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.10% Officer: Daniel J. Samela
[MPET] Water Authority. Yes
environmental impact. The independent power producer
develops, acquires, owns, and operates generation facilities
in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its power plants are • Chairman: M. Bruce
fueled by conventional fossil fuels and alternative energy Chernoff
technologies and combined have more than 260 MW of Address: 715 5th Avenue SW, Ste. • President, CEO, and
electric and 39 MW of thermal net generating capacity. It has 1210 Director: John R. Bobenic
another 58 MW under construction. Milner Power Limited Calgary, Alberta T2P 2X6, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • SVP Business
Maxim Power Partnership, which operated a 144-MW power plant in Phone: 403-263-3021 Revenue (2004): 30.10 M Development: Richard
Corp. Grande Cache, Alberta, acquired Maxim in a reverse Fax: 403-263-9125 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 54.50% (Rick) Hopp
[MXGFF.PK] takeover in 2005. Yes
It's oil and gas, not sulfur, that has the sweet smell of money
for McMoRan Exploration. The company sold its sulfur
operations in 2002, citing low sulfur prices, in order to focus
on the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.
Operating in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Gulf Coast,
McMoRan Exploration has proved reserves of about 38.9 • Co-Chairman: Richard
billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 7.1 million barrels of oil and Fiscal Year End: December C. Adkerson
condensate. The company owns or has stakes in 361 oil and Address: 1615 Poydras St. Revenue (2005): 130.10 M • Co-Chairman: James R.
gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana and New Orleans, LA 70112 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 336.60% (Jim Bob) Moffett
McMoRan Texas covering about 252,000 gross acres. McMoRan Phone: 504-582-4000 Employees (2004): 26 • President and CEO:
Exploration Co. Exploration is also seeking to transform its Main Pass sulfur Fax: 504-582-1662 Employee Growth (1 yr): 36.80% Glenn A. Kleinert
[MMR] facilities into a liquefied natural gas terminal. Yes
Mexco Energy gets most of its energy not from Mexico, but
from its close neighbor -- West Texas. The oil and gas
exploration and production independent has estimated
proved reserves of 7.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and
151,000 barrels of oil. While the company owns oil and gas • Chairman: Thomas
properties in other states (including Louisiana, New Mexico, Graham Jr.
North Dakota, and Oklahoma), the majority of its activities • President and CEO:
take place in Texas. In 2004 the company launched a Address: 214 W. Texas Ave., Ste. Fiscal Year End: March Nicholas C. Taylor
feasibility study to explore in Russia. Sid Richardson Energy 1101 Revenue (2005): 3.00 M • VP, CFO, Treasurer, and
Services (formerly Koch Midstream Services Company) is Midland, TX 79701 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.40% Assistant Secretary:
Mexco Energy Mexco Energy's top customer, accounting for 21% of total Phone: 432-682-1119 Employees (2004): 5 Tamala L. (Tammy)
Corporation revenues. Mexco Energy president Nicholas Taylor owns just Fax: 432-682-1123 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% McComic
[MXC] under 51% of the company. Yes
 As one might expect, Midwest Generation sells wholesale
electricity to markets in the Midwest. The independent power
producer has a generating capacity of more than 7,000 MW
from its six coal-fired power plants in Illinois; it also oversees
the operation of an 1,884 MW power generating plant in
Pennsylvania. Affiliate Edison Mission Marketing and Trading Address: 1 Financial Place, 440 S. Fiscal Year End: December
acts as a conduit for Midwest Generation's wholesale energy LaSalle St., Ste. 3500 Revenue (2005): 1429.40 M • President: Guy Gorney
activities. Midwest Generation is a subsidiary of Edison Chicago, IL 60605 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 35.10% • VP and Regional VP,
International's merchant energy business, Edison Mission Phone: 312-583-6000 Employees (2005): 983 Finance: John P. Finneran
Midwest Energy. Exelon Generation accounts for more that 50% of of Fax: 312-583-6111 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.40% Jr.
Generation, LLC the company's generation and capacity revenues.
but is happy with old reserves too. The independent oil and
gas exploration and production company drills in and around
the Gulf of Mexico, mostly in the shallow waters off the
Louisiana coast. It works onshore, in the Gulf Coast region of
Texas and Louisiana and in the Rockies. Newfield has also • Chairman, President,
expanded into Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin through the and CEO: David A. Trice
acquisition of Lariat Petroleum. Outside of the US the Address: 363 N. Sam Houston Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, CFO, and
company has interests in Brazil, China, Malaysia, and the Pkwy. East, Ste. 2020 Revenue (2005): 1762.00 M Secretary: Terry W.
North Sea. Newfield has proved reserves of 1.8 trillion cu. ft. Houston, TX 77060 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 30.30% Rathert
Newfield of natural gas equivalent. In 2002 Newfield acquired Gulf Phone: 281-847-6000 Employees (2004): 640 • VP Information
Exploration Coast explorer EEX Corporation. It acquired Inland Fax: 281-405-4242 Employee Growth (1 yr): 70.70% Technology: Mark Spicer
Company [NFX] Resources in 2004. Yes
Noble Energy prizes petroleum and has the reserves to
prove it. Noble Energy looks for oil and natural gas and
produces and markets them in the US and internationally. US
operations are in the West Coast, Rocky Mountain, • Chairman, President,
midcontinent, and Gulf Coast regions. International and CEO: Charles D.
operations include onshore and offshore activities in the (Chuck) Davidson
Asia/Pacific region, the Middle East, South America, West Address: 100 Glenborough Dr., Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and CFO: Chris
Africa, and the North Sea. Noble has proved reserves of Ste. 100 Revenue (2005): 2186.70 M Tong
about 2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas and 193.5 million barrels Houston, TX 77067 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 70.60% • VP, Business
of oil. The company markets natural gas and oil. Noble Phone: 281-872-3100 Employees (2004): 559 Development: David L.
Noble Energy, Energy also generates electricity in Ecuador. In 2006 Noble Fax: 281-872-3111 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.10%) Stover
Inc. [NBL] Energy acquired United States Exploration for $411 million. Yes
Harnessing its heritage of Western technical know-how,
Occidental Petroleum engages in oil and gas exploration and
production and makes basic chemicals, plastics, and • Chairman, President,
petrochemicals. The oil giant has proved reserves of 2.7 and CEO: Ray R. Irani
billion barrels of oil equivalent in the US, the Middle East, • SVP, CFO, and Head of
and Latin America. It owns 76% of OxyVinyls, the #1 Fiscal Year End: December Corporate Development:
producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin in North America. Address: 10889 Wilshire Blvd. Revenue (2005): 15208.00 M Stephen I. (Steve) Chazen
Occidental Subsidiary Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) produces acids, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 33.80%
Petroleum chlorine, and specialty products. Occidental Petroleum also Phone: 310-208-8800 Employees (2004): 7,209 • VP and CIO: Donald L.
Corporation has an energy trading and marketing operation, Occidental Fax: 310-443-6690 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.10% Moore Jr.
[OXY] Energy Marketing. Yes
 Parallel Petroleum seeks unparalleled success by exploring
for and producing oil and natural gas. The company has
estimated proved reserves of 16.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas
and 18.9 million barrels of oil. Parallel Petroleum operates • Chairman and CEO:
primarily on the Gulf Coast of South Texas, in East Texas, Thomas R. (Tom)
and in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The company sells Cambridge
directly on a month-to-month basis to other oil and gas Address: 1004 N. Big Spring, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President, Treasurer,
companies. Founded in 1979, Parallel Petroleum originally 400 Revenue (2005): 66.20 M and Director: Larry C.
Parallel focused on acquiring relatively unproven high-risk, high-cost Midland, TX 79701 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 84.90% Oldham
Petroleum properties. However, heavy losses prompted the company to Phone: 432-684-3727 Employees (2005): 40 • COO: Donald E. (Don)
Corporation sell its First Permian oil and gas assets in 2002 for $31 Fax: 432-684-3905 Employee Growth (1 yr): 21.20% Tiffin
[PLLL] million and rethink its development strategy. Yes
Incorporated in Virginia and based in Pennsylvania, Penn
Virginia is an oil and gas exploration and production
company operating primarily in the Appalachian area of the • Chairman: Robert (Rob)
US. It also operates in onshore areas of the US Gulf Coast. Address: 3 Radnor Corporate Garrett
The company, which has proved reserves of 314 billion cu. ft. Center, Ste. 230, 100 Matsonford Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
of natural gas and 6.3 million barrels of oil, and holds working Rd. Revenue (2005): 673.90 M Director: A. James (Jim)
interests in more than 1,400 wells, sells mostly on the spot Radnor, PA 19087-4564 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 195.10% Dearlove
Penn Virginia market. It also has interests in coal (which it leases to other Phone: 610-687-8900 Employees (2005): 340 • EVP and CFO: Frank A.
Corporation operators) and timber properties through 44.5%-owned Penn Fax: 610-687-3688 Employee Growth (1 yr): 183.30% Pici
[PVA] Virginia Resource Partners, which it spun off in 2001. Yes
oil prices to higher profits. The independent company's
activities include the exploration, development, and • Chairman, President,
production of crude oil and natural gas in the Anadarko, and CEO: Floyd C. Wilson
Arkoma, East Texas/North Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Permian
Basin, and South Texas regions. Petrohawk Energy has • EVP, CFO, and
estimated proved reserves of 437.3 billion cu. ft. of natural Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Treasurer: Shane M.
gas equivalent. In 2004 it participated in a reverse stock split 4400 Revenue (2005): 258.00 M Bayless
Petrohawk with Petrohawk Energy, LLC and relocated to Houston. CEO Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 667.90% • EVP Corporate
Energy Floyd Wilson controls 67% of the company. In 2006 the Phone: 832-204-2700 Employees (2005): 154 Development: Stephen W.
Corporation company announced plans to acquire KCS Energy for $1.6 Fax: 832-204-2800 Employee Growth (1 yr): 258.10% (Steve) Herod
[HAWK] billion. Yes
The hills are alive with opportunity for Petroleum
Development, which produces natural gas that it finds in the
Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Basin; the
independent also has operations in Michigan. The company
owns interests in 2,700 wells and has proved reserves of
217.4 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, of which less • Chairman and CEO:
than 10% is oil. Petroleum Development also drills and Fiscal Year End: December Steven R. Williams
operates wells for its partners, and often sets up public Address: 103 E. Main St. Revenue (2004): 288.80 M • President and Director:
Petroleum limited partnerships to fund its well-drilling program. Bridgeport, WV 26330 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.80% Thomas E. Riley
Development Subsidiary Riley Natural Gas markets natural gas for the Phone: 304-842-3597 Employees (2004): 120 • CFO and Treasurer:
Corporation company and others in Appalachia. The company has sold Fax: 304-842-0913 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.10% Darwin L. Stump
[PETD] its Ohio-based distribution utility, Paramount Natural Gas. Yes
 Independent oil and gas exploration and production company
PetroQuest Energy has focused its quest for petroleum on • Chairman, President,
the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf Coast Basin, but is also looking and CEO: Charles T.
further afield. PetroQuest has offshore operations in the Goodson
shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and onshore operations • SVP, CFO, Treasurer,
in Louisiana and Texas. It also has assets in Oklahoma. The Address: 400 E. Kaliste Saloom Fiscal Year End: December and Director: Michael O.
company, formerly known as Optima Petroleum, and Rd., Ste. 6000 Revenue (2005): 120.60 M Aldridge
previously based in Canada, has proved reserves of 79.1 Lafayette, LA 70508 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.60% • SVP Business
billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 3.7 million barrels of oil. Phone: 337-232-7028 Employees (2005): 63 Development and Land:
PetroQuest PetroQuest Energy and its predecessor companies have Fax: 337-232-0044 Employee Growth (1 yr): 31.30% Dalton F. Smith III
Energy, Inc. [PQ] been active in the Gulf Coast region since 1986. Yes
not located in the Western prairies, but below them, and
below the Rocky Mountains, and the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico. The large independent exploration and production
company, which has boosted its Gulf of Mexico properties,
holds proved reserves of 986.7 million barrels of oil
equivalent. The vast majority of the exploration and • Chairman and CEO:
production company's reserves are found within the US, but Address: 5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Fiscal Year End: December Scott D. Sheffield
Pioneer also explores for and produces oil and gas in Ste. 900 Revenue (2005): 2215.70 M • President and COO:
Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, South Africa, and Irving, TX 75039 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.90% Timothy L. (Tim) Dove
Pioneer Natural Tunisia. In 2006 the company sold some Gulf of Mexico oil Phone: 972-444-9001 Employees (2005): 1,694 • EVP and CFO: Richard
Resources and gas assets to Marubeni Offshore Production for $1.3 Fax: 972-969-3576 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.30% P. (Rich) Dealy
Company [PXD] billion. Yes
Plains Exploration and Production has ventured beyond the
plains to explore for oil and gas. A former subsidiary of Plains
Resources, the company targets offshore fields as well as
onshore areas for acquiring, developing, and producing oil
and gas. It operates primarily in the Los Angeles and San
Joaquin Basins of California, the Santa Maria Basin offshore
California, the Gulf Coast Basin of Louisiana, the East Texas Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President,
Basin, and the Permian Basin. The company has estimated Address: 700 Milam St., Ste. 3100 Revenue (2005): 944.40 M and CEO: James C. (Jim)
Plains proved reserves of 401 million barrels of oil equivalent. In Houston, TX 77002 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 40.60% Flores
Exploration and 2003 Plains Exploration acquired 3TEC Energy, and in 2004 Phone: 713-579-6000 Employees (2005): 640 • EVP and CFO: Stephen
Production it acquired Nuevo Energy. In 2006 the company agreed to Fax: 713-579-6500 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.00%) A. (Steve) Thorington
Company [PXP] buy Stone Energy for $1.5 billion. Yes
Pogo sticks to its core business of searching for oil and
natural gas. Pogo Producing explores for, develops, and
produces those resources onshore in the US (the Permian
Basin in West Texas and New Mexico; South Texas and
Louisiana; and Wyoming), offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and
in Canada. The company holds stakes in close to 90 federal • Chairman, President,
and state lease blocks offshore from Louisiana and Texas and CEO: Paul G. Van
and owns 3.9 million gross leasehold acres in North America. Address: 5 Greenway Plaza, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Wagenen
It also owns more than a million acres in New Zealand. 2700 Revenue (2005): 1225.70 M • EVP, Operations:
Altogether, it has proved reserves of 1.2 trillion cu. ft. of Houston, TX 77252-2504 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-7.40%) Stephen R. Brunner
natural gas and 144 million barrels of oil. Pogo sold its Phone: 713-297-5000 Employees (2004): 260 • SVP and CFO: James P.
Pogo Producing Hungarian and Thai assets in 2005 and bought Northrock Fax: 713-297-5100 Employee Growth (1 yr): 17.60% Ulm II
Company [PPP] Resources in Canada. Yes
 In many parts of the US people are "talkin' 'bout PPL G-g-g-
generation. PPL Generation, a subsidiary of PPL
Corporation, operates nearly 40 power plants in
northeastern, northwestern, and southwestern portions of the
US. Not a discriminating power producer, PPL Generation
utilizes a variety of fuels at its plants, including coal, natural Address: 2 N. 9th St.
gas, oil, uranium, and water. The independent power Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Fiscal Year End: December
producer has more than 12,000 MW of generating capacity, Phone: 610-774-5151 Revenue (2005): 1966.70 M • President and Chief
PPL Generation, including a stake in a the Peru-based Aguaytia project. PPL Fax: 610-774-4198 Employees (2005): 525 Nuclear Officer: Bryce L.
LLC Generation output is marketed by affiliate PPL EnergyPlus. Shriver
homes and businesses. PPL Montana operates eleven
hydroelectric power plants along the Missouri River, as well
as two coal-burning plants, that give it a combined generating • President and Chief
capacity of nearly 1,200 MW. PPL Montana has been a part Nuclear Officer, PPL
of PPL Generation since 1999, when its parent (PPL Generation: Bryce L.
Corporation) acquired power generation stations (coal-fired Address: 303 N. Broadway, Ste. Shriver
and hydro-powered) belonging to Montana Power. Basin 400 • VP and COO: Bradley E.
Electric Cooperative provides nearly 100 MW of power to Billings, MT 59101 Spencer
PPL Montana between November and April. PPL Montana's Phone: 406-237-6900 • Director Marketing and
PPL Montana power is marketed through wholesale affiliate PPL Fax: 406-237-6901 Trading: Joel D. Cook
LLC EnergyPlus.
PPM Energy is a real power player in the energy industry.
The company, formerly PacifiCorp Power Marketing, holds
the nonregulated North American operations of parent
company Scottish Power. PPM Energy primarily develops
and operates cogeneration power plants and wind farms; it • President and CEO:
has an operational generating capacity of approximately Terry F. Hudgens
1,600 MW in the Midwest and western US. PPM Energy also Address: 1125 NW Couch, Ste. • CFO: Merrick Kerr
markets and trades wholesale energy and offers risk and 700 • SVP, Business
asset management services. It has natural gas storage and Portland, OR 97209 Fiscal Year End: March Development and
hub operations through its ENSTOR affiliate. The company's Phone: 503-796-7000 Revenue (2005): 42.20 M Origination: Peter van
customers include public and private utilities, large industrial Fax: 503-796-6901 Employees (2005): 168 Alderwerelt
PPM Energy, Inc. companies, and other energy marketers.
Premier Power sets the stage for power generation in
Northern Ireland. The independent power producer, a Address: Ballylumford, • CEO: Bill Cargo
subsidiary of BG Group, operates the largest generation Islandmagee • Business Manager:
facility in the province. Its Ballylumford Power Station is a Larne BT40 3RS, United Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December Lesley Hogg
fossil-fueled plant with 1,300 MW of capacity. The company Phone: +44-28-9338-1100 Revenue (2004): 387.20 M • Business Development
Premier Power sells most of its energy to distribution utility Northern Ireland Fax: +44-28-9338-1240 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.90% Manager: Paddie Larkin
Limited Electricity.
PrimeEnergy hopes to keep the pump primed with its oil and
gas exploration and production activities, which take place
primarily in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and • President, CEO, and
West Virginia. The company has proved reserves of 2.9 Director; President,
million barrels of oil and 37.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. Its PrimeEnergy Manage:
PrimeEnergy Management unit is the managing general Charles E. Drimal Jr.
partner of 18 oil and gas limited partnerships. PrimeEnergy, Fiscal Year End: December • EVP, Treasurer, and
subsidiaries Prime Operating and Eastern Oil Well Service Address: One Landmark Square Revenue (2005): 75.90 M Director; EVP,
and some affiliates operate more than 1,500 oil and gas Stamford, CT 06901 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 22.00% PrimeEnergy
PrimeEnergy wells. Subsidiary Southwest Oilfield Construction provides Phone: 203-358-5700 Employees (2005): 217 Management: Beverly A.
Corporation site preparation and construction services for PrimeEnergy Fax: 203-358-5786 Employee Growth (1 yr): 10.70% Cummings
[PNRG] and third parties. CEO Charles Drimal owns 29% of the firm. Yes
 • Chairman and CEO: E.
James (Jim) Ferland
• President and COO:
Address: 80 Park Plaza - T20 Robert J. (Bob) Dougherty
PSEG Energy Holdings is the holding company for Public Newark, NJ 07102 Fiscal Year End: December Jr.
Service Enterprise Group's international energy distribution Phone: 973-430-7000 Revenue (2005): 749.00 M • EVP and CFO: Thomas
PSEG Energy and independent power production unit, PSEG Global, and Fax: 973-456-3589 Employees (2005): 2,756 M. (Tom) O'Flynn
Holdings L.L.C. its energy investment unit, PSEG Resources.
Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but PSEG Power
LLC markets power unambiguously. The company, created
in 1999, is the independent power production and energy
marketing subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group • President and COO:
(PSEG). The unit manages PSEG Nuclear LLC (operating Frank Cassidy
the Salem and Hope Creek generating stations) and PSEG • EVP and CFO: Thomas
Fossil LLC (which includes gas, oil, coal, and natural gas) Address: 80 Park Plaza - T25 M. (Tom) O'Flynn
power plants. Its PSEG Energy Resources and Trade unit Newark, NJ 07102-4194 • VP, Finance and
buys and sells wholesale power, natural gas, and other Phone: 973-430-7000 Development: Edward
energy commodities throughout New England, Connecticut, Fax: 973-623-5389 (Ed) Sondey
PSEG Power LLC Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.
PYR Energy has the energy to handle the peer pressure in
the competitive oil and gas market. The technology-oriented
oil and gas exploration firm focuses its exploration on land it
controls in the Gulf Coast, Texas, and Rocky Mountain
regions. PYR Energy, which has proved reserves of 7.1
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, uses advanced Address: 1675 Broadway, Ste. Fiscal Year End: August
seismic imaging and other technology to enhance its 2450 Revenue (2005): 6.10 M
exploration success rate in developing underexploited fields. Denver, CO 80202 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 577.80%
PYR Energy The company obtained Texas and Gulf Coast assets with the Phone: 303-825-3748 Employees (2004): 8 • Chairman, President,
Corporation acquisition of bankrupt oil and gas explorer Venus Fax: 303-825- Employee Growth (1 yr): 60.00% CEO, and CFO: D. Scott
[PYR] Exploration in 2004. Singdahlsen Yes
With mercurial speed, Quicksilver Resources seeks to turn
oil and gas finds into profits, primarily through acquiring the
assets of rival oil and gas firms. The independent exploration
and production company owns assets in Indiana, Kentucky, • Chairman: Thomas F.
Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming, and (Toby) Darden
Canada, as well as interests in gas gathering pipeline Address: 777 W. Rosedale St., Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
systems. Quicksilver Resources has proved reserves Ste. 300 Revenue (2005): 310.40 M Director: Glenn M. Darden
(located primarily in Michigan and Alberta) of 1.1 trillion cu. ft. Fort Worth, TX 76104 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 72.70%
Quicksilver of natural gas equivalent. Chairman Thomas Darden, CEO Phone: 817-665-5000 Employees (2004): 342 • SVP and CFO: Philip W.
Resources Inc. Glenn Darden, and other Darden family members control Fax: 817-665-5004 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.60% Cook
[KWK] 35% of Quicksilver Resources. Yes
Range Resources is riding the range as an independent
acquirer and developer of US oil and gas resources. The
company's long-term strategy involves acquiring long-lived
established properties and it has major development areas in • Chairman: Charles L.
the Appalachian, Gulf Coast, and Southwest (West Texas, Blackburn
western Oklahoma, and Texas Panhandle) regions. Natural Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO and
gas accounts for about 80% of Range Resources' proved Address: 777 Main St., Ste. 800 Revenue (2005): 527.70 M Director: John H.
Range reserves of about 1.4 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Fort Worth, TX 76102 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 66.00% Pinkerton
Resources The company holds more than 2,380,000 net acres of Phone: 817-870-2601 Employees (2004): 504 • EVP, COO, and Director:
Corporation leasehold properties, and an inventory of more than 7,700 Fax: 817-870-2316 Employee Growth (1 yr): 233.80% Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Ventura
[RRC] drilling locations. Yes
 Remington Oil and Gas is a straight shooter. The
independent gas and oil company (formerly Box Energy)
focuses its exploration, development, and production • President, CEO, and
operations on offshore properties in the Gulf of Mexico and Director; President, CKB &
onshore properties along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Associates an: James A.
Texas. The company has proved reserves of more than Watt
252.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent (16.9 million Address: 8201 Preston Rd., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP Exploration and
barrels of oil and 150.7 billion cu. ft. of gas). Remington Oil 600 Revenue (2005): 260.10 M Production and COO:
Remington Oil and Gas owns interests in about 200 gross producing oil and Dallas, TX 75225-6211 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 11.40% Robert P. Murphy
and Gas gas wells. Idaho tater titan and spudillionaire J.R. Simplot Phone: 214-210-2650 Employees (2004): 37 • SVP Finance: Frank T.
Corporation owns 18% of the company. In 2006 Cal Dive International Fax: 214-210-2643 Employee Growth (1 yr): 12.10% Smith Jr.
[REM] agreed to buy Remington Oil and Gas for $1.4 billion. Yes
• Chairman, President,
and CEO: Bulent Ayhan
Rosetta Resources has set off on its own discovery for oil Berilgen
and natural gas. The company, which basically comprises • EVP, Corporate
Calpine Corporation's former domestic oil and natural gas Development: Charles
exploration business, primarily owns acreage in California, Address: 717 Texas, Ste. 2800 Fiscal Year End: December Frederick Chambers III
Texas, and Colorado. Rosetta is obligated by contract to sell Houston, TX 77002 Revenue (2005): 113.10 M • EVP, CFO, Secretary
Rosetta nearly half of its production back to Calpine. Rosetta Phone: 731-335-4000 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-54.40%) and Treasurer: Michael
Resources Inc. management is largely made up of former Calpine Fax: 731-335-4197 Employees (2004): 111 Joseph Rosinski
[ROSE] employees. Yes
The geological basins of Northern California are getting the • Chairman: Harry E.
Royale treatment. Using modern computer-aided exploration Hosmer
technologies, Royale Energy concentrates its exploration and • President, CEO,
production efforts in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Secretary, and Director;
basins. The company pursues a strategy of acquiring stakes Chairman and Presid:
in oil and gas reserves via private joint ventures. It also owns Address: 7676 Hazard Center Dr., Fiscal Year End: December Donald H. Hosmer
leasehold interests in Louisana, Texas, and Utah. Royale Ste. 1500 Revenue (2005): 24.30 M • EVP, CFO and Director;
Energy has estimated proved reserves of 15.8 billion cu. ft. of San Diego, CA 92108 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-6.20%) Secretary and Director,
natural gas equivalent. CEO Donald Hosmer, CFO Stephen Phone: 619-881-2800 Employees (2004): 30 Royale Petrol: Stephen M.
Royale Energy, Hosmer, and their father and company chairman Harry Fax: 619-881-2899 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.10% Hosmer
Inc. [ROYL] Hosmer, together own approximately 38% of Royale Energy. Yes
Sempra Generation (formerly Sempra Energy Resources)
pools its parent's resources into generating electricity for the
competitive market. The unit, which is part of Sempra • President: Michael R.
Energy's Sempra Global division, has nearly 2,700 MW of (Mike) Niggli
generating capacity from interests in fossil-fueled power • VP, Energy Supply:
plants. It also has about 3,000 MW from power plants under Address: 101 Ash St. William R. Engelbrecht
construction or in development stages, and it manages about San Diego, CA 92101 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Project
3,800 MW of thermal and hydroelectric capacity that was Phone: 619-696-2000 Revenue (2005): 85.00 M Development: Kevin F.
Sempra acquired from AEP Texas Central by Sempra Energy's Topaz Fax: 619-696-4463 Employees (2005): 350 Swartz
Generation Power Partners joint venture in 2004.
Southern Power develops and operates independent power • President and CEO:
plants in the southeastern US. The company, which is part of Ronnie L. Bates
Southern Company's Generation and Energy Marketing Address: 270 Peachtree St. NW • CFO: Michael W. (Mike)
division, has nearly 5,000 MW of generating capacity from its Atlanta, GA 30303 Southern
fossil-fueled facilities. Its electricity output is marketed to Phone: 404-506-5000 • Chief Production Officer:
Southern Power wholesale customers in the region. Southern Power also has Fax: 404-506-0455 Jerry L. Stewart
Company 1,200 MW of capacity from plants under construction.
 Southwestern Energy is putting a lot of energy into gas and
oil exploration and production in the Southwest. The
company operates in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas, where it has proved reserves of 645.5
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, some 92% of which is
natural gas. Southwestern Energy is also engaged in natural
gas transportation and marketing. The company had
announced plans to sell subsidiary Arkansas Western Gas, Address: 2350 N. Sam Houston Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President,
which distributes natural gas to 145,000 customers in Pkwy. East, Ste. 300 Revenue (2005): 676.30 M and CEO: Harold M.
Arkansas, to help pay a $109 million judgment in a lawsuit Houston, TX 77032 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 41.80% Korell
Southwestern brought by royalty owners. However, another court ruling in Phone: 281-618-4700 Employees (2004): 595 • EVP Finance and CFO:
Energy Company its favor allowed Southwestern Energy to take the unit off the Fax: 281-618-4818 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.40% Gregory D. (Greg) Kerley
[SWN] auction block. Yes
St. Mary Land & Exploration isn't afraid to travel. The oil and
gas exploration and production company spreads its
operations across the US: the midcontinent, the ArkLaTex
region and Gulf Coast, the Williston Basin in North Dakota
and Montana, and the Permian Basin in West Texas and • Chairman and CEO:
New Mexico. The company has proved reserves of 794.5 Mark A. Hellerstein
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In the late 1990s St. Address: 1776 Lincoln St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO: A.
Mary Land & Exploration sold its Russian oil and North 700 Revenue (2005): 739.60 M J. (Tony) Best
American copper mining investments to focus on its core US Denver, CO 80203 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 70.80% • VP Finance, CFO,
St. Mary Land & oil and gas properties. The company has expanded its Phone: 303-861-8140 Employees (2005): 305 Treasurer, and Secretary:
Exploration activities in the Rockies through the acquisition of coalbed Fax: 303-861-0934 Employee Growth (1 yr): 19.10% David W. Honeyfield
Company [SM] methane assets in Wyoming and Montana. Yes
and gas exploration, production, transport, refining, and
marketing giant. Statoil operates in 29 countries, focusing its
upstream activities on the Norwegian continental shelf, the
North Sea, the Caspian Sea, Western Africa, and Venezuela.
It has proved reserves of nearly 4.3 billion barrels of oil
equivalent. Statoil has a retail network of more than 2,000 • President and CEO:
gas stations under its own brand, as well as the 1-2-3 Fiscal Year End: December Helge Lund
network of automated outlets, in nine north European Address: Forusbeen 50 Revenue (2005): 57839.00 M • EVP and CFO: Eldar
countries. Statoil sold its 50% stake in petrochemicals N-4035 Stavanger, Norway Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.90% Sætre
venture Borealis in 2005. The Norwegian government, which Phone: +47-51-99-00-00 Employees (2004): 23,899 • EVP Communication:
has been divesting shares in Statoil, still owns nearly 71% of Fax: +47-51-99-00-50 Employee Growth (1 yr): 23.70% Reidar Gjærum
Statoil ASA [STO] the group. Yes
You can't squeeze blood from a stone, but you can squeeze
energy. Stone Energy, which in 2006 agreed to be acquired
by Plains Exploration and Production for $1.5 billion)
acquires and exploits mature oil and natural gas properties • Chairman: James H.
that have high potential. The company, which has estimated Stone
proved reserves of 593 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Address: 625 E. Kaliste Saloom Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
equivalent, has 58 producing properties in the Gulf of Rd. Revenue (2005): 636.20 M Director: David H. Welch
Mexico, and 21 active properties in the Rockies. With rising Lafayette, LA 70508 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.90% • EVP Business
Stone Energy oil prices it has been able to increase development activities Phone: 337-237-0410 Employees (2005): 271 Development: Craig L.
Corporation and acquire more properties (including expanding into the Fax: 337-237-0426 Employee Growth (1 yr): 14.80% Glassinger
[SGY] Rockies via its purchase of Basin Exploration). Yes
 STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) is a bright idea
down in Texas, but just don't ask you know who to pronounce
it. The company manages the South Texas Project Electric
Generating Station near Bay City, Texas. The nuclear power • President and CEO: Joe
plant, which went into operation in 1988, produces about Sheppard
2,500 MW of electricity and serves more than a million • Public Information
homes. The company is jointly owned by CenterPoint Energy Address: FM 521 Officer: Alan Mikus
subsidiary Texas Genco (31%), City Public Service of San Wadsworth, TX 77483 • Staff Public Affairs
STP Nuclear Antonio (28%), and Austin Energy (16%). AEP Texas Central Phone: 361-972-8445 Specialist: Edward
Operating has sold its 25% stake to City Public Service of San Antonio Fax: 361-972-8050 Conaway
Company and Texas Genco.
The company explores for, processes, and markets oil and
natural gas, mainly in Canada, but also in the US. It has
proved reserves of 639 million barrels of oil equivalent. The
first company to produce commercial crude oil from Canada's
oil sands, Suncor now produces light crude oil, diesel fuel,
and custom blends from Athabasca oil sands. It produces • Chairman: J. R. Shaw
206,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Its Sunoco Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
subsidiary (unrelated to the US-based company of the same Address: 112 4th Ave. SW Revenue (2005): 8383.00 M Director: Richard L. (Rick)
name) refines crude oil and processes and distributes fuels, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V5, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 22.30% George
petrochemicals, and heating oils. Suncor markets gasoline in Phone: 403-269-8100 Employees (2004): 4,605 • SVP and CFO: J.
Suncor Energy Ontario from some 500 gas stations (mainly Sunoco- Fax: 403-269-6217 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.10% Kenneth (Ken) Alley
Inc. [SU] branded). Yes
No laggard, oil and gas exploration and production company
Swift Energy has interests in more than 930 producing wells,
primarily in Texas and Louisiana. It also has two major
exploration regions in New Zealand. The company's core US
production areas are the Lake Washington Field in • Chairman: A. Earl Swift
Louisiana, and the AWP Olmos Field in Texas. Swift Energy • CEO and Director: Terry
aims to increase reserves and production by adjusting the Address: 16825 Northchase Dr., Fiscal Year End: December E. Swift
balance between drilling and acquisition activities in Ste. 400 Revenue (2005): 423.80 M • President and Secretary;
response to market conditions. It is also expanding its Houston, TX 77060 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.10% President, Swift Energy
production activities in New Zealand. The company's proved Phone: 281-874-2700 Employees (2005): 311 Internation: Bruce H.
Swift Energy reserves consist of 799.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Fax: 281-874-2726 Employee Growth (1 yr): 14.30% Vincent
Company [SFY] equivalent. Swift Energy Company was founded in 1979. Yes
independent power production subsidiary, Synex Energy
Resources, develops, purchases, owns, and operates
generation facilities in Western Canada. Subsidiary Sigma
Engineering provides consulting, design, and environmental
assessment services for hydroelectric projects. The company
owns and operates hydroelectric plants (15 MW of capacity)
in British Columbia and the US. It is developing two new Address: 1444 Alberni St., 4th Fl. • Chairman and Secretary:
projects: the Kyuoquot Electrical Utility and the Cypress Vancouver, British Columbia V6G Fiscal Year End: June Alan W. Stephens
Creek Hydro Project. The company took over the operation 2Z4, Canada Revenue (2005): 2.50 M • President, CFO, and
of four hydro plants in Michigan in 2004. Synex, established Phone: 604-688-8271 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 70.50% Director: Gregory J (Greg)
Synex in 1987, also holds a stake in Coast Mountain Hydro in Fax: 604-688-1286 Employees (2005): 26 Sunell
International Inc. British Columbia.
 Talisman Energy hopes its efforts to develop hydrocarbon
projects worldwide will work like a charm. Canada's largest
independent oil and gas exploration and production
company, Talisman is active in Southeast Asia, North
America, and the North Sea. It also explores in North Africa
and in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Talisman • Chairman: Douglas D.
has proved reserves of 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent Address: Ste. 3400, 888 - 3rd St. Fiscal Year End: December Baldwin
and a production rate of 438,000 barrels of oil equivalent per SW Revenue (2005): 8149.00 M • President and CEO:
day. Talsiman acquired Norwegian company Pertra, formerly Calgary, Alberta T2P 5C5, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 52.90% James W. (Jim) Buckee
a unit of Petroleum Geo-Services, for $155 million in 2005. It Phone: 403-237-1234 Employees (2004): 1,870 • EVP Finance and CFO:
Talisman Energy has also acquired rival Paladin Resources for £1.2 billion Fax: 403-237-1902 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.40% Michael D. McDonald
Inc. [TLM] ($2.3 billion). Yes
just yet, but it's getting there. The firm is engaged in exploring
for, producing, and transporting oil and natural gas in
Tennessee (primarily in the Swan Creek Field) and Kansas
(in properties near Hays). Tengasco uses 3-D seismic
technology to maximize recovery of its reserves; its proved
reserves are 7.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 1.1 million Address: 10215 Technology Dr., Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Peter E.
barrels of oil. The firm also is involved in natural gas Ste. #301 Revenue (2005): 7.20 M Salas
marketing, pipeline construction, and related energy Knoxville, TN 37932 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.00% • CEO and Director:
services. Its Tengasco Pipeline unit manages its pipeline Phone: 865-675-1554 Employees (2005): 23 Jeffrey R. Bailey
Tengasco, Inc. operations. Dolphin Offshore Partners owns 33% of Fax: 865-675-1621 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.20%) • CFO: Mark A. Ruth
[TGC] Tengasco. Yes

From the get-go, Texas Genco aims to be a major producer

of electricity in the Lone Star State. The company has
interests in power plants across Texas and a generating • Chairman and CEO:
capacity of more than 14,000 MW. Most of its plants are Jack Fusco
fossil-fueled; the firm also owns a 31% stake in the STP • CFO: Hamsa
Nuclear facility. Texas Genco sells its power to wholesale Fiscal Year End: December Shadaksharappa
customers in the state's newly deregulated market. Parent Revenue (2004): 2054.00 M • EVP, Business
CenterPoint Energy (formerly Reliant Energy) spun off 19% Address: 12301 Kurland Dr. Revenue Growth (1 yr): 2.60% Development and
of Texas Genco to shareholders in 2003. While Texas Genco Houston, TX 77034 Employees (2004): 1,564 Strategic Planning: Thad
filed an initial public offering (IPO) in 2005, NRG Energy Phone: 713-795-6000 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.50% Hill
Texas Genco Inc. announced intentions to buy the company for $5.8 billion.
The Exploration Company of Delaware isn't looking to go
where no one has gone before -- only where no other drillers
have gone. Through its direct efforts and joint ventures with
other oil and gas firms, the company explores for oil and
natural gas in the Dakotas, Montana, and South Texas. It has • Chairman: Stephen M.
proved reserves of 17.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 3.4 Gose Jr.
million barrels of oil. The Exploration Company sells its oil Address: 500 N. Loop 1604 East, Fiscal Year End: December • President CEO, and
and gas wholesale through independent marketers. To Ste. 250 Revenue (2005): 67.00 M Director: James E. (Jim)
The Exploration support its core operations in the Maverick Basin in South San Antonio, TX 78232 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.10% Sigmon
Company of Texas, in 2002 the company acquired a 69-mile-long pipeline Phone: 210-496-5300 Employees (2004): 47 • VP, CFO, and Treasurer:
Delaware, Inc. gathering system. By the end of 2004 The Exploration Fax: 210-496-3232 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.40% P. Mark Stark
[TXCO] Company was operating 90 miles of gas gathering pipeline. Yes
 Houston, we have a platform. Houston Exploration performs
some of its gas and oil exploration, development, and
production from offshore platforms in the shallow waters of • Chairman, President,
the Gulf of Mexico, although the majority of its reserves are and CEO: William G.
located onshore. The company offsets the risks of its high- Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December (Billy) Hargett
potential Gulf operations by holding lower-risk onshore 2000 Revenue (2005): 621.50 M • SVP and CFO: Robert T.
properties where it generates about 55% of its production. Houston, TX 77002-5215 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-4.40%) Ray
The Houston Houston Exploration's proved reserves (94% natural gas) Phone: 713-830-6800 Employees (2005): 167 • EVP and COO: Steven
Exploration total 793 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Its biggest Fax: 713-830-6885 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.70% L. (Steve) Mueller
Company [THX] customer, ConocoPhillips, accounts for 12% of sales. Yes
Meridian Resource knows it takes longitude and latitude to
locate oil and gas reserves, and the company uses 3-D
seismic technology to improve its success rate. The • Chairman and CEO:
exploration and development company focuses on the Gulf Joseph A. Reeves Jr.
Coast and the Gulf of Mexico; it has proved reserves of 139 Address: 1401 Enclave Pkwy., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Meridian is focusing its 300 Revenue (2005): 195.70 M Michael J. Mayell
The Meridian exploration and production activities on the Biloxi Marsh Houston, TX 77077 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-3.40%) • SVP and Chief
Resource Land area, in addition to the development of the Weeks Phone: 281-597-7000 Employees (2004): 74 Accounting Officer: Lloyd
Corporation Island field properties. Together these assets comprise an Fax: 281-597-8880 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% V. DeLano
[TMR] area of 8,000 sq. miles of 3-D seismic data. Yes
Toreador Resources is looking to the bull market in oil prices
to lift its revenues. The oil and gas explorer, which focuses
on exploration opportunities in the international arena, owns • Chairman: John M.
royalty and mineral interests in properties located in France, McLaughlin
Romania, Trinidad, and Turkey. In 2004 the company sold its Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
US hydrocarbon properties, but retains stakes in about 900 Address: 4809 Cole Ave., Ste. 108 Revenue (2005): 30.90 M Director: G. Thomas
Toreador oil and gas wells in Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Dallas, TX 75205 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.10% Graves III
Resources Oklahoma, and Texas. Toreador, which has proved reserves Phone: 214-559-3933 Employees (2005): 67 • SVP,Finance and CFO:
Corporation of 13.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, sells its oil and gas to Fax: 214-559-3945 Employee Growth (1 yr): 48.90% Douglas W. Weir
[TRGL] refiners and pipeline companies. Yes
TransAlta Power transforms fossil fuels into electricity. The
company owns a 49.9% indirect interest in the Mississauga,
Ottawa, and Windsor power plants in Canada. It holds the
indirect interest through its 49.9% limited-partnership stake in
TransAlta Cogeneration (TA Cogen), an independent power • Chairman: T. Iain Ronald
producer with interests in five gas-fired power plants in Address: 110 12th Ave. SW
Ontario and one coal-fired, mine-mouth plant in Alberta. Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M1, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
Ontario. The plants have a total generating capacity of 1,338 Revenue (2004): 28.80 M Ian A. Bourne
MW of electricity, which is sold under long-term contracts. Phone: 403-267-7110 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.70% • VP, Finance: Marvin J.
TransAlta Power, TransAlta Corp. has sold its minority stake in TransAlta Fax: 403-267-2590 Employees (2004): 0 Waiand
L.P. Power, which was formed in 1997.
TransGlobe Energy spans the earth from North America to
the Middle East. The oil and gas exploration and production
company's main interests are in Yemen and in the Canadian
province of Alberta (primarily in central Alberta). The
company started out in 1968 as a mining company called • Chairman: Robert A.
Dusty Mac before switching to oil and gas exploration and Address: Ste. 2500, 605 - 5th Ave. Halpin
production in 1992 and changing its name to TransGlobe SW • President, CEO, and
Energy. TransGlobe, which has total proved reserves of Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H5, Canada Director: Ross G.
TransGlobe more than 7.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, ramped up its Phone: 403-264-9888 Fiscal Year End: December Clarkson
Energy exploration activities in Yemen in 2002 and 2003 and moved Fax: 403-264-9898 Revenue (2005): 58.90 M • VP, COO, and Director:
Corporation into Egypt in 2004. In Egypt it has a 50% working interest in Revenue Growth (1 yr): 86.40% Lloyd W. Herrick
[TGA] the Nuqra concession on the eastern bank of the Nile. Yes
 Ultra Petroleum goes to geographic extremes (Wyoming and
China) in the search for petroleum products. The
independent exploration and production company recovers
natural gas from Cretaceous sandstone deposits in the
Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming. The oil and • Chairman, President,
gas company has expanded into China though the and CEO: Michael D.
acquisition of Pendaries Petroleum, a Houston-based oil and Address: 363 N. Sam Houston Fiscal Year End: December Watford
gas exploration company that has large oil assets in Bohai Pkwy. E., Ste. 1200 Revenue (2005): 516.50 M • CFO: Marshal D. (Mark)
Bay. Ultra Petroleum has proved reserves of 2 trillion cu. ft. Houston, TX 77060 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 100.20% Smith
of natural gas equivalent in the US, and 45.5 billion cu. ft. of Phone: 281-876-0120 Employees (2005): 57 • VP Operations: William
Ultra Petroleum natural gas equivalent in China. The company also has Fax: 281-876-2831 Employee Growth (1 yr): 39.00% B. (Bill) Picquet
Corp. [UPL] assets in Pennsylvania and Texas. Yes
VAALCO Energy has boldly gone where bigger players are
sure to follow. The small independent, which merged with the
1818 Oil Corp. in a reverse acquisition in 1998, is engaged in
the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of
oil and gas. Its strategy is to balance its lower-risk domestic
drilling with higher-potential international prospects. VAALCO
holds offshore exploration assets in Gabon. The company Address: 4600 Post Oak Place, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
sold its Philippine holdings in 2004. VAALCO has interests in Ste. 309 Revenue (2005): 84.90 M Robert L. Gerry III
the Texas Gulf Coast. It has proved reserves of 8.7 million Houston, TX 77027 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 50.30% • President, CFO, and
barrels of oil and 54 million cu. ft. of gas. The 1818 fund, Phone: 713-623-0801 Employees (2005): 16 Director: W. Russell
VAALCO Energy, managed by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. of New York., Fax: 713-623-0982 Employee Growth (1 yr): 33.30% Scheirman
Inc. [EGY] controlled 65% of VAALCO but sold this stake in 2005. Yes
Olympic Resources) knows how to make money. The natural
gas exploration and production independent has primary
operations in California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The company has estimated proved reserves of 6.7 million • Chairman: James A.
barrels of oil equivalent. In 2005 Whittier Energy acquired Address: 3355 W. Alabama St., Jeffs
Rimco Production for $56 million. Rimco had proved Ste. 950 • President, CEO, and
reserves of 2 million barrels of oil and 11 billion cu. ft. of Houston, TX 77098 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Bryce W.
Whittier Energy natural gas. The deal also gives Whittier Energy an Phone: 713-850-1880 Revenue (2005): 26.90 M Rhodes
Corporation additional 116 active wells in 18 producing fields in Alabama, Fax: 713-850-1879 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 166.30% • COO: Daniel Silverman
[WHIT] Louisiana, and Texas. Yes
XTO Energy doesn't have to cross its fingers and hope its
fields produce oil and gas. It buys mostly long-lived
producing properties, and has begun more exploration of
unproved reserves. The large independent's holdings are
mainly in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. XTO
Energy owns interests in more than 18,100 wells and • Chairman and CEO: Bob
operates gas gathering systems in Arkansas, Kansas, Fiscal Year End: December R. Simpson
Oklahoma, and Texas. The company has proved reserves of Address: 810 Houston St. Revenue (2005): 3519.00 M • President and Director:
6.1 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, 209 million barrels of oil, and Fort Worth, TX 76102-6298 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 80.70% Keith A. Hutton
47 million barrels of natural gas liquids. In 2004 it purchased Phone: 817-870-2800 Employees (2004): 1,356 • EVP and CFO: Louis G.
XTO Energy Inc. 150 natural gas and oil properties in seven US states from Fax: 817-870-1671 Employee Growth (1 yr): 34.70% Baldwin
[XTO] Chevron for $912 million. Yes
 parent: Integrated oil company YPF is 99%-owned by Repsol
YPF, Spain's largest oil concern (formerly Repsol). YPF has
proved reserves of about 1.2 billion barrels of oil, and 8
trillion cubic feet of natural gas. It produces, refines, and
markets petroleum, natural gas, and petrochemicals. The Address: Avenida Presidente
company's three Argentine refineries have an annual Roque Sáenz Peña 777 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Antonio
capacity of about 116 million barrels, 51% of Argentina's total C. 1035 ACC Buenos Aires, Revenue (2005): 7032.00 M Brufau Niubo
refining capacity. YPF distributes oil to its approximately Argentina Revenue Growth (1 yr): 4.10% • CEO: Enrique Locutura
1,900 service stations in Argentina. Subsidiary YPF Phone: +54-11-4329-2000 Employees (2004): 9,583 • CFO and Director:
International has production interests in Indonesia and Fax: +54-11-4329-2113 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.00% Carlos A. Olivieri
YPF, S.A. [YPF] develops US oil and gas properties. Yes
 Publ
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People ic
Exploring for gold isn't exactly Bada bing, bada boom -- we're rich,
but it helps to own a former producing mine. Abington Ventures
focuses its gold and silver exploration activities in the Sheeptanks Address: 125A - 1030 Denman
Mining District in southwestern Arizona. The natural resources St.
company had an option to buy the Verdstone Mine, which Vancouver, British Columbia V6G • President and Director:
operated from 1992 to 1996 when gold prices fell, where it is 2M6, Canada Fiscal Year End: October Walter Brenner
drilling, but it didn't renew that option in 2005. It also owns options Phone: 604-683-6657 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • CFO and Director: J.
Abington Ventures on nearby claims. The company has working interests in two oil Fax: 604-684-4407 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.50% Lewis Dillman
Inc. and gas producing wells in Saskatchewan.
There's gold in them thar' scrap heaps, or there can be, and that's
where Academy comes in. Academy refines precious metals,
including silver and gold, from leftovers such as flake, scrap,
sludges, sweepings, filings, and buffings. The company
manufactures bullion, provides materials (sheet, wire, and casting
grain products) for jewelry makers and silversmiths, and operates Address: 5520 Midway Park
silver-recovery equipment for the photo processing, medical, and Place NE • President: Keith Philippi
graphic arts industries. The company operates refineries in Albuquerque, NM 87109 Fiscal Year End: December
Albuquerque and Philadelphia and maintains several satellite and Phone: 505-345-1805 Revenue (2005): 103.40 M • CFO: Dan Radford
Academy service locations throughout the US. Academy was founded in Fax: 505-344- Employees (2005): 200 • CTO: Diane Harding
Corporation 1976.
Acier Leroux, also known as Leroux Steel, processes and
distributes more than 3,000 formed steel products (such as steel Address: 1331 Graham-Bell St. • President and CEO:
plates, sheet, coil, bars, and tubes) used in construction. It is one Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6A1, Edward M. (Bud) Siegel
of the leading metals service centers in Canada, with operations Canada Jr.
throughout Quebec. Leroux was acquired by competing metals Phone: 450-641-2280 Fiscal Year End: December • EVP and CFO: Brian R.
service center Russel Metals in 2003. Following the acquisition, Fax: 450-641-9024 Revenue (2004): 350.00 M Hedges
Acier Leroux inc. Leroux's operations in the US were disposed of in 2004.
ADS Logistics doesn't deal in music, but it is a fan of metal. ADS
(formerly Alternative Distribution Systems) provides fully integrated
distribution services to the US metals industry. Operating
throughout the contiguous 48 states, ADS distributes steel and
aluminum, serving metals producers, traders, processors, and • Chairman, President,
manufacturers through a network of warehousing and distribution and CEO: Stephen H.
centers. Through its four operating units -- Area Transportation, Fraser
Roll & Hold Warehousing & Distribution, Integrated Solutions, and Address: 935 W. 175th St. • EVP and COO: John
Western Intermodal -- ADS provides transportation, warehousing, Homewood, IL 60430 Klyczek
inventory management, and third-party logistics. Chicago Phone: 708-799-4990 • VP, Accounting: Patrick
ADS Logistics, investment firm Code Hennessy & Simmons, through its May Fax: 708-799-5927 G. Sullivan
LLC Logistics unit, owns ADS.
At the service of the electronics and jewelry industries, Advanced
Chemical makes products used in the electroplating process and Address: 105 Bellows St. • CEO: Gerald Smith Jr.
refines precious metals from waste produced in electroplating and Warwick, RI 02888 Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO:
Advanced jewelry making. The company's refining processes are designed to Phone: 401-785-3434 Revenue (2005): 10.80 M Gerald Smith III
Chemical recover gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver. Advanced Fax: 401-941-9210 Employees (2005): 40 • Controller: Lou DiPaolo
Company Chemical was founded in 1972.
 Asia, but it does do business in Canada. The company is involved Address: 925 W. Georgia St.,
in mineral exploration with Angel Exploration in Alberta. It is Ste. 1304, Cathedral Place
looking to acquire or partner with other mineral exploration Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
businesses in its sector. Afrasia Mineral Fields is managed and 3L2, Canada
administered by venture capital firm Varshney Capital. Praveen Phone: 604-684-2181
Afrasia Mineral Varshney, president of Afrasia Mineral Fields, also heads up Fax: 604-682-4768 • President and Director:
Fields Inc. Varshney Capital. Praveen K. Varshney
Park
• Managing Director and
African Eagle Resources is soaring over eastern and southern Board Member: Mark E.
Africa hunting for the right spot to mine gold. This creature Address: 6-7 Queen St., 2nd Fl. Parker
explores for precious and base metals. It is currently investigating London EC4N 1SP, United • Finance Director,
the Mkushi copper project in Zambia and the Eagle Eye iron, Kingdom Secretary, and Board
copper, and gold project in Zambia. African Eagle Resources is Phone: +44-20-72-486059 Member: Bevan J.
African Eagle also having initial success in its exploration of the Miyabi gold Fax: +44-20-76-917745 Metcalf
Resources plc project in Tanzania.
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) develops and operates mines in
South Africa in the ferrous, platinum group metals, nickel, and gold
sectors. The mining company has a 50% holding in Assmang Address: ARM House, 29 Impala • Chairman: Patrice
Limited, which mines ferrous metals including iron ore, Rd., Chislehurston Fiscal Year End: June Motsepe
manganese, and chrome ore. Formerly Anglovaal Mining, African Sandton, Gauteng 2146, South Revenue (2004): 619.30 M • CEO and Director:
Rainbow operates the Modikwa and Two Rivers platinum mines, Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-5.50%) André Wilkens
among others. The company's Nkomati mine produces nickel and Phone: +27-11-779-1300 Employees (2004): 5,162 • Financial Director:
African Rainbow copper. In 2004 the company sold its Avgold Limited subsidiary to Fax: +27-11-779-1312 Employee Growth (1 yr): 57.20% Frank Abbott
Minerals Limited Harmony Gold Mining and now holds a 16% stake in Harmony.
AfriOre dumped coal in favor of platinum. The company used to be
in the business of coal or gold, depending on how you look at it. • Chairman: Stuart R.
AfriOre operated coal mining properties (which it sold in 2004) Address: Craigmuir Chambers Comline
primarily in South Africa. After divesting its coal operations, AfriOre Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Fiscal Year End: February • President and CEO: G.
expanded into platinum group metals mining, with an interest in Islands Revenue (2005): 0.20 M Michael van Aswegen
the Akanani platinum project in South Africa. The company has Phone: 212-386-5496 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 108.80% • CFO: Susan M. J. (Sue)
continued exploring its gold projects in Kenya, Mali, Namibia, and Fax: 212-386-5425 Employees (2005): 7 Myburgh
AfriOre Limited South Africa.
Address: 1090 W. Georgia St.,
Aguila American Resources calls Peru home. The company Ste. 1305
explores and develops precious and base metals primarily at its Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
Anogstura gold property in Peru. The mining project consists of 3V7, Canada
about five concessions and is located in a mountainous area in the Phone: 604-685-9316
Aguila American Department of Apurimac in southern Peru. None of Aguila Fax: 604-683-1585 • President, CEO, and
Resources Ltd. American Resources' projects are in production. Director: John F. Huguet
Alamos Gold has made its way to Mexico to find gold. The
company explores for and develops precious metals interests,
which primarily includes its Mulatos project located on the Address: 2010-120 Ade;aode St/ • President and CEO:
Salamandra Property (a 16,083-hectare concession holding) in the W/ John A. McCluskey
state of Sonora. Expected to produce about 150,000 ounces of Toronto, Ontario M5H1T1, • CFO: Jon Morda
gold annually in the first phase (at the Estrella Pit), the Mulatos Canada • VP and Chief of
project is an advanced gold deposit which should begin operations Phone: 416-368-9932 Operations: John F. Van
in 2005. In the meantime, Alamos Gold is also exploring several Fax: 416-368-2934 De Beuken
Alamos Gold Inc. other properties within its Salamandra Property.
 Aleris International was formed in 2004 when aluminum recycler
IMCO Recycling bought aluminum sheet maker Commonwealth
Industries. The combined company's Aleris Recycling unit
processes and delivers recycled aluminum (beverage cans and • Chairman, President,
scrap) and metal alloys (aluminum scrap and other metals) in and CEO: Steven J.
molten or ingot form. Outside the US, Aleris International sells (Steve) Demetriou
aluminum through its aluminum recycling and foundry alloy plants Address: 25825 Science Park Fiscal Year End: December • EVP and CFO: Michael
in Brazil, Germany, Mexico, and the UK. Aleris Rolled Products Dr., Ste. 400 Revenue (2005): 2429.00 M D. (Mike) Friday
makes alloy aluminum sheet from recycled metal. Aleris Zinc Beachwood, OH 44122 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 98.00% • SVP, Treasurer, and
Aleris recycles zinc to make galvanized steel, corrosion-resistant paint, Phone: 216-910-3400 Employees (2005): 4,200 Corporate Development:
International, Inc. and specialty chemicals. Aleris International expanded in 2005 by Fax: 216-910-3650 Employee Growth (1 yr): 31.30% Sean M. Stack
[ARS] buying ALSCO Metals. Yes
When it comes to coal mining, it takes more than one company to
make an Alliance. Alliance Holdings GP owns Alliance Resource
Management GP, which is the managing general partner of coal
mining company Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. That company • Chairman, President,
has eight coal mining complexes (seven underground, one and CEO: Joseph W.
surface) in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Maryland, plus other Craft III
coal interests in West Virginia. Alliance Holdings GP generates Address: 1717 S. Boulder Ave. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and CFO: Brian L.
revenue from its general partnership interest and its 43% Tulsa, OK 74119 Revenue (2004): 653.30 M Cantrell
ownership stake in Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. The Alliance Phone: 918-295-1415 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.40% • SVP, Marketing: Gary J.
Alliance Holdings companies have been assembled by Joseph Craft III, who is Fax: 918-295-7361 Employees (2004): 2,300 Rathburn
GP, L.P. chairman, president, CEO, and owner of Alliance Holdings GP.
Almaden Minerals is an amalgamation of former mining
companies. The exploration stage company plans to explore and Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste.
develop copper, gold, and silver mining projects in Canada and 1103
Mexico. Its properties in Mexico include Caballao Blanco, Fuego, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
San Carlos, and San Jose. Almaden Minerals also has a joint 2T8, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.80 M James Duane (Duane)
venture with BHP Billiton to explore properties in eastern Mexico. Phone: 604-689-7644 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 700.00% Poliquin
Almaden Minerals In addition, the company holds a 50% stake in Canadian diamond Fax: 604-689-7645 Employees (2005): 6 • CFO: Dione Bitzer
Ltd. [AAU] mining firm ATW Resources. Yes
Alpha Natural Resources doesn't mind going underground. The
company produces steam and metallurgical coal at more than 40
underground mines and more than 20 surface mines, primarily in
central and northern Appalachia. Low-sulfur steam coal, which is • Chairman: Hans J.
used mainly as fuel for electricity generation, accounts for most of Mende
Alpha's sales. The company sells about 25 million tons of coal • President, CEO, and
annually, including 20 million tons produced at its mines and 5 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Michael J.
million tons purchased from other mining companies. Most of the Address: 1 Alpha Place Revenue (2005): 1627.30 M (Mike) Quillen
Alpha Natural purchased coal is blended with coal from Alpha's mines before Abingdon, VA 24212 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.20% • VP and CFO: David C.
Resources, Inc. being sold. Alpha controls somewhere near 500 million tons of Phone: 276-619-4410 Employees (2005): 3,591 Stuebe
[ANR] proved and probable coal reserves. Yes
When Altair Nanotechnologies paints the town, its pigment of
choice is titanium dioxide (TiO2). Through subsidiary Altair
Nanomaterials, the company produces titanium dioxide particles
used in paints, coatings, and sensors. Altair intends to create new • President, CEO, and
applications and products with its nanocrystalline technology. Thus Director: Alan J. Gotcher
far, it has developed uses for TiO2 in producing white pigments, Fiscal Year End: December • CFO and Secretary:
thermal sprays, water purifiers, fuel cells, and pharmaceuticals. As Address: 204 Edison Way Revenue (2005): 2.80 M Edward H. (Ed)
part of a corporate restructuring, Altair has discontinued the Reno, NV 89502-2306 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 133.30% Dickinson
Altair operations of its mineral recovery unit, including mining assets and Phone: 775-856-2500 Employees (2005): 62 • SVP, Sales and
Nanotechnologies a mineral processing machine, the centrifugal jig, for segregating Fax: 775-856-1619 Employee Growth (1 yr): 87.90% Marketing: Roy Graham
Inc. [ALTI] and recovering fine particles of precious metals like gold. Yes
 Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by
trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products,
and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its • Chairman: H. Stodieck
metals primarily include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum • Chief Executive: V. H.
and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and Address: 55 Bishopsgate Fiscal Year End: December Sher
coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC has operations in London EC2N 3AH, United Revenue (2004): 1180.40 M • Director, Group
nearly 15 countries. In North America, the company operates Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 53.70% Financial Control;
Amalgamated subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, Phone: +44-20-7626-4521 Employees (2004): 1,668 Director, North American:
Metal Corporation chemicals, and essential oils. Formerly a subsidiary of the German Fax: +44-20-7623-6015 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.00% G. C. L. Rowan
PLC tourism business TUI, management led a buy-out of AMC in 2003.
If it's yellow and in the ground, odds are that Amarillo Gold wants
to get its hands on it. The company is now prospecting in Brazil at Address: Exchange Tower, P.O.
its Mara Rosa project (which it acquired from Metallica Box 99, Ste. 3680
Resources.) It also has a deal with Phelps Dodge to develop Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B1,
another mining project in Brazil. Amarillo Gold is exploring other Canada
regions of Brazil for gold deposits as well. The company emerged Phone: 416-304-4209
Amarillo Gold out of Consolidated Excellerated Resources, which was developed Fax: 416-599-4959
Corporation in 2003. • CEO: Buddy Doyle
AmerAlia is sold on soda. Through subsidiary Natural Soda, Inc.,
AmerAlia owns sodium bicarbonate leases covering more than
9,540 acres. The company's main development is on 1,320 acres
of federal land in Colorado's Piceance Creek Basin (leased • Chairman, President,
through 2011). The adjacent White River Nahcolite Minerals site, and CEO: Bill H. Gunn
acquired in 2003, covers over 8,000 acres. AmerAlia can produce • EVP, CFO, Secretary,
about 110,000 tons of sodium bicarbonate per year. Sodium Address: 20971 E. Smoky Hill Fiscal Year End: June Treasurer, and Director:
bicarbonate (baking soda) is used in animal feed, food, and Rd. Revenue (2004): 12.60 M Robert C.J. van Mourik
pharmaceuticals. Byproducts such as soda ash and caustic soda Centennial, CO 80015-5187 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 172.80% • Director of Sales and
are used to make glass, detergents, and chemicals. The Phone: 720-876-2373 Employees (2004): 34 Marketing, Natural Soda
AmerAlia, Inc. Jacqueline Badger Mars Trust owns 47% of AmerAlia. (Ms. Mars Fax: 720-876-2374 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.00% Inc.: Brad Bunnett
[AALA.PK] is an heir to the Mars candy fortune.) Yes
American Colloid mines bentonite clay and employs it to make • President: Gary D.
products used in animal feed, cat litter, cosmetics, metal castings, Morrison
and pharmaceuticals, as well as in the production of iron ore. The Address: 1500 W. Shure Dr. • Sales Manager Asia,
properties of bentonite clay allow it to be used as an absorption Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Fiscal Year End: December AMCOL Paper
agent, binder, lubricant, sealant, or thickener. American Colloid Phone: 847-392-4600 Revenue (2005): 48.90 M Technologies: Hugh
American Colloid constitutes a major part of the minerals business of its parent, Fax: 847-506-6199 Employees (2005): 608 Parker
Company AMCOL International.
American Steel & Aluminum, a subsidiary of Canada-based
Novamerican Steel, primarily processes and distributes carbon
steel, aluminum, and stainless steel products to customers through • President and COO:
about 10 operating plants in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern US. Address: 1080 University Ave. Stephen D. Shaw
Its products include hot and cold-rolled carbon steel and alloy and Norwood, MA 02062 Fiscal Year End: November • VP Finance and
American Steel coated bar, coil, sheet, plate, and tubular forms. American Steel Phone: 781-762-8014 Revenue (2005): 40.70 M Treasurer: Peter V.
and Aluminum was founded in 1962 and later acquired by Novamerican Steel in Fax: 781-762-8804 Employees (2005): 123 Balboni
Corporation 1996.
AMG Resources is a full-service scrap metal brokerage and
processing company. The company operates 10 scrap-processing Address: 4100 Grand Ave. • President and CEO:
facilities in the US and two in the UK. AMG Resources sells its Pittsburgh, PA 15225 Fiscal Year End: December Allan Goldstein
products to steel mills and foundries and to other scrap dealers. Phone: 412-777-7300 Revenue (2005): 80.00 M • COO: Ronald Zorn
AMG Resources AMG Resources was founded in 1988 to acquire Vulcan Detinning, Fax: 412-331-0972 Employees (2005): 130 • CFO: Brian Cohen
Corporation which was established in 1902 to remove tin from tin-plate scrap.
 • Co-Chairman: Timothy
Anatolia owns land in Turkey for mining gold, copper, and other Address: 10920 W. Alameda Haddon
minerals. The company has focused its exploratory drilling efforts Ave., Ste. 205 • Co-Chairman,
Anatolia Minerals on its Çöpler gold project, which is believed to contain 4 million Lakewood, CO 80226 President, and CEO:
Development ounces of gold. To identify other mineral deposits on the land it Phone: 303-292-1299 Richard C. Moores II
Limited controls in Turkey, Anatolia has taken on industry giant Rio Tinto Fax: 303-297-0538 • CFO: Douglas Tobler
[ALIAF.PK] as an exploration partner. Yes
Anglesey is anxious to get its hands on some gold, silver, or any
other minerals, for that matter. Anglesey Mining owns zinc, copper,
lead, gold, and silver properties at Parys Mountain (located north Address: Parys Mountain • Chairman and CEO:
of the island of Anglesey in northern Wales) and Dolaucothi Amlwch, Anglesey LL68 9RE, John F. Kearney
(located in southern Wales). Operations at the Dolaucothi property United Kingdom • Finance Director and
are suspended, but the company is actively exploring the Parys Phone: +44-1-248-361333 Company Secretary: Ian
Anglesey Mining Mountain property. Bermuda-based company Juno Limited Fax: +44-1-248-361419 Cuthbertson
plc maintains a 45% ownership of Anglesey Mining.
Anglo American's name might be a little misleading -- it's never
been American. The UK-based company owns stakes in leading • Chairman: Sir Mark
global producers of gold (51%, AngloGold Ashanti), platinum Moody-Stuart
(75%, Anglo Platinum), and diamonds (45%, De Beers • CEO and Executive
Consolidated). In addition, Anglo American has interests in paper Address: 20 Carlton House Director: Anthony J.
and packaging goods (more than 20% of sales), ferrous and base Terrace Fiscal Year End: December (Tony) Trahar
metals, and industrial minerals. It also is one of the world's largest London SW1Y 5AN, United Revenue (2005): 29434.00 M • EVP, Group Human
independent coal miners. The company controls assets around the Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.10% Resources and Business
world. Descendants of the founding Oppenheimer family no longer Phone: +44-20-7968-8888 Employees (2004): 209,000 Development: Russell
Anglo American control Anglo American, although Nicky Oppenheimer, who chairs Fax: +44-20-7968-8500 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.30% King
plc [AAUK] De Beers, sits on the company's board. Yes
Anglo Pacific Group is involved in the exploration, mining, and
development of minerals primarily located in Australia and
Canada. The company earns royalties from the Kestrel and
Crinum coal mines in Australia (operated by Rio Tinto and BHP Address: 17 Hill St. Fiscal Year End: December
Billiton) and has interests in other coal operations in Canada. London W1J 5NZ, United Revenue (2004): 10.20 M • Executive Chairman:
Anglo Pacific has also invested in diamond, gold, and platinum Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 70.50% Peter M. Boycott
mining operations in Australia and North America, but has reduced Phone: +44-20-7409-1111 Employees (2004): 4 • Finance Director: Brian
Anglo Pacific its holdings in these operations as the company looks to coal for Fax: +44-20-7629-0370 Employee Growth (1 yr): 33.30% M. Wides
Group plc growth. It also holds a talc deposit in Scotland.
Gold may glitter, but Anglo Platinum sees pizzaz in platinum. The
company, commonly called Amplats, which is more than 70%- • Non-Executive
owned by resources giant Anglo American, is the world's largest Chairman: Barry E.
miner of platinum group metals, or PGMs, such as platinum, Davison
palladium, and rhodium. The company produces about 2.5 million • CEO and Director:
ounces of platinum and more than a million ounces of palladium Ralph Havenstein
annually. Its reserves include more than 220 million ounces Fiscal Year End: December • Executive Director,
comprising platinum, palladium, rhodium, and gold (a byproduct of Address: 55 Marshall St. Revenue (2004): 3398.70 M Finance and Business
PGM mining). PGMs are used in catalytic converters, electronics, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 40.40% Development and Boa:
fuel cells, industrial processes (as catalysts), and jewelry. Amplats Phone: +27-11-373-6111 Employees (2004): 46,740 Roeland van Kerckhoven
Anglo Platinum operates seven mines, three smelters, and two refineries, all in Fax: +27-11-373-5111 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.50%
Limited South Africa.
 • Chairman and Chief
Angus & Ross will go to great lengths to find good mineral Executive: Robin
prospects. The company is exploring Australia, Brazil, Canada, Address: St. Chad's House, Fiscal Year End: February Andrews
China and Greenland primarily for gold, base metals, and tantalum Piercy End, Kirkbymoorside Revenue (2005): 0.00 M • COO: Andrew P.
(used mainly in electronics manufacturing). Its Black Angel Mining York YO62 6DQ, United Kingdom Employees (2005): 5 Zemek
subsidiary (84%-owned) operates a zinc and lead project in Phone: +44-1751-430-988 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director and
Angus & Ross Greenland. Several investment firms own sizable stakes in Angus Fax: +44-1751-430-991 (-28.60%) Secretary: Paul Williams
PLC & Ross.
Anooraq Resources has platinum on its mind. The company
explores and develops platinum group metals (PGM) prospects in • Co-Chairman: Robert
South Africa. Anooraq Resources' mineral properties include the Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. A. Dickinson
Drenthe and Witriver farms, as well as the Overysel Farm through 1020 • Co-Chairman: Popo S.
a joint venture with a Anglo American Platinum subsidiary. It also Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Molefe
holds interests in other properties, all within the prolific Bushveld 2V6, Canada • President, CEO, and
Anooraq Complex. Before going to South Africa, the company had been Phone: 604-684-6365 Director: Ronald W.
Resources exploring for metals in Mexico. CEO Ronald Thiessen works for Fax: 604-684-8092 Thiessen
Corporation [ANO] Hunter Dickinson, a mining management firm. Yes
Address: 25 Main St. North, 3rd
Antares Minerals likes its chances for minerals in Latin America. Fl.
Formerly Planet Ventures, the company is engaged in the Toronto, Ontario LOR 2HO,
acquisition, exploration, and development of copper and gold. It Canada
has several prospects in northwestern Argentina as well as an Phone: 905-667-5075
Antares Minerals agreement with Phelps Dodge for a project in Peru. None of its Fax: 905-689-0443 • President and Director:
Inc. properties are in commercial production. John E. Black
small island off Indonesia. When mining exploration in Latin and
South America proved fruitless, the company began exploring and
mining precious metals on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Apolo Address: 409 Granville St., Ste.
Gold & Energy has a partnership with PT Metro Astatama to 1209 Fiscal Year End: June • Chairman, President,
develop gold and silver properties on the island. Its primary Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 0.00 M and CEO: Peter Bojtos
property is the NUP project. In addition, Apolo Gold & Energy also 1T2, Canada Employees (2004): 15 • CFO, Secretary, and
Apolo Gold & holds an interest in an oil property in Kazakhstan. Founder and Phone: 604-687-4150 Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: Robert G.
Energy, Inc. former CEO Martial Levasseur controls about 15% of the Fax: 604-687-4155 650.00% Dinning
[APLL.OB] company. Yes
Aquarius Platinum wants platinum lovers to pour it on. The
company mines for platinum and other platinum group metals
(PGMs) in South Africa's highly productive Bushveld Complex and
in Zimbabwe through its 50% stake in Mimosa Investments. • Chairman: Stuart A.
PGMs, including palladium and rhodium, are used in electronics, Address: Level 4, Ste. 5, South Fiscal Year End: June Murray
catalytic converters, and jewelry. Aquarius Platinum focuses on Shore Centre, 85 The Esplanade Revenue (2004): 132.40 M • Managing Director: Gert
small deposits and a capital-intensive (mechanized) rather than a South Perth 6151, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 104.90% R. Ackerman
labor-intensive mining model. Founded in 1996, the company Phone: +61-8-9367-5211 Employees (2004): 40 • Finance Director:
Aquarius Platinum produces around 330,000 PGM ounces annually, mostly at its Fax: +61-8-9367-5233 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.30% Ayanda Khumalo
Limited 50%-owned Kroondal mine (a partnership with Anglo Platinum).
 What powers your power company? Perhaps Arch Coal. About
half of the electricity generated in the US comes from coal, and
Arch Coal is one of the country's largest coal producers, behind
industry leader Peabody Energy. Arch Coal produces more than
125 million tons of coal a year from nearly two dozen mines in the Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
western US and Central Appalachia; the company has proved and Address: 1 CityPlace Dr., Ste. Revenue (2005): 2508.80 M Steven F. Leer
probable reserves of about 3.1 billion tons. Steam coal -- low-ash 300 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.50% • President, COO and
coal used by electric utilities to produce steam in boilers -- St. Louis, MO 63141 Employees (2005): 3,700 Director: John W. Eaves
accounts for the vast majority of the company's sales. To store and Phone: 314-994-2700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: Robert
Arch Coal, Inc. ship its Appalachian coal, the company operates the Arch Coal Fax: 314-994-2878 (-10.80%) J. Messey
[ACI] Terminal near the Ohio River. Yes
Archipelago Resources is engaged in the exploration and
production of gold and other base metals. The company's primary
holding is an 85% interest in the Toka Tindung Gold project
(acquired in 2002) located in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Toka Tindung is
expected produce 160,000 ounces of gold annually once it begins Address: 17 Strome Rd. • Managing Director: J.
production in 2006. It has an estimated resource of 1.75 million Applecross, Perth 6153, Australia Colin Loosemore
ounces of gold. Archipelago Resources also explores for gold in Phone: +61-00-618-9364-8301 • Finance Director: Barry
Archipelago Vietnam and the Philippines. The UK-based investment firm Fax: +61-00-618-9316-3819 J. Casson
Resources PLC Ocean Resources Capital holds a 33% stake in the company.
ARCON International Resources, through subsidiary ARCON
Mines, operates the Galmoy zinc mine in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Address: 60 Merrion Rd., Fiscal Year End: December
ARCON was formed through the 1992 merger of Atlantic Ballsbridge Revenue (2004): 50.90 M
Resources, Conroy Petroleum, and Natural Resources Dublin 4, Ireland Revenue Growth (1 yr): 81.50%
ARCON (companies associated with multimillionaire Sir Anthony O'Reilly, Phone: +353-1-667-3063 Employees (2004): 200
International whose son was ARCON's chairman.) Lundin Mining acquired the Fax: +353-1-667-3065 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.80%) • CEO and CFO: W.
Resources P.l.c. company in 2005. Peter Kidney
Argosy Minerals has set out around the world to explore and • Chairman and
develop mineral deposits. The company is involved in various President: Peter H. Lloyd
mineral holdings, chiefly the MusongatiBurundi Nickel project Fiscal Year End: December
(Africa), the Lac Panache project (Canada), and the Gold Creek Address: 23 Richardson St., Revenue (2004): 0.20 M • CFO and Director:
project (US). The Lac Panache project in Ontario is being explored Level 1, Ste. 3 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Marcus N. Foster
for platinum group metals (PGMs), copper, nickel, and other South Perth 6151, Australia (-80.40%) • Manager, Corporate
metals. In 2003 it sold the Kremnica Gold project in Slovakia and Phone: +61-61-8-9474-4178 Employees (2004): 8 Development: David A.
Argosy Minerals in 2004 Argosy Minerals terminated its New Caledonia Nickel Fax: +61-61-8-9474-4236 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Russell
Inc. project, a proposed joint venture deal with Norilsk Nickel.
and markets a wide range of carbon- and graphite-based • CEO: Marvin Riddle
materials. Applications include coatings, friction materials, fuel cell Address: 405 Old Main St. • President: Stephen A.
plates, lubricants, and powder metallurgy. Asbury Carbons Asbury, NJ 08802 Riddle
operates from facilities throughout the US and in Canada. The Phone: 908-537-2155 Revenue (2005): 21.00 M • VP Operations: Carol A.
Asbury Carbons, company was founded in 1895 by Harry Riddle and is run by his Fax: 908-537-2908 Employees (2005): 300 Kalmar
Inc. descendants.
A unit of graphite producer Asbury Carbons, Asbury Graphite of
California produces carbon-related materials such as artificial and
natural graphite, breeze cokes, and green and calcined-petroleum Address: 2855 Franklin Canyon • CEO, Asbury Carbons:
cokes. Customers include iron and steel producers and industrial Rd. Marvin Riddle
manufacturers. Applications for Asbury Graphite of California's Rodeo, CA 94572 Fiscal Year End: December • President, Asbury
products include cathodic protection, friction, glass production, Phone: 510-799-3636 Revenue (2005): 171.10 M Carbons: Stephen A.
Asbury Graphite industrial reactants, lubrication, packing media, refractory, and Fax: 510-799-7460 Employees (2005): 300 Riddle
of California, Inc. rubber.
 Asia Aluminum Holdings has taken a prominent place in China's
metal scene. The company, through a number of subsidiaries, • Chairman: Wui Chun
makes and sells aluminum extrusion and stainless steel products Kwong
serving the construction, transportation, industrial, and home- • Deputy Chairman and
improvement sectors. The company also provides design and Address: 12th Flr., Railway CEO: Yiu Tsuan (Benby)
testing services for aluminum products and is building its Plaza, 39 Chatham Rd. S, Chan
capabilities in the aluminum flat-rolled products sector. The Tsimshatsui • Executive Director,
company has five aluminum extrusion plants in Nanhai and with Kowloon, Hong Kong Production and
the addition of Asia Aluminum City in Zhaoqing, the company will Phone: +852-27890200 Operations: Jianqiu
Asia Aluminum not only expand its extrusion capabilities but add rolled products Fax: +852-23981808 Zhong
Holdings Limited manufacturing to its offerings.
• Chairman: Christopher
J. (Chris) Eager
Asia Energy is just touching the surface of the coal mining • CEO and Director:
business. It's a coal exploration and development company with Address: 27 Abemarle St. Fiscal Year End: June Steve Bywater
shallow coal deposits in Bangladesh. The company's main London W1S 4DW, United Revenue (2005): 0.00 M • Executive Director,
operation is the Phulbari coal project, which is situated in the Kingdom Employees (2005): 56 Project Development and
Dinajpur region of northwest Bangladesh. Once Phulbari is in Phone: +44-20-7097-1798 Employee Growth (1 yr): Board Member: Bill
production the coal will be exported to India and other parts of Fax: +44-20-7491-2758 180.00% McIntosh
Asia Energy PLC Asia.
• Chairman and Chief
Have you had your zinc today? Well, Asturiana de Zinc sure has. Executive: Santiago
The company's core business is the refining and production of zinc Zaldumbide
metal. Its primary mining operation is the Reocín mine in Spain. • Financial Manager:
Along with your run-of-the-mill ingots and wire, the company also Address: Cardenal Marcelo Juan León Jariego
produces zinc-based alloys, sulphuric acid, germanium dioxide, Spinola 42, 7 piso • Research and Business
and good old zinc oxide. In 2003 Asturiana acquired German zinc 28016 Madrid, Spain Development Manager:
smelter Nordenham. Its parent company, Switzerland-based Phone: +34-91-334-42-00 Emilio Tamargo
Asturiana de Zinc, Xstrata plc, has rolled its other zinc operations into Asturiana, Fax: +34-91-334-42-02 Benavides
S.A. including its facilities in Australia and the UK.
Address: 510 W. Hastings St., • Chairman: Alan R.
ATAC Resources has gone on the offensive to find precious Ste. 1016 Archer
metals. The company owns and explores mineral properties in Vancouver, British Columbia V6B • CEO and Director:
Canada, concentrating its gold exploration on ten properties in the 1L8, Canada James M. (Jim) Stephen
Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Its current projects include Phone: 604-688-2568 • President and Director:
ATAC Resources the Arn and Golden Revenue properties in the Yukon Territory of Fax: 604-688-2578 Robert C. (Rob) Carne
Ltd. Canada. None of its properties are in production.
Atacama Minerals is an industrial minerals mining company that
operates in South America through its subsidiary Atacama Address: 885 W. Georgia St.,
Minerals Chile. The company's main asset is the Aguas Blancas Ste. 2101 • Chairman: Lukas H.
mine, an industrial minerals property in the desert of northern Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Lundin
Chile. Atacama Minerals' Aguas Blancas property produces iodine, 3E8, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
sodium nitrate, and sodium sulphate. In 2005 Atacama acquired a Phone: 604-689-7842 Revenue (2004): 5.20 M Edward F. Posey
Atacama Minerals 100% stake in Aguas Blancas after buying out ACF Minera's Fax: 604-689-4250 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.40% • CFO: Wanda Lee
Corp. holding in the property.
 ATH Resources ranks right up there as one of the largest coal
mining companies in the UK. It operates three opencast sites
(Skares Road, Grievehill, and Garleffan) in East Ayrshire,
Scotland. The company has additional exploratory coal mining Address: Aardvark House,
projects in Scotland and France. Formed in 2003 by acquiring Sidings Court Fiscal Year End: September • Chairman: David Port
Aardvark TMC, ATH Resources produces about 1.5 million tons of Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 Revenue (2005): 67.80 M • Chief Executive: Tom
coal annually. Aardvark TMC is now a subsidiary that operates its 5NU, England Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.10% Allchurch
Skares Road site; ATH Garleffan operates the Garleffan site. ATH Phone: +44-130-276-0462 Employees (2005): 197 • Development Director:
ATH Resources Resources primarily supplies coal to utility companies, including Fax: +44-130-276-0463 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.20% Mike Tod
plc British Energy, E.On, and Drax Group.
import business: marketing, logistics, and quality control. It holds • Chairman and CEO:
stakes in bulk handling and transportation facilities, as well as Address: 91 bis, rue du Cherche- Jean-Claude Muller
shipping agencies and laboratories. ATIC Services is a joint Midi • COO: Stéphane
venture created in 1995 by Charbonnages de France and 75006 Paris, France Fiscal Year End: December Lemoine
Electricité de France. The company owns and operates offices in Phone: +33-1-53-63-38-63 Revenue (2004): 150.00 M • Financial Manager:
Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Fax: +33-1-53-63-38-58 Employees (2004): 65 Hervé Royon
ATIC Services and the US.
Through its Atlas Fausett Contracting unit, mineral exploration
company Atlas Mining provides underground mining-related
services for mine operators, other exploration companies, and
companies in the construction and natural resource industries. The
company also is working to develop its Dragon Mine property in
Juab County, Utah, which contains a deposit of halloysite clay, a
substance used to make bone china, fine china, and porcelain. In Address: 630 E. Mullan Ave.
addition to its mining operations, Atlas harvests timber from land it Osburn, ID 83849
Atlas Mining controls in northern Idaho. Atlas has sustained financial losses, Phone: 208-556-1181 Chairman, President,
Company however, and the company's auditors have questioned whether it Fax: 208-556-6741 and CEO: William T.
[ALMI.OB] will be able to stay in business. Jacobson Yes
Atna Resources is a mineral exploration company that purchases,
explores, and develops mineral resource properties. The company • Chairman: Glen D.
concentrates on precious metals and operates primarily in Address: 510 Burrard St., Ste. Dickson
Canada, the United States (Arizona and Nevada), and Chile. With 510 • President, CEO, and
an eye on developing properties in Nevada, Atna Resources has Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: David H.
acquired such projects as the Pinson Gold and Searchlight in 3A8, Canada Watkins
2004, as well as the Triple Junction/Dixie Fork properties in 2003. Phone: 604-684-2285 • CFO: G. Ross
Atna Resources In the past several years, it also formed several agreements for Fax: 604-684-8887 McDonald
Ltd. options to acquire interests in other claims in Nevada.
Aurizon Mines hopes that gold is on the horizon. The company
explores and mines for gold in the Abitibi region of northwestern
Quebec. Aurizon's primary property is the Casa Berardi Mine, Address: 510 Burrard St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
which is in development. In 2005 the company sold its 50% stake 900 Revenue (2005): 0.60 M
in the Sleeping Giant Mine to Cambior, which owns the other 50% Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman, President,
stake. Cambior holds about 10% of the company. Aurizon is using 3A8, Canada (-95.90%) and CEO: David P. Hall
the cash from the Sleeping Giant sale to fund its Casa Berardi Phone: 604-687-6600 Employees (2004): 47 • EVP and CFO: Ian S.
Aurizon Mines Ltd. development. The company sold its stake in the Beaufor Mine and Fax: 604-687-3932 Employee Growth (1 yr): 42.40% Walton
[AZK] Perron properties to Richmont Mines in 2001. Yes
 The luminous phenomenon that Aurora Metals (BVI) Limited
(Aurora Metals) looks for is precious metal. The company explores
for a variety of minerals, including platinum group minerals and
nickel-cobalt-copper minerals, on properties in the US (in
Montana). It also is exploring for lead and zinc in Tunisia. In • President: John A. A.
conjunction with the development of a gem identification and Address: P.O. Box 27494 James
verification technology, Aurora Metals acquired 637700 BC Ltd, a Denver, CO 80227-0494 • CFO, Controller and
Aurora Metals British Columbia-based company in 2002. This unit changed its Phone: 303-727-8609 Secretary: A. Cameron
(BVI) Limited name to Crystal Coding Ltd and it became a wholly-owned Fax: 303-936-0333 Richardson
[AURMF.OB] subsidiary. Aurora Metals is owned by Aurora Gold. Yes
Avalon Ventures explores and mines mineral properties
exclusively in Canada. The company has primarily been exploring Address: 111 Richmond St.
for rare metals and industrial minerals (such as beryllium, lithium, West, Ste. 1005
feldspars, and tantalum) used in high technology products. In 2005 Toronto, Ontario M5H 2G4, • Chairman: Lawrence P.
Avalon Ventures acquired the Thor Lake rare metals deposit in the Canada Page
Northwest Territories. Its other advanced projects include the Phone: 416-364-4938 • President and CEO:
Avalon Ventures Separation Rapids rare metals project in Ontario and the Red Hill Fax: 416-364-5162 Donald S. Bubar
Ltd. copper, zinc, and silver property in British Columbia.
Avocet Mining is all set to explore and mine for gold. The company
has three operational gold mining projects: one in Malaysia
(Penjom), one in Indonesia (North Lanut), and one in Tajikistan • Chairman: N. G. McNair
(ZGC). Avocet Mining is also currently exploring for gold through a Address: 9 Berkeley St., 7th Fl. Fiscal Year End: March Scott
joint venture at a mining site in the Papua province of New Guinea. London W1J 8DW, United Revenue (2004): 68.80 M • CEO: John T.
The company owns 100% of the Penjom project, 80% of the North Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.40% Catchpole
Lanut project, and 75% of the ZGC project. Most of the company's Phone: +44-20-7907-9000 Employees (2004): 1,754 • Finance Director:
Avocet Mining revenue comes from its Penjom project, which produces more Fax: +44-20-7907-9019 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.20%) Jonathan G. Henry
PLC than 100,000 ounces of gold annually.
AZCO Mining hopes it has the Midas touch when it comes to mica.
Among the company's key assets is the Black Canyon mica project
in Arizona, which includes a mine and a processing plant. An • Chairman: Lawrence G.
industrial mineral, mica is used by the paint, plastics, and Address: 7239 N. El Mirage Rd. (Larry) Olson
cosmetics industries. Operations at Black Canyon have been shut Glendale, AZ 85382 • President, CEO, and
down since 2002, however, because of a lack of money. AZCO Phone: 623-935-0774 Director: W. Pierce
AZCO Mining Inc. hopes to raise funds to reopen the mica project and to develop the Fax: 623-935-0781 Carson
[AZMN.PK] company's Ortiz gold property in New Mexico. Yes
known as bioleaching, to extract precious and base metals from
sulphide ores and concentrates. Bioleaching uses naturally
occurring bacteria to oxidize minerals, breaking their structure and Address: 439 University Ave.,
allowing metals to be released. The company has developed Ste. 1450
bioleaching operations for companies in Australia, China, Mexico, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Y8, • President, CEO, and
and South Africa. In 2005, it relinquished its 55% interest the Canada Director: Ross Orr
Tonkin Springs gold project in Nevada. Sun Valley Gold is the Phone: 416-813-0303 • CFO and Secretary: Jim
BacTech Mining company's largest shareholder with a 20% stake in BacTech Fax: 416-596-9840 D. Kirke
Corporation Mining.
 Through its 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 make up most of the company's non-steel trading Address: 5 Stanhope Gate Fiscal Year End: December
business. Established in 1991, the trading house has grown London W1K 1AH, United Revenue (2004): 1325.80 M • CFO: Hassan
through the acquisitions such as Klockner Steel Trade (2000), Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.40% Alaghband
Comvex (2002), and RXI (2003). Its Comvex unit is a bulk Phone: +44-20-7306-2000 Employees (2004): 847 • Group Finance Director:
handling terminal in the Black Sea. Balli also operates alumina Fax: +44-20-7491-9000 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.50%) David Spriddell
Balli Group plc refineries and aluminum rolling mills.
• Chairman: Peter A.
Band-Ore Resources has its eye out for a good strip of precious Crossgrove
metals. The company is involved in diamond and gold exploration Address: 120 Adelaide St. West, • President, CEO, and
with mining properties in the prolific Timmins mining area of Ste. 512 Director: Wayne J.
northern Ontario. Its properties mainly include the Corbiere Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1, O'Connor
Property, GQ Diamond Property, Rock Star, Thorne Gold, and Canada • CFO, Treasurer, and
Thunder Creek. The miner is looking for joint venture partners to Phone: 416-364-6420 Secretary: James N.
Band-Ore help develop its gold and diamond properties. Band-Ore Fax: 416-364-5400 Fairbairn
Resources Ltd. Resources was founded in 1946.
This bard ventures forth to do more than tell tales. Bard Ventures
acquires interests in land in Canada and the UK for exploration
and development of natural resources and minerals. The company
sold its oil and gas property in Alberta in 2004, but it has continued
to acquire interests in mineral and oil and gas properties. Bard • Chairman: Donald A. R.
Ventures is searching for silver, gold, and other mineral assets in Address: 1255 W. Pender St. (Don) Sheldon
central British Columbia and northern Canada's Nunavut Territory. Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • President, CEO, and
It has agreed to acquire 50% stakes in both the Ingenikia/Swannell 2V1, Canada Director: Eugene
and Wasi Creek prospects from Cross Lake Minerals Ltd. Bard Phone: 604-687-2038 Beukman
Bard Ventures Ventures pays for its activities by selling shares to investors and Fax: 604-687-3141 • CFO: Carmon Currie
Ltd. taking on exploration and development partners.
Barrick Goldstrike Mines is the mother lode for Barrick Gold. The
company operates two producing mines (Betze-Post and Meikle)
on property totaling some 9,900 acres, located on the prolific
Carlin Trend in Nevada. Goldstrike produces about 2 million
ounces of gold annually. It's the largest gold producing operation Address: P.O. Box 29
for Canadian mining company Barrick Gold. There are two Elko, NV 89803 Fiscal Year End: December
processing plants located on the property which separate the gold Phone: 775-778-8380 Revenue (2004): 745.00 M • VP, North America,
Barrick Goldstrike from the recovered ore. Barrick is actively exploring other areas of Fax: 775-738-7685 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-8.40%) Barrick Gold: Gregory A.
Mines Inc. its prolific Goldstrike property for development. Lang
Behr Iron & Steel doesn't growl when it comes time to collect and
recycle scrap metal. The subsidiary of Joseph Behr and Sons Address: 1100 Seminary St. • President: William J.
buys, processes, and sells scrap steel and iron that is used as raw Rockford, IL 61104 Fiscal Year End: December Bremner
material by steel mills and foundries. Other Joseph Behr and Sons Phone: 815-987-2600 Revenue (2005): 26.90 M • VP, Operations: Mike
Behr Iron & Steel, units handle nonferrous metals and provide construction, Fax: 815-968-4560 Employees (2005): 131 Schwebke
Inc. demolition, and trucking services.
Behr and Sons processes nonferrous scrap metals such as
aluminum breakage, copper wire and choppings, nickel alloys, Address: 208 Quaker Rd.
solder, and tin. Russian immigrant Joseph Behr founded the Rockford, IL 61105
company in 1906. Other companies in the Behr family are Phone: 815-987-2680
engaged in construction, iron and steel scrap processing, and Fax: 815-987-2681
Behr Metals trucking. • VP: Randall Peck
 Beitai Iron & Steel Group has hardly limited itself to working in
metal. In addition to its iron and steel operations, the company is
active in real estate, chemicals, heavy machinery, and trade
industries. Through Benxi Iron & Steel, the company produces pig
iron, steel billets, slabs, wire rods, and strip steel. It also provides
casting processing services, turning raw materials into steel pipes Address: 36, Huanshan Rd.,
for sale throughout Asia. Liaoning North Coal Industry produces Mingshan District
ammonia and urea for use in agricultural, medical, and textile Benxi, Liaoning 117022, China
industries. Beitai also manufactures and sells heavy machinery Phone: +86-414-486-8855
Beitai Iron & Steel including dump trucks, loaders, and paper making machines Fax: +86-414-484-3613 • President: Yang Xinhua
Group Co., Ltd. through its subsidiary Benxi North Machinery Heavy Truck Co..
(dating to 1903), mines and processes gold, chromite, copper, and
other minerals. However, with metal prices low, Benguet has
closed many of its mining operations and diversified into such • Chairman: Ferdinand
businesses as bottled water, construction, real estate G. Romualdez
development, ecotourism, trading, reforestation, and trucking and Address: 1 Corporate Plaza, 845 • President and CEO:
warehousing. Most non-mining operations are part of its Benguet Arnaiz Ave. Benjamin P. G.
Management Corp. subsidiary (75% of sales). Following years of Makati, Metro Manila 1223, Romualdez
financial woes, Benguet was put under custody of the Philippines' Philippines • SVP, Finance and
Benguet Presidential Commission on Good Government. Insiders, including Phone: +63-2-812-1380 Treasurer: Salvador P.
Corporation the family of chairman and CEO Benjamin Romualdez, control Fax: +63-2-813-6611 Pabalan
[BENGF.PK] 54% of Benguet. Yes
mining and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton
plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed
company that is run as a single entity with the same board of • Chairman: Don R.
directors and management. The Melbourne side is BHP Billiton Argus
Limited; the London-based side is BHP Billiton Plc; collectively • Chief Executive and
they're known as BHP Billiton. The company ranks among the Fiscal Year End: June Director: Charles W.
world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and Address: 180 Lonsdale St. Revenue (2005): 29587.00 M (Chip) Goodyear
metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such Melbourne 3000, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.30% • Executive President
as crude oil and natural gas. Other units produce aluminum, base Phone: +61-1300-55-4757 Employees (2005): 36,468 and Director: Miklos
metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel. BHP Billiton Fax: +61-3-9609-3015 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.00% (Mike) Salamon
BHP Billiton [BHP] has operations on six continents. Yes
BHP Billiton Limited is one half of a dual-listed mining giant. It is
headquartered in Melbourne; the other part of the company -- BHP
Billiton Plc -- is based in the UK. Although they maintain separate • Chairman: Don R.
listings the companies are managed as a single entity and have Argus
the same management team and board of directors. The twin firms • Chief Executive and
were created when BHP (Australia) acquired Billiton (UK) in 2001. Director: Charles W.
The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore Address: 180 Lonsdale St. Fiscal Year End: June (Chip) Goodyear
and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of Melbourne 3000, Australia Revenue (2004): 23513.00 M • Executive President
petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. BHP Billiton Phone: +61-1300-55-4757 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.10% and Director: Miklos
BHP Billiton also produces aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, Fax: +61-3-9609-3015 Employees (2004): 35,000 (Mike) Salamon
Limited [BHP] and stainless steel. Yes
 headquartered in London; the other part of the company -- BHP
Billiton Limited -- is based in Australia. Although they maintain • Chairman: Don R.
separate listings the companies are managed as a single entity Argus
and have the same management team and board of directors. The • Chief Executive and
twin firms were created when BHP (Australia) acquired Billiton Address: Neathouse Place Fiscal Year End: June Director: Charles W.
(UK) in 2001. BHP Billiton is one of the world's top producers and London SW1V 1BH, United Revenue (2005): 29587.00 M (Chip) Goodyear
processors of alumina, aluminum, base metals, stainless steel, Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.60% • Executive President
and carbon steel materials (iron ore and manganese). Other Phone: +44-20-7802-4000 Employees (2005): 36,468 and Director: Miklos
BHP Billiton Plc significant operations include oil and gas exploration and coal Fax: +44-20-7802-4111 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.00% (Mike) Salamon
[BBL] mining. Yes
Address: 1155 University St., Ste. • Chairman: Charles
Birim Goldfields may be based in Canada, but its business is in 812 Fiscal Year End: March Thomas Ogryzlo
Ghana. The company's primary property is the Bui gold project, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, Revenue (2005): 0.00 M • CEO and Director:
which it is currently developing. In addition, it holds the Nkenkasu, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): Denis Simoneau
Bia Tano, and Banda Ahenkro properties in Ghana. Birim Phone: 514-393-8611 (-98.90%) • President: Victor (Vic)
Birim Goldfields Goldfields also has a deal with Golden Star Resources to explore Fax: 514-393-1158 Employees (2004): 50 King
Inc. [BRGFF.PK] and develop the Dunkwa Royalty property. Yes
Little girls who love horses won't necessarily love this Black
Beauty. A subsidiary of Peabody Energy, Black Beauty Coal
Company operates six coal mines in Indiana and three in Illinois.
The company primarily supplies power companies in the
midwestern US. Black Beauty holds a 75% stake in the United
Minerals Company and provides the workforce for the Arclar
Company. In 2003 Peabody acquired the remaining interest in Address: 7100 Eagle Crest Blvd. • Chairman: Steven
Black Beauty that it had not already held. Black Beauty produces Evansville, IN 47715 Chancellor
Black Beauty Coal somewhere around 25 million tons of compliance, medium sulfur, Phone: 812-434-8500 • SVP: Wayne Parke
Company and high sulfur stem coal annually.
Blue Tee has stayed out of the rough through diversification. The
company, operating through its subsidiaries, distributes steel and
scrap metal and manufactures a variety of industrial equipment. • Chairman and CEO:
Blue Tee's Brown-Strauss Steel subsidiary is a leading distributor Richard A. Secrist
of steel products (beams, pipe, tubing) in the western US. Other • President and COO:
operations include AZCON (scrap metal sales and rail cars and Address: 250 Park Ave. South William M. Kelly
parts), GEFCO (portable drilling rigs), Standard Alloys (pump New York, NY 10003 Fiscal Year End: December • SVP Finance and
parts), and Steco (dump-truck trailers). Union Tractor provides Phone: 212-598-0880 Revenue (2004): 740.70 M Secretary: David P.
replacement parts for construction and transportation equipment in Fax: 212-598-0896 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 95.30% Alldian
Blue Tee Corp. western Canada. Blue Tee is owned by its employees.
The boss won't mind if he catches the BNI Coal employees dozing
on the job, as long as it's done on a bulldozer that is. The
company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based utility company • President and General
ALLETE, mines for lignite coal at its Center Mine property. BNI Manager: Mike Hummel
Coal excavates an estimated 4.5 tons of coal a year, most of Address: 1637 Burnt Boat Dr. • Manager, Operations:
which is sold to the Minnkota Power Cooperative and the Square Bismarck, ND 58502 Steve Hovey
Butte electric generating facilities (the supply contracts are not set Phone: 701-222-8828 • Manager, Finance and
to expire until 2027). The company also reclaims approximately Fax: 701-222-1547 Accounting: Pat Clement
BNI Coal Ltd. 210 acres of land each year at a cost of about $15,000 per acre.
 BPK Resources is searching for a new kind of resource following
its 2006 acquisition of Graphite Technology Group, which is
engaged in the business of mining, manufacturing, and selling of
natural and synthetic graphite and carbon-based materials for use
in a wide range of industrial applications. The company owns
graphite mines in Canada, China, and Madagascar. BPK Address: 5858 Westheimer St.,
Resources was formerly an oil and gas exploration and production Ste. 709
company operating in Texas and Louisiana. The firm did not Houston, TX 77057
operate any of the wells, it merely provided investment capital for Phone: 713-978-7991
BPK Resources acquisition and development. BPK Resources sold these interests Fax: 713-785-8530 • CEO and Director:
Inc. [BPKR.OB] in order to try its hand in a new area of business. Christopher M. Giordano Yes
Tapajos gold district in northern Brazil's Para state. The company Fiscal Year End: January
has embarked upon a drilling program. It shifted its focus to Revenue (2005): 0.00 M
Brazilian gold in 2004 after results from its diamond mining Address: 800 Bering Dr., Ste. 208 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman and CEO:
Brazauro business in Arkansas proved to be disappointing. Brazauro Houston, TX 77057 (-96.40%) Mark E. Jones III
Resources Resources changed its name from Jaguar Resources in 2004 to Phone: 713-785-1278 Employees (2005): 3 • President and Director:
Corporation avoid being confused with other companies operating under the Fax: 713-785-5247 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Leendert G. (Len) Krol
[BZOFF.PK] Jaguar name. Yes
Breakwater Resources keeps business flowing with zinc. The
mining company concentrates primarily on buying and developing
zinc mines in the Americas and North Africa. Its operational mines
include the Myra Falls mine in Canada, the El Mochito Mine in
Honduras, the El Toqui Mine in Chile, and the Bougrine Mine in Address: 95 Wellington St. West, • Co-Chairman: Ned
Tunisia. Although zinc concentrate represents the bulk of its sales, Ste. 950 Fiscal Year End: December Goodman
the company also mines for copper, gold, lead, and silver. Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7, Revenue (2004): 131.50 M • Co-Chairman: Garth A.
Breakwater's Caribou (lead, silver, and zinc) and Langlois (zinc) Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 37.30% C. MacRae
Breakwater mines are currently closed for maintenance and repairs. The Phone: 416-363-4798 Employees (2004): 1,870 • President, CEO, and
Resources Ltd. Bouchard-Hébert mine was closed in 2005. Investment company Fax: 416-363-1315 Employee Growth (1 yr): 42.30% Director: George E. Pirie
[BWLRF.OB] Dundee Bancorp owns about 15% of Breakwater Resources. Yes
Brigadier Gold Limited is on the march for gold and diamonds in Address: 2900 Steeles Ave. East
Canada. The company explores for gold mining opportunities in Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7R5, Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO and
Ontario's Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake region. The company has Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Herb Kokotow
expanded it diamond mining operations through the acquisition of Phone: 416-410-7956 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Treasurer:
Brigadier Gold the Clifford Diamond Project located in Ontario. In 2004 Brigadier Fax: 905-707-1520 (-84.00%) Kenneth (Ken) Wolfson
Limited Gold dissolved its foreign subsidiaries.
Bronx Ventures, formerly Lucky 1 Enterprises, is trying to get rid of
the gambling bug but is still looking for the gold bug. The company
holds a stake in the Lithium Mineral Properties in Ontario, Canada,
but it sold its investment in Three Card Games Software, which
makes products for online gaming (and accounted for all of the Address: 1199 W. Hastings St.,
company's revenue). Bronx Ventures also has begun exploration 6th Fl. Fiscal Year End: December
on its claims at the Extra High property (copper, gold, and silver Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Revenue (2004): 0.30 M
deposits), located in the Kamloops Mining Division of British 3T5, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 189.10%
Columbia. Three Card Games was sold to Las Vegas From Phone: 604-681-1519 Employees (2004): 6 • President, CEO, CFO,
Bronx Ventures Home.com, a company with which Bronx Ventures shares Fax: 604-681-9428 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% and Director: Bedo H.
Inc. [BRXVF.OB] directors and management. Kalpakian Yes
 Brookmount Explorations hopes it has the Midas touch. Formed in
1999, the exploration-stage mining company is engaged in the
discovery and development of precious metal resource properties Address: 666 Burrard St., Ste. • President and Director:
located throughout North and South America. It owns interests in 600 Peter Flueck
properties in the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • COO, Secretary,
Canada, as well as in Peru, with hopes to eventually mine the land 2X8, Canada Treasurer, and Director:
Brookmount for gold and precious metals. The company's primary project is the Phone: 604-676-5244 Zaf Sungur
Explorations, Inc. Mercedes 100 property in Peru. President Peter Flueck controls Fax: 604-632-3717 • CFO: Jay J. Shapiro
[BMXIE.OB] approximately 20% of Brookmount Explorations. Yes
Brush Engineered Materials, through Brush Wellman and other
subsidiaries, is a supplier of beryllium, alloys such as copper
beryllium, and beryllia ceramics. Its Metal Systems Group supplies
beryllium products and alloys and accounts for about 60% of • Chairman, President
sales. Beryllium's properties -- high thermal conductivity, strength, and CEO: Richard J.
hardness, and resistance to corrosion and wear -- give it a wide (Dick) Hipple
variety of uses in the computer, telecommunications, medical, and Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Finance and CFO:
electronics industries, among others. The company's Address: 17876 St. Clair Ave. Revenue (2005): 541.30 M John D. Grampa
Microelectronics Group produces special manufacturing materials Cleveland, OH 44110 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.10% • VP, Corporate
Brush Engineered such as high-temperature braze materials and precious metal Phone: 216-486-4200 Employees (2004): 1,912 Communications: Patrick
Materials Inc. preforms. The US accounts for about 70% of Brush Engineered Fax: 216-383-4091 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.30% S. Carpenter
[BW] Materials' sales. Yes
You can be pretty sure of the answer to the Animal, vegetable, or
mineral? query if you're playing 20 Questions with C-E Minerals.
The subsidiary of French industrial minerals company Imerys
processes and distributes aluminas, alumina-silica calcines, and
fused minerals used by customers in such industries as Address: 901 E. 8th Ave. • President and CEO:
electronics, electrical equipment manufacturing, plastics, and King of Prussia, PA 19406 Fiscal Year End: December Timothy J. Mc Carthy
cosmetics. C-E Minerals' products are used in refractory, metal- Phone: 610-265-6880 Revenue (2005): 90.30 M • VP, Marketing: David
production, casting, abrasive, and other industrial applications. Fax: 610-337-7163 Employees (2005): 928 Johnson
C-E Minerals Inc. The company has operations in the US, Asia, and South America.
Caledon Resources explores for and produces gold ore in China.
Its projects include Badu Gold (Guangxi Province), Hengxian • Chairman: Robert
(Guangxi Province), Gaolong (Guangxi Province), and Mojiang Alford
(Yunnan Province). Most of the company's resources are going Address: 18 Upper Brook St. Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: George G.
into exploring its Mojiang project. It also holds nearly 15% of London W1K 7PU, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Salamis
Chinese exploration company Dynasty Gold, which has projects in Kingdom Employees (2004): 39 • Financial Controller and
the Xingjiang province. Caledon Resources primarily partners with Phone: +44-20-318-5780 Employee Growth (1 yr): Corporate Secretary:
Caledon local mining companies in order to facilitate the exploration and Fax: +44-20-318-5781 290.00% Manish Kotecha
Resources Plc development of projects.
Caledonia Mining has some interesting prospects. The company • Chairman: G. Rupert
owns part or full interest in mining properties in Africa and Canada. Pardoe
Caledonia's mines and concessions contain gold (about 2 million • President, CEO, and
ounces in resources), diamonds, cobalt, copper, nickel, and Address: 2145 Dunwin Dr., Unit 9 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Stefan E.
platinum. The company's Barbrook Mines property in South Africa Mississauga, Ontario L5L 4L9, Revenue (2004): 0.70 M Hayden
produces gold, but its other properties are either on care and Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.90% • VP Operations, COO,
Caledonia Mining maintenance (idled), or are still in development. Caledonia's Phone: 905-607-7543 Employees (2004): 335 and Director: James
Corporation interests include tie-ups with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton in Fax: 905-607-9806 Employee Growth (1 yr): 24.10% (Jim) Johnstone
[CALVF.OB] Africa and with Rio Tinto subsidiary Ashton Mining of Canada. Yes
 Cambridge Mineral Resources is getting a degree in the school of
hard knocks. In the competitive mining industry, the company • Chairman: Michael B.
explores for gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead mostly in Peru and Address: 10 Fenchurch Ave. Thomsen
Spain. In Spain, its primary project is the Lomero-Poyatos deposit, London EC3M 5BN, United • Managing Director:
located in the mining region of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. The Kingdom Colin J. Andrew
Cambridge company is also becoming active in Serbia and Bulgaria. In 2004 Phone: +44-207-663-5618 • Finance Director:
Mineral Resources Cambridge Mineral Resources ended its exploration for Fax: +44-207-663-5700 Michael J. Burton
plc gemstones in Ireland and search for gold in the Falklands.
Cambridge-Lee Industries manufactures and distributes copper
and copper alloy products. The company primarily makes copper
tubing for plumbing and refrigeration at facilities in the US and Address: 86 Tube Dr.
Mexico. It distributes copper tubes and fittings in Europe. Reading, PA 19612 Fiscal Year End: December • Acting President:
Cambridge-Lee also operates a machinery division and an Phone: 610-926-4141 Revenue (2005): 55.80 M Charles Banham
Cambridge-Lee industrial metals division. The company was bought by Mexico- Fax: 610-926-7307 Employees (2005): 400 • VP, Sales: Ed Kerins
Industries, Inc. based Grupo Iusa, a diversified industrial group, in 1993.
Is your nuclear reactor running low on fuel? Cameco maybe able
to help. The company is the world's largest producer of uranium,
accounting for about a fifth of the western world's uranium output.
It converts its ore to fuel-grade products used by nuclear power
plants, including Cameco's 32%-owned electricity generating plant • President, CEO, and
Bruce Power. In Canada, Cameco mines the world's largest known Director: Gerald W.
deposit of high-grade uranium, McArthur River, and another site, Address: 2121 11th St. West (Jerry) Grandey
Rabbit Lake. It is developing Cigar Lake, second in size only to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M • SVP and CFO: O. Kim
McArthur River. Cameco has two operations in the US (in 1J3, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Goheen
Wyoming and Nebraska). Cameco holds a controlling stake in Phone: 306-956-6200 Revenue (2005): 1128.80 M • SVP and COO: Terry V.
Cameco Centerra Gold, which has gold mining interests in the Kyrgyz Fax: 306-956-6201 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.20% Rogers
Corporation [CCJ] Republic and Mongolia. Yes
Campbell Resources is going for economies of scale. Campbell's
operating mines include the Joe Mann Mine (owned by subsidiary
Meston Resources), which produced about 40,000 ounces of gold • Chairman: James C.
and 800,000 pounds of copper in 2004, and the Copper Rand gold Address: 1155 rue University, McCartney
and copper mine (100%-owned as of 2004). The company is also Ste. 1405 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
exploring its Corner Bay copper property. In 2001 Campbell Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, Revenue (2004): 18.10 M Director: André Y. Fortier
acquired MSV Resources and GéoNova Explorations, companies Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.20%
Campbell that also mined for gold in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Phone: 514-875-9033 Employees (2004): 310 • EVP and COO: Claude
Resources Inc. Overall, the company owns 12 mining properties in the Fax: 514-875-9764 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.10% Begin
[CBLRF.OB] Chibougamau area. Yes
Can Can-Cal strike it rich? The question hasn't been answered.
Can-Cal Resources is an exploration-stage mining company that
plans to acquire, explore, and develop precious mineral and metal
properties. The company owns inactive gold and silver exploration
properties in the US (Arizona and California) and in Mexico Address: 2500 Vista Mar Dr.
(Durango). In July 2005 Can-Cal and its Mexican subsidiary, Las Vegas, NV 89128 • Chairman, President
Can-Cal Sierra Madre Resources, dropped plans for a joint venture with Phone: 702-243-1849 and CEO, CFO, and
Resources, Ltd. Minera Apolo to explore gold and silver concessions in Zacatecas. Fax: 702-243-1869 Treasurer: Ronald D.
[CCRE.OB] Can-Cal will instead concentrate on its US properties. Sloan Yes
 Northern Crown Mines hopes the empire strikes back -- as
Canadian Empire Exploration. Canadian Empire (formerly Address: 675 W. Hastings St.,
Northern Crown Mines) holds the rights to several precious metals Ste. 1205 • President, CEO, and
properties in Canada. The company is focusing on the Atikokan Vancouver, British Columbia V6B Director: John S. Brock
West property in southwestern Ontario, as well as the Barrington, 1N2, Canada • CFO and Corporate
Silver Hope, and McBride Grubstake properties in British Phone: 604-687-4951 Secretary: Jeannine P.
Canadian Empire Columbia. Canadian Empire Exploration is partnering with Teck Fax: 604-687-4991 M. Webb
Exploration Corp. Cominco to develop the Atikokan West property.
Address: 885 W. Georgia St., • Chairman: Lukas H.
If this company were a predator, gold would be its prey. Canadian Ste. 2101 Lundin
Gold Hunter, formerly named International Curator Resources, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and CEO:
explores and develops gold properties in Canada. The company 3E8, Canada Richard J. Bailes
Canadian Gold holds interests in properties in British Columbia, Nunavut, and Phone: 604-689-7842 • CFO, Controller, and
Hunter Corp. Manitoba. None of Canadian Gold Hunter's projects are in Fax: 604-689-4250 Treasurer: Wanda Lee
[CGHLF.PK] production. Chairman Lukas Lundin also heads Lundin Mining. Yes
determining what and where the company's operations are. The President: John F.
company is a natural resource exploration and production Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste. Kearney
company whose current focus is exploring and developing the 1202 • CFO: Danesh K. Varma
Prairie Creek property (containing high grade zinc, copper, lead, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
and silver) in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest 1G8, Canada • VP, Exploration, COO,
Canadian Zinc Territories. While exploring Prairie Creek is at the top of its list, Phone: 604-688-2001 and Director: Alan B.
Corporation Canadian Zinc also explores other promising areas near the Fax: 604-688-2043 Taylor
[CZICF.PK] property. Yes
Canarc Resource believes it can find gold. The company is a gold
and silver exploration and production company with operations in Address: 850 W. Hastings St., • Chairman and CEO:
Canada (Eskay Creek mine and New Polaris property), Costa Rica Ste. 800 Bradford James (Brad)
(Bellavista gold deposit), and Suriname (Sara Kreek gold mine and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: December Cooke
Benzdorp property). Shareholder and #3 North America gold 1E1, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and COO:
producer Barrick Gold assists Canarc as a joint venture partner in Phone: 604-685-9700 Employees (2004): 11 Jack McClintock
Canarc Resource regards to its Canadian properties. Barrick operates the Eskay Fax: 604-685-9744 Employee Growth (1 yr): 22.20% • CFO: Philip Yee
Corp. [CRCUF.OB] Creek property. Yes
Crevier
Address: 1410 Stanley St., Ste. • President, CEO, and
Cancor Mines' comfort zone is gold, silver, and copper. The 606 Fiscal Year End: March Director: Kamil A. Khobzi
exploration mining company operates several properties in Montreal, Quebec H3A 1P8, Revenue (2005): 0.00 M
Quebec, Canada. Cancor is primarily exploring its Kistabiche- Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.30% • CFO, Secretary,
Bonfortel-Poirier properties in the prolific Abitibi area. It also has a Phone: 514-849-3013 Employees (2005): 1 Treasurer, and Director:
50% interest in the Gémini-Turgeon gold mining project; Canadian Fax: 514-849-9181 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Ercan Ugur
Cancor Mines Inc. gold mining firm Cambior owns the other 50%.
As investments go, gold mining is a risky business, but if and when
the gold is commercially mined, then it's a capital idea. Capital
Gold primarily explores for gold through its properties in Mexico
and Colorado. It owns rights to mining consessions in the State of • Chairman, President,
Sonora, Mexico and property in Lake County, Colorado. The Address: 76 Beaver St., 26th Fl. Fiscal Year End: July and Treasurer: Gifford A.
Chanate deposit is located in northern Sonora (a 45-minute drive New York, NY 10005 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Dieterle
Capital Gold from the town of Caborca), and consists of 12 mining concessions Phone: 212-344-2785 Employees (2004): 6 • CFO: Christopher
Corporation with a total area of 8,662 acres. Oro de Altar, a subsidiary of Fax: 212-344-4537 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Chipman
[CGLD.OB] Capital Gold, owns the concessions and surface land. Yes
 company manufactures a number of products that make use of
diatomaceous earth, which is rich with the fossilized shells of
microscopic bugs called diatoms. Its products are used as filter
aids for everything from beer to chemicals to fruit juices and as
functional additives for products like agrochemicals, cosmetics, Address: 130 Castilian Dr.
paint, plastic film, and rubber. Some of the brand names those Goleta, CA 93117 Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
products are sold under include Celite, Diactive, Primisil, and Phone: 805-737-2433 Revenue (2005): 78.30 M John Oskam
Celkate. The company is a unit of Imerys' World Minerals Fax: 805-735-5699 Employees (2005): 1,145 • CFO: John Leichty
Celite Corporation subsidiary.
Celtic Energy has been gathering steam with its coal business in
the UK. The company has coal mining operations in Wales (where
it is the leading coal miner) that produce about two million tons of
coal annually. Its coal products include Black Diamond (high Address: Heol Ty Aberaman Fiscal Year End: March
quality, low ash anthracite), Group 1 Anthracite (medium quality Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff Revenue (2004): 41.00 M • Chief Executive: Mark
anthracite), and Welshbrite Anthracite (economy anthracite). Celtic CF44 6RF, United Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.00%) Thomas
Energy produces coal in South Wales and sells it primarily to the Phone: +44-1685-874-201 Employees (2004): 302 • Finance Director: D. J.
Celtic Energy industrial and domestic UK markets. The company was founded in Fax: +44-1685-878-104 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.40% Lee
Limited 1995 when British Coal was privatized.
These Celts roam Russia and Kazakhstan in search of gold and
other precious metals. Celtic Resources' main mining operations
include Nezhdaninskoye (a gold and silver mine in Russia), Suzdal Address: Hatfield House, 52-54 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Peter M. L.
(a gold mine in Kazakhstan), and Zherek (75%-owned gold mine in Stamford St., 1st Fl., Blackfriars Revenue (2004): 13.60 M Hannen
Kazakhstan). The company also has a 21% holding in UK-based London SE1 9LX, United Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.20% • Managing Director:
Eureka Mining, which has mining operations in Russia and Kingdom Employees (2004): 521 Kevin A. Foo
Kazakhstan. Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold (which holds a Phone: +44-20-7921-8800 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director:
Celtic Resources 10% stake in the company) has a partnership deal to help develop Fax: +44-20-7921-8801 (-17.80%) Michael Palmer
Holdings plc Celtic Resources' precious metal projects in Kazakhstan.
development company explores for gold, silver, and copper in Fiscal Year End: June
Egypt. Its principal property is the promising Sukari Gold project, Address: 57 Kishorn Rd. Revenue (2004): 1.10 M
located in the Eastern Desert Concession. The project is estimated Mt. Pleasant, Western Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 72.80% • Chairman: Sami El-
to hold nearly 3 million ounces of gold. It is also testing other 6153, Australia Employees (2004): 42 Raghy
nearby prospects located in the area. In addition, Centamin Egypt Phone: +61-8-9316-2640 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Managing Director:
Centamin Egypt has an interest in the Nelson's Fleet gold exploration operation in Fax: +61-8-9316-2650 (-33.30%) Josef El-Raghy
Limited Australia.
Centerra Gold will go to great distances to get gold. Operating
mainly in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union, the company
produces about 900,000 ounces of gold annually. Its Boroo • Chairman: Patrick M.
(Mongolia) and Kumtor (Kyrgyz Republic) mines account for all of Address: 1 University Ave., Ste. James
Centerra's production. The company is exploring adjacent 1500 • President, CEO, and
properties around its mines, as well as a plot of land in Nevada. Toronto, Ontario M5J 2P1, Director: Leonard A.
Uranium producer Cameco Corporation spun off its gold business Canada (Len) Homeniuk
to form Centerra, but still controls more than 50% of the company. Phone: 416-204-1953 • EVP and CFO: David
Kyrgyzaltyn, which processes and refines gold from the Kumtor Fax: 416-204-1954 M. Petroff
Centerra Gold Inc. mine, holds about 15% of Centerra.
At Chaparral Steel, the I-beams of Texas are upon you, all the live- • Chairman: James M.
long day. The minimill operator makes structural steel and steel Hoak Jr.
bar products, such as large steel beams, specialty bar products, • President, CEO, and
and reinforcing bar (rebar). It operates mills in Texas and Virginia. Address: 300 Ward Rd. Director: Tommy A.
Chaparral sells its products to cold finishers, forgers, Midlothian, TX 76065 Valenta
manufacturers, steel fabricators, and steel service centers, Phone: 972-775-8241 Fiscal Year End: May • VP and COO: William
Chaparral Steel primarily in North America. Former parent Texas Industries, Inc., Fax: 972-775-1930 Revenue (2005): 1116.40 M H. Dickert
Company [CHAP] (TXI) spun off Chaparral Steel to shareholders in July 2005. Yes
 least that's what it hopes. Chapleau is a gold exploration company
focused on the Americas. The company owns a 25% interest in
Indian Ranch in Nevada, with partner Placer Dome, where it is Address: 135 - 10th Ave. South, • Chairman and
exploring for gold deposits. It is also exploring several properties in Ste. 104 Secretary: Allan Rella
British Columbia, Canada. In 2005, Chapleau acquired a Cranbrook, British Columbia V1C • CEO and Director: Jim
polymetallic property from Teck Cominco in Argentina. The 2N1, Canada Stypula
company's move into Argentina over the last couple of years is Phone: 250-489-5156 • President and Director:
Chapleau designed to give it a foothold in the South American mining Fax: 250-489-5185 Eric Wiltzen
Resources Ltd. market.
The chief asset of Chief Consolidated Mining is 19,000 acres of
land near Eureka, Utah, that the company hopes will yield valuable
minerals. The company has been working to develop the Burgin
Mine (silver, plus lead and zinc) and the Trixie Mine (gold, silver,
and copper). Environmental cleanup obligations associated with
Chief earlier mining operations on the property have delayed the Address: 304 S. Beck
Consolidated company's progress, however. Chief Consolidated Mining also has Eureka, UT 84628 • Acting President and
Mining Company studied the possibility of developing some of its land for Phone: 435-433-6881 CEO: Richard R.
[CFCM.PK] commercial and residential use. Schreiber Yes
and sells billets and strips to customers in China, which mainly
consist of steel manufacturers who further process the billets and
strips into downstream steel products such as angles, rebars, wire
rods and pipes. China Oriental's production facilities are located in Address: Great Eagle Centre, 9th
Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Its steel production facilities Fl., Ste. 901-2 and 10, 23 Harbour Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
consist of a sintering and pelletizing plant, an iron smelting plant, a Rd., Revenue (2004): 1100.60 M Han Jingyuan
steel making plant, and a steel rolling plant. The company's China Hong Kong Revenue Growth (1 yr): 72.80% • Financial Controller and
China Oriental annual production capacity exceeds 3 million tons of billets, Phone: +852-2511-1369 Employees (2004): 4,617 Company Secretary: Lai
Group Company making China Oriental one of the largest suppliers of billets in Fax: +852-2511-1301 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.50% Po Sing
Limited China.
based energy company in China. CSEC operates four mining
groups -- two underground mines (Shendong Mines and Wanli
Mines) and two open-cut mines (Zhunge'er Mines and Shengli
Mines) -- with a total of 21 operating mines in western and
northern China. The Shendong Mines account for close to 80% of Fiscal Year End: December
its total coal production. CSEC owns and operates four railway Address: Zhouji Tower, 4th Fl., Revenue (2004): 4739.50 M
lines and port facilities for the transportation of its coal. The 16 Ande Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): 45.50%
company also operates and develops power plants in Beijing- Beijing 100011, China Employees (2004): 54,340
China Shenhua Tianjin-Hebei, Zhejiang, and Guangdong with an total installed Phone: +86-10-5813-3355 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Energy Company capacity of close to 6,000 MW. Shenhua Group holds just over Fax: +86-10-8488-2107 (-42.00%)
Limited 80% of the company. • Chaiman: Chen Biting
The earth suffers a little death every time Climax Molybdenum
pulls its product out of the ground. The company produces and
supplies molybdenum (also known as moly) from its underground • President: David H.
and open-pit mines in Arizona and Colorado, including the (Dave) Thornton
Henderson mine. The company also operates molybdenum • VP, Technology and
processing and roasting facilities in the US and Europe (UK and Business Development:
the Netherlands). Molybdenum is used primarily by the steel Address: 1 N. Central Ave. Mohamed Khan
industry as an anti-corrosive and, on a smaller scale, the chemical Phoenix, AZ 85004-4415 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Engineered
Climax industry. Founded in 1916, Climax Molybdenum is a subsidiary of Phone: 602-366-8100 Revenue (2005): 35.10 M Materials: James C. (Jim)
Molybdenum Phelps Dodge's mining operations. Climax makes Phelps Dodge Fax: 602-366-7317 Employees (2005): 200 Handley
Company the world's #1 molybdenum producer.
 Cline Mining is inclined to keep its mining business close to home.
The natural resources company holds several potential • Chairman: William (Bill)
metallurgical coal-producing (for use in steelmaking) properties in McKnight
British Columbia. Its most promising coal properties include the Address: 530 Lasalle Blvd. • President, CEO, and
Lossan and Lodgepole coal mine properties, which are both Sudbury, Ontario P3A 1W9, Director: Kenneth H.
undergoing feasibility studies. Cline Mining also owns an iron ore Canada Bates
property in Madagascar and a gold project in Ontario. The Phone: 705-560-8100 • EVP and COO: Gordon
Cline Mining company has a strategic relationship with major shareholder Mitsui Fax: 705-560-8521 Gormley
Corporation Matsushima of Japan to sell its coal on the international market.
Cloudbreak Resources is looking for a lucky break in its search for
gold and other minerals. Formerly Condor Gold Fields Inc.,
Cloudbreak is a development-stage company involved in
identifying and acquiring resource properties. The company has an
interest in the Gollete property, a key gold prospect in Argentina's Address: 409 Granville St. - Ste.
Valle de Cura region of northwestern San Juan. It is also providing 1458
detailed geological mapping and geochemical sampling to IMA Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and Director:
Exploration to help identify targets needing further exploration for 1T2, Canada Mitchell (Mitch) Adam
mineral properties. Cloubreak has agreed to acquire an interest up Phone: 604-669-3707 • CFO and Director:
Cloudbreak to 60% on the Talea gold-silver property in Oaxaca, Mexico, from Fax: 604-669-3797 Bruce Bragagnolo
Resources Ltd. Continuum Resources Ltd.
ASAP. The company, through its subsidiaries August Industries 400
and Montezuma Holdings, has ongoing exploration projects in Calgary, Alberta T2P 1E5, Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: Martin R. Lambert
Nevada (Vasquir and Montezuma) and Finland (Kuusamo). Its Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M
Montezuma property is about 8,000 acres in Eureka County, Phone: 403-261-4653 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO: David M. McGoey
CMQ Resources Nevada. CMQ Resources' Finnish project is located near the Arctic Fax: 403-294-0105 (-32.20%)
Inc. Circle.
Coastport Capital hopes to hit the mother lode in its new line of Address: 595 Howe St., Ste. 501
business. The capital pool company acquired an interest in a Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and Director:
Nicaraguan mining exploration project in 2004. Still in its early 2T3, Canada Laurie W. Sadler
stages of development, the San Ramon project will additionally Phone: 604-685-8287 • Public Relations:
Coastport Capital involve operating as a joint venture with Radius Gold Inc. It is Fax: 604-685-4675 Warwick G. Smith
Inc. believed to contain several major gold quartz veins.
It isn't difficult to understand what business Comaplex Minerals is Fiscal Year End: December
in. The company explores for precious and base metals in Canada Address: 1015 4th St. SW, Ste. Revenue (2004): 1.60 M
and Mexico. In Canada, it is involved in joint ventures with 901 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
Cumberland Resources, WMC Resources, and Placer Dome to Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J4, (-33.40%) Director: George F. Fink
primarily develop gold properties in the Nunavut region. Comaplex Canada Employees (2004): 3 • VP, Finance, CFO, and
holds stakes in oil and natural gas properties to help fund its Phone: 403-265-2846 Employee Growth (1 yr): Secretary: Garth E.
Comaplex mining activities. Gold Fields Limited holds a 20% interest in the Fax: 403-232-1421 (-25.00%) Schultz
Minerals Corp. company.
Commander Resources is looking for a stronghold of copper, gold, Address: 510 Burrard St., Ste.
nickel, and other metals. The company is mainly pursuing its Baffin 510 • Chairman: William J.
Island gold project in Nunavut, Canada. It is also exploring other Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: December Coulter
copper, gold, and nickel projects throughout British Columbia, 3A8, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • President, CEO, and
Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Yukon. The company has Phone: 604-685-5254 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Kenneth E.
Commander a stake in diamond exploration company Diamonds North Fax: 604-685-2814 (-76.70%) Leigh
Resources Ltd. Resources.
 Commerce Group owns El Salvador's San Sebastian Gold Mine,
which contains some 1.5 million ounces of gold reserves. Address: 6001 N. 91st St. Fiscal Year End: March • Chairman, President,
Production at the mine has been suspended since 1999, however, Milwaukee, WI 53225-1795 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M CEO, COO, CFO, and
while the company works to raise money to upgrade the facility's Phone: 414-462-5310 Employees (2004): 45 Treasurer: Edward L.
Commerce Group gold-processing equipment. Commerce Group also explores for Fax: 414-462-5312 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.30% Machulak
Corp. [CGCO.OB] other gold and silver mining opportunities in El Salvador. Yes
Mining for tantalum is a tantalizing idea for Commerce Resources.
The junior natural resources company explores tantalum and
niobium deposits on 18 square miles of claims it owns in eastern Address: 789 W. Pender St., Ste.
British Columbia. The company's Fir claims hold inferred deposits 1450
of 203 tons of tantalum and 1,047 tons of niobium; its Verity claims Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
hold inferred reserves of 196 tons of tantalum and 646 tons of 1H2, Canada
niobium. Tantalum is a valuable mineral used to make efficient Phone: 604-484-2700
Commerce capacitors in cell phones, laptop computers, and other electronics. Fax: 604-681-8240 • President and Director:
Resources Corp. Niobium is used to block corrosion in stainless steel. David I. Hodge
The ballots are in -- and this committee votes for gold. Committee
Bay Resources is a Canadian gold exploration company, seeking • Chairman: John Robins
gold primarily in the prolific Committee Bay greenstone belt located Address: 9797 45th Ave., Ste.
in Nunavut, Canada. The company has also expanded its 220 • President, CEO, and
exploration activities to Argentina and Australia. It moved into Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5V8, Director: John
Australia in 2005 when it acquired local mining outfit Matador Canada Williamson
Exploration. South African exploration and development company Phone: 780-437-6624 • VP, CFO, and Director:
Committee Bay Gold Fields Limited has options to invest in over half of the Fax: 780-439-7308 Sean Mager
Resources Ltd. ownership of Committee Bay.
company with operations in Canada. Its main asset is the Basin Address: 885 Dunsmuir St., Ste.
Coal mine in British Columbia. In 2004 the company acquired a 584 • Chairman, President,
100% interest in the Basin Coal property. It is looking to acquire Vancouver, British Columbia V6C and CEO: James C.
other thermal coal mines in Canada. Expanding beyond coal 1N5, Canada (Jim) O'Rourke
Compliance mining, the company is also involved in electrical power generation Phone: 604-689-0489 • CFO and Director:
Energy and coal bed methane exploration. Compliance Energy was Fax: 604-681-5910 Rodney A. (Rod) Shier
Corporation formed in 2000.
ComWest Enterprise (formerly ComWest Capital Corp.) had
hoped you'll get a charge out of electric vehicles, but it is now
digging another business plan. Through its 50% interest in Dynasty
Electric Car, ComWest manufactured a line of low-speed, zero-
emission electric cars under the Dynasty name. ComWest sold its
interest in Dynasty in May 2004. In December 2005 ComWest
Capital merged with Chatworth Resources, which has an option to Address: 591 Chester Rd.
purchase 50% of some mining operations in British Columbia. As Delta, British Columbia V3M 6G7,
part of the agreement, Chatworth shareholders received 60% of Canada
the shares in the new, amalgamated company while ComWest Phone: 604-526-6126 • President and CFO:
ComWest shareholders received the remaining 40%. The combined Fax: 604-526-1746 Douglas F. Good
Enterprise Corp. company was renamed ComWest Enterprise Corp.
• Chairman: John F.
Conquest Resources is on the march for gold around the world. Kearney
The company has numerous exploration properties in Canada and Address: 347 Bay St., Ste. 201 • President, CEO, and
Africa (Tanzania and Zimbabwe). Conquest Resources is actively Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7, Director: Terence N.
exploring its Alexander Project in the prolific Red Lake area of Canada McKillen
Conquest northern Ontario. It also holds an indirect interest in a property in Phone: 416-362-8243 • VP and Director: D.
Resources Central Asia. In addition the company holds a significant stake in Fax: 416-368-5344 Brett Whitelaw
Limited Oxus Gold, which operates in Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
 Conroy Diamonds and Gold doesn't mind what it finds, as long as
its either diamonds or gold. The company is primarily exploring the • Executive Chairman:
Longford-Down Massif in the Armagh-Monaghan gold belt, which Prof Richard Conroy
straddles Ireland's County Monaghan and Northern Ireland's Address: 10 Upper Pembroke St. Fiscal Year End: May • Managing Director:
County Armagh. It is also exploring the Tullybuck-Lisglassan gold Dublin 2, Ireland Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Maureen T. A. Jones
deposit in County Monaghan. Conroy Diamonds and Gold had Phone: +353-1-661-8958 Employees (2005): 10 • Finance Director:
Conroy Diamonds also explored for diamonds in Finland, but those interests were de- Fax: +353-1-662-1213 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.10% James P. Jones
and Gold P.l.c. merged into another company, Karelian Diamond Resources.
one of the US's largest coal mining companies, along with
Peabody Energy and Arch Coal. The company has some 4.5
billion tons of proved and probable reserves, mainly in northern
and central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and it produces
about 70 million tons of coal annually. CONSOL primarily mines
bituminous coal, which burns cleaner than lower grades. Address: Consol Plaza, 1800 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: John L.
Customers include electric utilities and steel mills; Allegheny Washington Rd. Revenue (2005): 3377.50 M Whitmire
Energy accounts for about 10% of CONSOL's sales. CONSOL Pittsburgh, PA 15241-1421 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 25.50% • President, CEO, and
delivers coal using its own railroad cars, export terminals, and fleet Phone: 412-831-4000 Employees (2004): 6,982 Director: J. Brett Harvey
CONSOL Energy of towboats and barges. The company also engages in natural gas Fax: 412-831-4103 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.00% • CFO: William J. Lyons
Inc. [CNX] exploration and production. Yes
A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow may belong to this company.
That is, of course, if the rainbow ends on one of its properties.
Consolidated Abaddon Resources is a precious metal and
uranium exploration company engaged in the development of
properties in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan and Address: 885 W. Georgia St.,
the Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, Canada. Its Ste. 1490
other properties include about 15,000 acres of potential uranium Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
property in Saskatchewan, as well as an interest in about 5,500 3E8, Canada
Consolidated acres of land in the Red Lake Gold Camp in Ontario (also known Phone: 604-687-3376
Abaddon as the Black Bear II and Sidace Lake properties). Abaddon's Fax: 604-687-3119 • President and CEO:
Resources Inc. revenue is generally derived from interest income. James G. (Jim) Pettit
Consolidated Global Minerals pretty much sticks to mineral
exploration in North America. Through its Mount Royale Ventures Address: 837 W. Hastings St.,
subsidiary, the company is involved in gold exploration at the Front Ste. 308
Range project in Colorado. It also has various other option Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
agreements for mineral claims in Canada and the US. In 2004 the 1B6, Canada Director: George W.
Consolidated company sold its mineral holdings in Tunisia to Maghreb Minerals. Phone: 604-632-0085 Heard
Global Minerals As a result of the sale Consolidated Global Minerals has a roughly Fax: 604-605-0009 • CFO: Alec Peck
Ltd. 30% stake in Maghreb.
Address: Three Bentall Center,
You will find this animal only in the outer reaches of Russia. 595 Burrard St., Ste. 3100 • President and Director:
Consolidated Puma Minerals explores and develops mineral Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Roger T. Richer
properties in the Kola peninsula of northwest Russia. The 1J1, Canada • CFO: Mark A. Corra
Consolidated company's main focus is on the exploration and mining of platinum Phone: 604-681-8371 • EVP, Development and
Puma Minerals and palladium at its East Pansky property (purchased from Bema Fax: 604-681-6209 Director: Jerry R. Korpan
Corp. in 2002). Bema Gold holds a 55% interest in Puma Minerals.
Address: 1250 - 800 W. Pender • CEO, President, and
Consolidated Spire Ventures aspires to find natural resource St. Director: Robert B.
properties. The company is a minerals exploration company Vancouver, British Columbia V6C (Brian) Buchanan
operating in Canada and Mexico. Its holdings in properties include 2V6, Canada • CFO, Secretary, and
Consolidated the Prospect Valley Gold Property (in an option agreement with Phone: 604-662-7455 Director: Shiraz (Raz)
Spire Ventures Almaden Minerals) in British Columbia and the Tetasiari Gold Fax: 604-683-1055 Hussein
Ltd. Property in Mexico. None of Spire's properties are in production.
 The company, formerly Misty Mountain Gold, is one of mining
investment/management firm Hunter Dickinson, Inc.'s (HDI's) • Co-Chairman:
stable of companies. Continental Minerals is focusing on Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. Raymond J. Soper
exploration and development -- it owns no properties and has 1020 • President, CEO, and
none in production. The company is primarily exploring the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: Gerald S.
Continental Xietongmen copper and gold property in Tibet. It has a partnership 2V6, Canada Panneton
Minerals with Great China Mining in the project, and in early 2006 Phone: 604-684-6365 • Co-Chairman: Ronald
Corporation Continental agreed to merge with Great China. Continental and Fax: 604-684-8092 W. Thiessen
[KMKCF.OB] HDI share several key executives. Yes
They know how to watch their pennies at Copper and Brass Sales.
The operation is part of German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp's
nonferrous metals and plastics processing and distribution
business, ThyssenKrupp Materials (TMX). Copper and Brass
Sales processes and distributes aluminum, brass, bronze, copper,
nickel, zinc, and stainless and carbon steels. The operation's • President: William G.
processing capabilities include annealing, cutting to length, edge Address: 22355 W. 11 Mile Rd. (Bill) Sabol
conditioning, slitting, tension leveling, and rerolling. Copper and Southfield, MI 48034-4735 • CFO: Mark Yonick
Brass Sales has more than 35 locations in the US and Canada, Phone: 248-233-5700 • EVP and COO: Richard
Copper and Brass where it stocks a variety of alloys, shapes, and sizes in order to Fax: 248-233-5777 J. Greaves
Sales reduce processing and delivery time.
holdings in California and Nevada, focusing on the Robertson
Mining Claims which reside in Crescent Valley, Nevada. The
exploration company seeks prospects through mapping, Address: 455 Granville St., Ste.
prospecting, geophysics, and drilling on its properties. Coral 400 Fiscal Year End: January • Chairman: Robert R.
Energy Corporation and Coral Resources comprise the list of Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 0.00 M (Rob) McEwen
Coral Gold's two wholly-owned subsidiaries. None of its mining 1T1, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 56.70% • President, CEO, and
operations are in production. In 2006 U.S. Gold announced plans Phone: 604-682-3701 Employees (2004): 3 Director: Matt Wayrynen
Coral Gold to acquire Coral Gold. Chairman Robert McEwen is also chairman Fax: 604-682-3600 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • CFO: Lindsay E. Gorrill
Resources Ltd. and CEO of U.S.Gold.
what will they come up with? It might just be the Corex Gold Address: 409 Granville St., Ste.
Corporation. The mining company has turned its attention to 350 • President, CEO, and
Mexico to explore and develop gold properties in Zacatecas State. Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Director: Craig D.
Corex Gold's primary exploration projects include the El Trebol 1T2, Canada Schneider
property, the Santa Rita property, and the Zuloaga property, which Phone: 604-683-2505 • CFO: Terese J.
Corex Gold are all 100%-owned. None of its mineral properties are in Fax: 604-683-2506 Gieselman
Corporation production.
of resources. Through the single subsidiary Cornerstone Address: 109 Clyde Ave. • Chairman and CEO:
Resources, it explores for gold and copper in more than a dozen Mount Pearl, Newfoundland A1N John M. Fleming
mineral reserve properties throughout Newfoundland and 4R9, Canada • President and Director:
Cornerstone Labrador. The company partners with other mining companies, Phone: 709-745-8377 Glen H. McKay
Capital Resources including Falconbridge, in order to help fund its exploration Fax: 709-747-1183 • CFO: David R. Loveys
Inc. projects.
Address: 2200 Yonge St., Ste.
Corona Gold Corporation digs for precious and base metals in its 905
own backyard. The Canadian mining company primarily explores Toronto, Ontario M4S 2C6, Fiscal Year End: December
properties in northwestern Ontario. It main properties include Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • President and CEO:
Thunder Lake West (83%-owned) and Dayohessarah Lake. Teck Phone: 416-482-8606 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Murray John
Corona Gold Corporation holds the remaining stake in Thunder Lake West. Fax: 416-488-1676 (-36.10%) • CFO: Peter C. McRae
Corporation Corona Gold Corporation was originally formed in 2002.
 • CEO and Chairman:
Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. Kenneth R. (Ken)
Corriente Resources has hitched itself to a copper belt. The 520 Shannon
company explores and develops copper and gold projects in Latin Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President: Thomas E.
America. Its primary operation is a stake in property along the 2V6, Canada (Tom) Milner
Corriente Corriente Copper Belt in southeast Ecuador. The company has an Phone: 604-687-0449 • CFO and Secretary:
Resources Inc. alliance with BHP Billiton to explore projects. Management owns Fax: 604-687-0827 Darryl F. Jones
[ETQ] more than 10% of Corriente Resources. Yes
Cream Minerals isn't interested in nougat, but it would like to get its Address: 570 Granville St., Ste.
hands on a nugget. The company explores for gold and other 1400 • Chairman, President,
precious metals, primarily at properties in Canada and Mexico Vancouver, British Columbia V6C and CEO: Frank A. Lang
(through subsidiary Cream de Mexico). In 2005 it launched into a 3P1, Canada • CFO and Corporate
diamond exploration project with a partner in Sierra Leone, West Phone: 604-687-4622 Secretary: Shannon M.
Cream Minerals Africa. Chairman and CEO Frank Lang owns more than 30% of Fax: 604-687-4212 Ross
Ltd. [CRMXF.OB] Cream Minerals. Yes
operations include mining for precious metals, coalbed methane
gas contract drilling, and pipe construction operations. U.S. Energy
(USE) owns a 70% stake in Crested, and the two companies own
stakes in uranium and gold properties in Wyoming and Utah and a
molybdenum property in Colorado. Through Sutter Gold Mining • Chairman and CEO:
subsidiary, the company is seeking to expand its gold, uranium, John L. Larsen
and molybdenum properties. USE and Crested also manage a Address: 877 N. 8th West • President and COO:
fixed base aircraft facility and rental properties in Wyoming. In Riverton, WY 82501 Keith G. Larsen
2005 USE and Crested sold Rocky Mountain Gas, their oil and gas Phone: 307-856-9271 • SVP and Director:
Crested Corp. exploration and production subsidiary, to Enterra Energy Trust for Fax: 307-857-3050 Harold F. Herron
[CBAG.OB] about $20 million. Yes
Crew Gold has dispersed its team around the globe. The company
has mining properties in Africa, Greenland, Norway, and the
Philippines. Its key projects include 82%-owned Nalunaq,
Aquliaruseq, and Nanortalik, all in southern Greenland; the Hurdal Address: Abbey House,
molybdenum property in Norway; the Barberton gold mine in South Wellington Way • Executive Chairman:
Africa; and several nickel-sulfur-gold sites in the Philippines. Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0TT, Hans C. Qvist
Commercial production at Nalunaq, its chief operating mine, began United Kingdom • President, CEO, and
Crew Gold in 2004; the mine currently produces about 60,000 ounces of gold Phone: +44-193-226-8755 Director: Jan A. Vestrum
Corporation annually. Crew Gold has assets of more than 3 million ounces of Fax: +44-193-226-8756 • CFO: James Cole
[CRUGF.PK] gold. Yes
Cross Lake Minerals will cross any lake if it means finding precious
metals. The mineral exploration and development company
explores for natural resource properties for base and precious Address: 1255 W. Pender St. • Chairman: Donald
metals and owns interests in 14 properties in Canada. Its main Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Fiscal Year End: December Sheldon
property is the QR Property in British Columbia (acquired from 2V1, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and Director:
Kinross Gold in 2004). Cross Lake Minerals is also examining the Phone: 604-687-2038 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Gordon A. Keevil
Cross Lake Ruddock Creek property for lead, zinc, and silver metals. In Fax: 604-687-3141 (-34.00%) • CFO: Carmon Currie
Minerals Ltd. addition, the company has interests in properties in Ontario.
 • Chairman: Steven A.
Webster
• President, CEO, and
Director; President and
Crown Resources hopes to reign over a kingdom of gold called CEO, Solitario:
Buckhorn Mountain. The project, in Washington state, has proven Christopher E. (Chris)
and probable reserves of nearly 1 million ounces of gold. Crown Address: 4251 Kipling St., Ste. Herald
Resources has been unable to raise enough money to develop the 390 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Finance, CFO,
Buckhorn Mountain project on its own, however, and the company Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Secretary, and
Crown Resources has agreed to be acquired by Kinross Gold, which owns a milling Phone: 303-534-1030 Employees (2004): 7 Treasurer; VP, Finance,
Corporation facility near the Buckhorn site. Company chairman Steven Fax: 303-534-1809 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Sec: James R. Maronick
[CRCE.OB] Webster controls a 33% stake in Crown Resources. Yes
Pencil this down: Crystal Graphite mines and processes flake
graphite for use in the fuel cell industry. The company excavates
the mineral from open pit mines on claims covering 31 sq. mi. near
the Valhalla Wilderness Provincial Park in British Columbia. The
company can run 4,100 tons per year of flake graphite, but has Address: 999 W. Hastings St., • President, CEO, and
plans to expand its processing plant. Its high-purity flake graphite Ste. 1750 Director: Gordon J. Sales
is sold to make bi-polar plates used in fuel cells; the rest goes to Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: August
the carbon brush and friction plate markets. In 2004 the company 2W2, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.30 M • CFO: Bernie Zacharias
Crystal Graphite entered the pumice market when it acquired volcanic aggregate Phone: 604-681-3060 Employees (2004): 8 • SVP, COO, and
Corporation firm CPC. Fallen on hard times, the company entered bankruptcy Fax: 604-682-4886 Employee Growth (1 yr): 60.00% Director: Brian C. Wear
[CYTGF.PK] in 2006. Yes
Cumberland Resources is a mineral exploration and development
company with an emphasis on gold. The company is involved in • President, CEO, and
developing three properties in Nunavut, Canada -- primarily the Address: 505 Burrard St., Ste. Director: Kerry M. Curtis
Meadowbank project, but it also has interests in the Meliadine East 950 • Chairman: Walter T.
and West projects. Meadowbank is in the Kivalliq district of Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Segsworth
northern Canada. Cumberland Resources has been drilling holes 1M4, Canada • CFO and Corporate
at the Meadowbank project for the past several years to determine Phone: 604-608-2557 Secretary: Michael L.
Cumberland its strike potential. The company estimates that the project holds Fax: 604-608-2559 Carroll
Resources Ltd. gold reserves of about 2.5 million ounces.
and other precious metals. Cusac Gold Mines develops precious
metals mining properties in Canada. Since 1985 its Table
Mountain Gold Mine in British Columbia has produced more than
250,000 ounces of gold, but the mine has been in care-and- Address: 911 - 470 Granville St.
maintenance status since 1999. It is also exploring for platinum in Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Chairman: Guilford H.
the Similkameen Mining Division in British Columbia, however. 1V5, Canada Brett
The company stopped its Golden Loon platinum exploration Phone: 604-682-2421 • CEO, CFO, and
Cusac Gold Mines project due to poor results and also dropped its option on the Fax: 604-682-7576 Director: David H. Brett
Ltd. [CUSIF.OB] Taurus Gold Project.
Address: 885 W. Georgia St.,
Cypress Development is a precious and base metal exploration Ste. 1490 • President and CEO:
and development company. The company operates several gold Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Donald C. (Don) Huston
and silver projects in Ontario, as well as three zinc and gold 3E8, Canada • VP, Corporate
Cypress deposits in Nevada and a nickel project in South Voisey Bay, Phone: 604-687-3376 Communications: Donald
Development Labrador. It stopped exploration at its Labrador property in 2004. Fax: 604-687-3119 G. (Don) Myers
Corp. None of the company's projects are in production.
 Its predecessor was created in 1967 to sell nylon to Southeast
Asia, but Daewoo International has stretched beyond that business
to become one of South Korea's leading international trading
companies. Trading primarily in chemicals, textiles, metals, and Address: 541 5-Ga
steel, Daewoo International was formed in 2000 when Daewoo Namdaemunno, Chung Gu, CPO
Corporation, once the flagship of the now-defunct Daewoo Group, Box 2810 Fiscal Year End: December
split into three companies. Daewoo International took on Daewoo Seoul, South Korea Revenue (2004): 4789.90 M
Daewoo Corporation's trading business. Since then Daewoo International Phone: +82-2-759-2114 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.50%
International has drastically trimmed its workforce, overseas operations, and Fax: +82-2-753-9489 Employees (2004): 2,020 • President and CEO:
Corporation joint ventures. Lee Tae-Yong
Desert Sun Mining believes precious metals are hot. The mining
company is focused on the exploration and development of the Address: 65 Queen St. West,
Jacobina Project at Bahia Gold Belt property located in Ste. 810 • Chairman: Stan Barti
northeastern Brazil. The property was closed in 1998 due to falling Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M5, • President and CEO:
gold prices, but Desert Sun Mining is reopening the mine. The Canada Fiscal Year End: December Bruce Humphrey
company estimates the Bahia property holds up to 1.4 million Phone: 416-861-0341 Revenue (2005): 17.40 M • CFO: Stephen
Desert Sun Mining ounces of gold. In 2006 fellow Canadian miner Yamana Gold Fax: 416-861-8165 Employees (2004): 290 Woodhead
Corp. acquired Desert Sun for about $500 million in stock.
Donner Metals (formerly Donner Minerals) is on the hunt for base
metals in Canada's back country. The company has copper and
nickel exploration projects which include South Voisey Bay Address: 157 Alexander St., 3rd
(Labrador), Stephens Lake (Manitoba), and Rainbow (Nunavut). Fl.
Mining firms Falconbridge and Teck Cominco have joint ventures Vancouver, British Columbia V6A • CEO and Director:
with the company to explore some of these mineral properties. In 1B8, Canada David (Dave) Patterson
2005 the company restructured and split into two businesses: Phone: 604-683-0564 • President and Director:
Donner Metals Donner Metals runs the mineral exploration operations, while Fax: 604-602-9311 Harvey Keats
Ltd. Donner Petroleum took over the oil and gas exploration unit.
operates the Shoal Creek underground coal mine in Alabama and
the Pribennow surface coal mine in Colombia. Drummond's ABC
Coke unit produces foundry coke, which is used mainly in the • Chairman and CEO:
automotive, construction, smelter and sugar industries, at a plant Garry N. Drummond Sr.
in Alabama. In addition, Drummond develops housing Address: 1000 Urban Center Dr., • SEVP, External Affairs
communities and office parks in Alabama, California, and Florida. Ste. 300 and Treasurer: Walter F.
H. E. Drummond began his namesake company in 1935 on land Birmingham, AL 35242 Johnsey
homesteaded by his mother; eventually his five sons entered the Phone: 205-945-6500 • SVP and CFO: Jack
Drummond business. The Drummond family still owns and manages the Fax: 205-945-6440 Stilwell
Company, Inc. company.
There is more to Dumont Nickel than its name might suggest. The Address: 230 Richmond St.
company primarily operates the Clifton-Goldhill gold, silver, and West, Ste. 802 • Chairman: Denis A.
copper joint venture (with Clifton Mining and Woodman Mining) in Toronto, Ontario M5V 1V6, Clement
western Utah and the Attawapiskat diamond property in the James Canada • President, CEO,
Bay area of Ontario. Dumont Nickel also holds interests in other Phone: 416-595-1195 Secretary, and Director:
Dumont Nickel exploration properties in Canada. None of its properties are in Fax: 416-595-5458 Shahé F. Sabag
Inc. production.
Dundarave Resources, formerly JABA Exploration, is on the hunt Exploration: James A.
for precious and base minerals in Mexico, the US, and South Address: 885 W. Georgia St., Briscoe
America. The company's exploration projects include Beatty, Silver Ste. 1500 • President, CEO, and
Bell, and Redrock Canyon gold properties (US); Niko silver and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: Paul F. Matysek
base metal project (Mexico); and the Tecka copper property 3E8, Canada
(Argentina). Dundarave Resources finances some of its operations Phone: 604-408-4777 • CFO and Secretary:
Dundarave through joint venture partnerships. None of its projects are in Fax: 604-408-4799 Brent Peters
Resources Inc. production.
 Dynacor Mines is engaged in the exploration and development of Address: 1801 McGill College
precious metal properties in Peru. The company does custom Ave., Ste. 1325
milling (producing about 10,000 ounces of gold annually) at its Montreal, Quebec H3A 2N4, • Chairman: Jean
Acari gold mine. It has purchased more equipment to expand Canada Fiscal Year End: December Martineau
production of the mine. Dynacor is exploring several other Phone: 450-667-3224 Revenue (2004): 4.70 M • President, CEO, and
Dynacor Mines properties in Peru including Casaden, Cerro Calvan, and Fax: 450-667-2520 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.60% Director: Marc Blais
Inc. Tumipampa.
Dynamic Materials Corporation (DMC) has an explosive
personality when it comes to working with metal. The company
(formerly Explosive Fabricators) uses explosives to metallurgically
bond, or "clad," metal plates (usually joining a corrosion-resistant
alloy and carbon steel). Clad metal is used to make heavy-duty Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Michel
industrial pressure vessels and heat exchangers. The company Revenue (2005): 79.30 M Nicolas
also produces components using more traditional metalworking Address: 5405 Spine Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): 46.30% • President and CEO:
techniques such as machining, rolling, and hydraulic expansion. Boulder, CO 80301 Employees (2004): 163 Yvon Pierre Cariou
Dynamic Materials DMC's AMK Welding subsidiary machines and welds parts Phone: 303-665-5700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP CFO and Secretary:
Corporation primarily for the commercial aircraft and aerospace industries. Fax: 303-604-1897 (-14.20%) Richard A. (Rick) Santa
[BOOM] SNPE Inc., a subsidiary of SNPE S.A., owns 52% of the company. Yes
provides services to mining companies worldwide through two
divisions: Mining Services (mine design, construction, and
operation) and Metallurgical Technologies (development and Address: 9555 Yonge St., Ste. • Chairman: Ian W.
commercialization of metals). Its primary project is the Ambatovy 200 Fiscal Year End: December Delaney
project (nickel and cobalt in Madagascar). In 2005 Dynatec Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 9M5, Revenue (2004): 123.60 M • President and CEO:
received a 20% stake in FNX Mining, in exchange FNX now holds Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.40% Bruce V. Walter
Dynatec's stake in the Sudbury project and its interest in Aurora Phone: 905-780-1980 Employees (2004): 1,222 • EVP, COO, and
Dynatec Platinum. Chairman Ian Delaney is also chairman of Sherritt Fax: 905-780-1990 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.00%) Director: John W. Lill
Corporation International.
Eaglecrest Explorations has an eagle eye when it comes to finding
gold. The company owns concessions covering 64 square miles in
the Itenez Province of northeastern Bolivia. Early Spanish Address: 1055 W. Hastings St., • President and CEO:
explorers discovered and mined gold in the vicinity, and the region Ste. 300 Carl A. Erickson
is still home to some small-scale miners. Eaglecrest Exploration Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • CFO: William Jung
has been trenching and drilling to locate a high grade gold deposit 2E9, Canada • VP, Corporate
in the quartz veins that run throughout the area. Some material is Phone: 604-684-7160 Development: Paul M.
Eaglecrest analyzed at the site by a bulk sampling crusher mill, while other Fax: 604-684-7160 Zdeblak
Explorations Ltd. samples are shipped to laboratories in Bolivia and Peru.
One of the largest steel distributors in North America, Earle M.
Jorgensen primarily sells bars, tubing, and plate products made
from carbon, alloy, and stainless steels; aluminum; and brass.
Customers include companies in industries such as construction
and farm equipment, general machining, industrial equipment, oil • Chairman: David M.
and gas, and transportation; machining companies account for Roderick
more than a quarter of sales. The company operates a network of Address: 10650 Alameda St. Fiscal Year End: March • CEO and Director:
more than 35 service centers and processing facilities in the US Lynwood, CA 90262 Revenue (2005): 1608.90 M Maurice S. Nelson Jr.
Earle M. and Canada. Funds managed by investment firm Kelso & Phone: 323-567-1122 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 54.60% • President and COO: R.
Jorgensen Company owned more than half of Earle M. Jorgensen until it was Fax: 323-563-5500 Employees (2005): 1,712 Neil McCaffery
Company acquired by rival Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2006.
 Earth Sciences is holding on to its pieces of earth. The company
owns mineral rights in the western US and in Venezuela, but it is
not conducting any exploration activities. In 2003 Earth Sciences
spun off its main operating subsidiary, environmental technology
and specialty chemicals company ADA-ES. Through Canadian Address: 8100 South Park Way, • Chairman: Ramon E.
subsidiary Earth Sciences Extraction Company (ESEC), Earth Unit B Bisque
Sciences extracted purified phosphoric acid (used in foods, soft Littleton, CO 80120-4525 • President, Treasurer,
drinks, fertilizers, and other products). However, ESEC was idled Phone: 303-734-1727 and Director: Mark H.
Earth Sciences, because of insufficient funding. Earth Sciences was formed in Fax: 303-734-0330 McKinnies
Inc. [ESCI.PK] 1963 to market its geochemical exploration techniques. Yes
• Chairman: Richard J.
Eastern Alloys manufactures zinc alloys at its facilities in Bauer
Maybrook, New York; and Henderson, Kentucky. Its zinc alloy • President and CEO:
products can be used in die-casting alloys, gravity-casting alloys, Address: Henry Henning Dr. Richard H. Bauer
slush-casting alloys, steel-coating alloys, and mold-base alloys. Maybrook, NY 12543 • SVP and Steel Mill
The company's customers are primarily in North America; Eastern Phone: 845-427-2151 Product Sales: Richard
Eastern Alloys, Alloys also supplies clients in Asia and South America. The Fax: 845-427-5185 A. Young
Inc. company was founded in 1965.
West Virginia's country roads have been taking Eastern
Associated Coal home for years. The company manages most of
Peabody Energy's coal mines in the state. Peabody is the world's
largest coal company, and its Appalachian region includes five
operating units in West Virginia and one in Eastern Kentucky.
Eastern Associated Coal, which became a part of Peabody in
1987, runs three of them, which include both mines and Address: 202 Laidley Tower Fiscal Year End: December • President: Jiri Nemec
Eastern preparation plants. The company mines and processes medium- Charleston, WV 25324 Revenue (2005): 225.20 M • VP and Treasurer:
Associated Coal and high-sulfur steam and metallurgical coal and ships somewhere Phone: 304-344-0300 Employees (2005): 1,450 Walter L. Hawkins
Corp. near 10 million tons annually.
company is a platinum group metals (PGMs) mining exploration Address: 837 W. Hastings St.,
and development company. It has interests in PGM properties, Ste. 408
including the Mareesburg and Spitzkop projects, in South Africa. Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
Eastplats hopes to have Mareesburg in production by 2006. In 3N6, Canada • President and Director:
2005 Jonpol acquired Eastern Platinum Holdings and then Phone: 604-685-6851 Ian Rozier
Eastern Platinum combined it with fellow mining company Elgin Resources to form Fax: 604-685-6493 • CFO: Barbara Dunfield
Limited Eastern Platinum Limited.
Eastmain Resources does most of its mineral exploration in the
Eastmain River area. The company explores for and develops
deposits of precious and base metals in Canada, predominantly
looking for gold ore in Northern Quebec. Most of the company's Address: 36 Toronto St., Ste.
funding goes to its Clearwater gold project. It also has properties 1000
located throughout Ontario and New Brunswick. Eastmain Toronto, Ontario M5C 2C5, • President, CEO, and
Resources holds a 50% stake in the Reserve Creek gold project in Canada Fiscal Year End: October Director: Donald J.
Ontario. The company explores many of its properties through joint Phone: 519-940-4870 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Robinson
Eastmain venture partnerships with other mining firms including Barrick Fax: 519-940-4871 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 122.10% • CFO: James L. Bezeau
Resources Inc. Gold, Falconbridge, and Dianor Resources.
ELE Capital Corporation (formerly The Electric Mail Company) is
scanning for acquisitions instead of e-mail. The company, which Address: 5331 Headland Dr.
once developed and marketed e-mail and virus scanning software West Vancouver, British Fiscal Year End: December
as The Electric Mail Company, sold that business to a subsidiary Columbia V7W 3G4, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.50 M
of j2 Global Communications in early 2004. ELE Capital has Phone: 604-714-2420 Revenue Growth (1 yr):
ELE Capital agreed to acquire the Kyrgyzstan gold assets of Oriel Resources in Fax: 604-714-2426 (-75.70%) • Chairman, President,
Corporation a deal that gives Oriel a majority ownership in ELE Capital. and CEO: Darryl J. Yea
 Where you may see a giant scrap heap, ELG Haniel sees a
goldmine. The company recycles and trades stainless steel scrap
and processes metal alloys (cobalt, nickel, titanium) for the
stainless steel industry. It also trades stainless steel sheet and
coils. Products are moved from their raw used materials to one of Address: Kremerskamp 16
several recycling plants, and then distributed to their end 47138 Duisburg, Germany
purchaser through intermediary companies. A subsidiary of Franz Phone: +49-(0)2034501-0
Haniel & Cie, the company operates about 35 facilities in 15 Fax: +49-(0)2034501-251 • Chairman, ELG Haniel:
ELG Haniel GmbH countries around the world, including ELG Haniel Metals in the US. Friedrich Terörde
In the, uh, one-man's-trash-is-another-man's-treasure category,
scrappy ELG Haniel Metals has made a mint from the business of
metal-morphosys. US-based ELG Haniel Metals recycles stainless
steel and special alloys from about 4,000 suppliers (some of which
are also its customers). ELG Haniel Metals' recycling operation
has actually lowered the the cost of recycling steel to the degree Address: 369 River Rd.
that the process is less expensive than the nickel that goes into McKeesport, PA 15132 Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: Simon Merrills
primary production of stainless steel. As one of the fastest-growing Phone: 412-672-9200 Revenue (2005): 54.80 M • CFO: David
ELG Haniel Metals subsidiaries of ELG Haniel, its parent in 2004 bolstered its Fax: 412-672-3236 Employees (2005): 265 Reichenecker
Corp. investment in the company's future development.
Elkem ASA is one of Norway's largest industrial companies, as
well as a global supplier of aluminum, ferroalloys, silicon metal,
carbon, and microsilica. Customers include the foundry, • CEO: John G. Thuestad
chemicals, aluminum, and electronics industries. Its aluminum
products include billets, rolling ingots, and foundry ingots. In • CFO: Svein-Tore
addition, Elkem produces hydroelectric power for Norway's power Fiscal Year End: December Holsether
market and is involved in energy trading in the Nordic market. It is Address: Hoffsveien 65 B Revenue (2004): 3641.50 M • SVP, Strategy and
also developing its own technology for highly purified silicon, to be N-0303 Oslo, Norway Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.50% Corporate Development,
used in solar cells. In 2005 aluminum producer Alcoa sold its 47% Phone: +47-22-45-01-00 Employees (2004): 11,056 and Company Secreta:
interest in Elkem to Orkla ASA, which had a 50% stake. Elkem was Fax: +47-22-45- 01-55 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%) Baard Haugen
Elkem ASA originally established in 1904 as Elektrokemisk by Sam Eyde.
based Elkem ASA. Among its operating subsidiaries are Elkem
Metals Co. and Elkem Materials. The group's operations supply
silicon metal, ferrosilicon, carbon products, microsilica, and
calcium carbide to customers. Silicon metal is used by the
chemical (silicones), electronics (semiconductors), and aluminum Address: Airport Office Park,
(alloying metal) industries. Elkem Holding has production plants in Bldg. 2, 400 Rouser Rd. • President: Geir
Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia, and Quebec, Canada. Norway-based Moon Township, PA 15108-2749 Fiscal Year End: December Kvernmo
Orkla, which has taken control of the parent company, plans to sell Phone: 412-299-7200 Revenue (2005): 272.10 M • CFO: Svein-Tore
Elkem Holding, the silicon metal operations of Elkem in West Virginia (Elkem Fax: 412-299-7225 Employees (2005): 1,350 Holsether
Inc. Alloy).
Engelhard Corporation converts base materials into wealth -- but
no alchemy is involved. The company operates in four segments.
Its material services segment provides precious and base metals • Chairman and CEO:
as raw materials for manufacturers. Engelhard's environmental Barry W. Perry
technologies segment sells emission-control systems (such as Fiscal Year End: December • VP and CFO: Michael
catalytic converters) for automobiles. Other segments produce Address: 101 Wood Ave. Revenue (2005): 4597.00 M A. Sperduto
pigments and performance additives (used in plastics, coatings, Iselin, NJ 08830 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 10.30% • VP, Corporate
paper, and cosmetics) and chemical catalysts and sorbents (used Phone: 732-205-5000 Employees (2005): 7,100 Communications: Mark
Engelhard to make pharmaceuticals and other chemicals). In 2006 chemical Fax: 732-906-0337 Employee Growth (1 yr): 21.10% Dresner
Corporation [EC] giant BASF made an offer to acquire Engelhard for $4.9 billion. Yes
 Enterayon's net is no longer filled with digital music. Formerly
NetMusic Entertainment, the company previously operated
netmusic.com, a directory of music-related information that later
evolved into a digital music distribution outlet. After disappointing
sales in the face of fierce competition from industry leaders such Address: 201 5th Ave. South, • Chairman and CEO:
as Apple (iTunes) and RealNetworks, the company completely Ste. 23 Perry Leopold
changed the focus of its business, announcing a new strategy Edmonds, WA 98020 • CFO and Director: Jeff
involving the exploration, acquisition, development, and mining of Phone: 425-775-9197 Falus
Enterayon, Inc. precious metals and other mineral properties. NetMusic became Fax: 425-775-9353 • COO: Michael Lewison
[ETYN.PK] Enterayon in 2005. Yes
Chairman: Juan
Martínez Martínez
Facing financial difficulties and supply shortages, Spanish zinc • Financial Director:
refiner and smelter Española del Zinc is under court-supervised Address: Avenida Tito Didio s/n Míguel Angel Barajas
administration. Besides zinc, the company also produces 30392 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain Gutiérrez
monohydrated sulfuric acid, and zinc alloys, oxides, and dust. It Phone: +34-96-832-1282 • Sales Director: E.
Española del Zinc laid off more than 230 employees between May 1 and August 31, Fax: +34-96-852-9412 Manuel García Morales
S.A. 2005. Española del Zinc was founded in 1956.
Address: 570 Granville St., Ste.
Esperanza means "hope" in English and Esperanza Silver hopes 300
to strike silver in Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru. Esperanza Silver Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
primarily drills in the Atocha property in Bolivia and also explores 3P1, Canada
for silver on its Flor de Loto and Estrella projects in Peru. It's also Phone: 604-685-2242
Esperanza Silver exploring the La Esperanza gold and silver property in Mexico. Fax: 604-681-4692 • CEO and Director:
Corporation General Minerals holds a 15% stake in Esperanza Silver. William J. Pincus
Eti Maden, formerly Eti Holding, is on top of the world when it
comes to producing borates. The Turkish state-owned company,
through Eti Mine Works, is a world-leading miner and processor of
boron. (Turkey holds about 60% of the world's boron reserves.) Eti
produced 715,000 tons of refined boron products in 2004, a 64% Address: Cihan Sk., No: 2, 06430 Fiscal Year End: December
increase over the previous year. Boron is used in products such as Sihhiye Revenue (2004): 290.60 M
soaps, detergents, glass, fertilizers, and nuclear materials. The 06430 Ankara, Turkey Revenue Growth (1 yr): 19.80%
company also produces perlite, which is used as a construction Phone: +90-312 231 70 20 Employees (2004): 4,370
material, scrubbing sand in refineries, and for growing in Fax: +90-312 230 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.90%) • Chairman and General
Eti Maden greenhouses, among other applications. Manager: Orhan Yilmaz
Scanning the continent for precious resources, Etruscan
Resources explores and develops gold and diamond properties in
Africa. In West Africa, Etruscan began production in 2004 at its • President and CEO:
40%-owned Samira Hill gold property (expected to produce about Gerald J. McConnell
100,000 ounces of gold annually) in Niger. The company also Address: 48 Gerrish St. • CFO and Treasurer:
holds the 90%-owned Youga gold property in Burkina Faso, as Windsor, Nova Scotia B0N 2T0, Fiscal Year End: November Glenn Holmes
well as prospects in the Ivory Coast and Mali. In South Africa, the Canada Revenue (2004): 0.70 M • VP Exploration and
Etruscan company owns a 51% stake in the Tirisano Diamond Mine. The Phone: 902-798-9701 Revenue Growth (1 yr): COO: Donald (Don)
Resources mining operation, which sifts gravel deposits in the Ventersdrop Fax: 902-798-9702 (-86.50%) Burton
Incorporated region, has been upgraded to produce 27,000 carats a year.
 For Eurasia Gold, Kazakhstan is as good as gold. Although its
headquarters is in Canada, Eurasia Gold is a gold exploration
company that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, • Chairman: Kumar E.
Andas-Altyn. The company's primary operations consists of two Address: 120 Adelaide St. West, Mukashev
producing gold mines (Central Mukur and Myaly) in the Republic of Ste. 2500 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Kazakhstan. Eurasia Gold produces about 30,000 ounces of gold Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1, Revenue (2004): 11.70 M Director: Baltabek K.
annually. Both mines are located in the East Kazakhstan Oblast Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 25.40% Mukashev
province. Canada-based miner, and fellow gold producer in Phone: 416-504-2899 Employees (2004): 675 • CFO and Director:
Eurasia Gold Kazakhstan, Thistle Mining maintains a 58% ownership stake in Fax: 416-504-2729 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.60% Ismail Nishanbayev
Corp. Eurasia Gold.
Eurasia Mining may be based in the UK, but its business is in • Chairman: Michael P.
Russia. The company owns and operates gold and platinum group Martineau
metals (PGMs) projects in Northwest and Central Russia (Kola Address: 14-16 Regent St. Fiscal Year End: December • Managing Director and
Peninsula and Urals projects). Its exploration of the Urals project is London SW1Y 4PH, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Board Member: Christian
a joint venture with Anglo Platinum. The company's project Kingdom Employees (2004): 32 Schaffalitzky
development plans for South Africa exploration had been put on Phone: +44-20-7976-1222 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Michael J. de
Eurasia Mining hold as the company worked through renewal permits and other Fax: +44-20-7976-1422 (-22.00% Villiers
PLC setbacks, but it eventually disposed of those interests in 2004.
This company's work is as good as gold, or as good as any other • Chairman: Kevin A. Foo
metal deposits it may find. Eureka Mining is engaged in the Address: Hatfield House, 1st Fl.,
exploration and production of properties, primarily located in the 52/54 Stamford St. • CEO and Director:
former Soviet Union, potentially containing copper, gold, and other London SE1 9LX, United David Bartley
base metal deposits. Its mining oprerations include Mykubinsk and Kingdom • Executive Director and
Central Kazakhstan (exploration for gold and copper), and Kentau Phone: +44-20-7921-8810 Board Member: Andrzej
(gold mining operations). Celtic Resources holds a 21% stake in Fax: +44-20-7921-8811 S. Sliwa
Eureka Mining Plc the company.
Being resourceful is what it takes to be successful in the
exploration and mining business, and EURO Ressources believes
it has what it takes. EURO Ressources (formerly Guyanor
Ressources) explores and develops precious metal (primarily
gold) and diamond deposits in French Guiana and other areas. Address: 8 Lotissement les Fiscal Year End: December
The company underwent a restructuring (including change of top Nénuphars Revenue (2004): 0.10 M
officers) in 2004, at which time it acquired participation rights to a 97354 Rémiré-Montjoly, French Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-4.90%) • Managing Director:
Suriname gold mine from US-based Golden Star Resources, Guiana Employees (2004): 1 James H. Dunnett
which controls more than 55 % of EURO Ressources. Australian Phone: +594-594-295-440 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President: Jean-Pierre
EURO Ressources financial services powerhouse Macquarie Bank acquired nearly Fax: +594-594-379-224 (-75.00%) Prévôt
S.A. 10% of EURO Ressources in 2005.
European Goldfields does what it says. It is a Canadian-based
resources company that explores for gold, silver, and base metal Address: Financial Plaza, Ste. • Chairman: Dimitrios
properties in Romania and Greece. In 2004 the company acquired 200, 204 Lambert St. Koutras
a 65% interest in Hellas Gold in Greece and is exploring and Whitehorse, Yukon YIA 3T2, • CEO and Director:
developing mineral properties in the Balkans. In Romania its two Canada David J. R. Reading
main projects include Certej (gold and silver) and Cainel (gold). Phone: 416-361-0737 • CFO and Director:
European European Goldfields was formed in 2000 with its principal interests Fax: 416-361-0923 Timothy Morgan-Wayne
Goldfields Limited residing in Romania.
• Chairman: Anthony J.
Like the name says, European Minerals looks for minerals in Address: 22 Grosvenor Sq. (Tony) Williams
Europe. It holds an 86% interest in the Varvarinskoye gold-copper London W1K 6LF, United • President, CEO, and
deposit in Kazakhstan, that has proven reserves 2.2 million Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December Director: William G.
European ounces of gold as well as 255 million pounds of copper. European Phone: +44-20-7529-7508 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M (Bert) Kennedy
Minerals Minerals also explores other properties in eastern Europe. The Fax: +44-20-7491-2244 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 900.00% • CFO: Stephen Gledhill
Corporation company holds an interest in an oil and gas investment.
 Mining company European Nickel identifies, acquires, and
develops nickel laterite deposits, primarily in Turkey and the
Balkan region. The company's principal project is a 100%-owned Address: Fortune House, 7
nickel deposit (expected to begin production in 2007) in western Stratton St. Fiscal Year End: September • Chairman: Felix Pole
Turkey. Mining giant BHP Billiton financially backs the company's London W17 8LE, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Managing Director:
project in Turkey and holds about 10% of European Nickel. Kingdom Employees (2004): 46 Simon Purkiss
Formed in 2000, European Nickel has developed a metallurgical Phone: +44-20-7495-5055 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director:
European Nickel process to extract nickel ores through a heap leach method that it Fax: +44-20-7629-9370 820.00% Andrew Lindsay
PLC believes to be less costly than conventional technologies.
Address: 543 Granville St., Ste. • Chairman: Edward J.
EuroZinc Mining is up to more than just zinc these days. The 1601 Fiscal Year End: December Fletcher
company explores and develops copper, lead, silver, and zinc Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 100.90 M • Vice Chairman and
properties in Portugal. Its Neves Corvo copper mine is in 1X8, Canada Employees (2004): 870 CEO: Colin K. Benner
production and the Aljustrel zinc project is in development. Copper Phone: 604-681-1337 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President and COO:
EuroZinc Mining is sent from the Neves Corvo mine to a port near Lisbon, where Fax: 604-681-1339 911.60% Alvin W. Jackson
Corporation [EZM] the copper is then sent off to customers in Europe and Canada. Yes
Everton Resources digs the Dominican Republic. The gold and
copper mining exploration company, partly through an alliance with
Globestar Mining, is seeking areas of exploration in the country. In • Chairman and CEO:
addition, Everton Resources is increasing its holdings near Placer Address: 290 Picton St., Ste. 201 André D. Audet
Dome's promising Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8P8, Canada • CFO and Secretary:
Republic. In 2004, the company also extended its exploration back Marc Carbonneau
home in Canada (in the James Bay region of Quebec). Everton Phone: 613-241-2332 • Advisor: Brooke
Everton Resources continues to acquire interests in claims adjacent to its Fax: 613-241-6005 Macdonald
Resources Inc. current land holdings.
Excellon Resources is hoping for excellent results in its exploration • Chairman: Richard W.
and production of precious metals in Mexico. The company Address: 6 Adelaide St. East, Brissenden
produces silver and other metals through a joint venture Ste. 220 • President, CEO, and
agreement with Apex Silver Mines at the Platosa-Saltierra project, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6, Director: A. Douglas
located in northeastern Durango State, Mexico. It shipped out its Canada MacKenzie
first truckload of ore from the Platosa-Saltierra project in 2005 and Phone: 416-364-1130 • VP and CFO: Robert C.
Excellon is looking to expand the project quickly as it explores other areas Fax: 416-364-6745 Brissenden
Resources Inc. of the property.
Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste.
Exeter Resource Corporation has made a foray into South 301 • Chairman: Yale
America. The Canada-based company explores for copper, gold, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Simpson
and silver in Argentina. Its primary project, La Cabeza, is in the 1G8, Canada • President and CEO:
Mendoza Province. Exeter Resource is also involved in Phone: 604-688-9592 Bryce Roxburgh
Exeter Resource exploration projects in the Patagonia region, through a partnership Fax: 604-688-9532 • CFO: Cecil R. Bond
Corporation with South African mining firm AngloGold Ashanti.
This company's path of exploration "orbits" around the universe of
prospecting for diamonds, gold, and other precious metals.
Founded in 1983, Exploration Orbite mainly explores and mines Address: 400 St. Jacques,
for precious and other metals including gold, copper, nickel, and Bureau 200 • President and Director:
zinc, as well as diamonds, in Québec. The company owns and Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1S1, Pierre Gévry
operates several properties in the prolific Abitibi area in Canada, Canada • VP, Strategy and
with the Le Tac property representing its primary project in an Phone: 514-849-7336 Technology and Director:
Exploration Orbite advanced stage of exploration drilling. None of Exploration Orbite's Fax: 514-849-9260 Richard Boudreault
V.S.P.A. Inc. projects are currently in production.
 Fairbanks Gold Mining doesn't mind the cold, especially when it's
finding gold. The company mines, explores, and develops
properties in Alaska, including the Fort Knox open pit mine, which Address: 1 Fort Knox Rd.
produces nearly 400,000 ounces of gold annually. Fairbanks Gold Fairbanks, AK 99712 Fiscal Year End: December
is owned by Canada-based precious metals miner Kinross Gold. Phone: 907-488-4653 Revenue (2005): 42.20 M
Fairbanks Gold The Fort Knox mine is one of the largest operations that Kinross Fax: 907-490-2290 Employees (2005): 360 • Operations Manager:
Mining, Inc. Gold owns. Scott Montelius
Fairmile Goldtech tries to do a fair amount of gold exploration. The
company primarily explores and develops precious metal Address: 837 W. Hastings St.,
properties in Nevada. Fairmile Goldtech bought the rights to a bio- Ste. 2001
remediation process from US-based Pintail Systems in 2004. The Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
company uses the non-toxic extraction technique to recover gold 3N7, Canada
and silver precious metals from the deposits. Mining companies Phone: 604-294-1082
Fairmile Goldtech typically use cyanide to extract metals from mineral deposits. None Fax: 604-473-9138 • President and CFO:
Inc. of the companies projects are in production. Michael Raftery
explores for diamonds and gold in North America. It has properties
in Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Ontario. In Manitoba the Address: 9925 Jasper Ave., Ste.
company formed a joint venture with Exploration Innovateurs to 2001
explore its gold and diamond claims. Falcon Ventures is also Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2X5,
looking for other joint venture partners to help develop its Canada
Falcon Ventures prospects. None of the company's projects are in production. Phone: 780-454-4950
Incorporated Formed in 1983, board member E. Ross Peat holds more than Fax: 780-424-2617 • President, CEO, and
[FIXVF.PK] 10% of the company. Director: David P. Power Yes
Falconbridge would agree that a mine is a terrible thing to waste.
One of the world's top miners and smelters of copper and nickel
(together accounting for more than three-quarters of sales),
Falconbridge, formerly called Noranda, also produces aluminum,
zinc, lead, and precious metals. Falconbridge's manufactured and • Chairman: David W.
commodity products include aluminum foil. The company operates Address: 181 Bay St., Ste. 200 Fiscal Year End: December Kerr
worldwide, but the US and Canada together account for the great Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Revenue (2005): 8148.00 M • CEO and Director:
majority of its business. It changed its name upon its 2005 Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.80% Derek G. Pannell
acquisition of the former Falconbridge. Brascan had owned about Phone: 416-982-7111 Employees (2004): 14,500 • President: Aaron W.
Falconbridge 20% of Falconbridge but sold its stake to XStrata in mid-2005. Inco Fax: 416-982-7423 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.30%) Regent
Limited [FAL] agreed to buy Falconbridge later that year. Yes
Fancamp Exploration is an exploration and development company
searching for metals and minerals in Canada. The company is Address: 7290 Gray Ave.
primarily prospecting for iron ore and titanium through an option Burnaby, British Columbia V5J
agreement of a property located in Longue Point, Quebec. It is 3Z2, Canada
also involved in several other projects in Quebec, which are either Phone: 604-434-8829 • President and Director:
Fancamp joint ventures or 100%-owned. Sheridan Platinum Group holds Fax: 604-434-8823 Peter H. Smith
Exploration Ltd. more than 20% of the company.
• Chairman: Ronald W.
Canadian mineral exploration company Farallon Resources has Thiessen
migrated South to find minerals. Through its subsidiary Farallon Address: 1020 - 800 W. Pender • President, CEO, and
Minera Mexicana, the company explores for lead, silver, and gold St. Director: Richard H.
at its Campo Morado mining project in Guerrero State, Mexico Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: June (Dick) Whittington
(near Mexico City). Farallon Resources acquired the project in 2V6, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • CFO, Secretary, and
1995 and has since worked to get the operations in production by Phone: 604-684-6365 Employees (2004): 2 Director: Jeffrey R.
Farallon 2009. Campo Morado dates back to the early 1900s when silver Fax: 604-684-8092 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Mason
Resources Ltd. was first found in the area.
 Ferrostal is going for the ironman competition. Ferrostaal AG, a • Chairman: Matthias
subsidiary of Germany's MAN AG, is a steel trader (steel products Mitscherlich
and non-ferrous metals), but it is also involved in industrial steel • Managing Director,
construction (water treatment facilities, industrial plants, bridges, Finance, Controlling, and
and power plants) and the manufacture and distribution of Fiscal Year End: December General Adminis: Jens
industrial equipment (printing and packaging machines and offset Revenue (2004): 4344.30 M Gesinn
printers). The company also delivers nautical equipment and navy Address: Hohenzollernstrasse 24 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.20% • Managing Director,
and merchant ships. While Ferrostaal has operations throughout D-45128 Essen, Germany Employees (2004): 4,679 Corporate
the world, nearly half of the company's total sales come from Latin Phone: +49-201-818-01 Employee Growth (1 yr): Communications:
America and Germany. Ferrostaal was founded in 1919 as an Fax: +49-201-818-2822 (-30.00%) Bernard Buhmann
Ferrostaal AG international trading firm.
Ferrostaal Inc. imports and distributes a variety of steel products. • President and CEO:
The company is a subsidiary of Germany-based Ferrostaal AG, Address: 16510 Northchase Dr. Uwe T. Schmidt
which itself is part of MAN, a diversified German manufacturer. Houston, TX 77060 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO -- Finance and
Items handled by the Ferrostaal distribution network include long, Phone: 281-999-9995 Revenue (2005): 801.80 M Administration: Matthias
Ferrostaal flat, and semi-finished steel products, as well as wire and wire Fax: 281-999-4143 Employees (2005): 105 Lietsch
Incorporated products and special steel and plates.
First Silver Reserve has no reservations when it comes to mining • President, CEO, and
silver. The company mines for silver ore primarily in the San Martin Director: Hector Davila
mine in the northern portion of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. It Address: 885 Dunsmuir St., Ste. Santos
produces about 2 million ounces of silver annually and estimates 584 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Finance, CFO, and
its reserves to be 12 million ounces. First Silver is evaluating other Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 15.30 M Director: Rodney A.
areas of its San Martin mine for exploration and development. The 1N5, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 51.30% (Rod) Shier
company processes the ore for smelting into silver at its nearby Phone: 604-602-9973 Employees (2004): 400 • Director, Operations:
First Silver ore processing facility. On average, First Silver Reserve yields Fax: 604-681-5910 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Armando Ibarra Amaya
Reserve Inc. nearly 10 ounces of silver per ton of milled ore.
Who you gonna trust with your coal assets? The Fording Canadian
Coal Trust, an income trust, owns about 60% of partnership Elk
Valley Coal (formerly Fording Coal Partnership) that combined the
Canadian metallurgical coal assets of Fording Inc., Teck Cominco, • Chairman and CEO:
Sherritt International, Luscar Coal, and CONSOL Energy, along Michael A. Grandin
with the coal transport assets of Westshore Terminals Income Address: Fording Place, Ste. • President; President
Fund. Teck Cominco owns the other 40% of the coal partnership 1000, 205 9th Ave. SE and CEO, Elk Valley
and manages the operation. The partnership operates six mines Calgary, Alberta T2G 0R4, Coal: James L. (Jim)
and is the world's #2 exporter of hard coking coal, which is a key Canada Fiscal Year End: December Popowich
ingredient in steelmaking. Through NYCO, Fording also operates Phone: 403-264-1063 Revenue (2005): 1612.10 M • VP and CFO: R. J.
Fording Canadian an industrial minerals unit, which produces wollastonite, in the US Fax: 403-264-7339 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 65.70% (Jim) Brown
Coal Trust [FDG] and Mexico. Yes
Address: 999 W. Hastings St., • Chairman and CEO:
Formation Capital Corporation has formed a plan to find mineral Ste. 1510 Mari-Ann Green
deposits. The company explores for, develops, and refines Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and Director:
minerals through its mining operations in Canada, Mexico, and the 2W2, Canada J. Scott Bending
US. Through eight mining properties the company mines, gold, Phone: 604-682-6229 • SVP and CFO: J. Paul
Formation Capital silver, cobalt, copper, and uranium. It also has started a precious Fax: 604-682-6205 Farquharson
Corporation metals refining business called Formation Chemicals.
and has instead chosen the business of mining to find its fortune. Address: 148 Fullarton St., Ste.
The company has set up camp in the Northwest Territories to 1508 • Chairman: George M.
explore and develop deposits containing coal, gold, silver, copper, London, Ontario N6A 5P3, Doumet
and other assorted minerals. It's primary asset is the Mount Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Klappan anthracite coal deposit in British Columbia. It's also Phone: 519-858-8188 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Director: Robin E. Goad
Fortune Minerals investigating the NICO cobalt and gold deposit in the Northwest Fax: 519-858-8155 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 156.10% • CFO: Julian Kemp
Limited Territories.
 Foundation Coal Holdings has found a solid footing in the US. One
of the largest coal miners in the country, Foundation Coal operates
about a dozen surface and underground mines in Central
Appalachia, Northern Appalachia, the Powder River Basin, and the • Chairman, President
Illinois Basin. Foundation Coal produces and sells around 70 and CEO: James F.
million tons of coal annually and has 1.7 billion tons of proved and Address: 999 Corporate Blvd., Fiscal Year End: December Roberts
probable coal reserves. Steam coal, produced for electric utilities, Ste. 300 Revenue (2005): 1316.90 M • SVP and CFO: Frank J.
accounts for more than 90% of the company's sales. Foundation Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 202.00% Wood
Foundation Coal Coal also produces metallurgical coal (for steel manufacturers). Phone: 410-689-7500 Employees (2004): 2,750 • SVP Development and
Holdings, Inc. Foundation Coal was formed in 2004 to buy RAG American Coal Fax: 410-689-7511 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.80% IT: James A. Olsen
[FCL] from German conglomerate RAG. Yes
Address: 1801 McGill College • Chairman: Michael
Franc-Or Resources has mining activities in Nevada or Russia, Ave., Ste. 1325 Steeves
depending on how you look at it. The company explores for Montreal, Quebec H3A 2N4, Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
precious metals at properties in Nevada (where it holds claims) Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Robert J. Casaceli
Franc-Or and Russia (where it is looking to acquire claims). It had been Phone: 514-842-5323 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Secretary:
Resources seeking gold in French Guiana, but Franc-Or Resources has Fax: 514-842-3306 (-65.40%) Vatche Tchakmakian
Corporation withdrawn from the country, selling its assets.
Not to be confused with collectibles vendor Franklin Mint, Franklin
Mining has collected interests in gold, silver, lead, and zinc
projects in the US, Bolivia, and Colombia. The company's Franklin Address: 2764 Lake Sahara • President, CEO, and
Mines, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, were actively worked Drive, Ste. 111 Director: Jaime
between 1865 and 1915, but production has been sporadic since Las Vegas, NV 89117 Melgarejo Jr.
then, and the property is for sale. Franklin Mining's Mayaya gold Phone: 702-944-8972 • CFO: William M.
Franklin Mining, project in Bolivia is more promising, but production there has been Fax: 702-838-5130 Jackson
Inc. [FMNJ.PK] hampered by a lack of equipment. Yes
While it doesn't actually have free gold, Freegold Ventures does
have several mining projects where it intends to liberate gold from
its confines. The company's Almaden, Golden Summit, Grew
Creek, Rob, Rainbow Hill, and Union Bay projects are located in Address: 2303 W. 41st Ave.
Canada and the US (Alaska and Idaho). It lowers its own costs by Vancouver, British Columbia V6M • Chairman: Harry Barr
operating several of these exploration projects as joint ventures 2A3, Canada • President and CEO:
Freegold Ventures with partner companies, including Pacific North West Capital and Phone: 604-685-1870 Steve Manz
Limited Lonmin. Freegold Ventures was founded by chairman Harry Barr. Fax: 604-685-6550 • CFO: Gordon Steblin
[FGOVF.OB] CDS & Company controls nearly 70% of the company. Yes
What does Freewest Resources Canada tell its mineral
prospectors? Go east young men! The natural resources company Fiscal Year End: October • Chairman: George
explores for gold, diamonds, platinum, and base metals in eastern Address: 1155 University St., Ste. Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Bryson
Canada. It has generally focused its prospect holdings at about a 1308 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
dozen locations in northwestern Quebec, northwestern Ontario, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, (-42.10%) Director: Mackenzie I.
and southwestern New Brunswick. As indications of gold and other Canada Employees (2004): 4 (Mac) Watson
Freewest targeted minerals have been found at several sites, Freewest Phone: 514-878-3551 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Finance and
Resources Resources must conduct further geological surveys to determine if Fax: 514-878-4427 (-20.00%) Director: Ronald Kay
Canada Inc. the concentrations warrant site development for mining.
 G W R Resources would like for its initials to mean Gold Was
Reached. The junior exploration company is drilling through layers
of rock to uncover gold deposits on claims it has acquired in
Canada. G W R Resources owns all or part of about 25 claims
covering 58 square miles in the Lac La Hache region of south Address: 5230 Lansdowne Rd.
central British Columbia. Drilling has revealed its 100%-owned Armstrong, British Columbia V0E
Ann North Zone claims have potential for large copper and gold 1B4, Canada
deposits. G W R Resources has an 80% interest in seven claims Phone: 250-546-8048
G W R Resources with Peach Lake Resources and 40% in four claims with Cassidy Fax: 250-546-3635 • CEO, CFO, President,
Inc. Gold. It's the sole owner of the remaining claims. and Director: Irvin Eisler
Think of Gabriel Resources as the Count Dracula of gold mining --
the company loves a rich vein. Gabriel owns 80% of Romanian
mining company Rosia Montana Gold; Minvest SA, Romania's
state mining company, owns the rest. The Rosia Montana joint
venture has mines in western Transylvania, part of Romania's
"Golden Quadrilateral," where mining activity dates back some Address: 110 Yonge St., Ste. • Chairman: Oyvind
2,000 years. The site contains reserves of more than 10 million 1501 Hushovd
ounces of gold and 50 million ounces of silver. Production is Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4, Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
scheduled to begin around 2006. An adjacent development, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Alan R. Hill
Bucium, contains both gold-silver and copper-gold resources. Phone: 416-955-9200 Employees (2004): 330 • VP and CFO: Richard
Gabriel Resources Gabriel's management is also involved with European Goldfields, Fax: 416-955-4661 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%) S. Young
Ltd. another Romanian mining venture.
• Executive Chairman:
Jack Gunter
Galantas Gold, formerly European Gold Resources, explores and Address: Cavanacaw • President and CEO:
develops gold properties in Northern Ireland. The company began Omagh BT78 5LH, United Fiscal Year End: December Roland Phelps
exploration in Ireland when it acquired Omagh Minerals in 1997. It Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • Director, Jewellery
also produces and sells gold jewelry through its Galántas Irish Phone: +44-28-8224-1100 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Operations: Eugene
Galantas Gold Gold unit. Galantas Gold holds both Omagh and Galántas Irish Fax: +44-28-8224-1194 (-15.90%) McLaughlin
Corporation Gold under its Cavanacaw subsidiary.
General Minerals Corporation has marshaled all of its forces in
order to locate copper, silver, and gold in Bolivia, Chile, and the Address: 580 Hornby St., Ste.
US (Arizona). After initial exploration, the company has partnered 880 Fiscal Year End: December
with larger mining companies, such as Phelps Dodge and Teck Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Cominco, with the capability to develop the properties. The 3B6, Canada Employees (2004): 6 • Chairman, President,
company has also formed subsidiaries to explore for precious Phone: 604-684-0693 Employee Growth (1 yr): and CEO: Ralph G. Fitch
General Minerals metals in Mongolia and Afghanistan. General Minerals sold its Fax: 604-684-0642 200.00% • CFO: William Filtness
Corporation holding in Lumina Copper in 2004.
Geoinformatics Exploration (formerly Aegean International Gold) • Chairman: Michael
explores and develops gold mineral properties and manages Etheridge
projects for other mining and exploration companies. The company Address: 330 Bay St., Ste. 1109 • Vice Chairman and
is involved in various exploration projects in Australia, Canada Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S8, COO: Nicholas (Nick)
(British Columbia, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories), Mexico, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Archibald
the US, and the Ukraine. Canadian mining company St Andrew Phone: 416-861-1300 Revenue (2004): 2.90 M • CEO and President:
Geoinformatics Goldfields sold its 30% stake in Geoinformatics Exploration in Fax: 416-861-1999 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 92.40% Michael Smyth
Exploration Ltd. 2005. Goldcorp also has a small holding in the company.
 Gerald Metals and its affiliates trade nonferrous and precious
metals such as alumina, aluminum, bauxite, gold, silver, zinc,
copper, and platinum group metals. Customers include miners,
industrial consumers, smelters, and refineries, as well as central
banks and government entities. Gerald Metals operates primarily
from offices in the US, Switzerland, and China; the company
maintains additional facilities elsewhere in Asia and Europe and in
South America. Through its financing arm, Gerald Metals offers Address: 680 Washington Blvd. • Chairman and CEO:
such services as pre-export financing, lending to mining Stamford, CT 06901 Lloyd Lander
companies, project financing, and development of hedging and Phone: 203-609-8300 • CFO: Jeff Malakoff
options strategies. The company was founded by Gerald Lennard Fax: 203-609-8301 • CIO: Jim Berger
Gerald Metals, Inc. in 1962.
GHG Resources thinks the potential for China is still underground.
The company, formerly Consolidated Golden Thunder Resources,
is a precious metals exploration and mining company, searching Address: 1255 W. Pender St.
for gold in the Yunnan Province of China. Through its Tun Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • President and CEO:
Resources subsidiary, GHG Resources works with local Chinese 2V1, Canada Fiscal Year End: September Christopher Fung
companies to explore and develop properties in the region. Phone: 604-662-3230 Revenue (2004): 0.40 M • Secretary and CFO:
GHG Resources Exploration project areas include Bianfushan, Lanintang, and Fax: 604-682-4309 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 302.70% Sharon Lewis
Limited Shangzhai in the Zhen Yuan Mining District.
Gippsland Limited finds its financial oasis in the desert. The
company is engaged in the exploration and mining of tantalum, a
hard metal used for the production of foil, wire, and metal rods,
primarily in the central eastern desert of Egypt. The company
expects to produce about 650,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide a Address: Level 2, 18 Stirling Hwy. Fiscal Year End: June
year from its share of the Abu Dabbab and Nuweibi projects, Nedlands, Western Australia Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
operated through a joint venture with the Egyptian Geological 6009, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 55.20%
Survey & Mining Authority, which are located near the western Phone: +61-8-9389-8611 Employees (2004): 1
shore of Egypt's Red Sea. Gippsland also has interests in gold and Fax: +61-8-9389-8612 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • Executive Chairman:
Gippsland Limited base metal exploration projects. Robert J. (Jack) Telford
Gitennes Exploration is an exploration and development mining Address: 1055 W. Hastings St.,
company, primarily concerned with locating deposits of gold, silver, Ste. 2390
zinc, and copper. The company is currently exploring five Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • President, CEO, and
properties in Peru and four projects in British Columbia, Canada. 2E9, Canada Director: Jerry D.
Its most advanced project is the Tucumachay property located in Phone: 604-682-7970 Blackwell
Gitennes the Andes Mountains of Peru. None of its projects are currently in Fax: 604-685-7903 • CFO: Kerry Spong
Exploration Inc. production.
business in South America. The company explores and develops
gold properties in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It is expanding
production operations at its underground Limon Mine in Nicaragua Address: 6 Adelaide St. East, • Chairman: Ian J.
and has begun production at its Bellavista Mine in Costa Rica. Ste. 500 McDonald
Combined these two mines are expected to produce about Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6, • President, CEO, and
100,000 ounce of gold annually (and they contain about 850,000 Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Kerry J. Knoll
ounces of gold reserves). Glencairn Gold acquired Black Hawk Phone: 416-860-0919 Revenue (2005): 19.40 M • VP Finance and CFO:
Glencairn Gold Mining in 2003, receiving the Limon Mine and several other Fax: 416-367-0182 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.50%) Derek Price
Corporation [GLE] exploration properties. Yes
For Glencar Mining the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow is found
in West Africa. Founded in 1971, the company (formerly Glencar • Chief Executive: Hugh
Explorations) has conducted gold mining exploration operations in Address: 71 Lower Baggot St. Fiscal Year End: December McCullough
Africa (Ghana, Mali, and Uganda) since the 1980s. It is also Dublin 2, Ireland Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • COO and Technical
involved in the Laois exploration project in Ireland. In addition to Phone: +353-1-661-9974 Employees (2004): 2 Director: Kieran
Glencar Mining mining, the company provides exploration and surveying services. Fax: +353-1-661-1205 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Harrington
plc [GCMXF.PK] The company sold its Rennicks subsidiary to Tara Mines in 2002. Yes
 Glencore International trades in the stuff of which stuff is made.
The company is a commodities trader (metals and minerals,
agricultural products, and energy) and a diversified natural
resources conglomerate with interests in companies involved in
mining, smelting, refining, and processing. In the energy sector,
the company markets such products as coal, crude oil, jet fuel, and • Chairman: Willy R.
gasoline. Glencore's ownership stakes include Columbia Falls Address: Baarermattstrasse 3 Fiscal Year End: December Strothotte
Aluminum, a 30% stake in Century Aluminum, and a 40% share in CH-6340 Baar, Zug, Switzerland Revenue (2004): 72000.00 M • CEO: Ivan Glasenberg
Xstrata. Founded in 1974 as a marketer of ferrous and nonferrous Phone: +41-41-709-20-00 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.60% • Director of Finance:
Glencore metals and other products, the company is owned by management Fax: +41-41-709-30-00 Employees (2004): 50,000 Zbynek E. Zak
International AG and employees.
Globex Mining Enterprises stays busy in North America with more Address: 146-14th St. • President, CEO, and
than 50 exploration properties. The company explores some of its Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X Director: Jack Stoch
properties and options others to fellow mining Canadian outfits. 2J3, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • Secretary, Treasurer,
For properties it doesn't option, Globex Mining looks for joint Phone: 819-797-5242 Revenue (2004): 0.60 M CFO, and Director:
Globex Mining venture partners. Its properties contain copper, gold, silver, zinc, Fax: 819-797-1470 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 179.50% Dianne Stoch
Enterprises Inc. and other minerals deposits.
GMA Resources is looking for a golden oasis in the Sahara. The
company's primary asset is its controlling stake in the Tirek Gold • Non-Executive
mine (52%-owned) located in the Sahara desert of southern Address: 30 Farringdon St. Fiscal Year End: December Chairman: Richard J.
Algeria. State-owned oil company Sonatrach and other investors London EC4A 4HJ, United Revenue (2004): 8.30 M Linnell
hold the remaining shares in the Tirek mine. It is also exploring the Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 263.10% • CEO: Colin R. Ikin
Amesmessa Deposit, located adjacent to the Tirek mine. None of Phone: +44-20-7544-5677 Employees (2004): 258 • Finance Director:
GMA Resources its properties are in production. GMA Resources was originally Fax: +44-20-7544-5565 Employee Growth (1 yr): 14.70% Simon J. Farrell
Plc formed in Australia in 2002.
Gold Standard is hanging its flag on the mineral riches of Brazil,
where the company hopes to find and develop gold-producing
properties. Its Gold Standard Minas subsidiary owns the rights to
mine gold and other precious metals on a 30,000-acre claim in the
Brazilian state of Mato Grasso. But exploration efforts have been Address: 136 S. Main St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: October
suspended because of a lack of money, and Gold Standard is 712 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
looking for an exploration partner or an opportunity to combine Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Employees (2004): 7 • Chairman, President,
with another business. The company also owns mineral and Phone: 801-328-4452 Employee Growth (1 yr): Principal Executive
Gold Standard, exploration rights to property located elsewhere in Brazil, in Fax: 801-328-4457 (-41.70%) Officer, Treasurer,: Scott
Inc. [GSDD.OB] southern Uruguay, and in the Dugway region of western Utah. L. Smith Yes
Cook
The top of the gold heap is where Gold Summit aims to be. The Address: 181 University Ave., • President, CEO, and
company, formerly Gold Summit Mines, explores for and develops Ste. 1414 Director: Anthony P.
gold prospect properties in Canada (northwestern and northern Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M7, Taylor
Ontario and central Quebec) and the US (eastern, central, and Canada • VP, Corporate
western Nevada and southern California). Gold Summit's projects Phone: 416-367-4571 Development: Gil Atzmon
Gold Summit include Tip Top, Monte Cristo, and Gold Springs. None of its Fax: 416-367-5269
Corporation properties are in production.
In search of gold and copper, Golden Eagle International has • Chairman: H. R. (Roy)
spread its wings in Bolivia . The company is exploring prospects in Shipes
the Tipuani-Cangalli area north of La Paz and in the Precambrian Fiscal Year End: December • President, and CEO:
Shield area in eastern Bolivia. Overall, Golden Eagle controls Address: 12401 S. 450 East, Revenue (2004): 1.30 M Terry C. Turner
more than 150,000 acres of mining concessions. Gold production Bldg. D1 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%) • VP US Administration,
on the company's Cangalli claims was halted in 2004 because of a Salt Lake City, UT 84020 Employees (2004): 38 CFO, Treasurer, and
Golden Eagle farmers' strike; the company has yet to produce minerals on its Phone: 801-619-9320 Employee Growth (1 yr): Secretary: Tracy A.
International, Inc. other properties. Golden Eagle has generated no revenue since Fax: 801-619-1747 (-59.10%) Madsen
[MYNG.OB] late 2004. Yes
 Golden Queen Mining wants to be queen of the mountain. The
company is developing a gold and silver open pit, heap leach (a
process of extracting gold by moving a cyanide solution through Address: 6411 Imperial Ave.
crushed ore) operation at its Soledad Mountain property in Vancouver, British Columbia V7W • Chairman: Edward G.
southern California. It also hopes to produce construction 2J5, Canada Thompson
Golden Queen aggregate at the property. Gold mining has occured at Soledad Phone: 604-921-7570 • President and Director:
Mining Co. Ltd. Mountain since the late 19th century. Trusts owned by Landon Fax: 604-921-9446 H. Lutz Klingmann
[GQMNF.PK] Clay hold a 20% stake in the company. Yes
Goldrea Resources is going for the gold...and other metals (silver,
molybdenum, platinum, and palladium). The exploration and
development company has seven projects in the works, including Address: 2A 15782 Marine Dr.
two joint ventures with its sister company Molycor Gold. It has five White Rock, British Columbia V4B
properties in British Columbia, and one each in Quebec and 1E6, Canada • President and CEO:
Arizona. The company has historically focused its attention on Phone: 604-531-9639 Larry W. Reaugh
Goldrea North America, but Goldrea Resources is now actively involved in Fax: 604-531-9634 • CFO: Ron Jorgensen
Resources Corp. gold exploration projects in the Shandong Province of China.
Address: 1311 Howe St., Ste.
Goldsource Mines is looking for the perfect source of gold and 405
silver. The company used to explore gold and silver mineral Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z • President and
properties in Indonesia, but has since moved its exploration much 2P3, Canada Treasurer: J. Scott
closer to home. Its now in search of precious metals in the Phone: 604-691-1760 Drever
Goldsource Mines Americas. Goldsource Mines is involved in an option agreement Fax: 604-691-1761 • CFO: Graham Thody
Inc. for mineral claims in British Columbia.
Goldstake Explorations has staked its claim on two continents:
Australia and North America. In Australia, the company explores Address: 67 Yonge St., Ste. 501
and develops gold, copper, and nickel deposits in the Northern Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8,
Territory. One of its properties includes Hill End, known for Canada
producing a 639-pound gold nugget in 1872. In North America, Phone: 905-415-1224 • Chairman, President,
Goldstake Goldstake Explorations is primarily prospecting for gold in South Fax: 905-415-1224 and CEO: Robert B.
Explorations Inc. Dakota and Ontario, Canada. Cleaver
This company's coke does go into aluminum cans, but you
wouldn't want to drink it. Great Lakes Carbon is a leading producer
of anode-grade and industrial-grade calcined petroleum coke
(CPC). Anode-grade CPC, which accounts for most of Great Lakes • Chairman: Theodore C.
Carbon's sales, is used to make carbon anodes for the production Rogers
of primary aluminum. Industrial-grade CPC is used mainly to make • President, CEO, and
titanium dioxide. CPC is made from raw petroleum coke, a by- Address: 551 5th Ave., Ste. 3600 Director: James D.
product of petroleum refining. Great Lakes Carbon produces CPC New York, NY 10176 McKenzie
at three plants in the US; sister company Copetro operates a CPC Phone: 212-370-5770 • SVP and CFO: Ronald
Great Lakes facility in Argentina. The Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund, a Fax: 212-370-5973 J. Statile
Carbon LLC publicly traded Canadian entity, controls Great Lakes Carbon.
Address: 570 Granville St., Ste.
Greystar Resources is looking for something a little more shiny. 300
The company's principal asset is the Angostura gold and silver Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
mining project in northeastern Colombia. It has been exploring 3P1, Canada • President, CEO, and
Angostura since 1995. Greystar Resources also has oil and gas Phone: 604-682-8212 Director: David B. Rovig
Greystar holdings in Colorado through subsidiary Greystar USA. CDS & Co. Fax: 604-681-4692 • CFO: K. Peter Miller
Resources Ltd. holds more than 90% of the company.
 Griffin Mining is not a mythical beast, but it has swooped down in
China to develop zinc and gold mining projects. Its main operation Address: 60 St. James's St., 6th
is a joint venture (with Chinese group Caijiaying Lead Zinc Fl. Fiscal Year End: December
Preparatory Committee) in the Caijiaying zinc project located near London SW1A 1LE, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Chairman: Mladen
Beijing. Construction was completed on the project in 2005 and it Kingdom Employees (2004): 41 Ninkov
has commenced production. The company is also scoping out Phone: +44-20-7629-7772 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Roger
Griffin Mining other projects in China. Trellus Partners holds a stake of more Fax: +44-20-7629-7773 583.30% Goodwin
Limited than 10% in Griffin Mining.
with ski slopes or Miami Vice busts. The company manufactures
metal powders, thermal spray powders, metal products, and • Chairman: Heinz
specialty chemicals. Its powders go into everything from concrete Heumüller
to sporting goods, from pigments and plastics to medical and • President: Olaf
dental supplies. Starck also makes electroconductive polymers Address: 45 Industrial Place Schmidt-Park
and colloidal silica for the electronics industry. It has 16 plants Newton, MA 02461-1951 Fiscal Year End: December • Information Systems
located in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company was Phone: 617-630-5800 Revenue (2005): 91.40 M Director: Raymond M.
acquired by Bayer in 1986 and is now a part of Bayer Fax: 617-630-5879 Employees (2005): 400 Houle
H.C. Starck Inc. MaterialScience.
resourceful, Halo Resources concentrates on looking for gold and
other metals. The company (formerly Trimark Energy) has shifted
its focus from oil and gas exploration to the acquisition of near-
production base and precious metal deposits. Halo Resources is
involved in three projects: the Duport gold mine in Ontario, a gold Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. • Chairman and CFO:
exploration project at Bachelor Lake in Quebec, and a grass roots 1280 Nick DeMare
gold project at Quarter Moon Lake in Manitoba. In 2005 Halo Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: August • President and CEO:
Resources acquired a 50% stake in the Bachelor Lake project, 2T6, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Marc Cernovitch
which has an ongoing 12,500-meter underground drill program. Phone: 604-484-0068 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.90% • SVP and COO: Tom
Halo Resources The Duport project has an ongoing drill program of up to 20,000 Fax: 604-484-0069 Employees (2004): 2 Healy
Ltd. [HLOSF.OB] meters. Yes
It takes heavy coal for Headwaters to keep its head above water.
The company uses its patented binding process to turn coal
derivatives into synthetic fuel briquettes. Through Headwaters
Energy Services (HES), the company licenses its technology and
supplies the binding reagents, which are made by Dow Reichhold, Fiscal Year End: September
to 28 third-party facilities (such as utilities and coal companies). Address: 10653 S. River Front Revenue (2005): 1064.60 M
Headwaters is expanding through acquisitions; its construction Pkwy., Ste. 300 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 92.20% • Chairman and CEO:
materials segment, which markets manufactured stone and South Jordan, UT 84095 Employees (2004): 3,680 Kirk A. Benson
specialty siding products, has grown to account for more than half Phone: 801-984-9400 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Steven G. (Steve)
Headwaters of the company's sales. Headwaters is also a top marketer of coal Fax: 801-984-9410 360.00% Stewart
Incorporated [HW] combustion products (CCPs), such as fly ash and bottom ash. Yes
Precious metals are priority at Heraeus Holding. The company's
largest subsidiary is precious metals trader W.C. Heraeus, which
also processes precious and specialty metals into products used in
the aerospace, automobile, ceramics, chemical, electronics, glass,
medical, and pharmaceutical industries. Among Heraeus Holding's • Chairman, Supervisory
100-odd other subsidiaries and affiliates are Heraeus Kulzer Board: Jürgen Heraeus
(dental restoration products), Heraeus Quarzglas (equipment and Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, Board of
optics made from quartz glass), Heraeus Electro-Nite (temperature Address: Heraeusstraße 12-14 Revenue (2004): 11373.00 M Management: Helmut
sensors used in the steel and auto industries and appliances), and D-63450 Hanau, Germany Revenue Growth (1 yr): 22.20% Eshwey
Heraeus Noblelight (infrared, ultraviolet, and other specialty light Phone: +49-6181-35-0 Employees (2004): 9,832 • COO and CTO: Frank
Heraeus Holding sources). The Heraeus family owns the 150-year-old holding Fax: +49-6181-35-3550 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.60% Heinricht
GmbH company.
 for its customers. Heraeus Precious Metals Management (HPM)
sells precious metals and offers metal trading and hedging
services to customers. The company deals in precious metals
such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in physical forms
from grains to ingots and bars. It also operates a refining division
for scrap precious metals (i.e., jewelry and dental filling scraps) Address: 540 Madison Ave. • Chairman: Jürgen
and other materials such as petroleum, photographic films and New York, NY 10022 Fiscal Year End: December Heraeus
Heraeus Precious papers, and other chemical catalysts containing metals. Heraeus Phone: 212-752-2180 Revenue (2005): 800.00 M • President: John
Metals Precious Metals is the North American trading unit of the Heraeus Fax: 212-752-7141 Employees (2005): 21 Burdsall
Management, Inc. Holding.
Hidefield Gold wants gold and other precious metals to come out
of hiding. The company acquires and develops gold fields; its • Chairman: Kenneth P.
primary project is the Cata Preta development in the Minas Gerais Address: 30 Farringdon St. Judge
state of Brazil. (In 2005 the company bought the 50% stake in London EC4A 4HJ, United Fiscal Year End: September • CEO: John F. Prochnau
Cata Preta that it didn't own from Brazilian Diamonds.) Hidefield Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Gold also has several gold exploration projects in Argentina. The Phone: +44-20-7581-0111 Employees (2004): 4 • Finance Director:
company has additional holdings in other precious metal projects Fax: +44-20-7581-4477 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Kenneth (Ken) Bone
Hidefield Gold plc under development in North and South America.
explores and develops precious metal in Canada, West Africa, and
Russia. High River's main focus is Russia, where it has an 85% • Chairman: Donald A.
holding in two producing gold mines, which accounts for all of the Address: 155 University Ave., Whalen
company's production. It produces about 100,000 ounces of gold Ste. 1700 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
annually. In 2005 High River acquired a substantial stake in Jilbey Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7, Revenue (2004): 80.70 M Director: David V.
Gold Exploration, which has operations in Burkina Faso. Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.60% Mosher
Operations at its New Britannia Mine in Manitoba, Canada (High Phone: 416-947-1440 Employees (2004): 4,089 • CFO: Steven W.
High River Gold River owns half of the mine with Kinross Gold) were suspended in Fax: 416-360-0010 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.10% (Steve) Poad
Mines Ltd. 2005.
Highbank Resources is staying close to home to find gold. The • Chairman: Dennis H.
Canada-based company, formerly Consolidated E.T.C. Industries, Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 600 McKnight
drills on the Granby Peninsula property, located in British Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
Columbia. It has a 50% interest in the Granby claim. Expanding its 2T6, Canada Director: Jake Bottay
search beyond the precious yellow metal, in 2005 Highbank Phone: 604-683-6648 • CFO, Secretary, and
Highbank Resources acquired the Swamp Point aggregates, gravel, and Fax: 604-683-1350 Director: Gary Musil
Resources Ltd. sand project in British Columbia.
Highland Gold wants to make its fortune in Russia. The company
has mining operations in Russia, including its primary asset, one of
the country's largest producing mines, Mnogovershinnoe (MNV).
Its other producing mine is Darasun in the Chita region. In all these Address: 26 New St. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: James
two mines produce about 200,000 ounces of gold annually. St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3RA, Revenue (2004): 82.10 M Cross
Highland Gold also has several other properties in Russia that are Channel Islands Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.60% • Managing Director:
in development. It hopes to bring its Novoshirokinskoye project Phone: +44-1534-814-202 Employees (2004): 3,700 Dmitri Korobov
Highland Gold into prodcution next. Deputy chairman Ivan Koulakov holds 15% of Fax: +44-1534-814-815 Employee Growth (1 yr): 32.10% • COO: Scott Yelland
Mining Limited the company; mining giant Barrick Gold has a 20% stake.
of coal. The company mines coal through its principal property, the
Quinsam mine on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The • Chairman: Winston D.
underground mine produces thermal coal (used mainly to produce Address: The Marine Bldg., Ste. Stothert
steam for generating electricity) which is then transported from its 1100, 355 Burrard St. Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
Middle Point facility to industrial customers located in Canada and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 19.40 M David J. Slater
the US. It has another thermal coal mine in Tennessee under 2G8, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 86.70% • COO, Surface
Hillsborough development. Hillsborough Resources is also acquiring holdings in Phone: 604-684-9288 Employees (2004): 83 Operations: David A.
Resources coking coal development projects in other areas of British Fax: 604-684-3178 Employee Growth (1 yr): 27.70% Fawcett
Limited Columbia.
 hinterlands of Canada. Formerly Gladiator Minerals, the
exploration and development company is acquiring interests in Address: 680 3rd Ave., Ste. 203
properties with potential for gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, Val d'Or, British Columbia J9P
and palladium. Its main properties include the Helen Gold Zone in 1S5, Canada
the Yukon and the Teck and Lockout properties in Ontario. Phone: 819-874-8182
Hinterland Metals President and CEO Mark Fekete holds a 10% interest in Fax: 819-874-8183 • President, CEO, and
Inc. Hinterland Metals. Director: Mark Fekete
Hobet Mining mines coal in Central Appalachia. The company
operates the Hobet 21 mine, which is located on some 19,700
acres in Boone and Lincoln counties in southern West Virginia.
Equipment at Hobet 21 includes a dragline, electric shovel, and Address: St. Rte. 119, S. Shaffer
wheel-loader spread. Coal mined there is processed at an on-site Rd.
preparation plant and transported out by rail. Former parent Arch Madison, WV 25130
Coal sold Hobet Mining in 2005 to Magnum Coal, a company Phone: 304-369-6780 • General Manager: Mike
Hobet Mining, Inc. backed by affiliates of investment firm ArcLight Capital. Jarrell
Hoeganaes (pronounced HEY-gun-ess) produces powdered
ferrous metals (atomized steel and sponge iron) for use by auto • President: Robert J.
parts makers and other manufacturers. The steel and iron powders (Bob) Fulton
are used to make structural parts, filters, and bearings, as well as • SVP, Sales and
in friction applications such as brake pads and linings. Hoeganaes Address: 1001 Taylors Ln. Marketing: William H.
products also are used in chemical and welding applications. Cinnaminson, NJ 08077-2017 (Bill) Michael
Outside the US, the company has operations in Germany. Phone: 856-829-2220 • VP, Finance: Pete
Hoeganaes Hoeganaes was founded in 1953. The company is part of the Fax: 856-829-7156 Saitis
Corporation automotive business segment of UK-based GKN.
including gold and silver, and extracts saleable material. The • CEO: George Hoover
company's products are sold primarily to jewelry makers. The Address: 10700 Trade Rd. • President: Torry Hoover
company was founded in 1912 by Jay Hoover and Harry Strong to Richmond, VA 23236-3000 Fiscal Year End: December
refine industrial platinum scrap; over the years Hoover & Strong Phone: 804-794-3700 Revenue (2005): 48.60 M • VP, Finance: Dan Pharr
Hoover & Strong has developed some 30,000 products designed for use by the Fax: 804-794-5687 Employees (2005): 180
Inc. jewelry industry.
Bearing out the adage that one person's trash is another's trash,
Horsehead turns zinc-containing dust into zinc and value-added
zinc products. Key raw materials for the company include dust
from the electric-arc furnaces used at steel minimills and residue • President and CEO:
from the galvanizing of metals. Besides zinc metal (used in James M. Hensler
galvanizing and alloying), Horsehead's products include zinc oxide • VP and CFO: Robert D.
(used in the agricultural, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries) Address: 300 Frankfort Rd. Scherich
and zinc dust (used in corrosion-resistant coatings). The company Monaca, PA 15061 • VP, Sales and
operates from facilities in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Phone: 724-774-1020 Revenue (2005): 46.50 M Marketing: James A.
Tennesee, and Texas. Investment firm Sun Capital Partners owns Fax: 724-774-4348 Employees (2005): 157 Totera
Horsehead Corp. Horsehead.
Hullas del Coto Cortés has all the right sites for anthracite, as well
as bituminous coal and lignite. About 80% of the company's
production, some 500,000 tons extracted annually, is from
underground mines. All but one percent of its sales are to the
electric power sector in Spain, where coal is the most used fuel for Address: Montalbán 3, 1 dcha.,
generation (composing more than 30% of the total). The remaining Apartado 826
one percent is sold for domestic use and to small industry. Banco 28014 Madrid, Spain
Pastor owns more than 63% of Hullas del Coto Cortés, which was Phone: +34-91-531-95-00
Hullas del Coto founded in 1919. Translated into English, the company's name Fax: +34-91-532-18-80 • Chairman: Fernando
Cortés, S.A. means "Bituminous Coal of the Cortés Enclosure." Pastor González
 company produces more than eight million tons of thermal coal
through its mines in New South Wales, Australia. Its primary • President and COO:
operations include the Mt Arthur coal mine and the Wyong Derek Nightingale
development project. Its customers are located primarily in Address: Thomas Mitchell Drive • General Manager,
Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Hunter Valley Energy Muswellbrook, New South Wales Finance: Ockert Nel
is a subsidiary of BHP Billiton's Energy Coal segment, which 2333, Australia • Environment and
maintains other coal operations in Africa and the Americas. The Phone: +61-2-6542-4800 Fiscal Year End: June External Affairs Manager:
Hunter Valley company is able to make use of Billiton's marketing hubs in Fax: +61-2-6542-4801 Revenue (2005): 39.00 M Ian Tredinnick
Energy Coal Ltd. Singapore and the Netherlands.
• CEO and Treasurer:
Hurlen distributes metals to aerospace companies through Jay Hurtado
warehouses in California and Florida. The company, also known • President, Kenig
as Hurlen Kenig Aerospace, specializes in aerospace and Aerospace (Florida):
commercial-quality metals such as high-temperature refractory Emily Mountcastle
and nickel alloys, copper and copper alloys, hand forgings, • Sales
aluminum alloys, and stainless steels. Hurlen also offers related Address: 9841 Bell Ranch Dr. Representative/Network
treatment and processing services, including heat treating, cutting, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Fiscal Year End: December Administrator
sonic testing, grinding, and milling. Customers have included Phone: 562-941-5330 Revenue (2005): 18.50 M (Kenig/Florida): Eric
Hurlen companies such as Boeing, Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin, and Fax: 562-941-4750 Employees (2005): 30 Andrew
Corporation Rolls-Royce.
• Chairman: Munacho
Hwange Colliery mines for coal in Zimbabwe. The coal is used Mutezo
primarily in electricity generation and steel manufacturing. Address: 17 Nelson Mandela • Managing Director:
Founded in 1923, Hwange Colliery (formerly called Wankie Ave. Godfrey Dzinomwa
Colliery) is 40%-owned by the Zimbabwean government. The Harare, Zimbabwe • Marketing and Public
company is the largest coal company in Africa outside South Phone: +263-4-78-1985 Relations Manager:
Hwange Colliery Africa. British property magnate Nicholas van Hoogstraten owns Fax: +263-4-78-1988 George Nkala
Company Ltd about 32% of Hwange Colliery.
Impala Platinum (Implats) has swiftly become the world's second-
largest platinum producer (behind Anglo Platinum). Implats
produces nearly 1.9 million ounces of platinum annually from its
mines in South Africa (the Bushveld Complex) and Zimbabwe (the
Great Dyke). The company also produces palladium, rhodium, and Address: 3rd Fl., Old Trafford 4,, • Chairman: Frederick
ruthenium (all platinum group metals) as well as nickel and other Isle of Houghton, Boundary Rd. Fiscal Year End: June (Fred) Roux
metals. The bulk of Implats' platinum is used in automobiles (to Houghton, Gauteng 2198, South Revenue (2005): 1876.10 M • CEO and Director: Keith
make catalytic converters) and jewelry; it is also sold to the Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%) C. Rumble
Impala Platinum chemical, electronics, glass, and petroleum industries. North Phone: +27-11-481-3900 Employees (2005): 31,000 • CFO and Director:
Holdings Limited America and Asia account for most of the company's sales. Fax: +27-11-484-0254 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.90%) David Brown
[IMPUY.PK] Implats has exploration projects in Australia, Brazil, and the US. Yes
of nickel (after Russian giant Norilsk Nickel), which is used
primarily for manufacturing stainless steel and batteries. Inco also
mines and processes copper, gold, cobalt, and platinum group
metals. It makes nickel battery materials and nickel foams, flakes,
and powders for use in catalysts, electronics, and paints. Sulphuric Address: 145 King St. West, Ste. • Chairman and CEO:
acid and liquid sulphur dioxide are produced as byproducts. The 1500 Fiscal Year End: December Scott M. Hand
company's primary mining and processing operations are in Toronto, Ontario M5H 4B7, Revenue (2005): 4518.00 M • President, COO, and
Canada, Indonesia, and the UK. In 2005 Inco announced the Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.60% Director: Peter C. Jones
acquisition of Canadian nickel and copper mining giant Phone: 416-361-7511 Employees (2004): 10,973 • EVP and CFO: Robert
Falconbridge Limited. The merger will make Inco the world's Fax: 416-361-7781 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.70% D. J. (Bob) Davies
Inco Limited [N] largest nickel producer. Yes
 Industrias Peñoles really has a silver lining -- the company is one
of the world's largest silver producers. Peñoles has proven and
probable reserves of more than 430 million ounces of silver, some • Chairman: Alberto
4 million ounces of gold, 800 thousand tons of lead, and 2.6 million Baillères
ounces of zinc. It is also involved in several mining joint ventures, • President, CEO, and
as well as mining exploration projects in Peru. The company's Address: Moliere No. 222, Fiscal Year End: December Director: Jaime Lomelín
Metals segment smelts lead, refines silver, and produces sulfuric Colonia Polanco Revenue (2004): 1479.90 M Guillén
acid and other smelting byproducts. Its Chemicals group produces 11540 México, D.F., Mexico Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.30% • EVP Finance and
Industrias such chemicals as sodium sulfate and ammonium sulfate. The US Phone: +52-55-5279-3000 Employees (2004): 6,842 Information Systems:
Peñoles, S.A. de accounts for about 75% of the company's export sales. Peñoles is Fax: +52-55-5279-3514 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.60% Mario Arreguín Frade
C.V. part of Mexican conglomerate Grupo BAL.
• Chairman: Mark R.
Canadian company Inter-Citic Minerals feels right at home in Frederick
China. Formerly Inter-Citic Mineral Technologies, the exploration Address: 60 Columbia Way, Ste. • President, CEO, and
company has a license for the Dachang gold project in the Qinghai 501 Director: James J. (Jim)
Province. Its other exploration license is for the Zalantun gold Markham, Ontario L3R 0C9, Moore
project in Inner Mongolia. Inter-Citic Minerals has formed joint Canada • VP Corporate
venture partnerships with several local Chinese government Phone: 905-479-5072 Fiscal Year End: November Communications:
Inter-Citic agencies in order to explore and develop mineral properties in the Fax: 905-479-6397 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Stephen Lautens
Minerals Inc. country.
International Arimex Resources is no stranger to mining in the Address: 555 Burrard St., Ste.
Americas. Since 1986, the development stage company has 900
explored Arizona, Mexico, and Canada. International Arimex Vancouver, British Columbia V7X • Chairman: J. Kenney
Resources is now primarily exploring for gold, copper, and silver, 1M8, Canada (Ken) Berscht
International at properties throughout British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Phone: 604-893-7066 Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
Arimex Resources Canada. Its most promising project is in Fort St. James, British Fax: 604-648-8868 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Chris England
Inc. Columbia.
really is international. The company is exploring and developing Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste.
the Dulong zinc and tin property in Yunnan Province, China. 750
Barytex shares ownership in the project with several Chinese Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Chairman: Roman
companies. It also owns the Mel and Barb zinc, lead, and silver 2T8, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Shklanka
International properties in the Yukon. Barytex management holds a 20% stake Phone: 604-688-9368 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and Director:
Barytex in the company; Canadian precious metals giant Barrick Gold Fax: 604-688-9336 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 105.10% Leo King
Resources Ltd. owns about 10%.
International Coal Group focuses its energy on one nation, the US.
The company produces coal from 10 mining complexes in
Northern and Central Appalachia (Kentucky, Maryland, and West • Non-Executive
Virginia) and from one complex in the Illinois Basin. International Chairman: Wilbur L.
Coal Group produces low-sulfur steam coal, which is sold mainly Ross Jr.
to electric utilities, and metallurgical coal, which is sold to • President and CEO:
steelmakers. Steam coal accounts for two-thirds of the company's Fiscal Year End: December Bennett K. (Ben) Hatfield
900 millions tons of proved and positive coal reserves. Address: 2000 Ashland Dr. Revenue (2005): 647.70 M • SVP Sales and
International Coal Group was formed in May 2004 when investor Ashland, KY 41101 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 375.90% Marketing: Philip Michael
International Coal Wilbur Ross led a group that bought many of the assets of Horizon Phone: 606-920-7400 Employees (2004): 1,425 Hardesty
Group, Inc. [ICO] Natural Resources in a bankruptcy auction. Yes
practically a United Nations of businesses. Through its
subsidiaries, the company is engaged in coal mining and • President: Gary G.
marketing (L&K Coal), lumber production and distribution (Gilco Address: 96 MacCorkle Ave. SW White
Lumber), and manufacturing of trailers and truck bodies (Benson South Charleston, WV 25303 • General Sales
International). International Industries also owns a hotel in West Phone: 304-746-6021 Manager, Gilco: Darrell
International Virginia. James H. "Buck" Harless founded International Industries Fax: 304-746-7705 Sheets
Industries, Inc. in 1947.
 International Minerals is working to develop gold and silver Address: 7950 E. Acoma Dr.,
properties in South America. The company's primary projects Ste. 211
include the Rio Blanco, Gaby, and Cañicapa properties in Ecuador Scottsdale, AZ 85260
International and the Pallancata properties in southern Peru. International Phone: 480-483-9932 • President, CEO, CFO,
Minerals Minerals has undertaken exploratory drilling programs to Fax: 480-483-9926 and Director: Stephen J.
Corporation determine the feasibility of mineral production. Kay
There's something new and used flowing through Interpipe's pipe • President: Bianni
dream. Interpipe buys and distributes new and used structural Bianco
steel pipe used in construction, fencing, sign-pole making, tunnels, • CFO (HR): Brenda
and water wells. The company especially carries a large supply of White
DSAW (double-submerged arc weld), ERW(electric resistance Address: R.R. #3, 3320 Miles Rd. • VP and Sales:
welding) and seamless pipes. Interpipe does business throughout Mount Hope, Ontario L0R 1W0, Jeannette Hutchinson
Interpipe Inc. Canada and the US. Canada
This Ivanhoe is not Sir Walter Scott's hero of yore, but it does have
an adventurous story to tell. Ivanhoe Mines, formerly Indochina • Chairman and CEO;
Goldfields, explores for and develops mineral properties, primarily Chairman and President,
in Asia. Its main projects are Oyu Tolgoi, a development in remote Address: 999 Canada Place, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Ivanhoe Capital: Robert
Mongolia that holds an estimated 9 million ounces of gold and 11 654 Revenue (2004): 44.10 M M. Friedland
billion tons of copper, and the Monywa copper project (50%- Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue Growth (1 yr): • COO, President and
owned) in Myanmar. Other holdings include 70% of the Bakyrchik 3E1, Canada (-50.80%) Director: John Macken
gold mine in Kazakhstan and a 40% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines, Phone: 604-688-5755 Employees (2004): 2,471 • CFO and Director:
Ivanhoe Mines with properties in China. Chairman and CEO Robert Friedland Fax: 604-682-2060 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.60%) Peter G. Meredith
Ltd. [IVN] owns 32% of Ivanhoe. Yes
For Ivernia "get the lead out" is more than just a cliche, it's a way Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: J. Trevor
of life. The mining and exploration company has lead and zinc Address: 44 Victoria St., Ste. 400 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Eyton
mining operations in Australia, including the Magellan mine (which Toronto, Ontario M5C 1Y2, Revenue Growth (1 yr): 65.90% • President, CEO, and
began production in 2005). It expects to produce about 100,000 Canada Employees (2004): 47 Director: Alan De'ath
tons of lead annually when the mine is in full production. Ivernia Phone: 416-867-9298 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP and CFO: Mario
sold its 50% stake in the Ireland-based Lisheen mine to Anglo Fax: 416-867-9384 (-53.00%) Stifano
Ivernia Inc. American plc.
• President, CEO, and
Jaguar Nickel is on the prowl for nickel and cobalt in Central Address: 120 Adelaide St. West, Director: John B. Yates
America. The company explores and develops about a dozen Ste. 2015 • VP, Finance: John A.
properties that it licenses in Guatemala. Jaguar Nickel's primary Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1, Francis
project is the Sechol Property in the foothills of the Sierra de Santa Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Marketing and
Cruz mountains. It began exploration in 1998 when the company Phone: 416-363-1124 Revenue (2004): 0.40 M Corporate Development:
acquired a stake in Minera Mayamerica. Jaguar Nickel exited Fax: 416-360-0728 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 401.80% Somerset P. Parker
Jaguar Nickel Inc. Venezuela in 2001.
James River Coal hopes the coal keeps flowing. After having to
shut several mines because of money problems, the company still
runs five mines in eastern Kentucky (Central Appalachian Basin)
that produce some 8.5 million tons of coal annually. In 2005 the
company expanded by buying Triad Mining, which owns and
operates seven coal mines in southern Indiana (Illinois Basin) that Address: 901 E. Byrd St., Ste. • Chairman, President,
produced about 3.4 million tons of coal in 2004. James River Coal 1600 and CEO: Peter T. Socha
is buying additional Illinois Basin coal reserves to complement the Richmond, VA 23219 Fiscal Year End: December
Triad operations. James River Coal emerged from bankruptcy in Phone: 804-780-3000 Revenue (2005): 454.00 M • SVP and COO: Coy K.
James River Coal 2004; in 2006, it hired investment bankers to help evaluate ways to Fax: 804-780-0643 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 95.90% Lane Jr.
Company [JRCC] boost shareholder value that could include a sale of the company. Yes
 JFE Shoji Holdings, formed by the combination of Kawasho
Corporation and NKK Trading, built its business on steel. The • Chairman: Hiroo Naruki
company has expanded though to become active in food,
semiconductor, construction materials, and chemicals trading. • President and
Steel trading, through its JFE Shoji Trade subsidiary, still accounts Address: 2 Chome 7-1, President, JFE Shoji
for a majority of sales. JFE Shoji sells steel products, purchased Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Trade: Osamu Sato
from JFE Steel and other mills, to the automotive, shipbuilding, Tokyo 100-8070, Japan Fiscal Year End: March • Senior Managing
and electrical industries, among others. JFE Shoji's assets include Phone: +81-3-5203-5510 Revenue (2004): 11164.50 M Director: Yutaka
JFE Shoji fuels, ships, and real estate holdings. JFE Steel controls about Fax: +81-3-5203-5289 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.70% Horiguchi
Holdings, Inc. 40% of the company.
their air conditioners and other electrical appliances without the
power produced from the coal mined by Jim Walter Resources President and COO, Jim
and its industry peers. A subsidiary of Walter Industries (as is Jim Walter Resources:
Walter Homes), Jim Walter Resources operates three coal mines George R. Richmond
in Alabama that have the capacity to produce about 7.5 million Address: 16243 Hwy. 216 • VP and CFO: Greg
tons of coal annually. The company sells its coal to electricity Brookwood, AL 35444 Dean
generators and steel producers in the US and overseas; sales Phone: 205-554-6150 • VP, Marketing: Michael
Jim Walter outside the US account for more than half of the company's coal Fax: 205-554-6161 T (Mike) Madden
Resources, Inc. revenue.
Bull markets and bear markets come and go, and through them all
Joseph Behr and Sons sticks to the scrap metal business. Through
its subsidiaries, including Behr Iron & Steel and Behr Specialty
Metals, the company buys, processes, and sells scrap iron, steel, • President and CEO:
and nonferrous metals such as aluminum and copper. In addition, Address: 1100 Seminary St. Richard Behr
Behr is engaged in construction and demolition work, via its G&M Rockford, IL 61104 • CFO: Leland Foecking
Construction unit. The company's Behr Trucking unit provides Phone: 815-987-2600 • VP Marketing, Behr
Joseph Behr and freight transportation services. The company was founded by Fax: 815-987-2606 Mason City: John Glover
Sons, Inc. Joseph Behr, grandfather of CEO Richard Behr, in 1906.
As you might gather, this company is jubilant for prolific platinum
properties. Jubilee Platinum explores for and owns platinum Address: 2 Cromwell Place, 4th
properties primarily in South Africa (Bushveld Complex) and Fl., South Kensington • Chairman: Malcolm A.
Madagascar (Londokomanana district and Mahajanga province). London SW7 2JE, United Fiscal Year End: June Burne
The company additionally owns interests in Canada and Sierra Kingdom Revenue (2005): 0.00 M • CEO: Colin Bird
Leone. Mining development and investment company Golden Phone: +44-20-7584-2155 Employees (2005): 7 • Group Financial
Jubilee Platinum Prospect owns a 15% stake in Jubilee Platinum; company Fax: +44-20-7589-7806 Employee Growth (1 yr): 16.70% Manager: Raju Samtani
plc management holds a 10% interest.
KCP takes its parent company, networking services firm Level 3
Communications, to a whole new level -- below ground. KCP
(formerly Kiewit Coal Properties) produces coal through its 50%
interests in two coal miners: Decker Coal Company, a joint venture
with Kennecott Energy, and Black Butte Coal, a joint venture with
the Bitter Creek Coal Company (a subsidiary of Anadarko
Petroleum). The two surface mining operations produce about
13.5 tons of coal annually. KCP's customers, mainly electric Address: 100 Kiewet Plaza Fiscal Year End: December
utilities, include Commonwealth Edison, Sierra Pacific, Idaho Omaha, NE 68131 Revenue (2005): 84.20 M
Power, and Minnesota Power. Peter Kiewit Sons' manages the Phone: 402-342-2052 Employees (2005): 29 • President: R. Douglas
KCP, Inc. company's mines. Bradbury
 Ken-Mac is into metal, but don't expect it to care about Black
Sabbath. A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp's North American
materials unit, Ken-Mac Metals processes and distributes
aluminum, pre-painted aluminum, and stainless steel sheet, slit
coil, and plate metal. The company sells its products throughout
North America to the automotive, construction, consumer Address: 17901 Englewood Dr.
durables, residential and commercial construction, and truck and Cleveland, OH 44130-3454 Fiscal Year End: September
trailer industries. It has production facilities in Chicago, Cleveland, Phone: 440-234-7500 Revenue (2005): 61.70 M
Ken-Mac Metals, Detroit, and Los Angeles and offers eight slitting liens and cut-to- Fax: 440-234-4459 Employees (2005): 202 • President: Larry E.
Inc. length and blanking services. Parsons
Kenmare Resources is a mining and minerals exploration and
development company that owns and operates the Moma Titanium
Minerals Project, its main asset, in Mozambique. The project Address: Chatham House, • Chairman: Charles J.
(currently under construction) will produce titanium minerals Chatham St. Fiscal Year End: December Carvill
including rutile, ilmenite, and zircon. Kenmare conducts other Dublin 2, Ireland Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Managing Director:
operations in Niassa (northern Mozambique), where it holds Phone: +353-1 671 0411 Employees (2004): 70 Michael Carvill
Kenmare licenses that cover 250km of a gold belt, and in County Carlow, Fax: +353-1 671 0810 Employee Growth (1 yr): 27.30% • COO: Chris Gilchrist
Resources plc Ireland, where it holds two mineral exploration licenses.
Apparently, there's also coal in them there hills. Kennecott Energy
Corporation (KEC) operates four wholly owned coal mines located
in the mountains of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Its coal is
sold primarily to electricity generators operating in the midwestern • President and CEO:
and southern regions of the US. The company, which produces Bret Clayton
more than 100 million tons of coal annually, is a subsidiary of Rio • VP, Finance, Strategy,
Tinto. KEC formed in 1993 and has expanded through subsequent Address: 505 S. Gillette Ave. and Law and CFO: Alan
acquisitions from the likes of W. R. Grace and Kerr-McGee. The Gillette, WY 82717 Fiscal Year End: December J. Davies
company announced in 2006 that it would change its name to Rio Phone: 307-687-6000 Revenue (2005): 301.20 M • VP, Marketing: Jeff
Kennecott Energy Tinto Energy America, a move designed to align KEC more closely Fax: 307-687-6015 Employees (2005): 1,633 Price
Company with its parent in the eyes of the public.
Before you dig up any of that gold or copper or silver you've got to
find it in the first place. Kennecott Exploration Company takes care
of that part of the job for much of Rio Tinto's North American
operations. The company is the U.S. mining and drilling services
subsidiary of the Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group. Kennecott
Exploration is focused on locating and acquiring mining Address: 224 N. 2200 West
opportunities in North and Central America. It does the location Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Kennecott scouting for other Rio Tinto group companies like Diavik Diamond Phone: 801-238-2400 Revenue (2005): 5.60 M Director: John V. Main
Exploration Mines, and Kennecott's copper, energy, and minerals mining Fax: 801-238-2480 Employees (2005): 70 • CFO: S.L. Mecham
Company iterations.
Alaska's Gold Rush may be long done, but the state's still got
some bling buried underneath it. Kennecott Greens Creek Mining
Company, a Kennecott Minerals subsidiary, holds a majority
ownership of the Greens Creek Mine, a gold, silver, zinc and lead • President and CEO:
mining operation near Juneau, Alaska. Hecla Mining Company Address: 3000 Vintage Blvd., Ste. Adrian F. Jackman
holds the remaining 30% interest in the mine. Greens Creek's 200, PO Box 32199 • COO and General
underground mine delivers a polymetallic ore (containing all four Juneau, AK 99801-7125 Manager: Rich A. Heig
Kennecott Greens minerals) to a surface mill and concentrator, which produces Phone: 907-789-8100 • CFO and Treasurer: M.
Creek Mining separate concentrates that are then delivered to smelters Fax: 907-789-8108 T. Sadler
Company worldwide.
 Kennecott Minerals Company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group,
develops, manages, and operates five gold and silver mining and
milling businesses in Canada, Mexico and the United States.The
Cortez Mine is a gold mining joint venture with Placer Dome (which Key People
owns 60%); the Denton-Rawhide Mine is 51% owned by • CEO: Adrian F.
Kennecott Minerals (with Pacific Rim Mining owning the rest). The Jackman
Greens Creek Mine -- located near Juneau, Alaska -- produces • CFO and Treasurer: M.
silver, gold, zinc, and lead. Kennecott's wholly owned Ridgeway Address: 224 N. 2200 West T. Sadler
Mine is located in South Carolina and is an open pit gold mine. Salt Lake City, UT 84116-2921 • Head of Information
And its Eagle Project, also wholly owned, is a nickel and copper Phone: 801-238-2492 Technology: Brian
Kennecott deposit that is undergoing evaulation to determine its potential as Fax: 801-238-2488 Oldham
Minerals Company a mining property.
Kinbauri Gold may be in Canada, but its heart is in Spain. The
junior mining company is primarily exploring for gold at the
Corcoesto project in northwestern Spain through a partnership with
Rio Narcea Gold Mines. It has also re-activated its exploration of Address: 110 Westhunt Dr.
Morrisette Creek in Ontario and Laniel in Quebec. Kinbauri Gold Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0, Canada
holds two other gold properties in Nevada. In 2005 the company Phone: 613-836-2594 • President, CEO, and
Kinbauri Gold received an influx of cash following a lawsuit settlement in which Fax: 613-831-2730 Director: Vern N.
Corp. IAMGOLD had to pay damages and costs. Rampton
King's Bay is looking for a king's ransom in gold. The company Address: 140 William Gibson Bay
explores for precious metals in Manitoba and northwestern Winnipeg, Manitoba R2C 5L8,
Ontario. It has focused its resources specifically on the Red Lake Canada • President and CEO:
district and Pickle Lake area of Ontario. Its other claims include Phone: 204-253-4653 Richard R. Rivet
King's Bay Gold Garnet Lake, Gold Horse, and Helena Lake. Incorporated in 1998, Fax: 204-224-0306 • CFO: Ray Préfontaine
Corporation King's Bay began trading in 2002.
Kirkland Lake Gold is looking to dive into big pool of gold. The
exploration and mining company operates five gold properties in
the Kirkland Lake area of Ontario. It produces gold from the #3 • Chairman: D. Harry W.
shaft of its Macassa property and the #2 shaft of its Lake Shore Address: 570 Granville St., Ste. Dobson
ramp property. It also owns the Teck-Hughes, Kirkland Minerals, 300 Fiscal Year End: April • President, CEO, and
and Wright Hargreaves properties. Kirkland Lake Gold's properties Vancouver, British Columbia Revenue (2005): 17.60 M Director: Brian A.
currently yield more than 45,000 ounces of gold annually. V6C3P1, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 146.10% Hinchcliffe
Commencing operations in 1983, the company purchased its Phone: 604-689-1428 Employees (2005): 275 • CFO: Robert G.
Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake properties (all were former producing mines) from Fax: 604-681-4692 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.70% Rodrigue
Gold Inc. Kinross Gold in 2001.
Klöckner never takes a time-out from business. The company is
one of the world's largest distributors and processors of steel and
other metals. It handles such products as sheet, plate, tubes, and
bar steel, along with stainless steel and aluminum. Klöckner offers
steel-processing services such as flame cutting, plasma cutting, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
cutting to length, and splitting. It also distributes plastics, hardware, Address: Neudorfer Strasse 3-5 Revenue (2004): 6571.00 M Thomas Ludwig
and building materials. The company has facilities in Europe and D-47057 Duisburg, Germany Revenue Growth (1 yr): 37.40% • CFO and Member,
North America (Namasco Corp. in the US and Namasco Ltd. in Phone: +49-203-307-0 Employees (2004): 9,831 Board of Management:
Canada). German state-owned bank WestLB holds nearly 95% of Fax: +49-203-307-5000 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.90%) Derrick G. Noe
Klöckner & Co AG Klöckner.
 automobiles, and construction materials. Other mining operations
include gold, silver, platinum group metals, and copper production.
The company has overseas subsidiaries and affiliates in Australia,
Canada, Thailand, and the US. Founded in 1974, Korea Zinc • Chairman and CEO:
began operations in the US when it acquired Big River Zinc in Address: 142 Nonhyun-dong, Chang Young Choi
1996. In 2005 it announced it would sell or liquidate its US Gangnam-gu • President and Director:
operations pending an internal investigation into its future Seoul, South Korea Fiscal Year End: December Keun Cheol Choi
profitability prospects. Further to that end, the company closed up Phone: +82-2-519-3411 Revenue (2004): 1124.50 M • VP, CFO, and Director:
Korea Zinc shop at Big River Zinc in February 2006 due to rising costs in zinc Fax: +82-2-514-5038 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.30% Eui Ryung Lee
Company, Ltd. ore.
KPS Ventures is a company of many names -- and a couple of
industries, to boot. Formerly Sun Ice Limited until 2004 and Sylre
(pronounced SIL-ray) until spring 2005, KPS Ventures once held Address: 595 Burrard St., Ste.
trademarks for golf and ski clothing, as well as sports and leisure 3123, 3 Bentall Centre
wear. The firm traded in the business of licensing its trademarks in Vancouver, British Columbia V7X
the US and Canada for royalty revenue for a focus on mining. The 1J1, Canada
company was purchased by Canadian investment bank Northern Phone: 604-609-6113
KPS Ventures Ltd. Financial Corporation in 2005 and changed its name and direction Fax: 604-609-6145 • President and Director:
[KPSFF.PK] then. Gordon Keep Yes
and Thabazimi iron ore mines (producing 30 million tons annually),
open-pit coal mines (producing nearly 20 million tons annually),
and one of the world's largest coal-processing plants. It also • Non-Executive
operates the Ticor heavy minerals project in Africa. The company Chairman: Allen J.
owns more than 2.5 billion tons of iron ore reserves (the ore is Morgan
used almost exclusively to make steel). Nearly 70% of Kumba's Fiscal Year End: December • Chief Executive: C. J.
iron ore is exported; its customers mainly include China and Address: Roger Dyason Rd. Revenue (2004): 2222.50 M (Con) Fauconnier
Japan. Kumba also mines zinc and mineral sands that contain Pretoria West 0183, South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 122.20% • Executive Director,
Kumba Resources heavy minerals such as titanium and zircon. Most of Kumba's Phone: +27-12-307-5000 Employees (2004): 9,691 Business Operations: M.
Limited properties are in Africa, but it also has projects in Australia and Fax: +27-12-323-3400 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.40%) J. (Mike) Kilbride
[KBREY.PK] China. Yes
La Mancha Resources is on a mission to find gold in Argentina.
Formed in 1996, the company's primary objective is to explore and
develop the advanced-stage Hualilan gold property in the San Address: 311 W. 1st St.
Juan province. It is currently completing exploratory drilling on the North Vancouver, British • Executive Chairman:
project. La Mancha has another property on hold in Argentina and Columbia V7M 1B5, Canada Walter H. (Wally)
in 2006 it acquired interests in mines in Australia, Sudan, and the Phone: 604-998-1250 Berukoff
La Mancha Ivory Coast. The man behind La Mancha, chairman Walter Fax: 604-998-1253 • CFO: Ian D. Brown
Resources Inc. Berukoff, holds about 15% of the company.
Address: R141 - 757 W. Hastings
La Plata Gold may be based in Canada, but its heart is in Mexico. St., Ste. 381
The company primarily explores for gold and silver in the Durango Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
and Guerrero states of Mexico. Its properties include El Violin, La 1A1, Canada
Purisima, Jesus Maria, and San Rafael. La Plata also has Phone: 604-687-4701
La Plata Gold properties in Argentina, but it isn't currently developing these Fax: 604-687-4709 • President: Cosme M.
Corporation projects, while it focuses on developing its properties in Mexico. Beccar Varela
Lake Shore Gold has set a course for precious metals in Ontario
and Quebec. The company's assets include the Timmins Gold Address: 701 W. Georgia St., • Chairman: Alan C.
property; the Bazooka property in Quebec; and the Abitibi project, Ste. 1650 Moon
which it is expanding with the help of partners. In 2004 Lake Shore Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y • President and CEO:
Gold acquired partner Holmer Gold Mines and as a result took 1C6, Canada Brian R. Booth
100% ownership of the Timmins Gold property. Fellow Canada- Phone: 604-669-3533 • CFO: Parkash K.
Lake Shore Gold based mining company FNX Mining has an interest of Fax: 604-688-5175 Athwal
Corp. approximately 15% in the company.
 • Chairman and CEO:
Lakota Resources partners with other mining companies to George H. Breuler Jr.
explore and develop gold deposits in the Lake Victoria Greenstone Address: 15 Toronto St., Ste. 600 • President: Stanley D.
belt of Tanzania. Its operations include the Tembo project, the Toronto, Ontario M5C 2E3, Robinson
Ilkungu properties, the Bunda properties, and the Tulawaka Area Canada Fiscal Year End: December • Secretary and
properties. Lakota Resources also leases property near Phone: 416-368-3332 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Treasurer: John L. (Jack)
Lakota Resources Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Chairman and CEO George Fax: 416-368-8957 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 85.90% Tindale
Inc. Breuler owns about 30% of the company.
Liberty Mines would like to free nickel, copper, and cobalt from its
underground holding. The company, formerly Liberty Mineral
Exploration, has pinpointed its exploration activities near Timmins,
Ontario. Its projects include Redstone, McWatters, and McAra Address: 1662 Valentine Garden • Chairman: Donald
Lake. The Redstone property was a joint venture with Inco Limited, Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1H5, Schurman
until Liberty bought out Inco's stake in late 2004. The company Canada • President and CEO:
spent a long while preparing the mine and was able to begin Phone: 905-601-0922 Gary Nash
production in early 2006. Management and directors hold more Fax: 780-437-7898 • CFO: Thomas James
Liberty Mines Inc. than 10% of Liberty Mines.
Digging for nickel, gold, and copper makes up the lion's share of
LionOre Mining International's operations. In Botswana, the
company owns 85% of Tati Nickel, which mines about 10,000 • Chairman: Donald C.
metric tons of nickel (plus by-products such as copper and gold) Bailey
annually at its Phoenix mine in Botswana (accounting for 65% of Address: 20 Toronto St., 12th Fl. Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
nickel sales). LionOre also owns Australia-based nickel mines Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Revenue (2004): 342.60 M Director: Colin H. Steyn
Black Swan, Emily Ann, Maggie Hays, and the Thunderbox gold Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.90% • CFO, Secretary, and
mine, along with other various projects in development. In addition, Phone: 416-777-1985 Employees (2004): 850 Director: Theodore C.
LionOre Mining LionOre owns Activox, an Australian hydrometallurgical (mineral Fax: 416-777-1320 Employee Growth (1 yr): 30.80% (Ted) Mayers
International Ltd. leaching through a liquid process) processing company.
Lithic Resources isn't interested in stone, but it is interested in the Address: 912-510 W. Hastings
minerals attached to the stone. The company explores for platinum St.
and palladium at its Roaring River property and gold and copper at Vancouver, British Columbia V6B
its Friendly Lake project. These projects are located in Ontario and 1L8, Canada
Lithic Resources British Columbia, respectively. The company was started through Phone: 604-687-7211 • President and CEO:
Ltd. the restructuring of Berland Resources in 2002. Chris Staargaard
silver in Canada. The company holds stakes in numerous precious Address: 789 Pender St. West,
metal properties that it is exploring in the Yukon Territory and Ste. 570 • President, CEO, and
British Columbia. It also owns a uranium property in Saskatchewan Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: March Director: Seamus Young
that it acquired in 2004 (adjacent to the Cluff Lake mine). None of 1H2, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • CFO, Secretary, and
the company's projects are in production. Board members and Phone: 604-689-0299 Employees (2004): 5 Director: Judith T.
Logan Resources senior management combined hold more than 25% of Logan Fax: 604-689-0288 Employee Growth (1 yr): 25.00% Mazvihwa
Ltd. Resources.
At Lonmin, all that glitters is not gold -- platinum is more precious
to the company these days. The company is the world's #3
platinum producer (after Anglo Platinum and Impala Platinum),
with an annual production of more than 900,000 ounces. • Chairman: Sir John A.
Applications for platinum include catalytic converters for vehicles Craven
and jewelry. Its Lonmin Platinum, or Lonplats, unit mines platinum Address: 4 Grosvenor Place Fiscal Year End: September • Chief Executive and
group metals (PGMs, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium) London SW1X 7YL, United Revenue (2005): 1128.00 M Director: Bradford A.
through two South African companies: Western Platinum and Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.50% (Brad) Mills
Eastern Platinum. In addition to its Australian PGM investments, Phone: +44-20-7201-6000 Employees (2005): 22,402 • CFO and Director: John
Lonmin Plc Lonmin has exploration activities in North America, South Africa, Fax: +44-20-7201-6100 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.00% N. Robinson
[LNMIY.PK] and Tanzania. Prudential plc has a 14% stake in the company. Yes
 Love 'em or leave 'em is Louvem's attitude when prospecting for
mines. The company has gold exploration and mining operations Address: 1 Place-Ville-Marie, Ste.
in northwestern Quebec, but its primary asset is a 50% ownership 2130 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President,
stake in the Beaufor Mine. The Beaufor Mine produces about Montreal, Quebec H3B 2C6, Revenue (2004): 11.70 M and CEO: Jean-Guy
25,000 ounces of gold annually. Louvem also has an 81% stake in Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.10% Rivard
the Monique Property (located near the Beaufor Mine). Richmont Phone: 514-397-1410 Employees (2004): 148 • VP Finance: Jean-Yves
Louvem Mines Mines owns about 70% of Louvem and holds the other 50% stake Fax: 514-397-8620 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.60% Laliberté
Inc. in the Beaufor Mine.
Lundin Mining Corporation (formerly South Atlantic Ventures) is
involved in the exploration and development of lead, silver, zinc,
and copper projects in Sweden and Finland. The company began Address: 885 W. Georgia St.,
mining production in 2004 when it bought the Zinkgruvan silver, Ste. 2101 • Chairman: Lukas H.
lead, and zinc mine in Sweden in 2004. Expanding its base metals Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Lundin
production into other areas of Europe, Lundin Mining acquired 3E8, Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
90% of Ireland-based ARCON International Resources in 2005. Phone: 604-689-7842 Revenue (2004): 43.10 M Karl-Axel Waplan
Lundin Mining The mining company also bought North Atlantic Natural Resources Fax: 604-689-4250 Employees (2004): 5 • CFO: Ander Haker
Corporation (which has operations in Sweden) from Boliden in 2004.
Luscar Energy Partnership might be one source of all those
Northern lights. Canada's largest coal miner, Luscar provides
thermal coal to electric utilities and industrial customers in several
Canadian markets. Through its Luscar Coal subsidiary it operates
about 10 mines, including eight that are wholly owned, producing Address: 1600 Oxford Tower,
40 million tons of coal. Luscar's mines have reserves of some 1.2 10235 - 101 St. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Jowdat
billion tons of coal. The company's metallurgical coal assets and Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G1, Revenue (2004): 415.70 M Waheed
its 23% stake in Neptune Bulk Terminals are part of the Fording Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.10% • President and CEO:
Canadian Coal Trust, an income trust that is the world's #2 Phone: 780-420-5810 Employees (2004): 1,657 Patrice Merrin Best
Luscar Energy exporter of metallurgical coal. Luscar Energy Partnership is held Fax: 780-420-5878 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.20% • SVP: Howard Ratti
Partnership by Sherritt International and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
There's no need to chafe, not so long as we have Luzenac
America around. The company mines and processes talc for the
Luzenac Group and ultimately the Rio Tinto Group. Luzenac
America operates three mines and six processing plants in
Canada, Mexico, and the US; it also has sales offices in Colorado
and Ontario. Talc is the world's softest rock, the music of John Address: 345 Inverness Dr. • VP, Regional
Tesh notwithstanding, and is used in the manufacture of paper, South Ste. 310 Operations North
paints, ceramics, and personal care products. Luzenac first made Centennial, CO 80112 Fiscal Year End: December America: Jon Godla
inroads in North America with the 1988 purchase of Streetley's talc Phone: 303-643-0400 Revenue (2005): 38.40 M • VP, Finance: Roger
Luzenac America, division; Luzenac America was born with the 1992 acquisition of Fax: 303-643-0446 Employees (2005): 562 Smith
Inc. the talc operations of Cyprus.
Lionel Richie. Instead, it is the #1 talc mining and processing
company with a quarter of the world market. (Talc is the world's
softest rock.) Luzenac produces talc for personal care products,
plastics, paints, ceramics, agriculture, and water purification. It • President and CEO:
operates mines and processing plants in France, Australia, Address: 131 Avenue Charles de Joachim Roeser
Austria, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Spain, the US (through Luzenac Gaulle • COO: Claude Stenneler
America), and the UK. The great majority of Luzenac's mines are 92200 Neuilly, France Fiscal Year End: December
open-pit. Though it dates back more than 100 years, the Luzenac Phone: +33-1-47-45-90-40 Revenue (2004): 375.00 M • CFO: Bruno de Gabriac
Group has been a part of Rio Tinto's Industrial Minerals segment Fax: +33-1-47-47-58-05 Employees (2004): 1,500
Luzenac Group since 1988.
 Macsteel International USA distributes alloy and carbon rod and Address: 333 Westchester Ave.,
wire through locations in California, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ste. S101
and Texas. Macsteel International USA is a subsidiary of Macsteel White Plains, NY 10604
Macsteel International, which itself is owned by industry giant Mittal Steel Phone: 914-872-2700 Revenue (2005): 10.10 M
International USA and South Africa-based Macsteel Holdings, which has operations Fax: 914-872-2722 Employees (2005): 31 • President and CEO:
Corporation in about 40 countries worldwide. Salvatore Purpura
Maffei is always in a state of flux -- flux materials, that is. Maffei is
one of Europe's leading miners, extractors, and producers of flux
materials, including feldspar, quartz, riolite, and wollastonite. Most • Chairman and CEO:
of Maffei's minerals are intended for the ceramic industry for the Address: Via Guido Reni, 2/L Fiscal Year End: December Mauro Tabellini
production of items such as tile, but they can also be found in 42014 Castellarano, Reggio Revenue (2004): 68.60 M • Finance Director: M.
tableware enamels, paint, and fiberglass. The company is also nell'Emilia, Italy Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1.50% Grazia Francomano
involved in the building and the operation of wastewater and Phone: +39-0536-877-111 Employees (2004): 144 • Sales Director: Stefano
sewage plants. Ceramic tile manufacturer IRIS Ceramica owns Fax: +39-0536-877-101 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.00%) Di Primio
Maffei S.p.A. 50% of Maffei, which was founded in 1901.
Address: 890 W. Pender St., Ste.
Mano River Resources just wants two things: gold and diamonds. 600 • Chairman and CFO:
The company primarily explores for and develops gold and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: January Guido E. (Guy) Pas
diamond properties in Africa (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) 1J9, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.10 M • President, CEO, and
and Canada. To a lesser extent Mano River Resources also holds Phone: 604-689-1700 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Director: Thomas G.
Mano River some iron ore deposits. The company is seeking to set up a new Fax: 604-687-1327 1175.00% (Tom) Elder
Resources Inc. entity to handle its diamond operations.
Marakand Minerals is in the market for silver and base metal
mineral mines. The company, which is nearly 60%-owned by Oxus
Gold, is exploring and developing the Khandiza deposit in Address: 105 Piccadilly
southeastern Uzbekistan. The project is in development (with London W1J 7NJ, United • Chairman: William J.
production expected to begin in 2007) and has the potential to Kingdom (Bill) Trew
produce gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Besides the Khandiza Phone: +44-20-7907-2000 • CEO and Director:
Marakand project, Marakand Minerals holds the Akjilga silver project in Fax: +44-20-7907-2001 Alasdair Stuart
Minerals Limited Tajikistan, and exploration projects in Uzbekistan.
Massey Energy gets all of its power from coal. The company is
one of the leading coal miners in the US, producing steam and
metallurgical coal at about 20 mining complexes in Appalachia • Chairman, President,
(West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia). It produces more than 40 and CEO: Don L.
million tons of coal annually and owns about 2.3 billion tons of Fiscal Year End: December Blankenship
proved and probable reserves. Massey's other operations include Address: 4 N. 4th St. Revenue (2005): 2204.30 M • SVP and COO: Chris
coal-handling facilities. Buyers of Massey's coal include utilities, Richmond, VA 23219 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.80% Adkins
steelmakers, and industrial manufacturers. Affiliates of American Phone: 804-788-1800 Employees (2004): 5,034 • VP and CFO: Eric B.
Massey Energy Electric Power and DTE Energy account for 13% and 12% of Fax: 804-788-1870 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.70% Tolbert
Company [MEE] Massey's sales, respectively. Yes
Maximum Ventures doesn't see geography as a roadblock to
potential success in the mining business. The gold and base metal Address: 501 - 905 W. Pender
mining exploration company has purchased stakes in several St.
properties, including the nearby Stump Lake gold and silver project Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
in British Columbia, as well as gold and copper properties in 1L6, Canada
remote areas of Mongolia (the Edren and Ulaan properties). Phone: 604-669-5819
Maximum Maximum Ventures was involved in a lawsuit with another mining Fax: 604-669-5886 • President, CEO, and
Ventures Inc. firm, regarding a partnership in the Mongolian properties. CFO: Douglas B. Brooks
 junior natural resource company buys interests in potential gold
and silver bearing land and explores for deposits that can be
mined. Maximus Ventures' trenching and drilling activities are
centered on concessions in North America. The company is
involved in a joint venture option agreement with Miramar Mining Address: 837 W. Hastings St., • Chairman: David A.
to explore properties along the Hope Bay gold belt in the Nunavut Ste. 408 Fennell
territory. In Argentina, Maximus Ventures held an 80% interest in Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and CEO:
the Condor Yacu concession with Cardero Resource and a 70% 3N6, Canada Frederick T. Graybeal
option to joint venture with Silver Standard Resources on the Phone: 604-685-6851 • CFO and Secretary:
Maximus Ventures nearby Los Corderos property, but it abandoned those properties Fax: 604-685-6493 Barbara Dunfield
Ltd. in 2004.
Simpson
Address: 609 Granville St., Ste. • President, CEO, and
What glitters is gold for this company. Maxy Gold explores for, 1578 Director: Andre Gauthier
acquires, and develops precious metal properties, mainly located Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y • General Exploration
in the Yunnan Province of China, in hopes of finding gold. Its 1G5, Canada Fiscal Year End: December and Business
projects include the Luchun Gold and Midu Gold properties. None Phone: 604-688-8811 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Development Manager:
of its projects are currently in production. Southwestern Resources Fax: 604-688-8852 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 189.30% Zhu Chengwei
Maxy Gold Corp. holds more than 10% of the company.
Mazarin, through subsidiaries such as Asbestos Corporation and
Bell Asbestos Mines, is involved in producing a form of asbestos
called chrysotile. Chrysotile fiber is primarily sold to customers in Address: 699 Monfette East
Asia, who mostly use it in cement and plastic products. With the Thetford-Mines, Quebec G6G Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and
health risks associated with asbestos, demand for chrysotile has 7G9, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.50 M President: John
dropped. In 2003 its industrial mineral resources business (which Phone: 418-338-5195 Revenue Growth (1 yr): LeBoutillier
included graphite and dolomite) was transferred to Sequoia Fax: 418-338-6069 (-50.90%) • CFO: Mario Simard
Mazarin Inc. Minerals.
MBMI Resources is a mining company with a handful of gold
exploration properties in Canada. Its gold operations are located in Address: 470 Granville St., Ste.
Ontario and Manitoba. The company is also developing several 311 • President and Director:
nickel laterite properties in the Philippines through a joint venture Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Michael T. Mason
with Olympic Mines and Development. It also has interests in other 1V5, Canada • VP Corporate
nickel properties in the Philippines. Once the nickel mines are in Phone: 604-683-1991 Development and
MBMI Resources production, MBMI Resources' plans to ship the metal to Fax: 604-683-8544 Director: David G. Tafel
Inc. consumers in Asia.
MCK Mining has ventured beyond Canada to find wealth. The Address: 56 Temperance St., 4th
company's primary project is the exploration of the Chepica gold Fl.
and copper prospect near Talca, Chile. It also explores for Toronto, Ontario M5H 3V5, • President, CEO, and
phosphate concentrate through its 50% stake in the Martison Lake Canada Director: Stephen Case
Project (located in Ontario). Baltic Resources hold the remaining Phone: 416-361-0737 • VP, Development:
50% in the Martison Lake Project. None of its operations are in Fax: 416-361-0923 Patrick Gorman
MCK Mining Corp. production.
Medallion Resources is looking for gold and other metals to hang
around its neck. While it currently doesn't have any projects in the Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 920 Fiscal Year End: March
pipeline, the company generally evaluates and explores promising Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2005): 0.00 M
mineral properties in North America. Medallion Resources 2B3, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): • President, CEO, and
Medallion holdings include the inactive Minera Hera-Mex subsidiary. Phone: 604-681-9558 (-99.70%) Director: William H. (Bill)
Resources Ltd. President and CEO Robert Blakestad resigned in 2005. Bird
 Medoro Resources has foretold of its bold search for gold. Address: 110 Yonge St., Ste.
Although based in Canada, the company has gold exploration and 1502
development operations on the island of Sardinia and other areas Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4,
of Europe (primarily in Italy though). Medoro Resources operates Canada • Chairman and CEO:
with the help of strategic mining partners such as Gold Fields Phone: 416-603-4653 Giuseppe Pozzo
Medoro Limited, Chaco Resources, and Sargold Resource Corporation. In Fax: 416-360-7783 • CFO: Mario Miranda
Resources Ltd. addition to gold, the company also explores for copper and silver.
Long before you put the pedal to the metal, Metaleurop puts metal
in the pedal. The company is a top refiner of zinc and lead for the
auto and construction industries. Other products include die-casts
and lead and zinc oxides, as well as germanium, indium, gallium,
and high-purity arsenic, which are used in high-tech • Chairman and CEO:
manufacturing. Metaleurop also recycles lead from batteries and Address: 6 place de la Madeleine Yves Roche
polypropylene from car battery cases. Swiss trading group 75008 Paris, France Fiscal Year End: December • Corporate
Glencore International owns 33% of Metaleurop; TUI AG (formerly Phone: +33-1-42-99-48-48 Revenue (2004): 274.20 M Communications: Michel
Preussag; Germany) owns about 10%. Under mounting debt, the Fax: +33-1-42-99-48-99 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.20% Trabuc
Metaleurop S.A. company filed for bankruptcy in 2003.
Metaline Contact Mines owns mineral properties, but it leaves the
mining to others; instead, the company leases its mineral interests
and collects royalties when metals are produced. Metaline leases
its zinc and lead properties in Washington state to a unit of Address: W. 3848 Turtle Patch
Canadian mining firm Teck Cominco. Metaline's Golden Chest Rd. Fiscal Year End: December
mine, in Idaho, is leased to New Jersey Mining. Idaho-based Nor- Pine River, WI 54965 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Pac, whose shareholders include Metaline CEO Richard Howell, Phone: 920-987-5317 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 62.50% • President, CEO, and
Metaline Contact director Ed Pommerening, and secretary John Beasley, controls Fax: 920-987-5317 Employees (2004): 0 Director: Richard L.
Mines [MTLI.OB] an 87% stake in Metaline. Howell Yes
Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG) didn't go to Nevada for the slots. It's Address: 40 King St. West, Ste.
gambling on the gold mining business. The company acquires, 2100 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
explores, and develops gold-producing properties, primarily in the Toronto, Ontario M5H 3C2, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Jeffrey R. Ward
past-producing mining districts of Nevada. The company's Canada Employees (2004): 18 • President and Director:
advanced projects include operations at the Converse (near the Phone: 732-792-2200 Employee Growth (1 yr): Richard D. McNeely
Metallic Ventures Battle Mountain Trend) and Goldfield properties. MVG is looking Fax: 732-792-2211 (-84.30%) • CFO: Miles Bachman
Gold Inc. for joint venture partners for all of its other exploration properties.
Metallica Resources isn't the holding company of heavy-metal
rocker Metallica. Rather it's a precious metals miner that focuses
on properties in Mexico and Chile with proven indicators of mineral
deposits. Metallica is developing the Cerro San Pedro Mine (gold • Chairman: Craig J.
and silver) in central Mexico. (It bought out joint venture partner Address: 36 Toronto St., Ste. Nelson
Glamis Gold in 2003.) Legal battles have postponed the 1000 • President, CEO, and
company's plans for mining to begin at Cerro San Pedro. Toronto, Ontario M5C 2C5, Director: Richard J. Hall
Metallica's source of revenue thus far has been from joint Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP, CFO, and
Metallica ventures, investments, and interest income. The company is also Phone: 888-933-0313 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Secretary: Bradley J.
Resources Inc. exploring for gold and copper in Chile, but has sold its interest in Fax: 416-350-3510 Employees (2005): (Brad) Blacketor
[MRB] the Mara Rosa gold mining project in Brazil. Yes
 Whether you need your gold and silver in powder form, sparkling
on your finger, as a shiny tooth, or good old ingots, Metalor
Technologies can be of help. Metalor Technologies International
smelts and refines precious metals for a wide range of uses. Its
refining division recycles precious metals and converts them into
powders, grains, or ingots. From there, the metals are turned into Address: Avenue du Vignoble • Chairman: Martin
technical coatings, components for the watch and jewelry CH-2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Fiscal Year End: December Bisang
Metalor industries, silver contacts for the electrical industry and Phone: +41-32-720-61-11 Revenue (2004): 238.90 M • CEO: Scott Morrison
Technologies electrotechnics, and alloys for use by dental labs. Metalor has Fax: +41-32-720-66-25 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.90% • CFO: Fredy Hiltmann
International SA operations in 15 countries.
Gold, silver, and platinum start out precious, but Metalor USA
Refining Corporation makes them useful. The company takes
refined precious metals and turns them into glittery industrial Address: 255 John L. Dietsch
coatings, electrical contacts, watch and jewelry components, and Blvd.
alloys for use in dental labs. Highly sensitive to market and North Attleboro, MA 02763 Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: Martin Bisang
Metalor USA currency fluctuations, the US division of Swiss company Metalor Phone: 508-699-8800 Revenue (2005): 63.20 M • CFO: Bob Armstrong
Refining Technolgies International, has quit selling cadmium-based Fax: 508-695-1603 Employees (2005): 180 • COO: Ken Beilstein
Corporation products and sold off one production facility.
If it's a commodity Metorex mines it. The company controls the
operations of several mining companies, which are prospecting for
various metals in locations mostly in South Africa and Zambia. The Address: 2nd Fl., Cradock • Chairman: Anthony S.
company's holdings include Wakefield Investments (coal, 90%- Heights, 21 Cradock Ave., (Simon) Malone
owned), Chibuluma Mines (copper, 85%-owned), Vergenoeg Rosebank • Managing Director:
Mining (fluorspar, 70%-owned), and the Barberton Mines (gold, Rosebank 2146, South Africa Fiscal Year End: June Charles D. S. Needham
54%-owned), among others. Most of the company's sales come Phone: +27-11-880-3155 Revenue (2004): 145.50 M • Operations Director:
from coal and gold, but antimony and copper also account for a Fax: +27-11-880-3322 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.70% Keith C. Spencer
Metorex Limited large part of sales. Metorex also mines fluorspar and cobalt.
Minco Mining and Metals is on the move. Based in Canada, the
exploration-stage mining company has acquired, explored, and • Chairman: William
developed potential precious metal and base metal projects in Address: 1055 W. Hastings St., Meyer
western China since 1994. It is currently involved in about 10 Ste. 1980 • President, CEO, and
projects, including the Changkeng Gold Project, the Fuwan Silver Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Director: Ken Z. Cai
Minco Mining & Project, and the White Silver Mountain Project. Because of 2E9, Canada • VP, Corporate
Metals ownership restrictions in China, the company operates primarily Phone: 604-688-8002 Development: Robert S.
Corporation through joint ventures with Chinese companies and government Fax: 604-688-8030 Tyson
[MMK] agencies. CEO Ken Cai holds nearly 20% of the company's stock. Yes
• Chairman and CEO:
Roger W. Turner
Minco is on the move in the mining business. Formerly Irish • CFO, Secretary, and
Marine Oil, the company has licenses to explore for gold and zinc Director: Danesh K.
in Ireland. Minco also owns a precious metals mining concession Varma
near Laguna Zacatecana in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. Address: 162 Clontarf Rd. • Director of Exploration
Although net yet in production (expected to do so by 2006), the Dublin 3, Ireland and Business
Laguna property has proven reserves of silver, as well as gold and Phone: +353-1-833-2833 Development: Terence
mercury. Minco also has holdings in copper and gold properties in Fax: +353-1-833-3505 N. McKillen
Minco plc Durango, Mexico.
 Minco Silver sees China as its silver lining. The company's primary
property is the Fuwan Silver project (estimated to hold 130 million
ounces of silver) located in the Guangdong Province. It also has Address: 1055 W. Hastings St., • Chairman: William
several other exploration licenses -- granted by the Chinese Ste. 1980 Meyer
government -- to explore other areas in the Sanzhou Basin of the Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • CEO and Director: Ken
Guangdong Province. Minco Silver is 55%-owned by Minco Mining 2E9, Canada Z. Cai
& Metals and 20%-owned by mining partner Silver Standard Phone: 604-688-8002 • CFO: Simon J.
Minco Silver Resources. In 2005 Minco Silver was spun off from Canadian Fax: 604-688-8030 Anderson
Corporation mining company Minco Mining & Metals in an IPO.
Minco supplies fused silica and fused magnesia for applications Tom Cole
including electrical elements, refractories, investment casting, • VP Finance: Mike Wilds
fillers, and friction materials. Essentially high-grade glass, Minco's Address: 510 Midway Circle
products are able to withstand higher-than-normal temperatures, Midway, TN 37809-3706 Fiscal Year End: December • VP Marketing and
making them useful as conductors for electronics and in other Phone: 423-422-6051 Revenue (2005): 10.90 M Business Development:
industries that use ceramic-based products. Minco operates from Fax: 423-422-4802 Employees (2005): 100 Bill Rigney
Minco, Inc. offices in the US and Europe.
Like a lucky leprechaun, Minefinders has found its pot o' gold --
and silver. Minefinders, a development-stage precious metals
miner based in Canada, has been exploring for minerals since
1995. The company's assets include projects containing nearly Address: 1177 W. Hastings St., • Chairman: Robert L.
three million ounces of gold and around 130 million ounces of Ste. 2288 Leclerc
silver. Minefinders has properties in the US (in Nevada) and Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Mexico. Its Mexico properties include the Dolores gold and silver 2K3, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Mark H. Bailey
Minefinders mine, one of the world's largest undeveloped gold-silver sites, and Phone: 604-687-6263 Employees (2004): 25 • CFO: Ronald J.
Corporation Ltd. its Northern Sonora properties. The San Antonio property in Fax: 604-687-6267 Employee Growth (1 yr): 25.00% Simpson
[MFN] Zacatecas, Mexico was written off in 2004. Yes
When it comes to mining, Mining and Metallurgical Company • Chairman of the Board
Norilsk Nickel is a real Russian bear. The company, one of the of Directors: Andrey A.
world's largest miners, accounts for more than 4% of Russia's Klishas
exports. By its own estimate, Norilsk Nickel is the largest producer • Chairman of
of nickel and palladium, and it has a sizable stake in cobalt and Management Board and
platinum production worldwide. The company also became General Director:
Russia's largest gold producer when it acquired fellow Russian Address: 22 Voznesensky Fiscal Year End: December Michael D. Prokhorov
miner Polus. Other business ventures include energy supply, Pereulok Revenue (2004): 7033.00 M • Deputy General
Mining and telecommunications, and transportation. Norilsk Nickel holds a 103009 Moscow, Russia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 35.40% Director and Head of
Metallurgical controlling stake in US-based platinum producer Stillwater Mining. Phone: +7-495-787-7667 Employees (2004): 100,786 Marketing and Sales:
Company Norilsk Investor Vladimir Potanin and general director Michael Prokhorov Fax: +7-495-785-5808 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.40% Victor Sprogis
Nickel [NILSY.PK] each own 25% of the company. Yes
exports coal, coke, billet, ferrosilicon, ferrosilicomanganese,
fluorite, magnesium, ferromolybdenum, and carborundum.
Through its subsidiaries, it is also engaged in international
shipping and forwarding, storage and warehousing, international • Chairman: Zhongqu
tendering and bidding, luxury hotels, high and new technology, Zhou
financing and industrial manufacturing. Minmetals Development • General Manager:
has established 12 majority-owned subsidiaries, including four Address: Bldg. B, 5 Sanlihe Rd., Guiquan Feng
trading companies, one international freight forwarder, one auction Haidian District • CFO and General
Minmetals and bid company, a branch of Shangri-la, two manufacturers of Beijing, Beijing 100044, China Manager, Finance:
Development Co., computer and Internet products, two metal producers and one Phone: +86-10-6849-4208 Jianhua Ren
Ltd property developer.
 Mitsui Mining and Smelting (known as Mitsui Kinzoku), a member
of the Mitsui "keiretsu," supplies nonferrous metals for industrial
uses. Formed in 1950, the company smelts, refines, and fabricates
copper, zinc, and other nonferrous metals from ores produced at
its own mines or purchased from outside sources. The company is
Japan's top producer of zinc, popularly used as a protective • Chairman and CEO:
coating for steel. It makes die-cast parts from zinc, aluminum, and Address: 1-11-1 Osaki, Fiscal Year End: March Shimpei Miyamura
magnesium primarily for the automotive industry; it also makes Shinagawa-ku Revenue (2005): 4073.90 M • President and COO:
copper foil, ceramics, and packaging tapes for the electronics Tokyo 141-8584, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.30% Hiroshi Makihara
Mitsui Mining and industry. Mitsui Kinzoku's services groups are involved in Phone: +81-3-5437-8028 Employees (2005): 9,701 • EVP and Deputy COO:
Smelting environmental engineering, metals recycling, and information Fax: +81-3-5437-8029 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.20% Tatsuo Sunaga
Company, Limited processing.
Mitsui Mining Company knows that things go better with coke, and
so the company is going back to its original formula of business.
Once vastly diversified, most of Mitsui Mining's revenue now
comes from its fuel products, which include coal and coke,
petroleum, and liquefied petroleum gas. The group still consists of Fiscal Year End: March
about 40 subsidiaries with businesses ranging from construction Revenue (2004): 131.70 M
materials, industrial equipment, and chemicals, to waste recycling. Address: 3-3-3, Toyosu, Koto-ku Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan Tokyo 135-6007, Japan (-93.30%)
(IRCJ) has taken management control of debt-laden Mitsui Mining Phone: +81-3-5560-1311 Employees (2004): 2,648
Mitsui Mining in hopes of rescuing the troubled firm. Daiwa Securities holds Fax: +81-3-5560-1994 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.10%) • President and CEO:
Company, Limited nearly 30% of the company; IRCJ has a 13% stake. Taro Yamaho
Molycor Gold is of course digging for gold, but it also prospects for
platinum, molybdenum, silver, copper, and other base metals. The
company has multiple resource properties in British Columbia and Address: 2A 15782 Marine Dr.
Nevada. It is involved in joint ventures for several of these White Rock, British Columbia V4B
exploration projects with sister Canadian mining company Goldrea 1E6, Canada • Chairman and CEO:
Resources. None of its projects are in production. Molycor Gold Phone: 604-531-9639 Larry W. Reaugh
Molycor Gold was incorporated in 1966 under the name Ft. Lauderdale Fax: 604-531-9634 • President: Ed Lee
Corporation Resources.
Don't look for any mollycoddling of the earth here. Molycorp, a
subsidiary of Unocal, mines and produces lanthanide and
molybdenum compounds, concentrates, and oxides using open-pit
mining techniques. Lanthanides (which include cerium, lanthanum,
and yttrium) are used in everything from cell phones and • President: Allen C.
computers to X-Ray film and television glass. They are also key Randle
components in aerospace and defense products such as the tiles Address: 67750 Bailey Rd. • VP, Technology: John
on the space shuttle, the nose cones of missles, and in jet engine Mountain Pass, CA 92366 Fiscal Year End: December Burba
turbines. Molycorp has a joint venture with Sumitomo Metals to sell Phone: 760-856-2201 Revenue (2005): 60.00 M • VP, Sales: Robert (Bob)
lanthanide goods in Japan. The company began operations in Fax: 760-856-2344 Employees (2005): 280 Noll
Molycorp, Inc. 1920 with a molybdenum mine in New Mexico.
Moneta Porcupine Mines is in the bristling business of mining
exploration and development. This creature is largely in pursuit of
gold and is shying away from base metals. It has 10 projects in an • Chairman: Rhoderic
Ontario territory that has produced nearly 70 million ounces of gold Address: 65 3rd Ave. (Rod) Whyte
in the past. The company is focusing on the Porcupine and Golden Timmins, Ontario P4N 1C2, • President, CEO, and
Highway Camps in the Timmins area of Ontario. Moneta is also Canada Director: John P. Larche
involved in four joint venture programs on its gold properties, with Phone: 705-264-2296 • CFO, Secretary, and
Moneta Porcupine such companies as Placer Dome and Acrex Ventures. Moneta is Fax: 705-267-7490 Director: Kevin L. Snook
Mines Inc. not in production and has no sales.
 and base metals it is seeking. The exploration-stage mining
company prospects for gold in British Columbia, Canada. Its Address: 306 5th Ave., Ste. D
portfolio includes 12 properties (10 of which are 100% owned by Stewart, British Columbia V0T • President and CEO:
Mountain Boy Minerals) that eventually may yield gold, silver, lead, 1W0, Canada Frank Kamermans
and zinc ores, as well as minerals. Properties Mountain Boy Phone: 250-636-2290 • CFO: Randolph
Mountain Boy Minerals has an interest in include Georgia River, MacKenzie, and Fax: 250-636-2446 (Randy) Kasum
Minerals Ltd. Silver Coin.
Address: 20 Toronto St., Ste. Kiernan
Moydow Mines International acquires, explores, and develops 1220 • President, CEO, and
mineral properties, principally gold, in West Africa and Canada. In Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Director: Brian P. Kiernan
Canada the company has interests in claims in Labrador and Canada
Newfoundland. It is also involved in diamond exploration in Phone: 416-703-3751 • COO: J. Joseph (Joe)
Moydow Mines Angola. None of its properties are in production. President and Fax: 416-367-3638 Breen
International Inc. CEO Brian Kiernan holds a 35% stake in Moydow Mines.
• Chairman and CEO:
Firoz Lakhani
Address: 4438 W. 10th Ave., Ste. • President, COO, and
Formerly a media company working in the motion picture and 508 Director: J. Richard W.
sound recording industries, MPAC Industries Corporation is Vancouver, British Columbia V6R Hall
shifting into a different industry with an agreement to mine coal in 4R8, Canada • CFO, Secretary, and
Turkey. The company is in the initial stages of development in Phone: 604-551-7697 Director: Leonard I. J.
MPAC Industries Turkey and does not have any mines in production. Moorgate Fax: 604-648-8706 Goldsmith
Corporation Management holds a 15% stake in MPAC Industries.
Hodgson
Murgor Resources is on the move in Canada. It is exploring gold Address: 615 Rene-Levesque • President, CEO, and
properties, and to a lesser extent copper and nickel deposits, Blvd. West, Ste. 1200 Director: André C.
throughout New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Murgor Montreal, Quebec H3B 1P5, Tessier
Resources has about 10 properties in various stages of Canada • Secretary, Treasurer,
exploration. Founded in 1969, the company's strategy is to initiate Phone: 514-878-3551 and Director: Mark
Murgor Resources the exploration of promising properties and then find a joint Fax: 514-878-4427 Schneiderman
Inc. venture partner to further develop the project.
Address: 65 Queen St. West,
Mustang Minerals is galloping around Canada in search of nickel Ste. 302
and platinum properties. Its main focus is the Maskwa nickel Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M5,
property in Manitoba. Mustang Minerals came into possession of Canada • President and Director:
the Maskwa property when it acquired Global Nickel in 2004. The Phone: 416-955-4773 Robin E. Dunbar
Mustang Minerals company is also involved in the Abitibi nickel project in Ontario. Fax: 416-368-1539 • CFO: Alex Falconer
Corp. Atlantis Minerals holds about 10% of the company's stock.
Mwana Africa (which means "Sons of Africa") searches for gold
properties in Africa. Formerly African Gold, the company explores
for gold at its properties located in Zimbabwe (Inez, Dalmeny, and Fiscal Year End: March
Mahogony mines) and Ghana (Konongo/Owere Project). Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Economic hardships in Zimbabwe are making it difficult for the Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Oliver Baring
company to maintain its operations there, so Mwana Africa is Address: 162 Clontarf Rd. (-62.70%)
looking to Ghana for expansion. In 2005 the company jumped from Dublin 3, Ireland Employees (2004): 64 • CEO: Kalaa Mpinga
exploration to mineral production when it announced that it was Phone: +353-1-833-2833 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: David
acquiring Mwana Africa and taking its name. Founder and former Fax: +353-1-833-3505 (-26.40%) Fish
Mwana Africa Plc chairman John Teeling retired in 2005.
 The core of Umicore is no longer just zinc and copper. Although
still one of the world's largest recyclers and smelters of zinc, the
company has diversified its business to include a Precious Metals
Services unit (recycling and refining) and a Precious Metals Fiscal Year End: December
Products and Catalysts segment (automotive catalysts and Address: Rue du Marais 31 Revenue (2004): 9705.20 M • Chairman: Karel Vinck
specialty products). The company's advanced materials business 1000 Brussels, Belgium Revenue Growth (1 yr): 65.30% • CEO and Director:
provides germanium and tellurium used by the electronics and Phone: +32-2-227-71-11 Employees (2004): 11,478 Thomas Leysen
optics industries. Umicore has spun off its copper rod and billet Fax: +32-2-227-79-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.10% • CFO: Marc Grynberg
n.v. Umicore s.a. manufacturing business as a separate company called Cumerio.
the Germany-based Klöckner, acts as a metal distributor
throughout the US and Canada. The company distributes general
steel line products that include bar, grating and flooring, pipe,
plate, and structural tube. The flat rolled division distributes
aluminum, coated, cold and hot-rolled, prepainted and preplated • President and CEO: Bill
steel products. Namasco also provides processing services such Address: 500 Colonial Center Partalis
as drilling, flame cutting, plasma tee splitting, sawing, precision Pkwy., Ste. 500 • VP and CFO: Kirk A.
slitting, and structural cambering. Customers include the Siemens Roswell, GA 30076 Fiscal Year End: December Johnson
Logistics and Assembly Systems (airport equipment Phone: 678-259-8800 Revenue (2005): 219.40 M • VP, Marketing: Martin
Namasco manufacturer), Eagle Lift (auto lift manufacturer), and the U.S. Fax: 678-259-8873 Employees (2005): 700 (Marty) Flanagan
Corporation Military.
Nanophase Technologies sweats the small stuff. The company is Perkins
commercializing its nanocrystalline materials (molecular-size • President, CEO, and
ceramic and metallic materials in powder form) for applications in Director: Joseph E.
advanced materials technology, such as conductive and antistatic Fiscal Year End: December Cross
coatings for computer monitors. It also develops abrasion-resistant Address: 1319 Marquette Dr. Revenue (2005): 6.80 M • CFO, Secretary;
Nanophase coatings (with uses from coated vinyl flooring to contact lenses), Romeoville, IL 60446 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 30.80% Treasurer, and
Technologies environmental catalysts, health care products (sunscreen), and Phone: 630-771-6708 Employees (2004): 51 Controller: Jess
Corporation advanced ceramics (cutting tools and ceramic bearings). Chemical Fax: 630-771-0825 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.10% Jankowski
[NANX] maker BASF accounts for about 70% of the company's sales. Yes
A development-stage company, Naptau Gold formerly sought to
develop gold properties in Canada, but the company relinquished
its gold-related mineral interests in 2003. Naptau Gold instead is • CEO and Director: J.
exploring other business opportunities, including the development Greig
of base metal mining properties. Also under consideration are Address: 103 E. Holly St., Ste. • President: Loren Miller
investments in the hotel and real estate businesses. Naptau Gold 303 • CFO, Secretary,
Naptau Gold has not been profitable, however, and the company's auditors Bellingham, WA 98226 Treasurer and Director:
Corporation have questioned whether it can stay in business. CEO J. Greig Phone: 604-277-5252 Edward D. Renyk
[NPTU.OB] owns a 66% stake in Naptau Gold. Yes
underground mines and one surface mine in southeastern
Kentucky and eastern Tennessee, part of the coal-producing
region designated in the industry as central and southern
Appalachia. National Coal controls the mineral rights to about
115,000 acres in the region. The company's production nearly
tripled from 2004 to 2005, up to 1.2 million tons. It controls more Address: 8915 George Williams • Chairman, President,
than 80 million tons of proved and probable reserves and sells Rd. and CEO: Jon Nix
primarily to utilities but also to industrial customers. Jon Nix, the Knoxville, TN 37923 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: T. Michael Love
company's chairman, president, and CEO, owns about 44% of Phone: 865-690-6900 Revenue (2005): 65.90 M • EVP and COO:
National Coal National Coal; investor Stewart Flink controls a 27% stake through Fax: 865-691-9982 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 287.60% Kenneth F. Hodak
Corp. [NCOC] Crestview Capital. Yes
 Natural Resource Partners (NRP) makes money from coal without
getting its hands dirty. Rather than mining the coal itself, NRP
leases properties to coal producers. The company's properties --
mainly in Appalachia but also in the Northern Powder River Basin
and the Illinois Basin -- contain proven and probable reserves of
about 1.8 billion tons of coal. NRP was formed as a partnership • Chairman and CEO:
between WPP Group (Western Pocahontas Properties, New Address: 601 Jefferson St., Ste. Corbin J. Robertson Jr.
Gauley Coal, and Great Northern Properties) and Arch Coal. Arch 3600 Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO:
Coal has sold its stake in NRP but remains one of the company's Houston, TX 77002 Revenue (2005): 159.10 M Nick Carter
Natural Resource top lessees, along with Alpha Natural Resources. Chairman and Phone: 713-751-7507 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.10% • CFO and Treasurer:
Partners L.P. CEO Corbin Robertson Jr. controls about 35% of NRP, primarily Fax: 713-650-0606 Employees (2005): 0 Dwight L. Dunlap
[NRP] through WPP Group. Yes
Formerly an oil and gas exploration company, Navasota • Chairman and CEO:
Resources now explores and develops mineral properties in Address: 141 Victoria St., Ste. William S. Sanesh
Canada. The company currently has interests in several gold 207 • President: Christopher
properties in British Columbia and Nunavut and has signed a letter Kamloops, British Columbia V2C J. Wild
of agreement with Mano River Resources to buy an interest (up to 1Z5, Canada • CFO and Corporate
60%) in the Missamana and Gueliban gold properties of Guinea, Phone: 250-374-7377 Secretary: James T.
Navasota West Africa. Navasota Resources has also acquired the Stenlund Fax: 250-374-9296 Gillis
Resources Ltd. Property in northern Ontario.
NEMI Northern Energy & Mining believes coal is the way to go.
The company is a metallurgical coal exploration and development
company with properties in northeast British Columbia. NEMI Address: Guinness Tower, 1055
Northern Energy & Mining's projects include the Trend Small Mine, W. Hastings St., Ste. 200 • President: P. C. (Pat)
Belcourt, and Saxon properties. The company's Trend coal Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Devlin
property, located near Tumbler Ridge, began mining operations in 2E9, Canada • CFO: Bill Filtness
NEMI Northern 2006 and is expected to reach full production by 2007. The Phone: 604-689-0277 • VP Operations: Peter
Energy & Mining Belcourt and Saxon properties are being explored as a joint Fax: 604-688-5210 Sheehan
Inc. venture partnership with Western Canadian Coal.
Nevada Pacific Gold explores and develops gold and silver
properties in the Western US and Mexico. The company owns the
Magistral mine in northwestern Mexico, but due to increased costs
operations have been suspended. Nevada Pacific Gold also has Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 750 • Chairman, Interim CEO
several gold exploration projects currently operating in the Battle Vancouver, British Columbia V6C and President: David
Mountain/Cortez gold region of Nevada. Several of the gold 2T6, Canada Hottman
projects are joint venture agreements with fellow Canadian gold Phone: 604-646-0188 • CFO: W. R. (Bill)
Nevada Pacific miner Placer Dome. In late 2005 Robert McEwen, chairman and Fax: 604-646-0189 Franklin
Gold Ltd. CEO of U.S. Gold, took control of 30% of the company.
New Dimension Resources has gone in a different direction, but
it's still digging for gold. Formerly NDT Ventures, the company has
precious metals exploration operations throughout the Americas. It
has active gold exploration projects in Nevada and Peru. In
addition, the company has interests in precious metals properties Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 860 • Chairman: Donald A.
in British Columbia, Nunavut, Ontario, and Manitoba. In late 2005 Vancouver, British Columbia V6C McLeod
NDT Ventures reorganized and split up its metals and energy 2T6, Canada • President, CEO, and
New Dimension exploration operations. New Dimension Resources manages the Phone: 604-687-7545 Director: Frederic G.
Resources Ltd. company's metals interests, while NDT Energy is a separate unit Fax: 604-689-5041 (Fred) Hewett
[NWDMF.PK] that handles the energy exploration business. Yes
 No product of the Garden State, New Jersey Mining seeks out
silver, gold, and base metals in the Coeur d'Alene area of northern
Idaho. The company holds the rights to seven mineral properties,
three of which are considered development-stage: the New Jersey Address: 89 Appleberg Rd. Fiscal Year End: December
mine, the Silver Strand mine, and the Golden Chest mine. New Kellogg, ID 83837 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
New Jersey Jersey Mining's exploration-stage properties include the CAMP, Phone: 208-783-1032 Employees (2004): 5 • President, Treasurer,
Mining Company Lost Eagle, Roughwater, and Wisconsin-Teddy projects. President Fax: 208-783-3331 Employee Growth (1 yr): 66.70% and Director: Fred W.
[NJMC.OB] Fred Brackebusch controls a 38% stake in the company. Brackebusch Yes
Shhh! Do not disturb New Sleeper Gold. The Canadian mining
company is dreaming about gold nuggets. Its main holding is a Address: 1111 St. Charles West, • Chairman: David A.
joint venture with X-Cal Resources to explore and develop the Ste. 650, East Tower Fennell
Sleeper gold project in Nevada. The company is investing its Longueuil, Quebec J4K 5G4, • President, CEO, and
money mostly in the Sleeper project, which was a former operating Canada Fiscal Year End: March Director: James A.
mine that had been closed in 1996 by Amax Gold. New Sleeper Phone: 450-677-2585 Revenue (2005): 0.20 M Crombie
New Sleeper Gold Gold emerged from the company formerly known as Upland Fax: 450-677-2601 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 316.90% • CFO: Alain Krushnisky
Corporation Resource Corporation in 2004.
• Non-Executive
Newcrest Mining owns or has stakes in gold and copper mining Chairman: Ian R.
operations in Australia and Indonesia. Its mines in development or Johnson
production include Cadia Hill, Cracow, Ridgeway, Toguraci, and • Managing Director and
Telfer. The company also has exploration projects in Australia, CEO: Anthony (Tony)
Asia, and the Americas (including interests in Nevada). In 2005 Address: Level 9, 600 St. Kilda Fiscal Year End: June Palmer
Newcrest Mining produced more than 1.1 million ounces of gold Rd. Revenue (2004): 490.70 M • Executive General
and 96,000 tons of copper. Newcrest Mining was formed by the Melbourne 3004, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 21.20% Manager, Corporate
1990 merger of Newmont Australia Limited and BHP Gold Mines. Phone: +61-3-9522-5333 Employees (2004): 3,203 Services and Corporate:
Newcrest Mining National Nominees Limited holds about 20% of the company's Fax: +61-3-9510-2996 Employee Growth (1 yr): 64.90% Bernard Lavery
Limited shares.
When you need to dig under Down Under, turn to Newmont
Australia. The company holds interests in five gold mining
operations in Australia. Newmont Australia accounts for nearly a
quarter of teh US-based Newmont Mining's sales. The unit was • Managing Director:
brought under the Newmont umbrella with the 2002 acquisition of John A. S. Dow
Normandy mining. It also has a zinc and copper production facility Address: 100 Hutt St. • VP, Finance: Gary E.
but has agreed to sell its Golden Grove operations, located in Adelaide 5000, Australia Farmar
Western Australia's Outback, to Oxiana for just over $200 million. Phone: +61-8-8303-1700 • VP, Operations: Paul J.
Newmont The deal is in keeping with Newmont's intention to focus on its Fax: +61-8-8303-1900 Dowd
Australia Limited core gold operations.
Gold miner Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada (formerly
Franco-Nevada Mining) doesn't waste much money digging for
paydirt. Instead, it buys stakes in already operating gold, silver, • Chairman and CEO,
and platinum mines so it can collect royalties without having to Newmont Mining: Wayne
worry about capital obligations or environmental liabilities. Address: 20 Eglinton Ave. West, W. Murdy
Newmont Canada has holdings that are both in-production and in- Ste. 1900 • President, Newmont
development gold/silver properties, primarily in the Americas and Toronto, Ontario M4R 1K8, Mining: Pierre Lassonde
Australia. It also owns diamond royalties in Canada and platinum Canada • SVP and CFO,
Newmont Mining royalties in the US and South Africa. Newmont Mining, the world's Phone: 416-480-6480 Newmont Mining: Bruce
Corporation of largest gold producer, acquired the company in 2002 and changed Fax: 416-488-6598 D. Hansen
Canada Limited its name.
 Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) mines lignite coal India--it also
generates power from the coal. The company operates three
mines, located near the South Indian city of Chennai. It produces
24 million tons of coal per year. NLC also produces and distributes
2490 MW of power per year from three stations. The power goes Address: Block-1 • Chairman and
to the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerela, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu 607 801, Managing Director: S.
Tamil Nadu, and Pondicherry. The company also provides India Jayaraman
Neyveli Lignite consulting services in mine planning and construction and the Phone: +91-4142-252214 • Director, Finance: J. N.
Corporation renovation and life extension of old power stations. The company Fax: +91-4142-252646 Prasanna Kumar
Limited was founded in 1956.
Niocan has a can-do attitude when it comes to mining niobium.
The company explores for niobium, a talc-like mineral that is used
in the production of steel and superalloys, at its Oka ferroniobium
project in Quebec. Niobium competes with other minerals such as Address: 2000 Peel St., Ste. 760
vanadium and molybdenum. The company is looking to get Montreal, Quebec H3A 2W5, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO:
authorization from the government to begin production at its Oka Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Hubert R. Marleau
project. In 2005 co-founder René Dufour retired as chairman and Phone: 514-288-8506 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 122.90% • President and Director:
CEO. Founded in 1995, Niocan is 20%-owned by Electrum Fax: 514-843-4809 Employees (2004): 160 Richard R. Faucher
Niocan Inc. Ferrometals.
without Nippon Denko. The company is the largest producer of
ferromanganese in Japan, accounting for approximately 50% of
that country's annual production. Besides ferroalloys, the
diversified company also produces industrial chemicals (soda ash Fiscal Year End: December • President and CEO:
and boron and chromium chemicals), new materials (lithium-ion Address: 13-14,1-chome,Tsukiji Revenue (2004): 561.20 M Yoichiro Mitsui
battery materials, zirconium oxide), and environmental recycling Tokyo 104-8112, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): 41.90% • General Manager,
systems (water purification for fuel cells). Nippon Denko sells its Phone: +81-3-3546-9319 Employees (2004): 673 General Affairs: Sumio
Nippon Denko products to steel, chemical, and aluminum industries, among Fax: +81-3-3542-3690 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.40%) Sawada
Co., Ltd. others.
Nippon Steel Trading does pretty much what you'd expect -- it is
the steel-trading operation of Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest
steelmaker. The company trades such products as steel bars, hot- • President, CEO, and
and cold-rolled coils, and wire products in China, Southeast Asia, Representative Director:
and the US. Nippon Steel Trading also imports steelmaking raw Seiki Miyamoto
materials -- iron ore from Australia, Brazil, and India and coal from Address: Nittetsu ND Tower, 5-7 • EVP and
Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Russia, and the US. The Kameido 1-chome, Koto-ku Fiscal Year End: March Representative Director:
company operates a ferro-alloy joint venture in South Africa. Other Tokyo 136-8733, Japan Revenue (2004): 8097.90 M Hidehiko Matsukawa
operations include trading in heavy machinery, fuels, and non- Phone: +81-3-5627-2905 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 25.20% • Executive Managing
Nippon Steel ferrous metals. Nippon Steel owns 37% of the company; Mitsui Fax: +81-3-5627-2950 Employees (2004): 1,754 Director: Ikuo Ebihara
Trading Co., Ltd. holds 20%.
business model. The company markets and distributes X-Static, a
silver fiber that is used in manufacturing textiles, home fashions,
military boots and apparel, medical garments, and a variety of
other consumer products. X-Static is an effective anti-microbial
and has proven anti-static, heat transfer, and therapeutic Address: 421 S. State St.
properties as well. Athletic and outdoor clothing clients include Fox Clarks Summit, PA 18411 • President and CEO:
Noble Fiber River Mills, Pearl Izumi, and Spyder Active Sports. Noble Fiber Phone: 570-348-2760 William (Bill) McNally
Technologies, Technologies' sister company Sauquoit Industries manufactures X- Fax: 570-348-2760 • CFO: Donna Bennie
LLC Static.
 Noble Group Limited maintains an unlimited appetite for raw
materials. The investment holding company is principally engaged
in the international supply of raw materials to customers in the
agriculture, energy, metals, minerals and ores, and logistics • Chairman: Tobias Josef
markets. Noble Group conducts business through a network of 65 Address: 18th Fl., MassMutual Fiscal Year End: December Brown
offices in 35 countries, providing supply chain services for the Tower, 38 Gloucester Rd. Revenue (2004): 8622.30 M • CEO and Director:
sourcing, marketing, processing, and transportation of industrial Hong Kong Revenue Growth (1 yr): 96.10% Richard Samuel Elman
and agricultural products. The group is also involved in technical Phone: +852-2861-3511 Employees (2004): 870 • COO and Director: Gary
Noble Group ship management services, trade finance, and coal mining. CEO Fax: +852-2527-0282 Employee Growth (1 yr): 16.00% W. Mize
Limited Richard Elman owns 40% of the company.
North American Palladium is "not" a palatial sports stadium. It's an
exploration and mining company that produces palladium (about
70% of sales), along with platinum, nickel, gold, and copper, at the
Lac des Iles mine north of Thunder Bay in northwestern Ontario.
Lac des Iles produces about 300,000 ounces of palladium Address: 130 Adelaide St. West, • Chairman: Andre J.
annually. It also mines roughly 25,000 ounces of platinum and gold Ste. 2116 Douchane
annually. The largest use for palladium is in making automobile Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5, Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
catalysts to reduce exhaust emissions. Palladium is also used in Canada Revenue (2004): 154.30 M Director: James D. (Jim)
North American various other applications in the electrical, dental, chemical, and Phone: 416-360-7590 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.80% Excell
Palladium Ltd. jewelry industries. Falconbridge and Inco Limited purchase the Fax: 416-360-7709 Employees (2004): 380 • CFO: Ian M. MacNeily
[PAL] metals from North American Palladium for smelting and refining. Yes
Address: 55 Adelaide St. East, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Lyle R.
North Atlantic Resources (formerly North Atlantic Nickel) prospects Ste. 410 Revenue (2004): 0.20 M Hepburn
for and develops locations for the mining of gold in west Africa. Toronto, Ontario M5C 1K6, Revenue Growth (1 yr): 232.70% • President, CEO, and
The company currently has numerous exploration projects in Mali, Canada Employees (2004): 10 Director: Jon North
after originally acquiring properties in the country in 2002. None of Phone: 416-703-6348 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO: Roderick (Rod)
North Atlantic its projects are in production. North Atlantic Resources is looking Fax: 416-703-6507 100.00% Chisholm
Resources Ltd. to acquire other properties in Mali.
Northern Mining Explorations set its compass for East Africa in Address: 1010, rue de la • President and CEO:
search of gold and base metals. The company's most prominent Gauchetière Ouest, Bureau M- Fiscal Year End: December Charles H. Bertoni
operation is the Tulawaka gold project (a joint venture with mining 110, Place du Canad Revenue (2004): 0.90 M • COO: Charles Timothy
giant Barrick Gold) in Tanzania. It also has licenses for properties Montreal, Quebec H3B 2N2, Revenue Growth (1 yr): (Tim) Williams
adjacent to the Tulawaka project. The Tulawaka mine began Canada (-13.30%) • Secretary, Treasurer,
production in 2005. In addition, Northern Mining Explorations is Phone: 514-866-6500 Employees (2004): 3 and CFO: Dominique
Northern Mining investing in exploration projects in Eritrea (East Africa) and Fax: 514-866-3799 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Moreau
Explorations Ltd. Quebec.
Northern Orion Resources prefers the glint of ore in the ground to
the twinkle of stars in the sky. The company mines for gold and
copper primarily in northwestern Argentina. Northern Orion's Address: 1075 W. Georgia St., • Chairman: Robert
principal operation is a 12% stake in the Bajo de la Alumbrera Ste. 250 Cross
open pit mine. The Alumbrera mine is owned in part by Xstrata Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • President, CEO, and
and Wheaton River Minerals. In addition, Northern Orion 3C9, Canada Director: David Cohen
Northern Orion Resources owns the Agua Rica copper, gold, and molybdenum Phone: 604-689-9663 • VP, Finance and CFO:
Resources Inc. project in Argentina and it holds a 50% stake in the Mantua gold Fax: 604-434-1487 Horng Dih Lee
[NTO] and copper project in Cuba. Yes
 Northshore Mining helps feed North America's appetite for steel by
engaging in the mining and processing of taconite, a low-grade
iron ore. The iron ore pellets that can be derived from taconite are
a key raw material for the steel industry. The Northshore mine
produces about 5 million tons of iron ore pellets annually. Address: 10 Outer Dr.
Cleveland-Cliffs, a leading producer of iron ore pellets, acquired Silver Bay, MN 55614
Northshire Mining in 1994. Northshore Mining's predecessor Phone: 218-226-4125 • Chairman and CEO,
Northshore Mining began operations in 1955 as one of North America's first taconite Fax: 218-226-6087 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc:
Company mining and processing facilities. John Brinzo
for precious and other metals. The company searches for and
develops nickel and gold properties primarily in Manitoba and
Ontario, Canada. It is exploring the Mel properties in Manitoba and Address: 940 The East Mall, Ste. • Chairman and CFO:
the Rainy River, Cameron Lake, and Prairie Lake projects in 110 Fiscal Year End: December René R. Galipeau
Ontario. Nuinsco Resources also has a nickel project in Quebec. Toronto, Ontario M9B 6J7, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • CEO: W. Warren
In 2006 the company acquired a 10% stake in Campbell Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 93.40% Holmes
Nuinsco Resources (with warrants to buy another 20%) and management Phone: 416-626-0470 Employees (2004): 3 • President: Brian E.
Resources rights to that company's Joe Mann gold mine and Copper Rand Fax: 416-626-0890 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Robertson
Limited copper mine.
OmniSource is omnivorous when it comes to scrap metal. One of
the largest scrap processors and distributors in North America,
OmniSource takes unusable metal products and turns them into
raw materials for use in mills and foundries that produce steel,
aluminum, and copper. The company operates some 35 scrap
processing facilities in the eastern US and Canada. In addition, • Chairman and CEO:
OmniSource designs and manages scrap-handling operations at Leonard I. Rifkin
more than 100 customer-owned facilities. The company's Superior Address: 1610 N. Calhoun St. • President: Daniel M.
Aluminum unit operates a smelting facility that turns scrap into Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Rifkin
aluminum alloys. OmniSource is owned by the family of chairman Phone: 260-422-5541 • EVP and CFO: Gary E.
OmniSource and CEO Leonard Rivkin, whose father, Irving Rivkin, founded the Fax: 260-423-8528 Rohrs
Corporation company in 1943.
Ontex Resources is onboard when it comes to exploring natural Address: 777 Bay St., Ste. 1910
resource properties. The company has properties primarily in Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E4, Fiscal Year End: December
Ontario and Quebec, which it searches for precious metals as well Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President: Charles A.
as for oil and gas deposits. None of its projects are currently in Phone: 416-360-4031 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Harnick
Ontex Resources production. Ontex Resources also holds a stake in natural gas Fax: 416-360-4034 (-55.10%) • CFO: Bob Gilmore
Limited exploration company Echo Energy Canada.
Opawica Explorations is putting out feelers for gold in the Address: 701 W. Georgia St.,
Americas and Africa. The mining exploration and development Ste. 515
company primarily has claims at the Lac Short Mine in Quebec, Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y • President and CEO:
and the Straw Lake gold and Atikwa properties in Ontario. It has 1C6, Canada Donald M. (Dan) Clark
also ventured to West Africa (Ghana and Botswana) for gold and Phone: 604-681-3170 • CFO and Secretary:
Opawica base metals. Opawica Explorations had explored the Tapajos gold Fax: 604-681-3552 Dennis Petke
Explorations Inc. district in Brazil, but decided not to invest in the property.
It can be either base or precious metals that Oriel Resources • Chairman and CEO:
explores for in Europe and Asia. Formed in 2003, the company is Sergey V. Kurzin
primarily focused on gold, silver, and nickel mining in Russia, the Address: 18 Upper Brook St. Fiscal Year End: December • COO and Director:
former republics of the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. In 2005 London W1K 7PU, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Nicholas R. (Nick) Clarke
the company acquired the Voskhod chrome deposit (expected to Kingdom Employees (2004): 48
begin production in 2007) in Kazakhstan. Most chromite ore is Phone: +44-20-7514-0590 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO, Secretary, and
Oriel Resources used in the production of stainless steel (to make it harder and Fax: +44-20-7514-0591 1100.00% Director: David J. Swan
plc more corrosion resistant).
 Orko Silver wants to make a whale of a gold or silver discovery on
the prospects it acquires and explores. The junior natural
resources company and its joint venture partner Goldcorp hold the
intermediate stage La Preciosa gold and silver project near
Durango, Mexico. The claims cover about 525 acres and include Address: 2610 - 1066 W.
more than a mile of tunnels. Orko also has an interest in a second Hastings St.
gold-silver project, Santa Monica, located adjacent to La Preciosa. Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • CEO, President, and
To help fund these projects, Orko has exited from its option 3X2, Canada Director: Gary Cope
agreements with Cypress Development and Skyharbour Phone: 604-684-4691 • CFO and Director: N.
Resources on claims in the Red Lake district of Ontario. The Fax: 604-684-4601 Ross Wilmot
Orko Silver Corp. company changed its name from Orko Gold in 2006.
Oromonte Resources is taking a little trip from the mall to the mine.
Oromonte Resources (formerly TravellersMall.com) is a
development-stage company in the gold mining business, with • Chairman and CFO:
holdings in Ecuador. Oromonte Resources became a public Address: 2451 Dieppe Ave. SW, Brian Usher-Jones
company in 2005 through a reverse acquisition by Ste. 223 • President and Director:
TravellersMall.com. The travel company had operated an online Calgary, Alberta T3E 7K1, Hubert J (Hub) Mockler
marketplace for the hospitality industry, providing an outlet for Canada • VP of Special Projects
hotels and cruise lines to sell their products direct to consumers. Phone: 403-299-0357 and Director: Peter
Oromonte The company's e-commerce marketplace had been essentially Fax: 403-216-9260 Barker
Resources Inc. dormant prior to the acquisition of Oromonte Resources.
Orphan Boy has found adoptive parents in gold and silver. The
mining company has interests in seven mineral properties with Address: 325 Howe St., Ste. 410
about 700 mineral claim units. The properties are all within Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Chairman: Ronald A.
trucking distance of the Goldstream mill, a processing mill in the 1Z7, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Coombes
Big Bend Metals area of British Columbia, Canada that is owned Phone: 604-687-3520 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and CEO:
Orphan Boy by Orphan Boy. Incorporated in 1995, the company mines gold, Fax: 604-688-3392 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 178.10% David Martin-Smith
Resources Inc. silver, zinc, and copper.
Orvana Minerals hopes to find nirvana in the gold mining business.
The company develops and operates precious metal properties in • Chairman: George
the Americas. Its primary project is the Don Mario gold mine (in Hamilton
production since 2003) in eastern Bolivia. Orvana Minerals • President, CEO, and
produces nearly 70,000 ounces of gold annually. The company is Address: 320 Bay St., Ste. 1530 Director: T. Sean Harvey
looking to further explore and expand its Don Mario concession Toronto, Ontario M5H 4A6, • VP, Business
and adjacent land holdings, while also exploring other parts of the Canada Fiscal Year End: September Development and
Americas for precious metals. In 2005 Orvana took over the Phone: 416-369-1629 Revenue (2004): 19.20 M Special Projects:
Orvana Minerals management functions of the Don Mario mine from privately- Fax: 416-369-1402 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 540.10% Eduardo Rosselot
Corp. owned mining firm Compania Minera del Sur.
precious metals in central Asia, primarily in Uzbekistan. Its
Amantaytau Goldfields operations (jointly owned by Oxus and the
Uzbekistan government) yielded its first gold bar in 2004. The
company produces about 150,000 ounces of gold annually, but Fiscal Year End: June • CEO and Director:
expects to increase production as more mines are started on the Address: 105 Piccadilly Revenue (2004): 1.90 M William J. (Bill) Trew
property. Oxus has a second gold and silver mine at Amantaytau London W1J 7NJ, England Revenue Growth (1 yr): 153.50% • Finance Director and
set for full production in 2006. The company is also involved in a Phone: +44-20-7907-2000 Employees (2004): 108 Director: Jonathan A.
polymetallic mine through a controlling stake in Marakand Fax: +44-20-7907-2001 Employee Growth (1 yr): 42.10% Kipps
Oxus Gold plc Minerals.
 • President, CEO and
Much like Clementine's father, Pacific Booker Minerals' business is Director: Gregory R.
"excavating for a mine." The Canadian mining company is Address: 1702 - 1166 Alberni St. Anderson
exploring and developing the Morrison/Hearne Hill gold, copper, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • CFO, Secretary, and
silver, and molybdenum property in British Columbia. Pacific 3Z3, Canada Director: Michael Mews
Booker bought 100% of the Morrison claim from Noranda in 2004. Phone: 604-681-8556 • Chairman: William G.
Pacific Booker The deal helps the company proceed to explore the property and Fax: 604-687-5995 Deeks
Minerals Inc. allows it to find additional outside investors.
• Chairman, President,
Pacific North West Capital doesn't go for gold or silver; it prefers and CEO: Harry Barr
platinum. The company searches for and develops sites that have Address: 2303 W. 41st Ave. • CFO and Director:
platinum group metals (PGM) deposits throughout the Canadian Vancouver, British Columbia V6M Gordon Steblin
wilderness. It has also expanded into nickel exploration. Pacific 2A3, Canada • VP, Business
North West Capital has partnered with platinum miners Anglo Phone: 604-685-1870 Development: Peter
Pacific North West Platinum and Lonmin to help provide funding for exploration Fax: 604-685-8045 Dasler
Capital Corp. projects.
Palladex has found gold in them thar hills...of central Asia. The • Non-Executive
company explores and develops gold and other precious metals in Chairman: Simon F. W.
mountainous Kyrgyz Republic, which sits within the Tien Shan gold Village
belt, where it operates both the Aksur and Karakala projects. Address: 15 Bolton St. • CEO: Merlin A. Marr-
Palladex is concentrating its exploration and development London W1J 8BG, United Johnson
activities primarily in central Asia. None of its operations are in Kingdom • Director of Operations:
production. The company's board members hold a combined 20% Phone: +44-20-7629-4800 Rashid Jaboev
Palladex plc stake in Palladex.
Palmaris Capital, formerly Waverly Mining Finance, specializes in • Chairman: Timothy P.
investing in coal and gold mining projects in Australia and Noble
Scotland. The company's operations are performed through Address: Patterson Bldg., Fiscal Year End: June • Managing Director: R.
holdings in two companies: Mining (Scotland), a coal mining Gartsherrie Road Revenue (2004): 8.30 M Gregory (Greg) Melgaard
company, and Perseverance Corporation, which is a gold mining Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Revenue Growth (1 yr): 2.60%
firm. In 2005 Palmaris Capital sold its services group Palmaris ML5 2EU, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 294 • Finance Director and
Services, which provided equipment leasing, contract cleaning Phone: +44-1236-440-410 Employee Growth (1 yr): Secretary: James
Palmaris Capital (factories and plants), retail security and other theft-prevention Fax: +44-1236-421-467 (-14.00%) Richardson
Plc services.
Pan African Resources, formerly White Knight Investments, has
switched hemispheres. The firm now prospects for gold in Ghana
(Wa Project), the Central African Republic (Bogoin Project), and
Mozambique (Manica Project). The Manica project in Mozambique Address: Manfield House, Level • Chairman: Colin Bird
is operated by Pangea Exploration. When the company was 2, 1 Southampton St. • CEO and Director: Jan
known as White Knight Investments it targeted private technology London WC2R 0LR, United Nelson
firms, particularly Scandinavian Internet companies. White Knight Kingdom • Finance Director and
Investments became a gold exploration company when it acquired Phone: +44-2075842155 Board Member: Nathan
Pan African projects in Ghana and Mozambique from Mistral Resource Fax: +44-2075897806 A. Steinberg
Resources Plc Development in 2003.
• Chairman: Sir John A.
Patagonia Gold has migrated to South America in search of gold. Craven
The company, formerly called HPD Exploration, owns and Address: 20 Upper Grosvenor St. Fiscal Year End: December • Managing Director:
explores for gold deposits in the Patagonia region of South London W1K 7PB, United Revenue (2004): 0.00 M William H. (Bill)
America, with operations in Chile and Argentina. The company has Kingdom Employees (2004): 18 Humphries
been selling off its interests in other areas in order to concentrate Phone: +44-20-7409-7444 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Director of Operations:
Patagonia Gold on the Patagonian region. Patagonia Gold still holds exploration Fax: +44-20-7499-8811 1700.00% Marc J. Sale
Plc properties in New Zealand.
 No, PBS Coals doesn't have anything to do with the Public
Broadcasting Service or a new Ken Burns documentary on the • President: Robert Scott
history of the US energy industry. The company, which mines coal Address: 1576 Stoystown Rd. • CFO: James (Jim)
in Pennsylvania, derives its name from the three counties where it Friedens, PA 15541 Fiscal Year End: March Martin
originally engaged in mining: Preston County, West Virginia; Phone: 814-443-4668 Revenue (2005): 100.00 M • VP, Operations: Paul
Bedford County, Pennsylvania; and Somerset County, Fax: 814-445-2809 Employees (2005): 85 Wild
PBS Coals, Inc. Pennsylvania. PBS Coals was founded in 1963.
To Peabody Energy it's a coal-cooled world. The world's largest
coal producer, Peabody operates more than 30 mines and
processing facilities in the US and Australia. It produces about 240 • Chairman: Irl F.
million tons of coal annually and maintains nearly 10 billion tons in Engelhardt
reserve. US customers, primarily power companies, account for Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
more than 90% of Peabody's sales. Its operations include coal Address: 701 Market St. Revenue (2005): 4644.50 M Director: Gregory H.
trading and brokering, coalbed methane production, St. Louis, MO 63101-1826 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 27.90% (Greg) Boyce
transportation-related services, and development of coal-based Phone: 314-342-3400 Employees (2005): 8,300 • EVP and CFO: Richard
Peabody Energy generating plants. Peabody was founded in 1883 as a coal Fax: 314-342-7799 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.10% A. (Rick) Navarre
Corporation [BTU] supplier, but began coal mining in earnest in 1926. Yes
Address: 1177 W. Hastings St.,
Pencari Mining prefers the color yellow, especially if it's in the form Ste. 1750
of gold. Formerly Azure Resources, the company is a Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
development-stage company that acquires and explores mineral 2K3, Canada • CEO and President:
properties. It is currently engaged in gold exploration in Nova Phone: 604-683-2808 Adrian Rollke
Pencari Mining Scotia and Indonesia. None of Pencari Mining's properties are in Fax: 604-683-2286 • CFO: Peter G. Wilson
Corporation production and it is looking for partners to help finance its projects.
company Penn Virginia Corporation to manage its coal properties.
It manages some 54 coal mines in Kentucky, New Mexico,
Virginia, and West Virginia; PVR leases mining rights on those
properties to about 30 third-party mine operators, collecting
royalties based on the amount of coal produced and the price at Address: 3 Radnor Corporate • Chairman and CEO: A.
which it is sold. The company's land contains some 560 million Center, Ste. 230, 100 Matsonford James (Jim) Dearlove
tons of proven or probable reserves of mostly low-sulfur Rd. Fiscal Year End: December • President and COO:
Penn Virginia bituminous coal. PVR also sells timber from its properties and Radnor, PA 19087 Revenue (2005): 444.70 M Keith D. Horton
Resource charges fees to mine operators for use of its coal preparation and Phone: 610-687-8900 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 496.90% • VP, CFO, and Director:
Partners, L.P. transportation facilities. Penn Virginia Corporation manages PVR Fax: 610-687-3688 Employees (2004): 0 Frank A. Pici
[PVR] and controls 43% of the firm. Yes
There's more to Panama than a canal -- there's gold. Petaquilla
Minerals, formerly Adrian Resources, owns 52% of Minera
Petaquilla, which mines gold, copper, and other minerals in the
Petaquilla district of Panama. (Inmet Mining owns 48% of Minera Address: 701 W. Georgia St., • President and Director:
Petaquilla.) Minera Petaquilla has partnered with Teck Cominco Ste. 1820 Michael Levy
and Inmet Mining to develop the first phase of the Petaquilla Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y • CFO: John S. Watt
property -- the Molejon gold deposit. Estimated reserves at the 1C6, Canada • Manager, Corporate
Petaquilla Petaquilla property include about 9 billion pounds of copper, more Phone: 604-694-0021 Communications: Tom
Minerals Ltd. than one million ounces of gold, 24 million ounces of silver, and Fax: 604-694-0063 Byrne
[PTQMF.OB] 130 million pounds of molybdenum. Yes
 This mineral exploration and development company has found • Chairman: Peter
Russian gold. Peter Hambro Mining produces gold from several Hambro
mining projects across the Amur Region in Russia. Projects and • Director, Business
current mining operations include the Pokrovsky operating gold Address: 11 Grosvenor Place, Development and Board
mine, the Pioneer and YamalZoloto deposits, and joint ventures in Belgravia Fiscal Year End: December Member: Jay Hambro
both the Magadan (Omchak project) and Amur (Rudnoye project) London SW1X 7HH, United Revenue (2004): 62.10 M • Director, Finance,
Regions. Peter Hambro has partnerships in Russia with Rio Tinto Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.30% Company Secretary, and
and Norilsk Nickel. It produces more than 200,000 ounces of gold Phone: +44-20-7201-8900 Employees (2004): 1,687 Board Member: Philip
Peter Hambro annually. The namesake of the company, Peter Hambro, is Fax: +44-20-7201-8901 Employee Growth (1 yr): 32.60% Leatham
Mining PLC chairman of the company.
For Philex Gold the gold rush has stretched all the way from Address: 141 Adelaide St. West,
Canada to the South Pacific. The company has gold and copper Ste. 1604 • Chairman, President,
mining operations in the Philippines, including a joint venture with Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5, and CEO: Walter W.
UK-based mining giant Anglo American in a property on Mindanao Canada Brown
Island. Prior to that Philex Gold was involved in commercial Phone: 416-861-1221 • VP, Finance: Paula M.
production at its Bulawan mine from 1996-2002. None of its Fax: 416-861-1226 Kember
Philex Gold Inc. operations are in production.
a clump of moss to reveal a dome-shaped rock sparkling with gold.
Thus began the chain of events that led to the creation of Placer • Chairman, President,
Dome, the world's sixth-largest gold mining company. Placer and CEO: Gregory C.
Dome produces more than 3.5 million ounces of gold a year and (Greg) Wilkins
has 60 million ounces in proved and probable reserves. It also Address: Ste. 1600, 1055 • EVP, Project
produces about 410 million pounds of copper annually as well as Dunsmuir St. Fiscal Year End: December Development and
silver as a byproduct of its gold mining. Placer Dome has interests Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Revenue (2005): 1978.00 M Corporate Relations:
in more than 15 mines in Australia, the Americas, Papua New 1P1, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 4.80% William M. (Bill) Hayes
Guinea, South Africa, and Tanzania. Canadian mining giant Phone: 604-682-7082 Employees (2004): 17,400 • EVP, Operations: Evert
Barrick Gold made a $10.4 billion offer and acquired Placer Dome Fax: 604-682-7092 Employee Growth (1 yr): 39.20% van den Brand
Placer Dome Inc. in early 2006.
Not surprisingly, Planet Exploration explores many parts of the
planet. The junior mineral exploration company has active gold Address: 750 - 11th St. SW, Ste.
projects in Canada (Red Lake Mining), Mongolia (Argalant Project 400
- gold/copper projects), and Mexico (Copalquin gold/silver Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N7,
projects). In 2005 the company wrote-off its Wulonbulang Gold Canada
Project in China. Fellow Canadian gold mining company Goldcorp Phone: 403-537-0067
Planet Exploration owns nearly 20% of Planet Exploration and is involved as a Fax: 403-237-5816 • President and CEO:
Inc. partner in the Red Lake Mining project. Ranjeet Sundher
Address: 470 Granville St., Ste.
Playfair Mining doesn't want it all, just its share of mineral 520
exploration properties. The company explores and develops Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
properties primarily in Newfoundland, including the Gregory River 2E9, Canada
gold and copper project and the Grey River gold and tungsten Phone: 604-687-7178
Playfair Mining project. Playfair Mining is also looking for promising properties Fax: 604-687-7179 • President, CEO, and
Ltd. nearby. None of its operations are currently in production. Director: D. Neil Briggs
True to its name, PMI Ventures has in fact ventured to find gold.
The Canadian company holds property along the potentially
lucrative Asankrangwa Gold Belt of southwestern Ghana, a
country in which it has been involved for 12 years. The company Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 511
has interests in eight gold mineralization concessions in the area Vancouver, British Columbia V6B • Chairman: Pearce M.
that cover 380 sq. km. It also has a joint venture agreement with 2B3, Canada Bowman
Ghanaian company Goknet. PMI Ventures also holds interests in Phone: 604-682-8089 • President and CEO:
oil and gas properties in Canada. The government of Ghana Fax: 604-682-8094 Douglas R. MacQuarrie
PMI Ventures Ltd. retains a 10% earning in the profit of anything mined in the area.
 PolyMet Mining isn't limiting itself to one type of metal. The • Chairman: W. Ian L.
company is primarily looking to develop its NorthMet deposit in Address: 1177 W. Hastings St., Forrest
northeastern Minnesota. NorthMet contains cobalt, copper, gold, Ste. 2350 • President, CEO, and
nickel, as well as platinum group metals (PGMs). PolyMet has an Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Director: William F.
agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs to use certain facilities and 2K3, Canada Murray
PolyMet Mining equipment to process the production from the NorthMet project. Phone: 604-669-4701 • CFO: Terese J.
Corp. The company holds two subsidiaries: Fleck Minerals in Canada Fax: 604-669-4705 Gieselman
[POMGF.OB] and PolyMet Mining Inc. in the US. Yes
are the names of Portman's iron ore projects. The company is one
of the largest iron ore producers in Australia. Koolyanobbing,
which produces about 5 million tons of iron annually, is expected • Chairman: John S.
to produce about 8 million tons when production is expanded in Address: Level 11, The Fiscal Year End: December Brinzo
2006. Portman also owns a 50% stake (a joint venture with Henry Quadrant, 1 William St. Revenue (2004): 152.40 M • Managing Director and
Walker Eltin Group) in the Cockatoo Island project off the Perth 6000, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 40.00% CEO: Richard Mehan
Kimberley Coast. US-based iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs has Phone: +61-8-9426-3333 Employees (2004): 78 • CFO: Anthony (Tony)
steadily increased its holding in the company (now with an 80% Fax: +61-8-9426-3344 Employee Growth (1 yr): 14.70% Schoer
Portman Limited controlling interest).
Prize Mining has high esteem for underground metal deposits.
Formerly Muskox Minerals, the mining exploration company works Address: Lancaster Building, 304
with joint venture partner Anglo American Exploration (Canada) to 8th Ave. S.W., Ste. 707
operate its sprawling Muskox Layered Intrusion project in Nunavut Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C2, • President and CEO:
to search for potential deposits of copper, nickel, palladium, and Canada Feisal A. Somji
platinum. Prize Mining is also examining gold-bearing bedrock Phone: 403-236-2222 • COO: A. J. H. (Harry)
Prize Mining deposits near Atlin, British Columbia at the 3,800-acre Pine Creek Fax: 403-398-0693 McGucken
Corporation prospect, which it has an option to buy.
progressive, but Progress Fuels is doing just fine with it. The
subsidiary of Progress Energy produces coal and natural gas in
the US for use by Progress Energy's utilities businesses. Most of
its coal is mined in the Appalachian region of the US, though not
quite a third is taken from South America. Again more than two Fiscal Year End: December
thirds of Progress Fuels' coal is delivered by rail, with the Address: 410 S. Wilmington St. Revenue (2004): 1510.00 M • President: Paula J.
remainder shipped by barge. It used to manufacture and repair Raleigh, NC 27601 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.50% Sims
railcars through Progress Rail Services, but that business was sold Phone: 919-546-6111 Employees (2004): 1,000 • Director, Coal Sales:
Progress Fuels in early 2005 for $405 million to an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Fax: 919-546-6615 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Joseph B. Jefferson
Corporation Co.
You might not know it but apparently the gold rush is on in
Mongolia. QGX has several joint ventures with Ivanhoe Mines to Address: 35 Main St. North, Unit • President, CEO, and
explore Mongolian gold prospects and is drilling at its Golden Hills 31 Director: David C.
property. The company also holds more than 100 exploration Waterdown, Ontario L0R 2H0, Fiscal Year End: December Anderson
licenses that cover about 25,000 square miles in Mongolia that Canada Revenue (2004): 0.20 M • COO: Paul L. Zweng
may hold a number of mineral deposits. QGX has been exploring Phone: 905-689-9442 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 69.10% • CFO and Director: Mark
for gold in Mongolia since 1994. Barrick Gold holds roughly 10% of Fax: 905-689-9443 Employees (2004): 6 Wayne
QGX Ltd. the company.
QIT-Fer et Titane has a license to il. The company operates the
Tio mine in Quebec where it mines for ilmenite. The company also
has a smelting operation where its produces titanium dioxide and
iron from ilmenite. Its mine is located near Havre-Saint Pierre, from Address: 1625 Marie-Victorin Rd. • Chairman and CEO:
which the ore is transported to the metallurgical complex in Sorel- Sorel-Tracy, Quebec J3R 1M6, Jim Cook
Tracy for processing. The company is owned by the Anglo- Canada • President: Pat Fiore
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group. QIT-Fer et Titane sells its Phone: 450-746-3000 • Executive Director of
QIT-Fer et Titane, products through Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, located in Montreal. Fax: 450-746-4438 Finance: Alain Durand
Inc. They're sold to more than 40 countries on all the major continents.
 Queenston Mining is searching for Pandora's box, and hoping
there is gold to be found within. The company owns and operates • Chairman: Hugh D.
several gold and base metal projects across Canada (primarily in Address: 111 Richmond St. Harbinson
Ontario and Quebec). Queenston is focusing its efforts on two West, Ste. 1116 Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
projects in the Abitibi greenstone belt: the Pandora project Toronto, Ontario M5H 2G4, Revenue (2004): 0.20 M Director: Charles E. Page
(Quebec) and the Kirkland Lake project (Ontario). It has a joint Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr):
venture with Newmont Mining to develop projects at its Kirkland Phone: 416-364-0001 (-30.60%) • CFO and Director: John
Queenston Mining Lake camp. Queenston has holdings in Western Silver and Fax: 416-364-5098 Employees (2004): 10 M. Arnold
Inc. Thundermin Resources.
Quexco gets the lead out and puts it back in. A leading secondary
lead producer, this private holding company recycles scrapped
lead acid batteries into refined lead and lead products. Quexco's
RSR Corporation subsidiary is one of the largest lead smelters in
the US, with operations in California, Indiana, New York, and Address: 2777 N. Stemmons
Texas. Quexco also owns Eco-Bat Technologies plc, a UK-based Fwy.
battery recycler with operations in Europe and South Africa. The Dallas, TX 75207-2501
company's RSR Technologies subsidiary (formerly its R&D unit) Phone: 214-688-4000 • Chairman, President,
Quexco offers technology and product development services to the metals Fax: 214-630-5864 and CEO: Howard M.
Incorporated industry. Chairman and CEO Howard Meyers controls Quexco. Meyers
coal producer, as well as an international chemicals, energy, and • Chairman of the
technology conglomerate with some 450 companies under its Management Board:
wing. RAG's operations include domestic coal and coke mining Werner Müller
(Deutsche Steinkohle), and international mining (RAG Coal • Member of the
International). Other subsidiaries include STEAG (power station Management Board,
management and process technology), Saarberg (environmental Address: Rellinghauser Straße 1- Fiscal Year End: December CFO, and VP, Business
services and power generation), Degussa and RÜTGERS 11 Revenue (2004): 25503.00 M Operat: Peter Schörner
(specialty chemicals), and RAG Immobilien (real estate and 45128 Essen, Germany Revenue Growth (1 yr): 57.90% • Head of
construction). German energy firms E.ON and RWE own 39% and Phone: +49-201-177-02 Employees (2004): 93,657 Communication:
RAG 22%, respectively, of RAG; steel company ThyssenKrupp owns Fax: +49-201-177-2050 Employee Growth (1 yr): 20.60% Christian Kullmann
Aktiengesellschaft 21%.
A descendant of Rand Mines Limited, South Africa's oldest mining
house, holding company Randgold & Exploration explores for gold,
diamonds, base and ferrous metals in Africa. Spun off by
Randgold & Exploration in 1995, Randgold Resources owns • Chairman: David M.
mining interests in western Africa, including 50% of one of Africa's Nurek
premiere gold mines, Morila Limited (a joint venture with • CEO and Board
AngloGold Ashanti) in Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Tanzania. Address: 28 Harrison St. Member: Peter H. Gray
An audit revealing a large number of missing shares has sent a Johannesburg 2001, South Africa • Financial Director and
Randgold & shock wave through the company's management. Founder and Phone: +27-11-688-5011 Board Member: John C.
Exploration former chairman Roger Kebble and his son, Brett, were forced to Fax: +27-11-834-9195 Lamprecht
Company Limited resign along with other directors and officers of Randgold.
Reading Alloys produces high-purity metals and alloys, primarily
for use in jet engines and other aerospace components, but also • President and COO:
for companies in the building and construction, electronic, medical, Address: 220 Old W. Penn Ave. Paul O. Jones
semiconductor, and transportation industries. In addition, Reading Robesonia, PA 19551 Fiscal Year End: December • VP Sales and
Alloys produces metal powders used to make highly engineered Phone: 610-693-5822 Revenue (2005): 22.20 M Marketing: Graham P.
Reading Alloys, parts. The company is a subsidiary of KB Alloys. Reading Alloys Fax: 610-693-5542 Employees (2005): 114 Walker
Inc. was founded in 1953.
 Redcorp Ventures hopes that with a little loving care its Redfern
Resources subsidiary will blossom into something bigger. Redfern Address: 777 Hornby St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
Resources is exploring the Tulsequah Chief gold and silver 760 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M
property in British Columbia, Canada. Redcorp also maintains the Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z Revenue Growth (1 yr): 243.30%
Hawk property, which is located northwest of Prince George, 1S4, Canada Employees (2004): 7
British Columbia. The company holds a stake in fellow Canada- Phone: 604-669-4775 Employee Growth (1 yr):
Redcorp Ventures based mining firm EuroZinc Mining and has investments in some Fax: 604-699-5330 133.30% • President and CEO:
Ltd. oil and gas wells. Terence E. Chandler
Fiscal Year End: December
Address: World Trade Center, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
Resource Finance & Investment explores and develops properties 10, route de l'Aeroport Employees (2004): 2
Resource Finance in the US that contain a variety of mineral deposits. It currently 1215 Geneva, Switzerland Employee Growth (1 yr):
& Investment Ltd. leases properties in Oregon (chromium, garnet, and zircon), as Phone: +41-22-799-08-00 100.00%
[RFIVF.OB] well as Illinois and Kentucky (lead, zinc, and diamonds). • CEO: Philip J. Garrat Yes
• Chairman and
President, Rhino GP
LLC: Mark D. Zand
Rhino Resource Partners is looking to take the coal industry by the • CEO and Director,
horn. Get it? By the horn? Anyway, the company operates more Rhino GP LLC; CEO,
than 20 mines, both surface and underground, in Kentucky, Ohio, CAM Holdings LLC:
and West Virginia. Rhino Resource Partners controls more than Terry N. Coleman
140 million tons of proved and probable coal reserves, of which Fiscal Year End: March • EVP Finance and
about three-quarters is used for electricity generation by utilities Address: 265 Hambley Blvd. Revenue (2005): 280.00 M Administration,
and industrial customers. It produces somewhere near 7 million Pikeville, KY 41501 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 458.50% Secretary, Treasurer and
Rhino Resource tons annually. The company operated as CAM Holdings until Phone: 606-432-3900 Employees (2005): 900 Dir: Jay L. Maymudes
Partners, L.P. 2006; it is controlled by private equity fund Wexford Capital.
With a portfolio of properties at varying stages of development
(early stage to production), Ridge Mining (formerly Cluff Mining)
has high hopes for its Blue Ridge, Fountain Ridge, and Sheba's Address: 7th Fl., Brettenham • Chairman: Oliver Baring
Ridge projects, as well as other prospective platinum group metal House, 5 Lancaster Place
projects situated in and around the prolific Bushveld complex in London WC2E 7EN, United Fiscal Year End: December • Chief Executive:
South Africa. Ridge's other mineral interests include the Kalsaka Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Terence Wilkinson
gold project in Burkina Faso, the Mabounié niobium project in Phone: +44-20-7379-1474 Employees (2004): 63 • Commercial Director:
Gabon, and the Maligreen gold deposit in Zimbabwe. Ridge Mining Fax: +44-20-7379-9443 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.50%) Francis Johnstone
Ridge Mining plc divested most of its gold assets in 2005.
Riverstone Property leaves no stone unturned in its search for
gold. The junior natural resource company owns several prospects
in West Africa, and is seeking others for exploration and possible
development. Riverstone's primary property, the Rambo project in
northeastern Burkina Faso, covers about 100 square miles and Address: 595 Howe St., Ste. 906
includes several pits used by local artisans. The company is Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
conducting soil sampling, geological mapping, and drilling at the 2T5, Canada • President and CEO:
site to search for gold deposits that can be economically mined. Phone: 604-801-5020 Michael D. McInnis
Riverstone President and CEO Michael McInnis holds a similar position with Fax: 604-801-6075 • CFO: Kerry Spong
Resources Inc. Nevada gold explorer Gateway Gold.
RJK Explorations thinks it is on the road to finding gold in Canada. Address: 347 Bay St., 3rd Fl.
Besides gold, the company also searches for base metals and Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7,
diamonds. It focuses on exploration and development around the Canada • President and CEO:
Greenstone belts in Ontario. Properties that RJK Explorations has Phone: 416-628-5940 Glenn C. Kasner
RJK Explorations an interest in include Goldie, Stares/Calvert, and Wedge. None of Fax: 416-628-5940 • CFO: Robert J. Kasner
Ltd. its projects are in production.
 • Chairman: Marcel
Address: 7th Ave., Aéroport de Bédard
Robex Resources has joined the gold rush in Mali. The company Québec, Ste. 705 • President, CEO, and
is a gold exploration and development company with exploration Ste-Foy, Quebec G2G 2T7, Director: Richard Savard
operations in Mali, West Africa. Since 1996 Robex Resources has Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Business
been primarily exploring properties in the prolific Kenieba Valley Phone: 418-877-6411 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Development: André
Robex Resources region. The company's La Corne Gold and Bilali Gold projects are Fax: 418-877-8033 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 606.10% Vézina
Inc. the farthest along in development.
Rock on! Roca Mines knows that's the only way to strike gold. The
junior resource exploration company buys prospects and searches
for gold and other valuable mineral deposits. It holds the Foremore • President, CEO, and
VMS gold project and SeaGold property in northern British Address: 500 - 1045 Howe St. Director: Scott E.
Columbia, as well as the MAX molybdenum project. The Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z Broughton
company's major focus is the exploration of two gold properties in 2A9, Canada • CFO, Secretary, and
the Liard Mining Division of British Columbia, where it is Phone: 604-684-2900 Director: David J. Skerlec
conducting soil sampling and drilling. Roca Mines' MAX property in Fax: 604-684-2902
Roca Mines Inc. the Revelstroke Mining Division is being explored for molybdenum.
• President, CEO, and
The Yukon territory is home to the town of Ross River; it's also Director: Marcus N.
home to the mineral properties owned by Ross River Minerals. Address: 1004 - 750 W. Pender Foster
The development stage mining company owns the Tay-LP gold St. • CFO, Secretary, and
property located within the Trintina Gold Belt area in Yukon. Ross Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: Philip J. Walsh
River is also involved in exploration outside of Canada; it owns a 2T7, Canada • Shareholder
copper and gold property, El Pulpo, in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The Phone: 604-682-2770 Communications: Karen
Ross River company acquired the El Pulpo property from Almaden Minerals in Fax: 604-682-2331 Robb
Minerals Inc. 2005.
Medieval alchemists tried to turn lead into gold. RSR's operations
are even more complex -- the company turns batteries into lead
and then into money. RSR, a leading US-based lead smelter,
represents the stateside operations of privately owned holding Address: 2777 Stemmons Fwy.,
company Quexco. RSR recycles scrapped lead-acid batteries and Ste. 1800 • President and CEO:
other lead-bearing materials into refined lead and calcium and Dallas, TX 75207 Robert Finn
antimonial lead alloys. The company operates recycling facilities in Phone: 214-631-6070 • VP and Controller:
California, Indiana, and New York. RSR's parent, Quexco, also Fax: 214-631-4013 James Schureman
RSR Corporation owns UK-based battery recycler Eco-Bat Technologies.
RTI International Metals hopes manufacturers that seek a
lightweight yet tougher-than-nails material will have titanium on the
cranium. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in two • Chairman: Robert M.
segments: titanium products and metals fabrication and Hernandez
distribution. The titanium group's products include ingots, bars, • President, CEO, and
plates, sheets, strips, pipes, and welded tubing that are used by Fiscal Year End: December Director: Timothy G.
the aerospace industry to make aircraft bulkheads, tail sections, Address: 1000 Warren Ave. Revenue (2005): 346.90 M Rupert
engine components, and wing supports. RTI's fabrication and Niles, OH 44446 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 61.60% • VP, CFO, and
distribution group operates through subsidiary RTI Energy Phone: 330-652-9955 Employees (2005): 1,225 Treasurer: Lawrence W.
RTI International Systems and makes pipe, tubing, and offshore riser systems for Fax: 330-544-7701 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.40% Jacobs
Metals, Inc. [RTI] the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries. Yes
touches turns to gold. The company owns properties called Gold Address: 470 Granville St., Ste.
Centre and Gullrock near Red Lake, Ontario, in Canada. The Gold 520
Centre property borders Goldcorp's Red Lake Mine, one of the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Chairman and CEO:
world's more profitable gold mines. It also owns a gold property in 1V5, Canada Donald G. (Don) Moore
British Columbia, Canada. Rupert Resources currently has no Phone: 604-687-7178 • President and Director:
Rupert Resources mines in production and is in pre-exploration stage at all of its Fax: 604-687-7179 D. Neil Briggs
Ltd. properties.
 Sabin Metal helps its customers go for the gold, or the silver, or the
platinum, or the palladium. The company processes items such as Address: 300 Pantigo Place, Ste.
printed circuit boards, telecommunications components, dental 102
and jewelry making scraps, and photographic materials in order to East Hampton, NY 11937 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Andrew E.
isolate and refine the small amounts of gold and other precious Phone: 631-329-1717 Revenue (2005): 42.60 M Sabin
Sabin Metal metals contained in them. Sabin Metal also engages in precious Fax: 631-329-1985 Employees (2005): 150 • SVP: Ron Bleggi
Corporation metals trading.
company owns or holds interests in properties with potential gold
or base metal deposits and explores for minerals itself or through
its partners. Sabina owns an interest in potential gold-bearing
property in the Red Lake mining division in Ontario. It sold a Address: 646 Clearwater
portion of its Red Lake holdings to Placer Dome and Wolfden Crescent
Resources in exchange for financing exploration and production London, Ontario N5X 4J7, • Chairman and CEO:
operations. Sabina also has prospective gold properties in the Canada Fiscal Year End: September William W. Cummins
Nunavut Territory's Hackett River area, about 10 miles south of the Phone: 519-438-4555 Revenue (2005): 0.20 M • President: Abraham P.
Sabina Silver Arctic Circle. The company divested its oil and gas royalties in Fax: 519-438-9666 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 22.50% Drost
Corporation Texas.
Sage Gold, formerly Sahelian Goldfields, hopes to be wise in the
ways of finding gold and other precious metals. The mining • President, CEO, and
exploration and development company owns numerous properties Address: 365 Bay St., Ste. 500 Director: C. Nigel Lees
in Ontario and Quebec, as well as Nevada. The company made a Toronto, Ontario M5H 2V1, • Chairman: Patrick J.
significant move into Nevada in late 2004 when it acquired the Canada Mars
Pony Spur and Dike mining properties (in the south end of the Phone: 416-204-3170 • CFO: William D. (Bill)
Carlin-Rain Trend, Nevada), as well as the Corridors and Fax: 416-260-2243 Love
Sage Gold Inc. Sugarloaf properties (located in the Midas Trend, Nevada).
Old car batteries are just something to trip over for most people, • President: Wiley C.
but they look like money to Sanders Lead. The company recycles Sanders Jr.
lead-acid batteries and smelts and refines the lead -- in other Address: 1 Sanders Rd. • CFO and Controller:
words, it gets the lead out. Members of the Sanders family, Troy, AL 36079 Wayne Turberville
including company president Wiley Sanders, are major investors in Phone: 334-566-1563 • VP, Operations: Bart
Sanders Lead Sanders Lead. Wiley Sanders also owns a stake in KW Plastics, Fax: 334-660-0107 Sanders
Company, Inc. which recycles polypropylene and polyethylene products.
operations. It markets liquid and gaseous fuels (gasoline, diesel,
jet fuel, fuel alcohol, and fuel oils) and lubricants. The company
also converts coal into synthetic fuels. Petroleum is used as a
feedstock in some of Sasol's chemical products, which include • CEO and Director: L.
surfactants, olefins, polymers, and solvents. To create feedstock Patrick A. (Pat) Davies
for its synthetic fuels and chemicals plants, Sasol operates coal Address: 1 Sturdee Ave., Fiscal Year End: June • Deputy CEO and
mines in South Africa. The company has chemical manufacturing Rosebank Revenue (2005): 10141.00 M Director: Trevor S.
and marketing operations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Its Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.20% Munday
Sasol Petroleum International unit explores for and produces oil Phone: +27-11-441-3111 Employees (2005): 30,004 • CFO and Director:
Sasol Limited and gas in western and southern Africa. Sasol incorporated in Fax: +27-11-788-5092 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.90%) Christine Ramon
[SSL] 1979. Yes
Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste.
The miners of Saville are looking for ore bodies. Saville Resources 1760
is a Canadian junior mining company that explores and develops Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
mineral properties in British Columbia, Canada. Its primary project 2T8, Canada
in the area is the Bud gold, silver, and copper property, which it Phone: 604-646-7216
Saville Resources has been exploring since 2003. None of Saville Resources' Fax: 604-688-6552 • President, CEO, and
Inc. projects are in production. Director: Xiao Hai Yin
 Scarborough Minerals is looking for gold, in hopes that the green
will follow. The company, formerly called Greenwich Resources,
owns gold properties in northeastern Greece (the Sappes Gold
Project) and Ireland. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary United Address: 1 Mathon Place,
Goldfields Corporation, it owns two mineral interests in western Mathon Fiscal Year End: September
Australia (Paddington Gold Mine and Golden Ridge Mine). In 2006 Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 Revenue (2004): 0.30 M
the company merged with two Australian mining firms to form a 5NZ, United Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-6.20%)
new company under the name Scarborough Minerals. The former Phone: +44-1-684-892550 Employees (2004): 5 • Executive Director:
Scarborough Greenwich Resources acquired Danae and Buka Minerals to form Fax: +44-1-684-892271 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Robert J Champion de
Minerals plc Scarborough. Crespigny
Scorpio Mining hopes it can thrive in the desert. The Canadian Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 511 • Chairman, President,
company is primarily exploring and developing the Nuestra Senora Vancouver, British Columbia V6C and CEO: Peter J.
project in Sinaloa, Mexico. The project mainly holds silver, but also 2B3, Canada Hawley
has been found to contain zinc, copper, and lead deposits. Scorpio Phone: 604-678-9639 • CFO: Jean-Yves
Scorpio Mining Mining has options on other various mineral resource properties in Fax: 604-602-9640 Laliberte
Corporation Nova Scotia and Quebec.
True to its name SearchGold Resources is looking for gold, but
diamonds are also an important part of its exploration business. Its Address: 440 René-Levesque
most promising projects include the Bakoudou gold deposit in West Blvd., Ste. 1160
Gabon and the Mandala diamond property in Guinea. Besides Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1V7,
surface exploration of the Bakoudou site, the company is also Canada
investigating other promising prospects in West Africa. In 2004 Phone: 514-866-4224
SearchGold SearchGold Resources acquired exploration properties in Quebec, Fax: 514-866-2626 • President, CEO, and
Resources Inc. including Lake Chevrier and Fortune Lake West. Director: Philippe Giaro
SEMAFO may be based in Canada, but it finds all of its gold in
West Africa. The company produces precious metals at its mines
in Guinea (Kiniero Gold Mine) and Niger (Samira Hill Gold Mine). Address: 750, Marcel-Laurin Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Jean
Samira Hill accounts for most of the company's gold production. Blvd., Ste. 375 Revenue (2004): 20.80 M Lamarre
It's also exploring and developing gold properties in Burkina Faso Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4M 2M4, Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.10% • CEO and President:
and Ghana. The company is looking to expand production by Canada Employees (2004): 335 Benoit La Salle
starting mining operations at its Mana project in Burkina Faso. In Phone: 514-744-4408 Employee Growth (1 yr): • COO: Benoit
late 2005 controlling shareholder Managem sold nearly all of its Fax: 514-744-2291 235.00% Desormeaux
SEMAFO Inc. 52% interest in the company to Georesources Exploration.
Senator Minerals is bypassing Nevada's casinos and heading Address: 418 E. 14th St. • CEO and President:
straight for deposits of precious metals underground. The North Vancouver, British Donald A. (Tony) Simon
company explores and acquires gold, silver, and copper properties Columbia V7L 2N8, Canada • Manager, Business
primarily in Nevada (Elko County), but also in Alaska and Phone: 604-904-1330 Development: Keith
Senator Minerals northwestern Arizona. It also has copper interests in Canada. Fax: 425-984-9440 Patey
Inc. Management and directors hold about 30% of Senator Minerals.
Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste.
Serengeti Resources explores for gold and copper on the plains of 450 • President, CEO, and
North America. The company's projects are mostly located in the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: David W. Moore
Western Cordillera area of British Columbia. It has partnered with 2V6, Canada
fellow miner Rimfire Minerals Corporation in drilling at the Tide Phone: 604-689-7761 • CFO and Director: Ian
Serengeti property and has staked a claim at the Twin Property. It has Fax: 604-689-5528 D. Brown
Resources Inc. several other mineral claims in the area at less advanced stages.
 Resources now keeps a sharp eye out for a natural resource
opportunities in the US. For the last decade the company has
been engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, primarily
in Texas. Through its Sharpe Energy Company subsidiary, Sharpe
Resources produces about 5 barrels of oil per day from its working Address: 3258 Mob Neck Rd.
interests in Texas. In 2004 the company announced that it Heathsville, VA 22473
Sharpe Resources intended to refocus the company's operations on gold and silver Phone: 804-580-8107 • President, CEO, and
Corporation mining by acquiring 60% of a gold mining project in Lyon County, Fax: 804-580-4132 Director: Roland M.
[SHGPF.OB] Nevada. Larsen Yes
ShenHua Group trades in coal. Established in 1995 by the
Chinese government, ShenHua oversees coal production in the
country's Shenfu Dongsheng Coal Fields as well as affiliated
chemical processing and power generation operations. Subsidiary
China Shenhua Energy was spun off in 2005, taking most of the
group's coal production and sales operations. The group continues Address: 17/F-18/F Shenhua
to hold stakes in Shaanxi Guohua Jinjie Energy Corporation Mansion, No.22, Xibinhe Rd.,
(power generation), Shenhua Shendong Power (coal-based Andingmen, Dong
ShenHua Group chemical processing and power generation), Guohua Energy Beijing, Beijing 100011, China • Chairman and
Corporation Investments (investment in coal-mining companies), and Xisanju Phone: +86-105-8132114 Executive Director: Chen
Limited Companies (coal mining and power generation). Biting
Sherritt International is aiming to be the new sheriff in the energy
business. The company is primarily involved in nickel and cobalt
mining, thermal coal production, oil and gas exploration and • Chairman: Ian W.
production, and electricity generation. Its largest operation is the Delaney
metals mining segment (about 40% of sales), which operates Moa • President, CEO, and
Nickel, a Cuban mining and processing facility, as well as a metal Address: 1133 Yonge St. Fiscal Year End: December Director: Jowdat Waheed
refinery in Canada. Sherritt's coal revenue is derived from its 50% Toronto, Ontario M4T 2Y7, Revenue (2004): 901.40 M
holding in top Canadian thermal coal producer Luscar Energy Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.20% • VP, Investor Relations
Sherritt Partnership. Sherritt also operates oil and natural gas fields in Phone: 416-924-4551 Employees (2004): 835 & Corporate Affairs:
International Cuba and Spain. Also in Cuba, the company has a one-third Fax: 416-924-5015 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.70% Deanna L. Horton
Corporation interest in electricity generating company Energas.
Silver Quest Resources, formerly Southern Rio Resources, hasn't Address: 650 W. Georgia St.,
had to go too far south to find precious and base metal deposits. Ste. 1410 • President, CEO, and
The company primarily explores and develops gold, silver, and Vancouver, British Columbia V6B Director: Lindsay R.
copper properties in British Columbia. It also has a stake in 4N8, Canada Bottomer
properties located in Ontario and the Yukon. Silver Quest is Phone: 604-687-3959 • CFO and Director:
Silver Quest looking for joint venture partners for the exploration of some of its Fax: 604-408-0489 Randy C. Turner
Resources Ltd. properties. None of its operations are in production.
Silverado Gold Mines is fuel of ideas. The company has four
Alaskan gold properties: Hammond, Nolan, Eagle Creek, and
Ester Dome. However, while its gold properties are still being
explored, Silverado is looking for a new source of income. It Address: 1111 W. Georgia St.,
formed subsidiary Silverado Green Fuel to develop low-rank coal- Ste. 505
water fuel (LRCWF, used in oil-fired boilers and utility generators). Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
The company plans to convert its Grant Mill site to an LRCWF 4M3, Canada
Silverado Gold facility. Tri-Con Mining, an affiliate owned by Silverado chairman Phone: 604-689-1535 • Chairman, President,
Mines Ltd. and CEO Garry Anselmo, handles Silverado's exploration and Fax: 604-682-3519 CEO, COO, and CFO:
[SLGLF.OB] development operations. Garry L. Anselmo Yes
 Address: 1311 Howe St., Ste.
SilverCrest Mines has its mind on silver. The company, through its 405 • President: J. Scott
Norcrest Silver subsidiary, explores and develops silver properties Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z Drever
in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. SilverCrest 2P3, Canada • COO: Eric N. Fier
Mines is also making inroads into the US with its Blackstone mine Phone: 604-691-1730 • CFO: Barney
SilverCrest Mines in Idaho. Officers and directors hold an interest of approximately Fax: 604-691-1761 Magnusson
Inc. 30% in SilverCrest Mines.
SIMCALA, also known as Silicon Mining Co. of Alabama, produces
high-grade silicon metal used in chemical and aluminum products.
The aluminum industry uses silicon metal to make alloys for
automotive components such as engine housings, pistons, and
cast aluminum wheels; chemical companies use it to produce • CFO: R. Myles Cowan
silicone for lubricants, gaskets, and cosmetics, and to make Address: 1940 Ohio Ferro Alloys II
polysilicon, an element used in making silicon wafers for Rd. • VP Sales and
semiconductors. The company's smelting process also produces Mt. Meigs, AL 36057 Marketing: Bob Konecny
microsilica, which is used as a strengthener and filler by the Phone: 334-215-7560 • President: William E.
concrete, refractory, mineral, and oil exploration industries. Fax: 334-215-8969 Boardwine
SIMCALA, Inc. SIMCALA has been a Dow Corning subsidiary since 2003.
SiPi Metals recovers precious metals (including gold, silver, and
platinum group metals) from scrap generated by the aerospace,
chemical, electronics, and photographic industries. An old hand at • President: Leslie S.
metal recycling -- the company was founded in 1905 -- SiPi Pinsof
specializes in recovering metals heavily contaminated with Address: 1720 N. Elston Ave. • CFO: Marion A.
substances such as fiberglass and plastic. The company also Chicago, IL 60622-1579 Fiscal Year End: September Cameron
produces brass, bronze, and other copper alloys. SiPi employees Phone: 773-276-0070 Revenue (2005): 80.00 M • SVP, Operations:
own a majority of the company through an employee stock Fax: 773-276-7014 Employees (2005): 120 Robert S. Glidden
SiPi Metals Corp. ownership plan.
SLAM Exploration is swinging for the fences in the pursuit of
precious and base metals. The company is part owner of the
Bathurst joint venture with Falconbridge Limited (formerly Address: 285 Campbell St.
Noranda) to develop zinc and lead deposits in New Brunswick. Miramichi, New Brunswick E1V Fiscal Year End: January • Chairman: John A.
Also in that province it has some other silver, lead, and zinc 1R4, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Hansuld
properties. SLAM Exploration holds several gold projects in Phone: 506-627-1353 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • CEO: Michael R. (Mike)
SLAM Exploration northwestern Ontario, including the Cadman Lake, Reserve Creek, Fax: 506-627-1328 (-46.30%) Taylor
Ltd. and Opikeigen properties.
A subsidiary of Walter Industries, Sloss Industries makes foundry
coke, furnace coke, slag fiber, and specialty chemicals. Foundry
coke is sold to ductile iron pipe plants (including fellow Walter
Industries unit U.S. Pipe) and to foundries that produce castings,
such as for the automotive and agricultural equipment industries. Address: 3500 35th Ave. North,
Furnace coke is sold mainly to steelmakers. The slag fiber made PO Box 5327 • President: Chuck
by Sloss is used primarily by makers of acoustical ceiling tile. The Birmingham, AL 35207-0327 Fiscal Year End: December Stewart
company's specialty chemical products include nutraceutical Phone: 205-808-7803 Revenue (2005): 61.50 M • EVP and CFO: Carol
Sloss Industries components, pharmaceutical raw materials, plastics additives, and Fax: 205-808-7715 Employees (2005): 347 Farrell
Corporation rubber additives. Sloss was founded in 1918.
 Sojitz Corporation is trading in all kinds of places. Formerly called
Sojitz Holdings, the company's 400-plus subsidiaries trade in a • President and CEO:
wide array of businesses, ranging from steel and automobile parts Akio Dobashi
to apparel, making it one of the largest trading houses in Japan. • Senior Managing
Sojitz's other major businesses include aerospace, foods, oil and Address: 1-20 Akasaka 6-chome, Fiscal Year End: March Executive Officer, New
gas, chemicals and plastics, retail property development, and Minato-ku Revenue (2005): 2271.00 M Business Development:
construction materials. Asia and North America (through its Sojitz Tokyo 107-8655, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-3.70%) Yasuyuki Fujishima
Corporation of America unit) are major contributors to its overseas Phone: +81-3-5446-3600 Employees (2005): 16,419 • Managing Executive
trading operations. Sojitz was formed by a merger of two Japanese Fax: +81-3-5446-1542 Employee Growth (1 yr): 12.50% Officer, CFO: Yoji Sato
Sojitz Corporation trading powerhouses, Nissho Iwai and Nichimen Corporation.
adjourn. The company, formed by the merger of Nissho Iwai
American Corporation and Nichimen America, is the US trading
arm for the Japan-based Sojitz Holdings Corporation that
distributes goods such as industrial machinery, aerospace Address: 1211 Avenue of the
equipment, chemicals, food, lumber, and a variety of consumer Americas, 44th Fl.
products. Its investment division provides financing, direct New York, NY 10036-8880 • President and CEO:
investment, insurance services, and logistics services. Sojitz Phone: 212-704-6500 Jun Matsumoto
Sojitz Corporation Corporation of America is responsible for all operations in North, Fax: 212-704-6947 • CFO: Takashi Tsukada
of America Central, and South America.
Solitaire Minerals is going at it alone to explore and develop Address: 1788 - 650 W. Georgia
precious and base metal properties in Canada. The junior mineral St.
exploration company is focusing on prospects in Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B
Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Its High Rock Lake project in 4N8, Canada
Saskatchewan is an agreement to acquire 100% interest in Phone: 604-683-5445
Solitaire Minerals uranium claims in the area. None of its properties are in Fax: 604-687-9631 • President and Director:
Corp. production. Charles Desjardins
• Chairman: Mark E.
Solitude can be a precious resource, but Solitario Resources is Jones III
more interested in finding precious minerals. The company Address: 4251 Kipling St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
explores for and develops gold, silver, platinum, copper, and zinc 390 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Christopher E.
Solitario properties in Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. It also owns an Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Employees (2004): 9 Herald
Resources interest in a mineral property in Nevada. Solitario has formed an Phone: 303-534-1030 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Secretary:
Corporation alliance to explore for gold in South America with a unit of industry Fax: 303-534-1809 125.00% James R. Maronick
[SOLI.PK] giant Newmont Mining. Yes
Solomon Resources is a junior mineral exploration firm with gold
and copper projects on several continents. In Asia, the company
has projects in Mongolia. It also operates several projects in Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 900 • President, CEO, and
Australia, including Kalgoorlie and Newcrest (a joint venture with Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Director: Lawrence J.
Newcrest Mining). In the Americas, Solomon Resources has gold 2B3, Canada Fiscal Year End: July (Larry) Nagy
Solomon properties in Alaska, Canada, and Chile. The company funds Phone: 604-669-6656 Revenue (2005): 0.10 M • President: Keith
Resources these exploration projects through the sale of company shares or Fax: 604-684-9877 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.90% Laskowski
Limited the sale of its investments.
Glittering gold may not be just a mirage for Sonora Gold. Formerly
International Coromandel Resources, the company acquires and
develops mineral resource properties in Sonora, Mexico. Its Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste.
primary project is the Santa Gertrudis gold property, which was in 620
production in the 1990s by previous owners Phelps Dodge Mining Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
and Campbell. The company is also exploring the less advanced 2V6, Canada • President and CEO:
San Enrique copper, gold, and molybdenum project, located near Phone: 604-685-5851 Dave McMillan
the Santa Gertrudis mine. Sonora Gold is part of the United Fax: 604-685-7349 • CFO: Harold Forzley
Sonora Gold Corp. Resource Group, which handles administration for the company.
 Southern Star Resources is shining brightly in Canada. The Address: 347 Bay St., Ste. 301 • Chairman: Robert D.
company is exploring and developing gold properties in the prolific Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7, Cudney
Red Lake region of Ontario. Its primary operation is a joint venture Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President and Director:
with Exall Resources to explore the Gold Eagle Mine property. The Phone: 416-628-5905 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M John G. Tait
Southern Star mine was last in production during the 1930s and 1940s. Southern Fax: 416-628-5911 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 222.40% • CFO: Brent Peters
Resources Inc. Star doesn't have mines in production.
based Southwestern Resources logs a lot of miles to find the right
spot to dig into the ground. Its main property is the Boka Gold
project, covering about 60 square miles in the Yunnan Province of • Chairman: W. David
China. In Peru the company formed a partnership with Anglo Black
American Exploration to explore the Antay copper project. In Address: 701 W. Georgia St., • President, CEO, and
addition, Southwestern Resources holds the Accha zinc project Ste. 1650 Fiscal Year End: December Director: John G.
and has teamed up with other large mining companies, including Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Paterson
Newmont Mining, to develop other gold and silver properties in 1C6, Canada Employees (2004): 50 • VP, Corporate Affairs:
Peru. Southwestern Resources sold its Canabrava Diamond Phone: 604-669-2525 Employee Growth (1 yr): Thomas W. (Tom)
Southwestern subsidiary to Superior Diamonds in exchange for a 15% stake in Fax: 604-688-5175 100.00% Beattie
Resources Corp. the company.
Sparton Resources started in Canada, but has gone all the way to Address: 55 University Ave., Ste.
China in search of base and precious metals. The company has 605
exploration and development activities in Canada, China, and Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7, • Chairman: Edward G.
Mexico. Since 2004, Sparton Resources has primarily been Canada Thompson
exploring the Luxi Gold Project in the Yunnan Province of China. Phone: 416-366-3551 • President and CEO:
Sparton The company also holds a minor stake in an undeveloped natural Fax: 416-366-7421 Alan Lee Barker
Resources Inc. gas reserve in Nova Scotia.
Special Metals makes nickel- and cobalt-based alloys and
superalloys for aircraft engine rotating components and other high-
performance systems. The company's products are designed to
withstand extreme heat, stress, and corrosion. They are available
as billet, plate, and tube; extruded shapes; and wire and welding
consumables. Special Metals also makes wrought superalloys and • Chairman: Leo G.
superalloy powders. Customers include companies in the Thompson
aerospace, automotive, chemical, petroleum, and power Address: 3200 Riverside Dr. • President: Dennis L.
generation industries. Special Metals has 10 plants in the US and Huntington, WV 25705-1771 Wanlass
Europe. The company has agreed to be acquired by Precision Phone: 304-526-5100 • VP and CFO: Douglas
Special Metals Castparts, which makes investment castings used in aerospace Fax: 304-526-5643 D. Watts
Corporation and power generation applications.
Spectrum Metals, which does business as Corrosion Materials,
supplies customers with corrosion-resistant alloys. The company's
products include more than a dozen nickel alloys and several Address: 2262 Groom Rd.
grades of titanium alloys. Corrosion Materials sells its alloys in a Baker, LA 70714 Fiscal Year End: December
variety of forms, including bar, fittings, flanges, pipe, plate, sheet, Phone: 225-775-3675 Revenue (2005): 36.90 M
Spectrum Metals and tubing. Through its Sunshine Metals subsidiary, the company Fax: 225-774-0514 Employees (2005): 136 • VP Finance: Bernadette
Inc. distributes aluminum plate and bar products. Wege
St Andrew Goldfields may be the patron saint of shiny metal • Chairman: Herbert
objects. The company explores and develops gold and silver Abramson
mining properties in North America. It plans to develop properties Address: 1540 Cornwall Rd., Ste. • President, CEO, and
in the near term in Ontario and Alaska, as well as in British 212 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Glenn Laing
Columbia. The company's Stock Gold Complex in Ontario is Oakville, Ontario L6J 7W5, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Manager, Corporate
closest to production (expected to begin production in late 2005.) Canada Employees (2004): 151 Development and
St Andrew Goldfields has a 65% interest in Heritage Explorations. Phone: 905-815-9855 Employee Growth (1 yr): Investor Relations: Miles
St Andrew In 2005 it sold its 28% interest in technology-based exploration Fax: 905-815-9437 1158.30% S. Speedie
Goldfields Ltd. company Geoinformatics Exploration.
 Australian mining company St Barbara Mines pulls out more than
80,000 ounces of gold annually from mines in western Australia.
Mining operations include its Southern Cross mine, which Fiscal Year End: June
accounts for all of the company's gold production, as well as Revenue (2005): 51.40 M • Chairman: Colin Wise
exploration activities at Leonora, Tarmoola, and Gwalia Deeps, Address: Level 2, 16 Ord St. Revenue Growth (1 yr): 129.80% • Managing Director and
among others. St Barbara Mines sold its 54% interest in NuStar West Perth 6005, Australia Employees (2005): 33 CEO: Eduard Eshuys
Mining Corporation in 2005 in order to refinance the company and Phone: +61-8-9476-5555 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Secretary:
St Barbara Mines pay off existing debts. Later in 2005 it acquired the gold business Fax: +61-8-9476-5500 (-19.50%) Ross J. Kennedy
Limited from fellow Australian gold miner Sons of Gwalia.
Address: 470 Granville St., Ste.
Statesman Resources is looking for a mining project it can really 822
get behind. Formerly called Aeon Ventures, the exploration and Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • Chairman: Glenn
development company doesn't have any assets but the Canadian- 1V5, Canada Whiddon
based company is looking for properties or other businesses it can Phone: 604-669-8300 • President, CEO, and
Statesman acquire and operate. Statesman Resources currently has no Fax: 604-879-4005 Director: Keith Coughlin
Resources Ltd. revenue-generating mining operations under its control.
Not much can stem the global tide of steel from Stemcor. From
more than 50 offices in countries all over the world, the company
purchases, trades, markets, and sells raw steel, semi-finished
steel, and end-user steel materials. Some of the types of steel Address: Level 27, City Point, 1 • Executive Chairman:
traded include billets, bright bar, engineering steel, reinforcing bar, Ropemaker St. Fiscal Year End: December Ralph Oppenheimer
slabs, and stainless steel wire. Stemcor assists companies with London EC2Y 9ST, United Revenue (2004): 5350.50 M • Group Managing
financing the purchase of steel and offers its own network for Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 100.60% Director: Julian Verden
distribution of steel products by land and sea.The company traces Phone: +44-20-7775-3600 Employees (2004): 400 • Finance Director: David
Stemcor Holdings its roots to the establishment of a joint venture between Fax: +44-20-7775-3679 Employee Growth (1 yr): 35.10% Paul
Limited industrialist H.A. Oppenheimer and CCC Germany in 1951.
Mining company Sterlite Gold explores properties primarily in Asia
and the former Soviet Union. Its Ararat Gold Recovery Company
(AGRC) subsidiary focuses on an operation in Armenia that
includes the Zod and Meghradzor mines and a tailings plant in
Ararat. Total gold production at Ararat amounts to about 70,000 Address: 44 Hill St., Mayfair Fiscal Year End: December
ounces annually. The company also has exploration projects in London W1X 7FR, United Revenue (2004): 26.50 M • Chairman: Anil Agrawal
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Sterlite -- along with the Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.50% • President and CEO: B.
associated Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (mining, metals, fiber Phone: +44-20-7629-6070 Employees (2004): 1,249 K. Sharma
optics) -- became controlled by Twin Star Holdings in 2002, when Fax: +44-20-7629-7426 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.10% • CFO: B. S. Vadivelu
Sterlite Gold Ltd. that company's stake increased to more than 55%.
Stillwater Mining holds claim to the only significant source of
platinum and palladium outside South Africa and Russia. The
company extracts, processes, and refines platinum group metals
(PGMs) -- platinum, palladium, and associated minerals -- at
mines and a smelter in Montana. PGMs are used in catalytic • Chairman and CEO:
converters for automobiles, as well as in jewelry and in various Francis R. (Frank)
industrial applications. Stillwater Mining produces some 430,000 Fiscal Year End: December McAllister
ounces of palladium and 125,000 ounces of platinum annually. By- Address: 1321 Discovery Dr. Revenue (2005): 507.50 M • EVP and COO:
product minerals include copper, gold, nickel, and silver. The Billings, MT 59102 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 13.40% Stephen A. Lang
company has proven and probable reserves of about 42 million Phone: 406-373-8700 Employees (2004): 1,575 • VP and CFO: Gregory
Stillwater Mining tons of ore. Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel owns a 55% stake Fax: 406-373-8701 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.30% A. Wing
Company [SWC] in Stillwater Mining. Yes
 Sulliden Exploration dreams in metallic colors. The company • Acting Chairman:
explores for and develops properties in Canada and Peru in hopes Address: 1155 University St., Ste. James H. Coleman
of finding gold, lead, silver, and other deposits. The company's 812 • President, CEO, and
primary focus has been its wholly-owned Shahuindo Gold-Silver Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, Fiscal Year End: April Director: Jacques Trottier
project located in northern Peru. The exploration of the Shahuindo Canada Revenue (2004): 0.20 M
project has largely been on hold pending the outcome of a court Phone: 514-861-1953 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 23.20% • CFO and Secretary:
Sulliden case resolving an ownership dispute of the property with Fax: 514-954-9673 Employees (2004): 10 Michel Rathé
Exploration Inc. Algamarca. Sulliden Exploration was founded in 1985.
Sumikin Bussan is some kind of busy trader. The 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 Address: 6-2, Hommachi 3- Fiscal Year End: March
sells real estate. Founded to carry out the Sumitomo Group's chome, Chuo-ku Revenue (2005): 9575.40 M
metal-trading business, Sumikin Bussan expanded into other Osaka 541-8544, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): 13.30%
commodities (textiles, apparel, and foodstuffs) after acquiring Phone: +81-6-6244-8001 Employees (2005): 3,607
Sumikin Bussan Itoman in 1993. Steel products manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Fax: +81-6-6244-8009 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.60% • President and CEO:
Corporation Industries owns about 40% of Sumikin Bussan. Gashun Amaya
Sunshine Metals distributes aluminum bar, block, rod, and plate
products to aerospace, military, and commercial customers Address: 1302 Clarkson Clayton
worldwide through distribution centers in California, Kansas, Center, Ste. 209 • President: Chuck
Washington state, and China. Among the company's main Ellisville, MO 63011 Tussey
suppliers for the products it distributes are Alcoa, Kaiser Phone: 636-527-7050 • VP International Sales:
Aluminum, and Weber Metals. Sunshine Metals is a unit of Fax: 636-527-7052 David Haywood
Sunshine Metals Spectrum Metals, which does business as Corrosion Materials.
Although it's not a good source of Vitamin C, Tang Industries "is" a
diversified holding company. Its largest subsidiary, National
Material, is a metal fabricating and distributing company that
engages in steel stamping and recycles and trades aluminum and
scrap metal. Another subsidiary, SKD Automotive Group, makes
stamped and welded vehicle components, including chassis, Address: 3773 Howard Hughes
structural, and suspension components. Tang Industries also owns Pkwy., Ste. 350N • Chairman, President,
manufacturer GF Office Furniture and has investments in Las Vegas, NV 89109 and CEO: Cyrus Tang
pharmaceuticals and real estate. Tang Industries was founded in Phone: 702-734-3700 • Treasurer and
Tang Industries, 1960 by Chinese immigrant Cyrus Tang after he bought a small Fax: 702-734-6766 Secretary: John Chen
Inc. metal-stamping shop in Illinois.
Target Exploration and Mining has its sights now set on gold. The • President, CEO, and
mining company (formerly Leicester Diamond Mines) had aimed to Address: 1066 W. Hastings St., Director: Mark J.
explore for diamonds, generally in the Otish Mountains region of Ste. 2300 Morabito
Quebec. Its diamond activities are on hold as it is reorganizing its Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • CFO and Director: Jon
operations, after having dumped its holdings in various mineral 3X2, Canada D. Bridgman
properties. Target Exploration and Mining exploration does have Phone: 604-601-8273 • Corporate Secretary:
Target Exploration option agreements for several gold and copper properties in British Fax: 604-601-8250 Brigitte M. McArthur
and Mining Corp. Columbia.
 Teck Cominco really digs zinc. Its Red Dog mine in Alaska holds
one of the world's largest zinc reserves. The company also owns
or has interests in a number of mines located in Canada and Peru.
Teck Cominco also mines gold, coal, and copper. In 2003 it traded • Chairman: Norman B.
its metallurgical coal interests and $150 million for a stake in the Keevil
newly formed Fording Canadian Coal Trust. Teck Cominco holds Address: 200 Burrard St., Ste. • President, CEO, and
about 40% of the Elk Valley Coal partnership, with the trust 600 Fiscal Year End: December Director: Donald R. (Don)
controlling the remainder, and manages its operations. In 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Revenue (2004): 2845.20 M Lindsay
Teck Cominco offered to buy Canadian nickel miner Inco for $16 3L9, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 52.80% • SVP, Corporate
billion. Predecessor Teck was founded in 1913 as a gold miner, Phone: 604-687-1117 Employees (2004): 6,710 Development: Robert J.
Teck Cominco and the company still mines more than 250,000 ounces of gold a Fax: 604-687-6100 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.10%) Vance
Limited year in Canada.
For TECO Coal buried treasure doesn't have to be bright and
shiny, sometimes it's coal black. The company, a subsidiary of
TECO Energy, owns 13 operating subsidiaries that mine and
produce volatile metallurgical, ultra low ash, and low sulfur coals. • President: J. J. (Jim)
Additionally the companies make synthetic fuel, and processes Shackleford
coal. The mines and facilities are in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Address: 200 Allison Blvd. • VP, Operations: Robert
Virginia. TECO Coal operates 28 underground and 10 surface Corbin, KY 40701 Fiscal Year End: December Zik
mines from four mining complexes. None of the coal it produces is Phone: 606-523-4444 Revenue (2005): 280.00 M • VP, Comptroller: Clark
TECO Coal sold to TECO Energy's electric company. Its customers are the Fax: 606-523-4490 Employees (2005): 618 Taylor
Corporation steel industry and electric utilities.
company primarily explores for copper and gold in South America
(via the Josemaria, Vicuña, and Batidero projects in Argentina) Address: 2101-885 W. Georgia • Chairman: Lukas H.
and copper in Africa (through a 55% interest in the Tenke St. Lundin
Fungurume Project located in Congo's Katanga province). In Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
addition, the mining company has obtained the earn-in rights to 3E8, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Paul K.
TNR Resources Ltd.'s Northern Properties, a combination of Phone: 604-689-7842 Employees (2004): 40 Conibear
Tenke Mining copper and gold exploration properties in San Juan and La Rioja Fax: 604-689-4250 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.10% • CFO: Wanda Lee
Corp. provinces of Argentina.
Address: 3rd Fl., 157 Alexander
Terra Nova Gold, formerly GlobeNet Resources, is looking for a bit St.
of earth to explore. The company had several unsuccessful gold Vancouver, British Columbia V6A • CEO and Director:
exploration projects in Newfoundland, but wrote them off in 2005. 1B8, Canada David Patterson
Terra Nova also dropped its option on the San Diego gold property Phone: 604-684-0561 • President and Director:
Terra Nova Gold in Mexico. UK-based investment firm Ocean Resources Capital Fax: 604-602-9311 Harvey Keats
Corp. holds about 45% of the company.
Terraco Energy, was a Canadian oil and gas company that
entered the gold mining business by purchasing properties in
Nevada and Arizona. It controls a 3-mile strike in the "Bonanza" Address: 666 Burrard St., Ste.
gold property in the Harquahala Mining District in La Paz County, 500 • President and Director:
Arizona. The area is home to two of the largest gold mines in the Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Todd Hilditch
district. Other properties the company is exploring include two 3P6, Canada • CFO and Corporate
Nevada prospects: Eagleville (in Mineral County) and Tuscarora Phone: 604-639-3199 Secretary: Rochelle Pires
Terraco Gold (in Elko County) in Nevada. Terraco is seeking silver in addition to Fax: 604-639-3197
Corp. gold.
 Tertiary Minerals is in the age of exploration. The company
explores for gold, platinum group metals, copper, and other
minerals primarily in Scandinavia and Saudi Arabia. Some of its
projects include Ghurayyah (tantalum-niobium) in Saudi Arabia, Address: Sunrise House, Hulley
Ahmavuoma (copper and gold) in Sweden, and Kaaresselkä (gold) Road
in Finland. Tantalum is used in capacitors for consumer Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2LP,
electronics. Its diamond interests, including the Kuusamo project in United Kingdom
Finland, were spun off as a separate company -- called Sunrise Phone: +44-1625-626-203
Tertiary Minerals Diamonds -- in 2005. Tertiary Minerals holds approximately 25% of Fax: +44-1625-626-204 • Executive Chairman:
plc Sunrise Diamonds. Patrick L. Cheetham
Address: 1103 - 11871
Teryl Resources braves the cold in Alaska and the heat in Texas. Horseshoe Way • President and
The company owns interests in several gold properties in Alaska's Richmond, British Columbia V7A Fiscal Year End: May Secretary, and Director:
Fairbanks Mining Division. The 20%-owned Gil project in Alaska is 5H5, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.00 M John G. Robertson
a partnership with Kinross Gold. It also holds a silver prospect in Phone: 604-278-5996 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.60% • CFO and Director:
Teryl Resources British Columbia. Teryl Resources, through subsidiary Teryl Inc., Fax: 604-278-3409 Employees (2005): 250 Susanne Robertson
Corp. [TRYLF.PK] has oil and gas operations in Texas. Yes
Address: 675 W. Hastings St.,
Teuton Resources doesn't have to venture far from home to find Ste. 207
precious metals. The company explores gold and silver properties Vancouver, British Columbia V6B
in the Stewart and Eskay Creek regions of British Columbia. It has 1N2, Canada
about six properties its developing including Bonsai, Tennyson, Phone: 604-682-3680
Teuton Resources and Treaty Oak. Most of the company's projects are being Fax: 604-682-3992 • President: Dino
Corp. developed in conjunction with option partners. Cremonese
Texas T Minerals (formerly Texas T Resources) now prefers to
hunt for gold, not Texas tea. The former oil and gas exploration
and production company operated in the Alberta and
Saskatchewan provinces of Canada, as well as in Eastern Europe.
The company has been restructuring and divesting subsidiaries. It
has shifted its focus to exploring for minerals in northern Quebec. Address: 1530 9th Ave. SE
Texas T Minerals has acquired an option from Canadian Royalties Calgary, Alberta T2G 0T7,
Inc. for a 50% stake in part of the Raglan Mine. It has also signed Canada
a letter of intent to acquire an option on the La Isla property in the Phone: 403-290-1250 • President, CFO,
Texas T Minerals Inca del Oro region of northern Chile. The property is a gold, silver, Fax: 403-272-3620 Secretary, and Director:
Inc. and copper prospect. Jacqueline Danforth
Texxon, a development stage company not related to global oil
giant Exxon Mobil, is working to license a process to withdraw
platinum from mineralized water, and it has lined up potential
customers for the platinum. But Texxon lacks the cash to
commercialize its operations, and the company in the meantime Address: 207 N. Gilbert, Ste. • Chairman and CEO:
has acquired telecommunications services provider V3 Global. To 210-D Benjamin Hansel
expand its telecom operations, Texxon announced plans in 2005 Gilbert, AZ 85234 • President and Director:
Texxon, Inc. to buy TelePlus, which resells airtime for international wireless Phone: 480-215-0195 Gifford Mabie III
[TXXNE.OB] communications. Yes
 garde film maker. Rather the Coteau Properties Company mines
some 16 million tons of coal each year from its Freedom Mine in
Beulah, North Dakota. It began operations in 1983. Its coal is
marketed through a partnership with a subsidiary of Basin Electric.
Customers primarily are electric utilities, though Coteau also sells
to another Basin subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, which Address: 204 County Rd. 15
operates a coal gasification plant. The company is a part of Beulah, ND 58523 Fiscal Year End: December
The Coteau NACCO Industries subsidiary The North American Coal Phone: 701-873-2281 Revenue (2005): 144.30 M • President: Marc Schulz
Properties Corporation. Fax: 701-873-7226 Employees (2005): 400 • CTO: Doug Ritzke
Company
Since it has been in business since the nineteenth century, it's
probably fair to say that The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) has
been in a scrap or two. One of the largest scrap-metal brokerage
operations in the US, DJJ recycles and sells both ferrous (iron and
steel) and nonferrous metals (copper, aluminum, lead, and brass)
worldwide. To accomplish this feat, the company operates more • President and CEO:
than 25 scrap processing centers (including more than 10 Address: 300 Pike St. Keith B. Grass
automobile shredders) and about a dozen trading offices in the Cincinnati, OH 45202 • EVP and CFO: James
US. Its shredders can process up to a million car hulks each year. Phone: 513-419-6200 H. Goetz
The David J. DJJ is a subsidiary of Netherlands-based energy and retail firm Fax: 513-419-6222 • SVP, IT: Gary Muzzillo
Joseph Company SHV Holdings.
The Doe Run Company assures us that no female deer are injured
or killed in the production of its metal products. The company is
primarily involved in mining, milling, smelting, and refining lead. It
is also engaged in the recycling and fabrication of lead and lead Address: 1801 Park 270 Dr., Ste. • Chairman: Ira Leon
products. Doe Run has operations in the US (Arizona, Missouri, 300 Rennert
and Washington) and South America (Peru). The venerable US St. Louis, MO 63146 Fiscal Year End: October • President and CEO:
company expanded outside of the US for the first time in 1997 Phone: 314-453-7100 Revenue (2005): 867.30 M Bruce Neil
The Doe Run when it acquired the smelters and refineries in La Oroya, Peru, Fax: 314-453-7177 Employees (2005): 4,271 • CFO: David A. Chaput
Company and the Cobriza copper mine, creating Doe Run Peru.
The North American Coal Corporation has been digging up dirt • President and CEO:
since 1913. The company, a subsidiary of NACCO Industries that's Robert L. (Bob) Benson
also known as NACoal, operates surface lignite mines in • SVP, Business
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Texas. It has 2.4 billion Address: 14785 Preston Rd., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Development and
tons of proven and probable coal reserves. It operates through 1100 Revenue (2004): 110.80 M Engineering: Clark A.
subsidiary companies like Coteau Properties, Falkirk Mining, and Dallas, TX 75240 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.70% Moseley
The North Red River Mining Company. NACoal is the oldest of NACCO's Phone: 972-239-2625 Employees (2004): 1,360 • SVP and CFO: Charles
American Coal subsidiaries, which also include Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex and Fax: 972-387-1328 Employee Growth (1 yr): 10.60% B. (Chuck) Friley
Corporation NACCO Material Handling, the maker of Yale-branded forklifts.
Midway Coal Mining for his eyes. The subsidiary of Chevron
Corporation (formerly called ChevronTexaco), owns and operates
coal mines in Alabama, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The company
operates two surface mines, the McKinley mine in New Mexico
and Kemmerer in Wyoming, and the North River underground
mining location in Alabama, as well as a minority interest in a Address: 4601 DTC Blvd.
Venezuelan-based operation called Inter-American Coal. P&M Denver, CO 80237 Fiscal Year End: December
The Pittsburg & sells more than 14 million tons of coal annually and controls more Phone: 303-930-3600 Revenue (2005): 255.60 M
Midway Coal than 165 million tons of developed and undeveloped coal Fax: 303-930-4189 Employees (2005): 1,387 • President: Steven
Mining Co. reserves. (Steve) Parker
 The Scottish Coal Company is the largest coal miner in Scotland
and one of the largest coal miners in the UK. The company
produces about four million tons of coal annually. Scottish Coal Address: Castlebridge Business
has also been expanding into other businesses: wind farms, water, Park Fiscal Year End: March
and waste recycling recovery. It was formerly a part of British Coal, Gartlove, Clackmannanshire Revenue (2004): 205.40 M
but following the breakup of the company Scottish Coal is now FK10 3PZ, United Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.30% Key People
held by Mining (Scotland) Limited. Heavy machinery equipment Phone: +44-125-973-3800 Employees (2004): 503 • Chairman: Prof John
The Scottish Coal supplier Castlebridge Plant Limited and waste handling firm Alba Fax: +44-125-973-3850 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.10%) Ross Harper
Company Limited Resource Recovery are sister companies of Scottish Coal.
competitors. Formed in 1996, the ambitious gold mining company
has set a goal of 500,000 ounces of gold production per year. Address: Private Bag X10206 • CEO: Gerrit M.
Thistle has grown by acquiring existing operations. It currently has Welkom, Free State 9460, South Fiscal Year End: December Kennedy
gold mines in Kazakhstan, the Philippines, and South Africa. The Africa Revenue (2004): 65.90 M • Chairman: Rt. Hon.
company went through a restructuring in 2005, in which debt Phone: +27-57-391-9114 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Lord Lang
holders Casten Holdings and MC Resources received a 35% stake Fax: +27-57-391-9118 (-18.80%) • CFO: Andreas Graetz
Thistle Mining Inc. in Thistle.
Mining company Thunder Mountain Gold is looking for its next
project. In September 2005 the company sold its real property and • President, CEO and
mining claims in the Thunder Mountain District of Valley County, Director: E. James
Idaho, to the Trust For Public Land, an environmental group that Collord
buys land for conservation. No minerals had been produced on Address: 3605 E. 16th Ave. • CFO, Secretary,
Thunder Mountain Thunder Mountain Gold's Idaho properties since the early 1990s. Spokane, WA 99223-3620 Treasurer and Director:
Gold, Inc. Currently the company operates no producing mines and owns no Phone: 509-535-6092 Robin S. McRae
[THMG.OB] mining properties; it is firmly in the exploration stage. Yes
Address: 111 Richmond St.
Thundermin is digging for gold and base metals with furious might. West, Ste. 1116 Fiscal Year End: December
The company primarily explores for copper, gold, and zinc in Toronto, Ontario M5H2G4, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Chairman: James W.
Canada. It has interests in about 60 properties located in mainly in Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.90% Gill
Manitoba, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Phone: 416-364-0001 Employees (2004): 1 • President, CEO, and
Thundermin Thundermin is concentrating its exploration efforts on the Green Fax: 416-364-5098 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Director: John B. Heslop
Resources Inc. Bay and Cape Bay gold properties in Newfoundland.
Tungsten seems to be on the tip of Tiberon's tongue. The
exploration and mining company's biggest asset is its • Chairman: Ian Roderick
approximately 80% stake in the Nui Phao tungsten property being Address: 330 Bay St., Ste. 505 Gowrie-Smith
developed in Vietnam. It's estimated to have tungsten reserves of Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S8, • President, CEO, and
53 million. Once the mine begins operations (expected by 2008), Canada Director: Mario Caron
Tiberon has plans to also produce other minerals and metals such Phone: 416-214-1877 • VP, Finance and CFO:
Tiberon Minerals as fluorspar, bismuth, gold, and copper. In addition, the company Fax: 416-214-0091 Walter Henry
Ltd. has operations in Canada.
Philippines. In the exploration stage, its Esperanza gold project is
in the Baguio mines district of the northern Philippines. The Address: 26981 Highwood Circle
company also is exploring the Honey gold and Norman copper Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Tiger International claims in the Surigao gold district of northeast Mindanao. In Phone: 949-362-1600
Resources Inc. addition, Tiger International Resources has mining interests in Fax: 949-362-5055 • President and CEO:
[TGILF.PK] Malaysia. Patric Barry Yes
 Tinka Resources doesn't tinker around on its mineral prospects in
South America. The junior natural resources company hires
experts to conduct drilling and other sampling tasks in its search
for gold and copper. Most of its exploration projects are conducted
through a partnership with privately held Australian company Address: 1090 W. Georgia St.,
Sierra Peru. The partnership is currently exploring the Luminaria, Ste. 1305
Demetrio, Chunumayo, and Tibillos projects in Peru. Tinka Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
Resources also has claims, totaling 17,000 acres, at the Pampa 3V7, Canada
project in south-central Peru. The company had an option Phone: 604-685-9316 • President, CEO, and
Tinka Resources agreement with IMA Exploration on 25,000 acres in the Patagonia Fax: 604-683-1585 acting CFO: Andrew J. B.
Limited region of Argentina, but withdrew in 2004. Carter
• Chairman, President,
Tiomin Resources has titanium on its mind. The company is and CEO: Jean-Charles
currently developing its Kwale titanium project in Kenya. Once in Potvin
production (expected to begin in 2007), Kwale will produce rutile Address: 26 Wellington St. East, • VP Finance, CFO and
and ilmenite (sources of titanium dioxide), as well as zircon (used Ste. 820 Corporate Secretary:
in ceramic glazing, foundry molds, and electronics). Titanium Toronto, Ontario M5E1S2, Bruce Ramsden
dioxide pigment is used in paints, sunscreens, plastics, and Canada • VP Project
textiles. In addition, Tiomin has other exploration properties Phone: 416-350-3779 Development: Robbert
Tiomin Resources located in Kenya and Canada. It's also involved in a copper and Fax: 416-350-3570 Borst
Inc. gold mining joint venture in Peru.
sponge. Along with titanium sponge (primary titanium), the
company makes melted, mill, and fabricated titanium products.
Titanium is a lightweight metal used by commercial and military
aerospace manufacturers and the power generation, pollution • Chairman: Harold C.
control, and auto industries. TIMET's aerospace customers, which Address: 1999 Broadway, Ste. Fiscal Year End: December Simmons
include Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and United Technologies, use 4300 Revenue (2005): 749.80 M • Vice Chairman and
titanium for applications such as jet engine components and wing Denver, CO 80202 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 49.40% CEO: Steven L. Watson
supports. TIMET operates production facilities in the US and Phone: 303-296-5600 Employees (2004): 2,227 • President and COO:
Titanium Metals Europe. Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons controls a majority Fax: 303-296-5645 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.40% Christian Leonhard
Corporation [TIE] stake in the company. Yes
Henley
• Interim CEO and
TLC Ventures wants to give its mineral exploration and mine President, CFO, and
development business some tender loving care. The company's Address: 200 Granville St., Ste. Director: Edward C.
only current project is the Point Leamington property in 285 Farrauto
Newfoundland, Canada. The property has estimated potential for Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • VP, Corporate
yielding zinc and copper in addition to precious metals including 1S4, Canada Development and
gold and silver. It acquired the Point Leamington property from Phone: 604-681-9944 Director: Blayne Johnson
TLC Ventures Rubicon Minerals in 2004. Gold Fields controls approximately 10% Fax: 604-681-9955
Corp. of TLC Ventures.
Tom Exploration thinks gold in Canada is the way to go. The
company has mining claims on the Elder, Blondeau, Lalonde, and Address: 15, Gamble East, Ste.
Tagami properties. It plans to devote most of its resources into 204
developing the Elder gold property in Quebec. Tom Exploration Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X
also has an investment in the Bristol gold property (and started 3B6, Canada
exploration on the project in 2005.) Bristol had been previously Phone: 819-797-8668
Tom Exploration controlled by major mining players Placer Dome, Teck Fax: 819-797-6050 • President and Director:
Inc. Corporation, and Cameco Corporation. Gilles Fiset
 Tone Resources hopes to hit pay dirt in Nevada. Although
headquartered in Canada, the company explores for gold in the
northern and central part of Nevada. It is exploring nearly 10 Address: 2244 W. 32nd Ave.
mineral properties, many located near popular mining areas in Vancouver, British Columbia V6L • President and CEO:
such counties as Elko and Eureka. Since 2004 Tone Resources 2B2, Canada Scott D. Baxter
has been involved in a strategic partnership with fellow Canada- Phone: 604-263-5614 • Acting CFO: Daniel F.
Tone Resources based mining company Teck Cominco for several of its exploration Fax: 604-263-5610 Huber
Limited projects in Nevada.
Toodyay Resources, formerly Gympie Gold, is a coal and gold
exploration company with operations in Australia. In late 2003 a
fire broke out at its Southland Colliery mine, effectively shutting
down all operations and forcing the company into bankruptcy. In
early 2004 the company divested its gold assets and liquidated
other operations. Chinese mining company Yanzhou Coal Mining
Company purchased the company's Southland Coal subsidiary, Address: Level 1, 33 Ord St.
while a combination of mineral exploration companies and West Perth 6005, Australia
investment entities purchased Toodyay Resources' Eldorado Gold Phone: +61-9286-9999
Toodyay operations. After exiting bankruptcy, the company is seeking a Fax: +61-9286-9888 • Administrator: Andrew
Resources Ltd. fresh start under its new name, Toodyay Resources. Love
to mine. The junior natural resources company primarily owns two
advanced gold projects in Europe. Tournigan's Curraghinalt project
in Northern Ireland contains an estimated 260,000 ounces of gold.
In the Slovak Republic, Tournigan owns the Kremnica gold project, Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste. • CEO: Damien E.
which has been mined since the Middle Ages and contains an 301 Reynolds
estimated 420,000 ounces of gold and nearly 3 million ounces of Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and COO:
silver. The company also holds uranium properties in the Slovak 1G8, Canada James Walchuck
Republic and the US. It had options on sites in El Salvador Phone: 604-683-8320 • CFO: Robert (Bob)
Tournigan Gold (including the historic El Potosi gold mine), but sold these projects Fax: 604-683-8340 Nowell
Corporation in 2004.
Toyota Tsusho America, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho
Corporation, distributes a wide variety of products and provides
logistics services from more than 30 offices and warehouses in • President and CEO:
North America. The company has six operating units, industrial Takashi Hasegawa
materials (specialty chemicals and automotive materials); logistics • EVP and COO: William
and manufacturing support (OEM and aftermarket automotive Wiener
parts); machinery, electronics, and technology (electronic Address: 437 Madison Ave., 29th • General Manager,
components); metals (steel and wire cloth, flat-rolled steel, Fl. Fiscal Year End: March Machinery, Electronics,
aluminum smelting); natural products and resources (food and New York, NY 10022 Revenue (2005): 377.80 M and Technology:
Toyota Tsusho paper products); and vehicles (Toyota and Daihatsu products to Phone: 212-418-0100 Employees (2005): 1,200 Tsutomu Suzuki
America, Inc. Latin America and Caribbean countries).
Address: 1620 W. 8th Ave., Ste.
Trade Winds Ventures is navigating a course through North 302
America to explore and develop mineral properties. The Vancouver, British Columbia V6J • President and CEO: Ian
company's primary concern is gold exploration in the prolific Red 1V4, Canada D. Lambert
Lake and Detour Lake districts of Ontario. It also holds the Turner Phone: 604-736-5005 • CFO: Harvey M.
Trade Winds Lake property in Nunavut. Trade Winds Ventures is interested in Fax: 604-736-5004 Lawson
Ventures Inc. exploring and developing projects in the US.
 Address: 905 W. Pender St., Ste.
Trans America Industries explores for gold...and black gold. In 300
Manitoba, the company has mineral claims at the Lynn Lake gold Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
project. It also holds a small stake in the Claymore/Bonnie Glen oil 1L6, Canada Fiscal Year End: December
and gas property in Alberta. In 2005, Trans America Industries Phone: 604-688-8042 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M
Trans America formed a joint venture (with Majestic Gold Corp.) to explore for Fax: 604-689-8032 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 304.50% • President and Director:
Industries Ltd. gold in the Shandong Province of China. John K. Campbell
It's not easy being in the precious-metals mining business, Chairman: John Jeremy
especially if your mining operations happen to be located in Seymour Marshall
Siberia. Trans-Siberian Gold braves the cold to acquire and Address: Unit B1, Church Barn, • Managing Director and
develop gold mining properties in Russia. The company's Old Farm Business Centre, Board Member: Jocelyn
properties include Veduga in western Siberia and Church Road Fiscal Year End: December Waller
Asacha/Rodnikova in eastern Russia. Trans-Siberian Gold is also Toft, Cambridgeshire CB3 7RF, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Finance Director,
looking to explore the Yakutia area for gold and silver. Formed in United Kingdom Employees (2004): 253 Secretary, and Board
2004, none of its operations are in production. Gold mining giant Phone: +44-1223-265-760 Employee Growth (1 yr): Member: Simon V. Olsen
Trans-Siberian AngloGold Ashanti holds roughly a 30% stake in the exploration Fax: +44-1223-265-765 169.10%
Gold plc company.
Tri Origin Exploration hopes to get the lead out while going for the
gold. At five mining properties (two in Canada and three in
Australia), Tri Origin is at varying stages of exploration or Address: 3 Centre St., Ste. 206
development for the future mining of gold, silver, copper, zinc, and Markham, Ontario L3P 3P9, Fiscal Year End: June
lead. In Canada, the company primarily drills for gold deposits at Canada Revenue (2004): 1.40 M • President and Director:
its Red Lake Extension project in the prolific Red Lake region of Phone: 905-294-9942 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Robert I. Valliant
Tri Origin Ontario. Tri Origin Exploration's operations in Australia are Fax: 905-294-9943 37701.00% • CFO: Toni Chapman
Exploration Ltd. conducted through 51%-owned Tri Origin Minerals.

Tribute Minerals wouldn't mind gold as an acknowledgement of • President, CEO, and

gratitude for its hard work. Through a relationship with Address: 67 Yonge St., Ste. 808 Director: Ian Brodie-
Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda), Tribute Minerals Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8, Brown
explores for gold and base minerals in Canada, primarily in Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Corporate
Ontario. Its main project is the Confederation Lake property, but it Phone: 416-368-2929 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Development: Peter
Tribute Minerals has several other exploration projects nearby. None of Tribute's Fax: 416-601-1450 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 186.60% Purcell
Inc. properties are in production.
If this company has to name its favorite trio, it would be gold, Address: 251 Midpark Blvd. SE,
silver, and copper. Trio Gold is a junior mining company primarily Ste. 145 • President, CEO, and
exploring for precious metals; it owns the Rodeo Creek property in Calgary, Alberta T2X 1S3, Director: Harry B.
Nevada's Carlin Trend gold-producing region. The mining Canada Ruskowsky
company additionally owns the Empire Mine property in Idaho and Phone: 403-262-9640 • CFO and Secretary:
the San Ramon property in Chile. None of its properties are Fax: 403-262-9759 David W. Bassett
Trio Gold Corp. currently in production.
Triple Plate Junction doesn't mind digging through multiple layers • Chairman: Ian Roderick
of earth to get to gold. The company has gold exploration activities Gowrie-Smith
in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. In Vietnam it is prospecting at Address: 105 Piccadilly Fiscal Year End: March • CEO and Director:
the Pu Sam Cap (PSC) area in partnership with Newmont London W1J 7JN, United Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Geoffrey (Geoff) Walsh
Vietnam. The company changed its focus (and its name) from Kingdom Employees (2005): 7 • Finance Director and
registering Internet domain names to gold exploration with the Phone: +44-207-499-1400 Employee Growth (1 yr): Board Member: David
Triple Plate acquisition of Larchland Limited in 2003. Candice Holdings has a Fax: +44-207-499-1455 (-56.30%) John Lees
Junction PLC 25% stake in Triple Plate Junction.
 Troon Ventures, managed by Northair Group, explores for gold Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 860
and base metal deposits in Ontario. The company's properties Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President and CEO: D.
include Troy and Fry Lake. The Troy gold property is near the 2T6, Canada Bruce McLeod
successful mining areas of Kirkland Lake, Val d'Or, and Timmins. Phone: 604-687-7545 • Secretary: Gail M.
Troon Ventures The Northair Group manages other Canadian mining companies Fax: 604-689-5041 Sharp
Ltd. including NDT Ventures and Sherwood Mining.
Address: 1090 W. Georgia St.,
Tumi Resources wants a steady diet of gold and silver. The Ste. 1305 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President,
company explores for precious metals in Mexico and Peru. Its Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Revenue (2004): 0.00 M CEO, and acting CFO:
main exploration program is the Cinco Minas project in the Jalisco 3V7, Canada Employees (2004): 2 David A. Henstridge
Tumi Resources silver belt near Guadalajara, Mexico. Other projects include Gran Phone: 604-685-9316 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Secretary: Mariana
Limited Cabrera and Jimenez Del Teul in Mexico. Chairman, president, Fax: 604-683-1585 100.00% Bermudez
[TUMIF.OB] and CEO David Henstridge holds about 10% of the company. Yes
• Chairman, President,
TVI Pacific is prospecting in Asia. The company is a precious (gold and CEO: Clifford M.
and silver) and base metals exploration company with operations Address: 736 6th Ave. SW, Ste. James
in the Philippines and China. Its main project in the Philippines is 2000 Fiscal Year End: December • VP, Exploration: Carl
the Canatuan mine, which is being expanded to produce copper Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T7, Revenue (2004): 2.70 M Caumartin
and zinc by 2006. Its HPGEI subsidiary in China operates the Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-4.30%) • VP, Finance and
Shuikoushan project in the Hunan province, as well as other Phone: 403-265-4356 Employees (2004): 476 Administration, CFO: E.
exploration properties. The company's TVI Drilling Division Fax: 403-264-7028 Employee Growth (1 yr): 31.50% John Adkins
TVI Pacific Inc. performs contract drilling services for clients throughout Asia.
For TXU Corp. that land may be your land, but this land is a mine.
TXU Mining, a subsidiary of the Texas energy company,
excavates coal from six locations at three mining sites in Texas:
Martin Lake Mine, Big Brown Mine, and Monticello Mine. TXU
Mining owns one of the nation's largest lignite surface-mining • SVP and Chief Fossil
operations in the nation, with more than 30 million tons produced Officer: Richard Wistrand
each year. (Lignite is an intermediate product between peat and
the more common bituminous coal.) The unit resides within TXU's Address: 1601 Bryan St. Fiscal Year End: December • Senior Director, Mine
Power segment, and the whole of its production capacity is used to Dallas, TX 75201 Revenue (2005): 325.70 M Operations: Gerry
TXU Mining fuel TXU's power generation needs. TXU Power also uses natural Phone: 214-812-5600 Employees (2005): 1,765 Pearson
Company LP gas and nuclear fuels for power generation.
Tyhee Development has some mining prospects that it hopes will
pan out. The junior exploration company primarily explores and
develops the Yellowknife gold project in Canada's Northwest
Territory. Its Yellowknife project, which consists of the Discovery Address: 675 W. Hastings St.,
Mine and Nicholas Lake properties, was purchased in 2001. The Ste. 401
company completed surface drilling on the project and has Vancouver, British Columbia V6B • Chairman: Denis M.
advanced to underground development of the site. Tyhee 1N2, Canada Taschuk
Tyhee Development has owned interests in other properties in the Phone: 604-681-2877 • President, CEO, and
Development Northwest Territory with deposits of silver, copper, cobalt, and Fax: 604-681-2879 Director: David R. Webb
Corp. silver.
Tyler Resources does most of its digging in Mexico. The company
primarily explores the 95%-owned Bahuerachi property in the Address: 926 5th Ave. SW, Ste.
Chihuahua state of Mexico. Through its Recursos Tyler subsidiary, 500 • Chairman: Gregory H.
the company has confirmed gold, molybdenum, zinc, silver, and Calgary, Alberta T2P 0N7, Smith
copper deposits and is working to further develop the property. In Canada Fiscal Year End: July • CEO and Director: Jean
Canada, Tyler Resources also has interests in diamond properties Phone: 403-269-6753 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Pierre Jutras
Tyler Resources in the Northwest Territories and a gold exploration program in Fax: 403-266-2606 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 235.30% • CFO: Jennifer Munro
Inc. [TYRRF.OB] Saskatchewan, Canada. Yes
 Typhoon Exploration is creating a whirlwind of mining activity in Address: 255 Curé-Labelle Blvd.,
Canada. The company primarily explores for gold, copper, and Ste. 204 • President and CEO:
zinc. Its current mining projects inlcude the McCorkill, Fayolle, Laval, Quebec H7L 2Z9, Canada David McDonald
Monexco, Lac Aigneault, and Wapiscan properties located in Phone: 450-622-4066 • Secretary and CFO:
Typhoon Quebec. None of its operations are in production. CDS & Co. Fax: 450-622-4337 Michael Lesage
Exploration Inc. holds more than 60% of the company's shares.
U. S. Borax digs up a lot of dirt so that you can make your clothes
a lot less dirty. One of Rio Tinto Group's industrial minerals
subsidiaries, it operates the largest open pit mine in California. The
company mines boron to produce refined borates. U. S. Borax
supplies nearly half the world's refined borates, which are used in Address: 26877 Tourney Rd. • President and CEO:
such products as detergents, insulation fiberglass, heat-resistant Valencia, CA 91355 Fiscal Year End: December Gary Goldberg
glass, ceramic glazes and tiles, agricultural micronutrients, wood Phone: 661-287-5400 Revenue (2005): 179.40 M • COO: Chris Robison
treatments, polymer additives, and pest control products. It Fax: 661-287-5495 Employees (2005): 1,200 • CFO: Jeff Olsen
U. S. Borax Inc. markets its products to more than 100 countries worldwide.
U.S. Energy, through its 70% stake in Crested Corp., has put its
energy in many places, including minerals, natural gas, real estate,
and aviation. The company, which operates the Sutter Gold Mining • Chairman and CEO:
subsidiary, is seeking to expand its gold, uranium, and Fiscal Year End: December Keith G. Larsen
molybdenum properties. U.S. Energy also runs an aircraft support Revenue (2005): 0.80 M • VP Finance, CFO,
business that includes flight instruction and aircraft fueling and Address: 877 N. 8th West Revenue Growth (1 yr): Treasurer, and Chief
maintenance. In 2005 U.S. Energy sold its 91% stake in Rocky Riverton, WY 82501 (-82.60%) Accounting Officer:
Mountain Gas, a company engaged in exploring and developing Phone: 307-856-9271 Employees (2004): 35 Robert S. (Scott) Lorimer
U.S. Energy Corp. coal bed methane properties, to Canada-based Enterra Energy. Fax: 307-857-3050 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.90%
[USEG] The deal leaves U.S. Energy with a stake in Enterra. Yes
Eureka! Eureka County, Nevada, that is, where mining company
U.S. Gold owns the Tonkin Springs gold property. The company is • Chairman and CEO:
evaluating the ongoing development and production of the site, Robert R. (Rob) McEwen
which includes an open-pit gold mine, a milling facility, and support Fiscal Year End: December
facilities. U.S. Gold took full ownership of the Tonkin Springs Address: 2201 Kipling St., Ste. Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and COO:
property in 2005 by buying out BacTech Mining. Through affiliate 100 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Ann S. Carpenter
Gold Resource Corporation, U.S. Gold owns an interest in the El Lakewood, CO 80215 (-90.40%) • VP, CFO, and
U.S. Gold Aguila gold and silver property in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Phone: 303-238-1438 Employees (2004): 3 Secretary: William F.
Corporation Industry veteran Rob McEwen acquired a 33% stake in U.S. Gold Fax: 303-238-1724 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Pass
[USGL.OB] in 2005 and was named the company's chairman and CEO. Yes
Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the main attraction for UC
Resources. The exploration-stage company is engaged in
acquiring, exploring for, and developing mineral properties,
primarily silver and gold. It has interests in mineral properties • President, CEO, and
within the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, one of the North Director: Richard J.
America's most active silver and gold exploration and mining Address: 595 Howe St., Ste. 507 (Rick) Hamelin
areas. UC Resources holds a 100% interest in a 19,269-hectare Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • VP Corporate
(192-sq.-km.) Copalquin property, near Durango, Mexico, where it 2T5, Canada Development: William S.
has been drilling prospects. The company has abandoned its Phone: 604-681-7265 (Will) Elston
UC Resources interests in the Gregory River and Botwin Basin properties in Fax: 604-681-2161 • CFO: Nicole Wood
Ltd. Newfoundland and in the Raglan properties in Quebec in Canada.
 UCM Group makes synthetic mineral crystals by melting and then
cooling natural magnesite and zircon, which are then crushed and • Chairman: John Gordon
graded according to the customer's specifications. The material is Address: Doxey Rd.
then sold to customers who use them in insulation products, Stafford ST16 1DZ, United • Chief Executive: Jamie
steelmaking, automotive products, and ceramic components. In Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December Brundell
the US, the UCM Group owns zirconia materials manufacturer Phone: +44-1785-223-122 Revenue (2004): 63.20 M • Group Finance Director:
Universal America and electro-fused magnesia producer Muscle Fax: +44-1785-212-259 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 11.20% Melvyn Fookes
UCM Group plc Shoals Minerals.
With UK Coal the name pretty much says it all. The British
company owns and operates more than a dozen surface and
underground mine properties located throughout the UK. It is the Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: David Jones
largest coal miner in Britain, producing about 15 million tons of Address: Harworth Park, Blyth Revenue (2004): 853.10 M • CEO and Director:
coal annually (about 60% of all coal mined in the UK). The Road, Harworth Revenue Growth (1 yr): Garold (Gerry) Spindler
company also redevelops former mining sites into agricultural land Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN11 (-14.90%) • Finance Director and
and business parks, which it then rents or sells. In 2004 UK Coal 8DB, United Kingdom Employees (2004): 5,348 Board Member:
sold its minor coal subsidiary in Australia. The company expanded Phone: +44-1302-751751 Employee Growth (1 yr): Christopher (Chris)
dramatically in the 1990s when it acquired the coal mining assets Fax: +44-1302-752420 (-11.80%) Mawe
UK Coal plc of government-owned British Coal.
While Unigold's search for the yellow-tinted precious metal may be Address: 141 Adelaide St. West, • President, CEO, and
obvious, you may not know that the company also looks for Ste. 420 Director: John P.
copper. It explores and develops gold and copper properties in the Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5, Thompson
Dominican Republic. Unigold is currently determining the potential Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP Finance, CFO, and
of the Los Candelones Deposit on its Neita property. The company Phone: 416-363-2467 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Joseph Del
is looking to partner with other mining companies to further Fax: 416-363-2058 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 79.10% Campo
Unigold Inc. develop the property.
company's products include ball clay, barium sulfate, bentonite
clay, calcium carbonate, dolomite, feldspar, high-purity quartz, • President: Kevin F.
kaolin, magnetite, microcrystalline silica, nepheline syenite, olivine, Crawford
silica sand, and talc. Unimin sells its products to customers in a • EVP: Thomas M. Kilroy
broad range of industries, including producers of ceramics, Address: 258 Elm St. Jr.
fiberglass, fiber-optics, glass, oil and gas, paint and coatings, New Canaan, CT 06840 • SVP Finance and
quartz lighting, and semiconductors. It operates from facilities in Phone: 203-966-8880 Treasurer: William E.
Unimin the Americas, Australia, and Europe. The company was founded Fax: 203-966-3453 Whamond
Corporation in 1970.
The products of United States Antimony don't span the alphabet
from A to Z, but they do include both antimony and zeolite. The
company produces antimony oxide, which is used as a flame
retardant in plastics, fiberglass, and textiles and as a color fastener
in paint. United States Antimony buys most of its raw antimony Key People
from China and Canada. The company has begun exploratory • Chairman, President,
mining operations on a property in Mexico. United States Antimony Address: 1250 Prospect Creek Secretary and Treasurer:
also processes zeolite, which is used in animal feed, fertilizer, Rd. John C. Lawrence
United States water filtration, and other applications. The company has been Thompson Falls, MT 59873 • Manufacturers and
Antimony losing money, however, and its auditors have questioned whether Phone: 406-827-3523 Sales Representative:
Corporation it will be able to stay in business. Al Dugan owns a quarter of the Fax: 406-827-3543 Matt Keane
[UAMY.OB] company. Yes
 UrAsia Energy, formerly Signature Resources, wants to make a
name for itself in the uranium mining business. With the • Chairman: Ian W. Telfer
acquisition of UrAsia BVI in 2005, the company began exploring Address: 3 Bentall Centre, Ste.
for uranium, primarily through its holdings in several projects in 3123, 595 Burrard St. • CEO, President, and
Kazakhstan. It has a 30% stake in the Kharassan uranium project Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Director: Phillip
and a 70% interest in the Betpak Dala joint venture. When the 1J1, Canada Shirvington
company was Signature Resources, it explored for gold and silver Phone: 604-684-9333 • CFO and Secretary:
UrAsia Energy in Uganda and Canada. It had little luck in both countries and Fax: 604-684-9331 Gordon Keep
Ltd. dropped the option agreements for all of those properties.
The company processes used uranium -- about half of which
comes from old Russian atomic warheads -- into enriched
uranium, which it then supplies for commercial nuclear power
plants. USEC is the radioactive recycler of choice for the
"Megatons-to-Megawatts" program, a US-Russian agreement to Address: 2 Democracy Center, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: James R.
convert uranium from warheads into nuclear fuel. USEC also 6903 Rockledge Dr. Revenue (2005): 1559.30 M (Jim) Mellor
processes uranium for the US Department of Energy. The Bethesda, MD 20817 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 10.00% • President and CEO:
company's NAC unit, acquired in 2004, provides consulting Phone: 301-564-3200 Employees (2004): 2,871 John K. Welch
services to nuclear power plant operators and transportation of Fax: 301-564-3201 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.40% • SVP: Philip G. Sewell
USEC Inc. [USU] nuclear materials. Yes
Usibelli Coal Mine scrapes the earth's surface to help keep the • Chairman: Joseph E.
lights on in Alaska. The company mines coal on about 32,500 (Joe) Usibelli
acres near Healy and sells it to power producers in the state's Address: 100 River Rd • President: Joseph (Joe)
interior. Usibelli Coal Mine has proven reserves of some 100 Healy, AK 99743 Fiscal Year End: June Usibelli Jr.
million tons. The company was founded in 1943 by Emil Usibelli, Phone: 907-683-2226 Revenue (2005): 30.00 M • VP, Finance: Rick
Usibelli Coal Mine, father of company chairman Joe Usibelli and grandfather of Fax: 907-683-2253 Employees (2005): 100 Hundrup
Inc. company president Joe Usibelli Jr.
• Chairman: Ronald K.
There's gold in them thar holes, according to Viceroy Exploration. Address: 520-700 W. Pender St. Netolitzky
The company explores for gold on its five wholly owned properties Vancouver, British Columbia V6C • President, CEO, and
in Argentina. Its most advanced project is the Gualcamayo 1G8, Canada Director: Patrick G.
Viceroy property located in the San Juan Province. With current resources Phone: 604-669-4777 Downey
Exploration Ltd. of about 1.5 million ounces, Viceroy is gearing up to start pulling it Fax: 604-696-0212 • CFO: John Fairchild
[VCRYF.PK] out. Viceroy Exploration doesn't have any mines in production. Yes
Address: 160 Frederick St., Ste.
Viking Gold Exploration has set off in search of gold in North 203
America. Formerly named Copper Hill Corporation, the company Toronto, Ontario M5A 4H9, Fiscal Year End: December
explores for gold in the Northwest Territories (in the Yellowknife Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and CEO:
region) and Newfoundland. Its projects in Newfoundland include Phone: 416-955-9511 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Alex Doulis
Viking Gold Powderhorn Lake, Tim's Cove, and Turk's Gut. The Yellowknife Fax: 416-368-8721 (-46.30%) • CFO: David J. King
Exploration Inc. region is known for its productive gold belt.
Virginia Mines isn't in Virginia, but it does have mining exploration
and development activities in northern Quebec. The company's Address: 116 St. Pierre St., Ste.
Éléonore project is being mapped and surveyed. Virginia Mines 200 Fiscal Year End: February • President, CEO, and
also has a deal with Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda) to Quebec City, Quebec G1K 4A7, Revenue (2004): 0.80 M Director: André
explore and develop its Coulon project. It has slowed or ended Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.20% Gaumond
other projects in order to focus on the Éléonore property. In 2006 Phone: 418-694-9832 Employees (2004): 17 • CFO and Secretary:
Virginia Mines, Canadian mining outfit Goldcorp acquired a controlling stake in the Fax: 418-694-9120 Employee Growth (1 yr): 21.40% Gaétan Mercier
Inc. company.
 Vista Continental has its sights set on South American gold.
Through its 75%-owned VCC Nevada unit, the company owns
concessions to explore for gold and other valuable minerals along
the Urubamba River in central Peru. VCC Nevada has hired a
contractor and undertaken a drilling and test-mining program in an
effort to find gold deposits that can be economically mined, but a
lack of money has hindered the company's explorations. In Address: 6600 West Charleston Fiscal Year End: September
addition, VCC Nevada owns a 40% stake in mining claims along Blvd., Ste. 118 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
the Mazaruni River in Guyana, where the company hopes to find Las Vegas, NV 89146 Employees (2004): 3
Vista Continental gold and diamonds. The other 60% of the company's Guyana Phone: 702-228-2077 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President, VP, and
Corporation project is owned by investor Alberto DoCouto, who owns 81% of Fax: 702-228-1837 (-25.00%) Treasurer, and Director:
[VICC.PK] Vista Continental. Alberto Docuto Yes
Helping to get goods to where they're needed is the order of the
day at voest-ALPINE Intertrading (VAIT). The 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 • Chairman: Karl
and logistical services. The company has more than 25 offices in Mistlberger
17 countries; its activities are primarily centered in Europe, but the Address: Strasserau 6 • Director, IT Services:
company also does business in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. 4010 Linz, Austria Johannes Juranek
VAIT was previously a subsidiary of Austrian steel company Phone: +43-7327-804-0 • Director, Accountancy:
voest-ALPINE voestalpine, which continues to have a stake of nearly 40% in the Fax: +43-7327-804-355 Reinhilde Kraus
Intertrading AG trading company.
Production Association if that helps at all) is a leading producer of
titanium and magnesium alloys, including ingots and mill products.
The company also produces aluminum alloys, ferrotitanium, and
other metal products. Subsidiary Tirus distributes products
throughout Europe and North America, as well as provides
services such as cutting, heat treating, precision grinding, and Address: 1 Parkovaya St. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: V. I. Brecht
machining to customer specifications. Its NF&M International unit 624760 Verkhnaya Salda, Revenue (2004): 380.70 M • General Director:
makes titanium billet and bar stock. VSMPO-AVISMA exports Sverdlovsk, Russia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 33.10% Vladislav V. Tetiyukhin
about 70% of its produced titanium; customers include leading Phone: +7-34345-2-1304 Employees (2004): 15,280 • Chief of the Accountant:
VSMPO-AVISMA aerospace companies such as Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, GE, Fax: +7-34345-2-4736 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.90% Tamara Novosadova
Corporation and Boeing.
For Wallbridge walls or bridges aren't part of the business, but the
company does delve into holes in the earth. The company is a
copper, nickel, and platinum group metals mining company with Fiscal Year End:
projects primarily in Ontario. It has turned most of its attention to Address: 129 Fielding Rd. December
exploring and developing its promising Sudbury properties, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1L7, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.30 M
through joint ventures with several other larger mining companies Phone: 705-682-9297 Revenue Growth (1 yr):
Wallbridge Mining (including Lonmin and Falconbridge). Wallbridge also holds land in Fax: 705-682-2144 27.20%
Company Limited Nova Scotia and Minnesota.
Address: 1177 W. Hastings St., • Acting President and
Wealth Minerals hopes its name is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Ste. 1901 Director: Jerry G. Pogue
company, formerly known as Triband Enterprise, explores for Vancouver, British Columbia V6E • VP, Corporate
uranium, gold, and other metals in the Americas. Wealth Minerals 2K3, Canada Development and
has uranium mineral property interests throughout Peru and gold Phone: 604-331-0096 Director: Gary R.
Wealth Minerals projects in British Columbia. In Peru, Wealth Minerals is mapping, Fax: 604-331-0026 Freeman
Ltd. [WMLLF.OB] sampling, and surveying its various properties. Yes
 Weda Bay Minerals has made a career out of saving nickels. The
company's subsidiary P.T. Weda Bay has nickel and cobalt mining
interests on the island of Halmahera in Indonesia. The Indonesian
government, through its ownership in P.T. Antam, also has a stake
in the operations. Specialty chemicals maker OM Group provided Key People
funding for some of the company's exploration activities in Address: 20 Toronto St., 12th Fl. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Mark
Indonesia. Patrick Evans was appointed CEO of Weda Bay Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Toivanen
Minerals in 2005. The following year French minerals company Canada Employees (2004): 25 • President and CEO:
Eramet moved to acquire Weda Bay for about $230 million; it owns Phone: 416-603-0591 Employee Growth (1 yr): Patrick C. Evans
Weda Bay 95% of the company and has extended its tender offer in order to Fax: 416-367-3638 (-83.30%) • CFO: Peter McLatchie
Minerals Inc. acquire the rest.
Wesdome Gold Mines, formerly River Gold Mines, tries to find
where the gold flows. The company produces about 70,000
ounces of gold from its Wawa and Mishi-Magnacon gold • President: Paul D.
properties in Northwestern Ontario. The company also has a 61% Address: 8 King St. East, Ste. Cregheur
stake in Moss Lake Gold Mines (also in Ontario) with reserves of 1305 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Murray H.
about 2 million ounces of gold. The ore produced by Wesdome Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5, Revenue (2004): 28.60 M Pollitt
Gold is processed at the company's mill located in the center of Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.00%) • Secretary, Treasurer,
the Mishi-Magnacon property. With the merger of Wesdome Gold Phone: 416-360-3743 Employees (2004): 200 and Director: Donald D.
Wesdome Gold and River Gold in 2006, Western Québec Mines owns a 38% Fax: 416-360-7620 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.10%) Orr
Mines Ltd. stake in the company.
Fiscal Year End: December
Address: 8 King St. East, Ste. Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • Chairman: Murray H.
Go to Western Québec, young man. As its name might suggest, 1305 Revenue Growth (1 yr): Pollitt
Western Québec Mines operates gold mining and exploration Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5, (-71.70%) • President, CEO, and
facilities in western Quebec, mainly in the Val d'Or region. Formed Canada Employees (2004): 60 Director: Barry G. Smith
in 1945, the company mainly draws revenue from two companies Phone: 416-360-3743 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Operations: Paul D.
Western Québec that it has ownership stakes in. Fellow Canadian mining company Fax: 416-360-7620 500.00% Cregheur
Mines Inc. Western Québec owns a 38% holding in Wesdome Gold Mines.
Western Silver can always fall back on gold, zinc, or lead if the
silver doesn't pan out. The company conducts mineral exploration
and development projects on its properties in Mexico and Canada. • Chairman and CEO: F.
Its leading silver mine candidate is the 100%-owned Peñasquito Address: 1111 W. Georgia St., Dale Corman
silver, gold, zinc, and lead project in the state of Zacatecas in Ste. 2050 Fiscal Year End: September • President, COO, and
central Mexico. Western Silver also has interests in other Vancouver, British Columbia V6E Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Director: Thomas C.
exploration sites in Zacatecas. In addition, the company is sole 4M3, Canada Employees (2004): 50 Patton
owner of a copper-bearing property in the Yukon; it plans to seek a Phone: 604-684-9497 Employee Growth (1 yr): • VP, Finance and CFO:
Western Silver development partner for the open-pit site. Glamis Gold acquired Fax: 604-669-2926 4900.00% R. Joseph Litnosky
Corporation the company in 2006 making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
Westmoreland Coal is ready to take its lumps -- of coal, that is.
Through its subsidiaries, Westmoreland Coal produces about 30
million tons of coal annually from mines in Montana, North Dakota,
and Texas. It controls about 485 million tons of proved and
probable coal reserves. Nearly all of the company's coal is sold to • Chairman, President,
power producers (including Xcel Energy and NRG Energy); the Address: 2 N. Cascade Ave., Fiscal Year End: December and CEO: Christopher K.
rest is sold to industrial companies and institutions. Some of 14th Fl. Revenue (2005): 362.00 M Seglem
Westmoreland Coal's customers maintain power generation Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 13.00% • CFO: David J. Blair
Westmoreland facilities adjacent to the company's mines. In addition to its coal Phone: 719-442-2600 Employees (2004): 943 • SVP, Power: Robert W.
Coal Company operations, Westmoreland Coal owns stakes in power plants in Fax: 719-448-5824 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.60% Holzwarth
[WLB] Colorado and North Carolina. Yes
 • Chairman, Interim
President and Interim
CEO: Covill Brown
WGI Heavy Minerals mines, produces, and markets industrial • CFO, Secretary, and
minerals, chiefly garnet but also ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile, and Address: 1875 N. Lakewood Dr., Treasurer: Greg S.
zircon. The company has mining and processing operations in Ste. 201 Emerson
Germany, India, and the US (Idaho). Operations in India account Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 • VP International Sales
WGI Heavy for more than half of the company's sales; Transworld Garnet, a Phone: 208-666-6000 and Marketing: William
Minerals, subsidiary of WGI in India, primarily mines industrial garnet used Fax: 208-666-4000 Meyerholtz
Incorporated by the electronics industry.
in Africa and North America. The company's main mineral property
is a gold exploration project in South Africa near the major
goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin. Wits Basin also owns rights
to the Bates-Hunter Gold Mine in Central City, Colorado, plus
interests in two mineral projects in Ontario, Canada (Holdsworth Address: 80 S. 8th St., Ste. 900 • CEO and Director: H.
and McFaulds Lake). The company was known as Active IQ Minneapolis, MN 55402 Vance White
Wits Basin Technologies before it sold its accounting software and Web Phone: 612-349-5277 • CFO, Secretary, and
Precious Minerals hosting operations in 2003 and entered the mineral exploration Fax: 612-395-5276 Director: Mark D. Dacko
Inc. [WITM.OB] business. Yes
WMC Resources gets a lot out of the Outback. The Australian
mining giant is the world's third-largest miner of nickel, behind #1
Norilsk Nickel and #2 Inco. It produces more than 110,000 tons of
nickel annually. (Nickel is a main ingredient in making stainless • Chairman: Miklos
steel.) WMC owns the Olympic Dam in South Australia, a leading Address: Level 16, IBM Centre, (Mike) Salamon
source for uranium oxide used by power generators throughout the 60 City Rd. Fiscal Year End: December • Interim CEO and
world. The Olympic Dam operation also produces a large amount Southbank, Victoria 3006, Revenue (2004): 2989.20 M Director: Christopher
of copper and some gold. The company's fertilizer operations, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 32.40% (Chris) Campbell
accounting for nearly 15% of sales, mines for phosphate. WMC Phone: +61-3-9685-6000 Employees (2004): 4,863 • Interim CFO: Brendan
WMC Resources has operations in Australia, Asia, and the Americas. BHP Billiton Fax: +61-3-9686-3569 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.50% Rudd
Ltd. acquired WMC in 2005.
Wolfden Resources explores and develops gold and base metal
projects primarily in eastern and northern Canada. The company's
primary interests include in the High Lake, Ulu Gold, and East Bay • Chairman: John F.
properties. The Ulu Gold property in Nunavut was acquired in Cook
2004 from Echo Bay Mines. Wolfden Resources is involved in Address: 309 S. Court St. • President, CEO, and
several joint venture partnerships at these properties with larger Toronto, Ontario P7B 2Y1, Director: Ewan S.
precious metal miners including Teck Cominco, Placer Dome, and Canada Fiscal Year End: December Downie
Bema Gold. Fellow Canadian miner Goldcorp acquired a 10% Phone: 807-346-1668 Revenue (2004): 0.80 M • COO: John A.
Wolfden stake in the company in late 2005. Wolfden has several Fax: 807-345-0284 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 236.60% Begeman
Resources Inc. exploration projects located near Goldcorp's Red Lake gold mine.
World Minerals digs up one kind of dirt, which it uses to help you
keep out all the other dirt you don't want. The company mines and
produces industrial minerals, including diatomite and perlite, • Chairman, President,
through subsidiaries Celite Corporation (diatomaceous earth and CEO: John Oskam
products) and Harborlite Corporation (perlite products). Diatomite Address: 130 Castillian Dr. Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, Finance and CFO:
is primarily sold to customers for use in filtering and as a filler in Goleta, CA 93117-3028 Revenue (2004): 285.40 M John Leichty
paints. Perlite is a volcanic rock also used in filtering. The Phone: 805-562-0200 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.20% • SVP, Sales: Steve
World Minerals, company has been a subsidiary of Imerys, a French industrial Fax: 805-562-0298 Employees (2004): 1,591 Baimel
Inc. minerals and pigments company, since 2005.
 X-Cal Resources is involved in the acquisition and exploration of
mineral properties in the US and Canada. The company has Address: P.O. Box 48479, Bentall
interests in two gold properties in Nevada, and one in British Centre Fiscal Year End: March • President, CEO, and
Columbia, Canada. X-Cal is currently focused on exploration Vancouver, British Columbia V7X Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Shawn M.
activities at two of its properties -- The Sleeper Gold Project in 1A0, Canada Employees (2004): 11 Kennedy
Humboldt County, Nevada and the Mill Gild Property in Lander Phone: 604-662-8245 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO and Director: John
X-Cal Resources County Nevada. The Sleeper Gold project is a joint venture with Fax: 604-688-7740 450.00% M. Arnold
Ltd. New Sleeper Gold.
If you get extremely excited about the extraction of mineral
resources, you surely know all about Xstrata plc. The company
exports coal from and produces ferrochrome and vanadium in
Australia and South Africa, mines and smelts zinc in Spain
(through subsidiary Asturiana de Zinc) and in Germany, and mines
anthracite in Swaziland. Xstrata plc was formed in 2002 when • Chairman: Willy R.
Xstrata AG bought Glencore International's coal assets. The Fiscal Year End: December Strothotte
following year the company acquired MIM Holdings, a deal that Address: Bahnhofstrasse 2 Revenue (2004): 6091.60 M • Chief Executive:
doubled Xstrata's coal and zinc holdings. Coal accounts for not 6301 Zug, Switzerland Revenue Growth (1 yr): 75.00% Michael (Mick) Davis
quite half of sales, and Xstrata is among the world's largest coal Phone: +41-41-726-60-70 Employees (2004): 17,062 • CFO and Director:
exporters. Credit Suisse Group and Glencore own 24% and 16%, Fax: +41-41-726-60-89 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.30% Trevor Reid
Xstrata plc respectively, of Xstrata.
Yanzhou Coal Mining is helping fuel China's industrialization. The
company is a leader in coal production in Eastern China, where its
conducts most of its sales. The company produces more than 40 • Chairman: Wang Xin
metric tons per year and has about 2 billion metric tons in proven Address: 40 Fushan Rd. Fiscal Year End: December • Vice Chairman and
and probable reserves -- about 10 tons a year are exported. Zoucheng, Shandong 273500, Revenue (2004): 1277.50 M General Manager: Yang
Yanzhou Coal operates six mines, producing both thermal coal for China Revenue Growth (1 yr): 52.20% Deyu
Yanzhou Coal electric generation and coking coal for metallurgical production. It Phone: +86-537-538-2319 Employees (2004): 29,266 • CFO and Director: Wu
Mining Company also owns major rail transport assets. State-owned Yankuang Fax: +86-537-538-3311 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.70% Yuxiang
Limited [YZC] (Group) holds 58% of Yanzhou Coal. Yes
primary asset is the Astoria property in Quebec, located within a Address: 110 Place Crémazie,
Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda) mining camp. The Astoria Ste. 430 • Chairman: David
mineral property is not in production, but the exploration company Montreal, Quebec H2P 1B9, Crevier
is looking to develop it into an open pit gold mine. Yorbeau Canada Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
Resources also has various other exploration properties in Phone: 514-384-2202 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Georges
Yorbeau northwestern Quebec. Société Minière Alta holds more than 10% Fax: 514-384-6399 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 329.80% Bodnar Jr.
Resources Inc. of the company.
• President and CEO:
Formerly called Expatriate Resources, the more aptly-named Harlan D. Meade
Yukon Zinc explores and develops silver and zinc properties in the • VP Corporate
Yukon. The company is part of the Expatriate Group, which Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 701 Development and CFO:
includes Pacifica Resources and StrataGold. Yukon Zinc's primary Vancouver, British Columbia V6C Robert McKnight
property is the Finlayson Massive Sulphide District, which it is 2B3, Canada • Manager Investor
exploring. It also holds a joint venture interest in the nearby Logan Phone: 604-682-5474 Communications: Brian
Yukon Zinc deposit. The company has gone under a transformation after being Fax: 604-682-5404 Soregaroli
Corporation reorganized several times over the past several years.
Zaruma Resources believes that a mine is a terrible thing to waste. Kielland
The company has gold mines in Mexico and Venezuela; the Address: 20 Toronto St., 12Fl. • President, CEO, and
Mexico operation also explores for copper at its Luz del Cobre Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Director: Thomas F. Utter
copper deposit. Its San Antonio property in the Sonora State of Canada
Mexico is estimated to hold about 300,000 ounces of gold and its Phone: 416-869-0772 • CFO and Secretary:
Zaruma El Foco property in Venezuela contains about 100,000 ounces of Fax: 416-367-3638 Frank van de Water
Resources Inc. gold.
 sand, Zemex can oblige. Zemex's industrial minerals business
operates subsidiaries that produce mica (used in coatings, friction
materials, and oil well drilling applications), feldspar (sodium and
potassium varieties), kaolin clay, and sands (used in the ceramics, Address: 1040 Crown Pointe
glass, plastics, and fiberglass industries). In December 2005 Pkwy., Ste. 270 • President, Alumitech,
Zemex sold its aluminum waste recycling business, Alumitech, to Atlanta, GA 30338 Inc. and Industrial
aluminium recycling industry leader Aleris International. Peru- Phone: 770-392-8660 Minerals: Patrick Carr
Zemex based industrial minerals producer Cementos Pacasmayo Fax: 770-392-8670 • CFO: Belinda Brock
Corporation acquired Zemex in 2003.
Zeo-Tech Enviro explores and mines industrial minerals,
particularly zeolite (an inorganic, porous volcanic mineral). Primary Address: 1066 W. Hastings St.,
applications for zeolite include water and air filtration, waste Ste. 2300
treatment, soil enhancement, and industrial absorbent. Vancouver, British Columbia V6E
Developmental stage company Zeo-Tech Enviro has zeolite 3X2, Canada Fiscal Year End: June
mining operations in British Columbia as well as precious metals Phone: 604-684-3301 Revenue (2005): 0.10 M • President and Director:
Zeo-Tech Enviro processing operations in Arizona. The company holds a 25% stake Fax: 604-408-8893 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 67.20% L. Raymon (Ray)
Corp. in zeolite processor United Zeolite Products. Paquette
The company owns eight gold and copper mines. It operates the
Zijinshan Gold Mine (which is the largest single open pit gold mine
in terms of gold production output and mining scale in China),
Guizhou Shuiyindong Gold Mine, Jilin Hunchun Gold-Copper
Mine, and Anhui Guichi Paodaoling Gold Mine. The company also Address: Zijin Mansion, Zijin
owns the Xinjiang Ashele Copper Mine, Fujian Zijinshan Copper Avenue
Mine, Anhui Tongling Jiaochong Gold Mine, and Sichuan Shanghang County, Fujian
Jiuchaigou Caodi Gold Mine, which are under construction. In 364200, China • Chairman: Chen Jinghe
addition to the development and exploration of mining resources, Phone: +86-597-388-3151
Zijin Mining Group Zijin Mining also provides services in geological studies and Fax: +86-597-388-3997 • CFO: Zhou Zhengyuan
Co., Ltd mining consulting.
Zimplats Holdings (formerly Zimbabwe Platinum Mines) mines
platinum and platinum group metals (PGM), such as rhodium and
palladium, as well as nickel from resources and reserves on the • Chairman: Michael
Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. Its PGM mining activities include Address: 7 New St. Fiscal Year End: June John (Mike) Houston
operating the Ngezi mine, the Selous Metallurgical complex, and St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Revenue (2004): 99.90 M • CEO and Director:
the Hartley Ore mine. The company mines more than 2 million Islands Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.70% Gregory (Greg) Sebborn
Zimplats Holdings tons of ore annually. Zimplats operates from offices in Australia, Phone: +44-1481-727-272 Employees (2004): 600 • COO: Jonathan (Anton)
Limited the UK, and Zimbabwe. South-Africa based platinum giant Impala Fax: +44-1481-711-220 Employee Growth (1 yr): 35.10% Wheeler
[ZMPLF.PK] Platinum Holdings (Implats) holds more than 85% of the company. Yes
Noel Masson
Address: 7 Tanners Yard, • Managing Director and
This animal sniffs out zinc oxide in uncommon places. ZincOx London Rd. Board Member: Andrew
Resources produces zinc oxide mainly from recycling facilities in Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5HD, Fiscal Year End: December Woollett
Turkey and the US. It recovers zinc primarily from waste products, United Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Finance Director and
such as lead slags and steel scrap. Zinc oxide is mostly used by Phone: +44-1276-455-700 Employees (2004): 10 Board Member: Peter Fry
ZincOx Resources the rubber industry, but is also found in paint and pharmaceuticals. Fax: +44-1276-850-015 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.10%
plc The company is also exploring the Jabali zinc deposit in Yemen.
 Zinifex Clarksville operates an electrolytic zinc smelter in
Clarksville, Tennessee, that produces about 110,000 tons of zinc
metal annually. The Clarksville facility is one of four smelters
operated by Australia-based Zinifex, a leading zinc and lead
mining and processing company. Zinifex was formed in 2004 to Address: 1800 Zinc Plant Rd.
acquire the Clarksville facility and other key mining and smelting Clarksville, TN 37040
assets from Pasminco, which had run into financial trouble. The Phone: 931-552-4200
Zinifex Clarksville Clarksville smelter, which is accessible by barge, rail, and road, Fax: 931-552-0471
Inc. was commissioned in 1978. • President: Matt Howell
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
No one can mix up oil like grandma does. Amalie Oil (named
after the founders' grandmother) blends and supplies lubricants
and other oil products including motor oils, transmission fluids,
gear oils, and greases. To control costs, the company also
manufactures its own bottles to store its products. Amalie Oil,
which markets its products worldwide, has distribution Address: 1601 McCloskey
operations in Dallas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Los Angeles. Blvd.
The Sonneborn brothers founded the company, one of the early Tampa, FL 33605 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Harry J. Barkett
Pennsylvania Crude (paraffin-rich) oil enterprises, in 1903. Phone: 813-248-1988 Revenue (2005): 27.20 M • COO: Rick Barkett
Amalie Oil Lubricants firm Petroleum Packers acquired Amalie Oil in 1998 Fax: 813-248-1488 Employees (2005): 139 • CFO: Ken Barkett
Company, Inc. and Petroleum Packers changed its name to Amalie Oil.
You might say that American Agip is as slick as a whistle.
Formed in 1987, the subsidiary of Italian energy heavyweight
Eni operates three major petrochemical businesses: the
manufacturing and marketing of lubricants; the marketing and
trading of MTBE and methanol; and the trading of refined
petroleum products. American Agip supplies more than 11,000
bulk and package customers throughout the Eastern US, and Address: 666 5th Ave.
across Canada. It has a manufacturing center in Cabot, New York, NY 10103-0599 Fiscal Year End: December
Pennsylvania and distribution centers located in Cabot, Phone: 212-887-0250 Revenue (2005): 1030.00 M
American Agip Hainesport (NJ), Jane Lew (WV), Medina (OH), Westbury (NY), Fax: 212-887-0258 Employees (2005): 116 • President and CEO:
Company, Inc. and Boucherville (Quebec, Canada). Umberto Battalia
BP is also BO (Big Oil). It is the world's second largest
integrated oil concern, behind Exxon Mobil. The company,
which was formed in 1998 from the merger of British Petroleum
and Amoco, grew by buying Atlantic Richfield Company. BP has
proved reserves of 18.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent, including • Chairman: Peter D.
large holdings in Alaska. BP is the largest oil and gas producer Address: 1 St. James's Sutherland
in the US and also a top refiner, processing 2.8 billion barrels of Square Fiscal Year End: December • Group Chief Executive and
crude oil per day. BP operates about 28,500 gas stations London SW1Y 4PD, United Revenue (2005): 295242.00 M Director: Lord E. John P.
worldwide, including 15,900 in the US. With the success of its Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.60% Browne
BP Solar International subsidiary, BP has created BP Alternative Phone: +44-20-7496-4000 Employees (2004): 102,900 • CFO and Director: Byron E.
Energy (hydrogen, solar, and wind power generation) with an Fax: +44-20-7496-4630 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.80%) Grote
BP p.l.c. [BP] initial investment of $1.8 billion. Yes
Castrol Consumer North America spends as much time on top
of a hood as it does under them. The company, often
recognized as a sponsor for a variety of drag racing, funny car,
and Formula 1 racecar drivers, is a distributor of Castrol brand
synthetic lubricants to automotive service providers and retailers • Chief Executive: Michael
in North America. It also provides specialty lubricants, including Address: 1500 Valley Rd. (Mike) Dearden
degreasers, lubes, and transmission fluids, for boating, Wayne, NJ 07470 • CFO: Peter Miller
Castrol motorcycling, racing, and snowmobile customers. Castrol Phone: 973-633-2200 • VP Consumer Marketing:
Consumer North Consumer North America is a regional unit of Castrol, the UK- Fax: 973-633-9867 Bruce Firkins
America Inc. based lubricants firm owned by global oil giant BP.
 through the subcontinent. The company's products include oil
and other lubricants used by the automotive, industrial, and
marine sectors. Its automotive sector, which accounts for 85% • Chairman: S. M. Datta
of sales, includes petroleum products used in off road vehicles, Address: Technopolis • Chief Executive, Managing
motorcycles (both 2-and 4-stoke engines), and diesel engines. Knowledge Park; Mahakali Director, and Board Member:
Castrol India The company has disposed of the assets Caves Rd., Chakala, Andheri Naveen Kshatriya
belonging to its Indrol Chemicals & Specialties subsidiary. Mumbai 400093, India • Finance Director: R. Elston-
Castrol India Castrol India is a subsidiary of the UK-based oil and gas giant, Phone: +91-22-56984100 Green
Limited BP plc.
Center Oil's core business is peddling petroleum. The company
is one of the largest private wholesale distributors of gasoline
and other petroleum products to customers primarily in the
eastern region of the US. Center Oil owns nine storage Address: 600 Mason Ridge • President and CEO: Gary R.
terminals capable of storing more than 1.5 million barrels of Center Dr. Parker
petroleum product. It also has access to 36 terminals in 10 St. Louis, MO 63141-8557 • VP and CFO: John R. Niemi
states, as well as access to the Williams, Texas Eastern, Kinder Phone: 314-682-3500 • Sales Manager: Rob
Center Oil Morgan Chicago, and Kaneb pipeline systems. Its products are Fax: 314-682-3599 Kraeger
Company also distributed through a fleet of ships, barges, and trucks.
Having added Texaco's star (and, more recently, Unocal's
authority) to its stripes, Chevron (formerly ChevronTexaco) can
pull rank on its rivals. The second-largest US integrated oil
company (behind Exxon Mobil) was formed by Chevron's 2001 • Chairman and CEO: David
acquisition of Texaco. It has estimated proved reserves of 13 J. (Dave) O'Reilly
billion barrels of oil equivalent and daily production in excess of • Vice Chairman and Office of
2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, and it owns interests in Address: 6001 Bollinger Fiscal Year End: December Chairman: Peter J. Robertson
chemicals and power production businesses. The company, Canyon Rd. Revenue (2005): 184922.00 M
which is restructuring its refinery and retail businesses, owns or San Ramon, CA 94583 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 29.40% • EVP, Technology and
Chevron has stakes in 26,500 gas stations operating under the Chevron, Phone: 925-842-1000 Employees (2004): 56,000 Services: John E.
Corporation Texaco, and Caltex brands. In 2005 Chevron acquired Unocal Fax: 925-842-3530 Employee Growth (1 yr): 10.70% Bethancourt
[CVX] for $16.4 billion. Yes
You don't have to live in the city to get the services of City
Service Valcon, which markets and distributes petroleum
products throughout the Inland Northwest and Rocky Mountain
regions of the US, as well as in the adjacent Plains states. Its
products include gasoline, diesel, aviation fuels, lubricants,
propane, and heating oil. The company has diesel, gasoline, Address: 1830 Third Ave. E.
and heating oils for delivery through its network of bulk plants. Ste. 202
City Service Valcon also operates cardlock fueling facilities Kalispell, MT 59903 Fiscal Year End: December
under the Pacific Pride brand name. Regional independent Phone: 406-755-4321 Revenue (2005): 285.30 M
City Service petroleum marketers City Service and Valcon merged their Fax: 406-756-8591 Employees (2005): 165
Valcon, LLC. operations in 2003 to form City Service Valcon.
Formed by the merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum,
ConocoPhillips is the #3 integrated oil and gas company in the
US, behind Exxon Mobil and Chevron; but that could all change
following the acquisition of Burlington Resources (for a reported
$35 billion) in 2006. The expanded company explores for oil and • Chairman, President, and
gas in more than 30 countries and has estimated proved CEO: James J. (Jim) Mulva
reserves of 11.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent, excluding its Address: 600 N. Dairy Fiscal Year End: December • EVP, Finance and CFO:
Syncrude (Canadian oil sands) assets. It has a refining capacity Ashford Rd. Revenue (2005): 162405.00 M John A. Carrig
of 2.6 million barrels per day and sells petroleum at 11,800 Houston, TX 77079 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.80% • EVP, Refining, Marketing,
outlets in the US under the 76, Conoco, and Phillips 66 brands. Phone: 281-293-1000 Employees (2004): 35,800 Supply, and Transportation: J.
ConocoPhillips Other operations include chemicals, gas gathering, fuels Fax: 281-293-2819 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.20%) W. (Jim) Nokes
[COP] technology, and power generation. Yes
 Consolidated Beacon Resources has decided to focus its
resources on developing an on-shore oil and gas prospect in
Nova Scotia. The prospect is on exploration lands in the
Maritimes basin. Consolidated Beacon had been in the business
of oil and gas exploration, primarily in Alberta, Saskatchewan,
and Nova Scotia. In 2004 it decided to divest its oil and gas Address: Ste. 620, 600 - 6th
business and concentrate on lubricants through subsidiary Elliott Ave. SW
Industrial Petroleum. However, the company has lost Elliott Calgary, Alberta T2P 0S5, • President, CEO, and
Industrial, which made and sold lubricants and specialty oils in Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Nathan E. Hansen
Consolidated Alberta and Saskatchewan, to foreclosure. The company has Phone: 403-539-9328 Revenue (2004): 1.70 M • VP, CFO, and Director:
Beacon also completed the sale of its Ingoldsby property in Fax: 403-213-8899 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 6.30% Vernon E. (Vern) Gerlitz
Resources Ltd. Saskatchewan, where it held petroleum and gas rights.
Not coal, son. Oil. Regional oil products wholesaler Coulson Oil
(owned by the founding Coulson family) supplies gasoline and
diesel fuel to a dealer network of 200 independent convenience
stores in Arkansas and Tennessee. The company represents a • President: Michael B. (Mike)
number of major fuel brands including Shell, ConocoPhillips, Coulson
and Valero Energy. It also operates a buying cooperative, • CFO and Treasurer: Robert
representing some 100 vendors, for participating dealers under Address: 1434 Pike Ave. (Bob) Gladden
the Superstop brand. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the North Little Rock, AR 72114 Fiscal Year End: December • VP Public Relations and
company donated $50,000 to The American Red Cross and Phone: 501-376-4222 Revenue (2005): 72.00 M Secretary: Mary Ann Dawkins
Coulson Oil helped transport 378,000 gallons of fuel to plants in five Fax: 501-376-7904 Employees (2005): 250
Company, Inc. Louisiana markets.
what do you get? Energem Resources (formerly
DiamondWorks). The company is involved in mining and
mineral exploration, oil and gas production and distribution,
industrial chemicals, and logistics in 16 countries in Africa. Its Address: 24 Johnson Rd., 1st
mining operation is focused on diamond exploration, and it Fl., Riverwood Office Park Fiscal Year End: November • Chairman: Brian Menell
holds a 40% stake in the Koidu Kimberlite Project in Sierra Bedfordview, Gauteng 2008, Revenue (2004): 249.70 M • President and CEO: Tony
Leone, where both gem-quality and industrial-quality diamonds South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 63.30% Teixeira
have been produced. In 2005 the company sold its Gabon oil Phone: +27-11-454-3099 Employees (2004): 1,000 • CFO: Robert G. (Rob)
Energem production assets to FirstAfrica Oil. Lyndhurst Limited controls Fax: +27-11-454-1673 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Rainey
Resources Inc. about 40% of the Energem.
It's not teeny, it's Eni -- and it's huge. One of Italy's largest
companies, Eni operates in the oil and natural gas,
petrochemicals, and oil field services industries and has
expanded into power generation. Its main subsidiaries and
affiliates are EniPower (power generation), Italgas (natural gas
transmission), Saipem (oil field services), pipeline operator Address: Piazzale Enrico Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Roberto Poli
Snam Rete Gas, and Snamprogetti (contracting, engineering). Mattei 1 Revenue (2005): 87257.00 M • Managing Director and
As one of the world's leading oil enterprises, Eni has proved 00144 Rome, Italy Revenue Growth (1 yr): 10.30% CEO: Paolo Scaroni
reserves of more than 6.84 billion barrels of oil equivalent, most Phone: +39-06--5982 Employees (2004): 71,497 • Group SVP Finance and
of it in Italy and in Africa. The Italian government owns about Fax: +39-06-5982-2141 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.60%) CFO: Marco Mangiagalli
Eni S.p.A. [E] 30% of Eni but is considering selling the holding. Yes
 It's not necessarily the oil standard, but Exxon Mobil is the
world's largest integrated oil company (ahead of BP and Royal
Dutch Shell). Exxon Mobil engages in oil and gas exploration,
production, supply, transportation, and marketing around the
world. It has proved reserves of 22.4 billion barrels of oil • Chairman, President and
equivalent. Exxon Mobil's 45 refineries in 25 countries have a Address: 5959 Las Colinas Fiscal Year End: December CEO: Rex W. Tillerson
capacity of producing 6.4 million barrels per day. The company Blvd. Revenue (2005): 328213.00 M • SVP and Treasurer: Donald
supplies refined products to more than 35,000 service stations Irving, TX 75039-2298 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.30% D. (Don) Humphreys
Exxon Mobil in about 100 countries that operate under the Exxon, Esso, and Phone: 972-444-1000 Employees (2004): 85,900 • VP, Public Affairs: K. P.
Corporation Mobil brands. It also provides fuel at 680 airports and 220 ports. Fax: 972-444-1350 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.70%) Cohen
[XOM] Exxon Mobil is also a major petrochemical producer. Yes
By barge, by pipeline, by tank truck, by George; George E.
Warren is a major private wholesale distributor of petroleum in
the eastern US. Founded in Boston by George E. Warren in
1907 as a coal and oil distributor, it moved to Florida in the early
1990s. The company distributes product mostly by barge and Address: 3001 Ocean Dr. • President and CEO:
pipeline, though it uses some tank trucks as well. Warren has Vero Beach, FL 32963 Thomas L. Corr
George E. distribution facilities in the southeastern and southwestern US. It Phone: 772-778-7100 • CFO and Controller: Michael
Warren distributes products including ethylene and heating oil to various Fax: 772-778-7171 E. George
Corporation industries. President and CEO Thomas Corr owns the company.
A remnant of J. Paul Getty's oil empire, Getty Petroleum
Marketing distributes motor and heating fuels. The company,
which became a subsidiary of Russian oil giant LUKOIL in 2001,
has more than 2,000 gas stations (some of which maintain
convenience stores, auto repair centers, or car washes) in a
dozen northeastern and mid-Atlantic US states. It operates eight • Chairman and CEO: Vadim
petroleum terminals and 17 throughput and exchange terminals, Address: 1500 Hempstead Gluzman
and a large truck fleet. Originally a part of Getty Petroleum (now Tpke. • President and COO: Vincent
Getty Realty), the company sells heating oil through its KOSCO East Meadow, NY 11554 J DeLaurentis
subsidiary. In 2004 Getty Petroleum Marketing expanded its US Phone: 516-542-4900 • SVP and CFO: Michael K.
Getty Petroleum retail chain by acquiring 779 gas stations in New Jersey and Fax: 516-832-8272 Hantman
Marketing Inc. Pennsylvania from ConocoPhillips.
Based just outside that City by the Bay, Golden Gate Petroleum
distributes daily about 2 million gallons of petroleum products,
including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell branded fuels,
base oils, and lubricants, to customers located throughout
northern California. The company transports its products
through a system of pipelines, bulk terminals, railroad cars, and
trucks. Its customers include agricultural, commercial, and Address: 501 Shell Ave.
industrial users. Golden Gate Petroleum also operates nearly 30 Martinez, CA 94553 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Dennis M.
gasoline service stations. Its growth strategy includes the Phone: 925-228-2222 Revenue (2005): 74.10 M O'Keefe
Golden Gate acquisition of smaller petroleum distribution companies located Fax: 925-957-9587 Employees (2005): 257 • COO: Michael Bell
Petroleum in its current service area as well as internal growth.
 Green is the theme for Greenergy International, which is the
UK's largest independent low-emission fuels supplier. The
company focuses on developing low-carbon fuels (GlobalFuels)
that blend biofuels (biodiesel or bioethanol) with mineral fuel.
Green"ergy" buys rapeseed for biodiesel production from UK Fiscal Year End: March
farmers. It also supplies its industrial and commercial clients Address: 198 High Holborn Revenue (2005): 819.30 M
with biodiesels made from waste oils and other virgin oils. London WC1V 7BD, United Revenue Growth (1 yr): 87.30% • Chairman: David Rees
Among its branded products is GlobalDiesel, which is sold by Kingdom Employees (2005): 34 • CEO: Andrew Owens
Greenergy UK retail giant Tesco. Green"ergy" also offers carbon emission Phone: +44-20-7404-7700 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: James
International tracking and reduction services. The company, founded in 1992, Fax: +44-20-7400-4799 (-30.60%) Thompson
Limited has a major presence in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.
Gulf Oil bridges the gap between petroleum producers and retail
sales outlets. The petroleum wholesaler distributes gasoline and
diesel fuel to about 1,800 Gulf-brand stations in 11 northeastern
states. Gulf Oil, which owns and operates 12 storage terminals, Fiscal Year End: September
also distributes motor oils, lubricants, and heating oil to Address: 90 Everett Ave. Revenue (2004): 3600.00 M
commercial, industrial, and utility customers. The company has Chelsea, MA 02150 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 71.40% • CEO: John Kaneb
alliances with terminal operators in areas in the Northeast where Phone: 617-889-9000 Employees (2004): 350 • President: Gary Kaneb
Gulf Oil Limited it does not have a proprietary terminal. Gulf Oil boasts one of Fax: 617-884-0637 Employee Growth (1 yr): 133.30% • Controller: Alice Kuhne
Partnership the oldest and most recognizable brands in the oil business.
Haywire oil prices can't stop Haycock Petroleum offering fleet
fueling and lubricating services to its customers in the West.
The company's products and services include automated
fueling, commercial and industrial lubricants, commercial
CardLock fuel locations, fleet fueling management reporting, on
site heavy equipment service, propane, spill response service, Address: 4825 N. Sloan St. • Chairman: Clarence L.
unleaded, diesel and racing fuel, and wholesale, retail, and on Las Vegas, NV 89115-1924 Fiscal Year End: December Haycock
site delivery. Haycock Petroleum operates a handful of locations Phone: 702-382-1620 Revenue (2005): 248.30 M • CEO: John Haycock
Haycock in California, Nevada, and Utah, including full service facilities in Fax: 702-382-4315 Employees (2005): 180 • COO: Stephen Moore
Petroleum Co. Bishop, California and Caliente, Nevada.
When you're in a jam, this jobber will deliver the lube. J.A.M.
Distributing distributes ExxonMobil brand petroleum products,
including automotive and industrial oils, fluids, solvents, and
greases, to customers in Texas. It also provides bulk load
deliveries of gasoline and diesel fuel. Through its J.A.M. Marine Address: 711 W. Bay Area
Services subsidiary, the company provides marine fueling Blvd., Ste 310
services to ports in Galveston and Aransas Pass, Texas. The Webster, TX 77598 • President: J. A. Maniscalco
J.A.M. company sells and services equipment including automotive Phone: 713-844-7788 • Equipment Sales and
Distributing lifts, fuel and oil pumps, reels, and fuel storage tanks through its Fax: 713-844-7789 Service: D. Anderson
Company J.A.M. Equipment Sales and Service unit.
LG Group used to be Lucky, but Asia's economic woes have
brought hard times to this leading South Korean "chaebol"
(family-run industrial group). Founded in 1947 as Lucky
Goldstar, the group consists of more than 30 affiliated
companies that operate through more than 300 offices around t Address: LG Twin Towers, 20 • Chairman; Chairman and
he globe. After de-merging with GS Holdings Corp., its major Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu CEO, LGCI and LGEI: Koo
operations are now divided into three business sectors: Seoul 150-721, South Korea Fiscal Year End: December Bon-Moo
Chemicals (LG Chem), Electronics (LG Electronics, LG Micron, Phone: +44-2-3773-1114 Revenue (2004): 798.80 M • President and CTO, LG
and LG Philips LCD), and Telecommunications and Services Fax: +44-2-3773-7813 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 146.30% Electronics: Woo Hyun Paik
LG Group (LG TeleCom, DACOM, LG International).
 The Lykins family took a liking to petroleum and petroleum
products marketing when Guy Lykins founded the enterprise in
1948. The Lykins Companies serves as a marketer for large oil
companies such as CITGO, BP, Exxon Mobil, and Marathon Oil,
and services approximately 200 dealers. Products hauled by its
trucking unit include gasoline, heating oil, diesel, and kerosene. • CEO: Donald F. (Don)
The majority of the company's customers are located in Address: 5163 Wolfpen Lykins
southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and eastern Indiana. On Pleasant Hill Rd. • President: Donald J. (Jeff)
the retail side, the family-owned company owns and operates 20 Milford, OH 45150-2733 Lykins
Friend's gas stations/convenience stores. Other Lykins Phone: 513-831-8820 • CFO: Robert J. (Bob)
Lykins businesses include D&L Leasing (car and truck leasing) and a Fax: 513-831-4518 Manning
Companies, Inc. home heating equipment, supply, and service unit.
It's the more (customers) the merrier for Merrimac Energy,
which distributes petroleum products, provides fleet fueling
services, and is a wholesale marketer of electricity and natural
gas. The company also provides environmental services. Its
products include aviation fuels, diesel, food grade oil, generator
fuel, gasoline, industrial oil, marine fuels, bulk propane, and Address: 444 W. Ocean
transportation lubricants. The largest independent woman- Blvd., Ste. 1406
owned energy company in California, Merrimac Energy serves Long Beach, CA 90802
construction companies, governmental agencies, industrial and Phone: 562-983-9350
Merrimac commercial clients, and utilities. The company is owned by Fax: 562-983-9355
Energy Group president Mary Hazelrigg. • President: Mary Hazelrigg
controlled by its farmer-members, produces fuel and lubrication
products and manages bulk petroleum and propane plants in
the Central US. Operating 120 propane plants, the company
sells more propane for farm use and home heating than any • Chairman: Benny Farrell
other company in Missouri. It also operates 120 bulk plants and • President and CEO: Jerome
serves customers in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Address: 1 Ray Young Dr. (Jerry) Taylor
Additionally, the company operates 78 convenience stores Columbia, MO 65201 Fiscal Year End: August • SVP Corporate Services
under the Break Time brand, 145 Petro-Card 24 fueling Phone: 573-442-0171 Revenue (2005): 555.80 M and Director Information
MFA Oil locations, and owns 10 Jiffy Lube and four Big O Tire Fax: 573-876-0321 Employees (2005): 1,500 Technology: Jim Belcher
Company franchises.
state-owned oil company, PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO
(PETROBRAS), which is also the country's largest government-
controlled business. From its warehouses and more than 7,000 • President: Luiz Rodolfo
service stations, Petrobras Distribuidora (known by the brand Landim Machado
name BR) furnishes the nation with petroleum derivative Address: Rua General • Director Consumer
products, including gasoline, lubes, fuel oil, hydrated alcohol, Canabarro 500, Maracanã Marketing: Marco Antonio Vaz
and natural gas. Petrobras Distribuidora is also building up its 20271-905 Rio de Janeiro, Capute
market position in a number of neighboring countries, including Brazil Fiscal Year End: December • Director Financial Services:
Petrobras Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay. No longer publicly Phone: +55-21-3876-5155 Revenue (2004): 10488.00 M Nelson José Guitti Guimarães
Distribuidora traded, PETROBRAS acquired all of the company's shares in Fax: +55-21-3876-4979 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 30.90%
S.A. 2003.
 Petrobras Energía Participaciones (formerly Perez Companc)
controls Petrobras Energía (formerly Pecom Energía), an
Argentine energy conglomerate. Petrobras Energía's main
business is oil and gas exploration and production. It operates
about 30 fields in South America with proven reserves of more
than 730 million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly oil and natural Address: Maipú 1, 122nd Fl. Fiscal Year End: December
gas liquids. Other operations include refineries and C 1084 ABA Buenos Aires, Revenue (2004): 2364.00 M • Chairman: José Eduardo de
Petrobras petrochemical plants, and electricity generation. Petrobras Argentina Revenue Growth (1 yr): 25.60% Barros Dutra
Energía Energía is also involved in oil marketing, transportation, Phone: +54-11-4344-6000 Employees (2004): 3,428 • CEO: Alberto Guimarães
Participaciones agriculture, and mining. In 2002 the Perez Companc family sold Fax: +54-11-4344-6315 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.80% • CFO: Luis Miguel Sas
S.A. [PZE] 59% of the company to Brazilian oil giant PETROBRAS. Yes
If you want petroleum in China, then PetroChina is your
company. A subsidiary of state-owned China National
Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), PetroChina produces two-thirds
of China's oil and gas. The company has proved reserves of 11
billion barrels of oil and 32.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. It
engages in domestic exploration, owns more than 8,500 miles of
natural gas pipeline in China, and operates 29 refineries and 11 Address: World Tower, 16 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Chen Geng
chemical plants. PetroChina also owns or has interests in more Andelu, Dongcheng Revenue (2005): 68421.00 M • Chairman of Supervisory
than15,000 gas stations. The company was created in 2000 as Beijing 100011, China Revenue Growth (1 yr): 45.70% Committee: Li Kecheng
PetroChina a separate company to manage domestic operations of CNPC, Phone: +86-10-8488-6270 Employees (2004): 424,175 • Vice Chairman and
Company which handles international activities. Since its 2000 IPO, Fax: +86-10-8488-6260 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.70% President: Jiang Jiemin
Limited [PTR] PetroChina has continued to restructure.
Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. The company
provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel
distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers
of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure Address: 7110 Pointe
wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders Inverness Way • President: Michael B. Himes
operates and trades in more than 30 US states. It supplies #1 Fort Wayne, IN 46804 Fiscal Year End: June
Petroleum and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, high sulfur heating oil and Phone: 260-432-6622 Revenue (2005): 1314.60 M • CFO: Linda Stephens
Traders kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends Fax: 260-432-6564 Employees (2005): 73 • VP: Vicky Himes
Corporation of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.
Fuel aromas smell good to Ramos Oil, which distributes bulk
and pre-packaged petroleum products to businesses and
individual customers in California and Nevada. It also provides
fleet fueling, lubrication consulting, cardlock, and transportation
services. Ramos Oil distributes all the leading petroleum brands
available, including ARCO, BP, Shell, Chevron, Mobil, Unocal,
Texaco, and Tosco. The company was founded in 1951 by Address: 5151 S. River Rd.
chairman and owner Bill Ramos, who acquired a small Shell Oil West Sacramento, CA 95691 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Bill Ramos
distributorship located in West Sacramento. His sons Kent and Phone: 916-371-2570 Revenue (2005): 200.00 M • President: Kent Ramos
Ramos Oil Kyle run the company's oil jobber and environmental Fax: 916-371-0635 Employees (2005): 200 • CFO: John Bailey
Company, Inc. businesses, respectively.
 A full tank means a job well done for Redwood Oil, a multi-
branded jobber which buys fuels directly from the major refiners
(Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy) and resells those
products to its dealer network and its company-owned gas
stations. The company distributes wholesale petroleum
products, including Chevron, Union 76, Mobil, Valvoline, and
Castrol brand gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and lubricants, to
customers located in California and Oregon. It also delivers Address: 455 Yolanda Ave.
propane to rural customers in its distribution area. Redwood Oil Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Fiscal Year End: December • Owner: Robert I. Barbieri
operates more than 20 Chevron convenience stores and Phone: 707-546-0766 Revenue (2005): 185.40 M • Sales Manager: Bruce
Redwood Coast cardlock fueling locations as well as eight Aztec Grill restaurants Fax: 707-526-4954 Employees (2005): 350 Anderson
Petroleum, Inc. located within its stations.
The sun shines on Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil company. A
fully integrated oil and gas company, it has proved reserves
mostly in Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. The
company owns 99% of YPF, Argentina's #1 oil company, and • Chairman and CEO: Antonio
has operations in more than 30 countries. Repsol YPF operates Address: Paseo de la Fiscal Year End: December Brufau Niubó
five refineries in Spain and four in Latin American and produces Castellana, 278 Revenue (2004): 56472.00 M • CFO: Luis Mañas Antón
chemicals, plastics, and polymers. It sells gas under the brands 28046 Madrid, Spain Revenue Growth (1 yr): 20.70% • Group Managing Director of
Campsa, Petronor, and Repsol at more than 3,600 service Phone: +34-91-348-80-00 Employees (2004): 33,337 Communication and Head of
Repsol YPF, S.A. stations in Spain and has about 3,000 stations in Latin America. Fax: +34-91-348-28-21 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.10% the Cha: Jaume Giró Ribas
[REP] It is one of Spain's largest sellers of liquefied petroleum gas. Yes
Arcane name, widely available products. RKA Petroleum
(named after former president Roger K. Albertie, who died in
2004) is a regional wholesale distributor of petroleum products
to commercial and retail fueling locations in the US. Led by the • President: David Doner
RKA Petroleum Terminal in Romulus, Michigan, the company • Manager Information
has storage capacity of more than 13 million gallons of product, Address: 28340 Wick Rd. Systems and Pricing
including an additional storage capacity of over 60,000 gallons Romulus, MI 48174 Fiscal Year End: December Coordinator: Jason Hittleman
for alternative fuels. The family-owned company also operates a Phone: 734-946-2199 Revenue (2005): 12.40 M • Manager Retail Branding:
RKA Petroleum fleet dispatching service, a heating and cooling company, and a Fax: 734-946-4772 Employees (2005): 40 Kari Elliot
Companies, LLC work clothing retailer.
Super-jobber SPF Energy is also a super-pumper of petroleum.
The company provides petroleum products distribution to
customers in Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, and
Wyoming. Through its Superpumper subsidiary, the company • President and CEO: Jeff
operates a regional chain of convenience stores and gasoline Address: 100 NE 27th St. Farstad
stations. Through its Farstad Oil business, SPF Energy also Minot, ND 58702-1847 Fiscal Year End: December • COO: Dennis Krueger
offers bulk transportation of petroleum products including the Phone: 701-852-1194 Revenue (2005): 354.00 M • Secretary and Treasurer:
distribution of about 160 million gallons of gas, 28 million gallons Fax: 701-838-6955 Employees (2005): 300 Bruce Hest
SPF Energy, Inc. of propane, and 2 million gallons of lubricant products a year.
When it comes to energy delivery, Sprague Energy knows how
to get the lead out. The company, founded in 1870 as a coal
and oil supplier, has grown into one of the largest fuel suppliers Address: 2 International Dr.,
on the US's Eastern Seaboard. Sprague Energy's products Ste. 200 • President and CEO: John
include diesel, gasoline, home heating oil, and residual fuels. Portsmouth, NH 03801-6809 McClellan
The company distributes about 160 billion cubic feet of natural Phone: 603-431-1000 • SVP, Sales and Marketing:
Sprague Energy gas and 2.5 billion gallons of petroleum products each year and Fax: 603-430-5324 David (Dave) Glendon
Corp. owns or operates some 20 oil terminals.
 Breaking the glass ceiling with large containers of Texas tea,
woman-owned Sun Coast Resources buys refined oil and sells it
to third-party customers such as convenience stores, school
districts, and companies in the construction industry. Founded in
1985 by president and CEO Kathy Lehne with $2,000 in start-up
capital, Sun Coast Resources serves customers (including the
US Coast Guard in the southern and southwestern US. The
company offers transportation services as well as gasoline and Address: 6922 Cavalcade • President and CEO: Kathy
diesel fuels, marine and aviation fuels, lubricants, and on-site Houston, TX 77028 Lehne
and fleet fueling. It also provides petroleum tanks and generator Phone: 713-844-9600 • CFO: Lisa Smith
Sun Coast fueling services. Sun Coast carries a full line of Chevron oils Fax: 713-844-9696 • VP Sales: Diana Durand
Resources Inc. and lubricants.
Taylor Oil keeps on trucking to make sure that it provides
petroleum distribution and on-site fueling services to
construction crews, contractors, marinas, and trucking fleets
along the East Coast. The company's trucks visit job sites on a
predetermined schedule and time, to custom-deliver and fill all Contact Information • President: Rick Workman
of a client's equipment, tanks, and vehicles. Many of Taylor Oil's Address: 77 2nd St. • VP Operations: Mark
trucks carry both on- and off-road diesel so that it can fuel all Somerville, NJ 08876 Fiscal Year End: December O'Leary
types of equipment, not just construction machinery. It delivers Phone: 908-725-7737 Revenue (2005): 48.60 M • Sales Manager, New Jersey
Taylor Oil Co., loads to meet the needs of 10,000-gallons-per-day users as well Fax: 908-725-7746 Employees (2005): 156 and New York: Frank Bloom
Inc. as clients needing as little as 50 gallons per day.
Named for something that sounded "big" (as in Texas and its oil
connotations), Texor Petroleum distributes petroleum products
and operates convenience stores in Illinois and Indiana. The
largest independent petroleum marketer in Illinois is an
authorized distributor for CITGO Petroleum, Clark, Marathon,
Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and BP branded petroleum
products. Texor assists franchisees in a variety of different types Address: 3340 S. Harlem • Chairman and CEO:
of convenience store/fuel retail operations. It gives accurate and Ave. Thomas E. (Tom) Gleitsman
timely sales projections and cost estimates and assists dealers Riverside, IL 60546-2126 Fiscal Year End: December • President: Anthony E.
with a innovative merchandising designs and programs. Texor's Phone: 708-447-1999 Revenue (2005): 409.40 M Speiser
Texor Petroleum retailers have access to manufacturers and suppliers such as Fax: 708-447-1047 Employees (2005): 120 • Controller: Tom Dinaso
Company, Inc. Cash Depot and Eby-Brown.
Oil products are worth a lot to The Hollingsworth Companies,
which supplies gasoline, diesel, kerosene, waste oils, and
ethanol to farms, gas stations, marinas, and trucking firms in
Tennessee and neighboring states. The company sells major oil
brands, and a biodiesel product, and provides marinas with
Valvtect additives for diesel and gasoline. Hollingsworth
Companies has nine storage tanks with capacity of 32,000 Address: 1503 Memorial
gallons at its Springfield main office, other terminals in Blvd.
Clarksville, Tennessee, and a trucking fleet that includes 14 Springfield, TN 37172-3234 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and President:
The transports and three tankwagons. The company, which is owned Phone: 615-384-5852 Revenue (2005): 327.10 M Ronnie H. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth by the Hollingsworth family, also has operations in car wash Fax: 615-384-5559 Employees (2005): 300 • Controller: Carol Justice
Companies systems, construction, and convenience stores.
 What's so cool about The SoCo Group is that it does more than
simply distribute commercial and industrial petroleum products
and lubricants to customers in Southern California. The
company also operates cardlock, fleet fueling, and a network
retail brand gasoline stations and dealers stations that sell
gasoline under the Shell, SoCo and Valero brands. The SoCo Address: 5962 Priestly Dr.
Group operates a fleet of bulk delivery trucks that carry a range Carlsbad, CA 92008 • CEO: Howard Scott
of fuels, including jet fuels and marine diesel. The company can Phone: 760-204-2460 McOwen
The SoCo also monitor the level of products in customers' fuels and Fax: 760-929-8072 • CFO: Henry McDonald
Group, Inc. lubricant tanks via the Internet.
The Valvoline Company helps the Tin Man get loose, the
squeaky wheel get the grease, and your car flip its odometer.
The division of Ashland produces all manner of automotive
lubricants and fluids, motor oil and transmission fluids being only • President: Samuel J.
the most ubiquitous. Through its Valvoline Instant Oil Change Mitchell Jr.
division, the company also operates more than 700 oil change Address: 3499 Blazer Pkwy. • SVP Technology: Frances
centers in 39 states, making it the second largest such operation Lexington, KY 40509 Fiscal Year End: September E. (Fran) Lockwood
in the US (behind Royal Dutch Shell's Jiffy Lube). It also offers Phone: 859-357-7777 Revenue (2004): 1297.00 M • VP Brand Marketing: Rolf
The Valvoline automotive cleaning products under the Eagle One brand name. Fax: 606-357-7733 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.00% Linder
Company Valvoline serves more than 100 countries worldwide.
There are no doubting Thomases working at this petroleum
products company. Petroleum and heating oil wholesaler and
retailer Thomas Petroleum Co. operates four bulk plants and 14
retail convenience stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee. Thomas Petroleum serves more than 6,500 Address: 1629 S. Lafayette
customers. The company sells major petroleum brands, St.
including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Marathon, and Sunoco. Shelby, NC 28152 Fiscal Year End: December • President: L. Ray Thomas
Thomas Thomas Petroleum also operates as a licensed The Holland Phone: 704-482-0351 Revenue (2005): 102.20 M • CFO: Morris Hudson
Petroleum Grill barbeque grill dealer. The company is owned and managed Fax: 704-484-8869 Employees (2005): 116 • VP Operations: Ty Gantt
Company, Inc. by president L. Ray Thomas.
TOTAL, one of the world's largest integrated oil companies,
explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas;
refines and markets oil; and trades and transports both crude
and finished products. Operating in more than 100 countries, the • Chairman and CEO: Thierry
company has reserves of 11.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. It Desmarest
operates 28 refineries and more than 16,000 Total, Elf, or Fina- • EVP and CFO: Robert
branded gas stations, mostly in Europe and Africa. The Address: 2 place de la Fiscal Year End: December Castaigne
company is also a major producer of chemicals. TOTAL FINA Coupole, La Défense 6 Revenue (2005): 169439.00 M • SVP Strategy, Business
was formed in 1999 when France's TOTAL bought Belgium- 92400 Courbevoie, France Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1.90% Development, and Research
based PetroFina. It became TOTAL FINA ELF in 2000 with the Phone: +33-1-47-44-58-53 Employees (2004): 111,401 and Develop: Christian
TOTAL S.A. acquisition of French rival Elf Aquitaine. The company renamed Fax: +33-1-47-44-58-24 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.60% Mattenet
[TOT] itself as TOTAL S.A. in 2003. Yes
This jobber gets the job done by distributing wholesale
petroleum across the US. Truman Arnold Companies (TAC)
markets and distributes more than 100 million gallons of
petroleum products a month to customers located in 48 states in
the US through its TAC Energy subsidiary. Through its TAC Air Fiscal Year End: September • Chairman: Truman Arnold
unit, the company offers fixed-base operations (FBO), including Address: 701 S. Robison Rd. Revenue (2004): 1205.00 M • President and CEO: Gregory
aircraft fueling, hanger, and ground transportation services, Texarkana, TX 75501 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.40% A. (Greg) Arnold
through 11 general aviation facilities in the US. The company Phone: 903-794-3835 Employees (2004): 500 • VP, CFO, and Treasurer:
Truman Arnold also operates convenience stores and provides trucking, real Fax: 903-831-4056 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Steve McMillen
Companies estate, and construction services.
 Smitten with the oil distribution business, the founding Schmidt
family own and operate U.S. Oil Co. The company supplies
refined oil products to US residents in the Midwest, and does a
lot more. In addition to the wholesale distribution of oil products Address: 425 S. Washington • President and CEO:
(its largest revenue generator), the company operates gas St. Thomas A. Schmidt
stations, and installs gas pumps, tanks, and other petroleum- Combined Locks, WI 54113- • CFO and Treasurer: Paul
related equipment. It also provides plumbing, and HVAC 1099 Bachman
services, operates a research laboratory for environmental Phone: 920-739-6101 • Director Information
analysis, collects used waste oil to be processed into burner Fax: 920-788-0531 Systems: Fred Pennings
U.S. Oil Co., Inc. fuel, and has a metal custom manufacturing unit.
Vanguard Petroleum Corporation, formerly named Vanguard
Energy, has worked hard to stay in the vanguard of the oil and
gas commodity marketing business. The company is engaged in
the business of wholesaling petroleum and liquid petroleum
gases. Vanguard Petroleum, led by industry veteran Tom Address: 1111 North Loop
Garner, uses ChemConnect, the largest US-based online West, Ste. 1100 • President: Thomas W.
exchange for chemical trading, to streamline the wholesaler's Houston, TX 77008 (Tom) Garner
Vanguard purchasing operations. Vanguard Petroleum does about 15% of Phone: 713-802-4242 • CFO and Treasurer: Jack
Petroleum its spot purchases and sales of natural-gas liquids on Fax: 713-802-4250 Faubion
Corporation ChemConnect's commodities trading site.
Northeast. The holding company sells fuel and groceries from
over 400 Xtra Mart brand service stations and convenience
stores from Maine to Virginia. Warren's distribution companies
supply those stores, as well as independent outlets, with
gasoline, grocery, and tobacco products. Other Warren Fiscal Year End: May • Chairman: Warren Alpert
companies trade and store petroleum, provide environmental Address: 27 Warren Way Revenue (2004): 1000.00 M • President and CEO: Herbert
testing services, and make promotional signs and clothing. Providence, RI 02905 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% (Herb) Kaplan
Chairman and owner Warren Alpert's foundation gives annual Phone: 401-781-9900 Employees (2004): 2,200 • CFO and Treasurer: John
Warren Equities, grants to medical researchers; he has donated more than $20 Fax: 401-461-7160 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Dziedzic
Inc. million to Harvard Medical School.
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
rough. It owns a 40% stake in the Diavik diamond mine, located
in one of the world's richest diamond-bearing deposits. Diavik
Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, owns the remaining • Chairman and CEO: Robert
60% and operates the mine. The Diavik mine produced 7.6 Address: P.O. Box 4569, A. Gannicott
million carats in 2004. With its share, Aber directly supplies Station A • President and Director;
Tiffany & Co. with diamonds. The rest of the company's Toronto, Ontario M5W 4T9, Fiscal Year End: January CEO, Harry Winston: Thomas
diamond production is sold through its subsidiary Aber Canada Revenue (2006): 505.20 M J. O'Neill
Aber Diamond International, a rough diamond dealer on the Antwerp open Phone: 416-362-2237 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.10% • VP and CFO: Alice A.
Corporation market. In 2004 the company acquired 51% of jewelry retailer Fax: 416-362-2230 Employees (2006): 68 Murphy
[ABER] Harry Winston. Yes
Afri-Can Marine Minerals is looking for jewels in the sea, but it
isn't pearls the company is after. Afri-Can Marine explores for
diamonds off the coast of Namibia, where it owns interests in
some 25 licenses covering 10,000 square miles. It plans to
develop deposits that appear profitable. The company's best Address: 4444 St. Catherine • Chairman: Michael J. H.
prospect is its 70%-owned joint venture with Woduna Mining St. West, Ste. 201 Brown
Holding. Its other partnership is Namibian Gemstones Mining. Westmount, Quebec H3Z • President and CEO: Pierre
On dry land, the company is also has an option agreement in 1R2, Canada Léveillé
Afri-Can Marine the Haib Copper Concession in Namibia. To further its relations Phone: 514-846-2133 • EVP and CFO: Bernard J.
Minerals with the government, Afri-Can sold a stake to a not-for-profit Fax: 514-846-1435 Tourillon
Corporation corporation that represents four regional councils in the country.
African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from
operations in Botswana, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. The
company looks for property near current or former producing
mines. It has a joint venture with industry giant De Beers in
Botswana. De Beers contributes to the development costs in Address: 162 Clontarf Rd. Fiscal Year End: June
return for a percentage of profits once the mine is production. Dublin 3, Ireland Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
The diamonds will be sold to De Beers' marketing firm The Phone: +353-1-833-2833 Employees (2004): 198
African Diamond Trading Company. African Diamonds has previously Fax: +353-1-833-3505 Employee Growth (1 yr): 890.00% • Executive Chairman: John J.
Diamonds Plc investigated opportunities in Lesotho and Angola. Teeling
Address: 475 Howe St., Ste.
African Metals Corporation is based in Canada but does its 515
business in West Africa. The company primarily explores and Vancouver, British Columbia • CEO, CFO, and Director:
develops diamond concessions in Mali. Its projects include V6C 2B3, Canada Willis W. Osborne
Kenieba Nord, Kenieba Sud, and Soumala. African Metals has Phone: 604-684-4100 • President and Director:
African Metals put its gold exploration program on hold as it concentrates on Fax: 604-684-5854 Klaus Eckhof
Corporation diamonds. None of its properties are in production.
Agau Resources knows that getting dirty is just a part of
business. The mining company explores and develops mineral Address: 3912 116th St.
properties, primarily at its Grimshaw diamond prospect in the Edmonton, Alberta T6J 1R4,
Peach River Arch area of northwestern Alberta. It is acquiring Canada
permits and disposing of others as it looks for other promising Phone: 780-413-9392
Agau mineral sites adjacent to its Grimshaw diamond prospect. Fax: 780-496-9307 • President, CEO, CFO, and
Resources, Inc. Kenneth Richardson holds more than 40% of the company. Director: Einar N. Myrholm
 Coal is the main resource of Alliance Resource Partners. The
company has eight coal mining complexes (seven underground,
one surface) in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Maryland.
Alliance's more than 540 million tons of reserves also include
coal from properties in West Virginia. The company produces
about 20 million tons of coal annually, about 50% of which is
high-sulfur coal. Two customers, Synfuel Solutions Operating Address: 1717 S. Boulder Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: John P. Neafsey
and Virginia Electric and Power, together account for about one- Ave., Ste. 600 Revenue (2005): 838.70 M • President, CEO, and
Alliance third of sales. Alliance bought out River View Coal in early 2006 Tulsa, OK 74119 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.40% Director: Joseph W. Craft III
Resource giving it nearly 100 million more tons of high sulfur coal Phone: 918-295-7600 Employees (2005): 2,300 • SVP and CFO: Brian L.
Partners, L.P. reserves. President and CEO Joseph Craft III controls a 44% Fax: 918-295-7358 Employee Growth (1 yr): 13.90% Cantrell
[ARLP] stake in Alliance Resource Partners. Yes
Russian diamond monopoly ALROSA produces nearly 100% of
the country's diamonds. It also accounts for more than 20% of
the world's rough diamonds. The organization, which is jointly
owned by the central government in Moscow and the Republic • Chairman, Supervisory
of Sakha, operates mines throughout Russia and Angola. About Council: Alexey Leonidovich
50% of the company's rough diamonds are sold in foreign Kudrin
markets. ALROSA has a distribution agreement with De Beers' Address: 10-12, Pervy Fiscal Year End: December • President: Alexandr
marketing arm, The Diamond Trading Company, but is reducing Kazachy Pereulok Revenue (2004): 2806.90 M Olegovich Nichiporuk
the amount of diamonds it supplies to De Beers. The company 109017 Moscow, Russia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.90% • VP, Sales and Marketing:
ALROSA also markets its own stones and supports a growing Russian Phone: +7-495-230-66-51 Employees (2004): 37,561 Yuri Alexandrovich Dudenkov
Company diamond-cutting industry. ALROSA's largest shareholder is the Fax: +7-495-230-66-31 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.20%)
Limited Russian Ministry of State Property (37%).
Anglo-Canadian Uranium, formerly Interactive Exploration, Address: The Marine
hopes to bring its mines online. The company explores and Building, 355 Burrard St., Ste.
develops properties to produce uranium, diamonds, gold, and 1150
silver through operations in Canada and Mexico. Its primary Vancouver, British Columbia
exploration projects include uranium and diamond claims in V6C 2G8, Canada
Quebec (Otish Mountain, Kert, Charles, Lac Bienville), as well Phone: 604-669-6807 • President, CEO, CFO, and
Anglo-Canadian as gold, silver, lead, and zinc projects in British Columbia (Lucky Fax: 604-669-5715 Director: Leonard J. (Len)
Uranium Corp. Boy) and Mexico (Las Coloradas). Harris
Archangel Diamond Corporation has to dig itself out of court Address: 65 Overlea Blvd.,
before it can start digging for diamonds. The company is Ste. 400 • Chairman: Gary M. Ralfe
involved in a dispute with Russian oil company OAO LUKOIL Toronto, Ontario M4H1P1, • President and CEO:
over a license to a promising diamond deposit (in the Verkhotina Canada Jonathan Dickman
Archangel area) in northwest Russia. Archangel Diamond does have De Phone: 416-423-1600 • Secretary and CFO: David
Diamond Beers in its corner, which holds a controlling stake in the Fax: 416-429-2462 W. Massola
Corporation company.
The AREVA Group brings vertical integration into the nuclear
age. The company is involved in every step of nuclear power
production. AREVA mines uranium and enriches it (under the
trade name COGEMA). It builds nuclear reactors and services • Chairman of the Executive
them (through Framatome ANP, a joint venture with Siemens). Board; Chairman and CEO,
AREVA also treats and recycles used fuel. AREVA T&D (for Address: 27-29 rue Le COGEMA: Anne Lauvergeon
Transmission & Distribution) is the company's electricity Peletier Fiscal Year End: December • Executive Board Member
transmission and distribution equipment business and its largest 75 433 Paris Cedex 9, France Revenue (2005): 11991.00 M and CFO: Gérald Arbola
unit. Framatome also manufactures electrical connectors, and Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-20.90%) • Executive Board Member;
subsidiary Canberra makes radiation detection equipment. The Phone: +33-1-44-83-71-00 Employees (2004): 70,069 COO, COGEMA: Didier
CEA (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, or French Atomic Fax: +33-1-44-83-25-00 Employee Growth (1 yr): 45.90% Benedetti
AREVA Group Energy Commission) owns 79% of AREVA.
 Ashton Mining of Canada is a diamond exploration company
with interests in North America. The company has exploration Address: 930 W. 1st St., Unit
properties in Alberta, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Quebec. Its main 116 • Chairman: John B. Cole
project is a joint venture (with SOQUEM) in the Otish Mountains North Vancouver, British Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
of Quebec. Formed in 1993, Ashton Mining of Canada is Columbia V7P 3N4, Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: Robert T. Boyd
majority-owned by Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto Phone: 604-983-7750 Employees (2004): 50 • VP, Finance: Alessandro
Ashton Mining got a piece of Ashton Mining of Canada when it bought Ashton Fax: 604-987-7107 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.40% Bitelli
of Canada Inc. Mining Limited of Australia.
Contact Information
Augusta Resource is hoping to add a little sparkle to its balance Address: 837 W. Hastings
sheet. The company owns interests in diamond properties in the St., Ste. 400
Coronation Diamond District in Nunavut, Canada. It's currently Vancouver, British Columbia • Chairman: Richard W.
raising cash to develop its properties and acquire others in V6C 3N6, Canada Warke
Canada and the US. The company has expanded operations to Phone: 604-687-1717 • President and CEO: Gil
Augusta exploring properties in New Mexico and Nevada. Augusta Fax: 604-687-1715 Clausen
Resource Resource has an alliance with fellow Canadian diamond miner • CFO: Donald B. Clark
Corporation Ashton Mining of Canada.
From its base in Belgium, Belgonucleaire fuels the nuclear
world. The company produces mixed oxide (MOX), a
combination of depleted uranium oxide and plutonium oxide that
is used as fuel in nuclear power plants. Belgonucleaire also has
a nuclear engineering branch, which researches nuclear fuels,
builds equipment for MOX production factories, and develops
systems to dispose of nuclear waste safely. The engineering Address: Avenue Ariane 4
branch also works with other nuclear firms to neutralize 1200 Brussels, Belgium • Chairman: Jacques Laurent
plutonium left over from dismantled nuclear weapons. The Phone: +32-2-774-05-11 • General Manager: Jean Van
Belgian national government owns 50% of the company, which Fax: +32-2-774-05-47 Vliet
Belgonucleaire was founded in 1957.
Brazilian Diamonds (formerly Black Swan Resources) hopes to
be transformed into wealthy prince. As the new name suggests,
it now explores for and acquires diamond properties in Brazil. Its
projects include Serra da Canastra, Santo Antonio do Bonito, Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. • Chairman: Kenneth P.
and Abaeté River. Brazilian Diamonds acquired several of these 910 Judge
projects from De Beers Brazil and is working with local mining Vancouver, British Columbia • President, CEO, and
companies to develop these properties. In 2005 the company V6C 2B3, Canada Director: Stephen L. Fabian
Brazilian sold its holding in Hidefield Gold, but Brazilian Diamonds still Phone: 604-689-2599 • CFO and Secretary: Robert
Diamonds works with the gold company in a precious metals exploration Fax: 604-662-8429 W. Anderson
Limited joint venture.
Brush Wellman produces beryllium, beryllium oxide, beryllia
ceramics, and beryllium alloys. Its beryllium products are used in
such industries as aerospace, automotive, telecommunications,
and electronics. The company's alloys are prized for their
electrical and thermal conductivities, as well as their durability, Address: 17876 Saint Clair
hardness, and strength. Brush Wellman has sales offices in Ave.
Asia, Europe, and the US. The alloy and beryllium products unit Cleveland, OH 44110-2602
of Brush Engineered Materials, Brush Wellman is part of its Phone: 216-486-4200 • President; Brush Wellman
Brush Wellman parent's Metal Systems Group. Brush Wellman has its roots in a Fax: 216-383-4091 and Brush Alloys: Donald G.
Inc. company that was founded by Charles Brush in 1921. Klimkowicz
 Caldera Resources is bubbling up in the diamond mining
business. The company hopes to produce diamonds from Address: 1 Place Ville Marie,
several projects (Yilgarn Craton, Cromer Cone, Ellendale, and Ste. 3900
Runton) in western Australia. Its Yilgarn Craton project is a joint Montreal, Quebec H3B 4M7,
venture with SouthernEra Resources; Cromer Cone is a Canada • Chairman: John Daniels
partnership with Ronald Winston (chairman of Harry Winston). Phone: 514-878-8847 • President: Christopher W.
Caldera Caldera Resources has other exploration projects, including Fax: 514-866-2241 (Chris) Reindler
Resources Inc. base metals, in the works in western and northern Australia.
Consolidated AGX Resources has found a home in Brazil. The Address: 850 W. Hastings
company acquires and explores diamond and other mineral St., Ste. 201
resource properties. It has an agreement to take a 50% interest Vancouver, British Columbia
in claims in the Batovi Diamond Province of the state of Mato V6C 1E1, Canada
Consolidated Grosso. The company first entered the agreement in 2001. Phone: 604-689-9661
AGX Resources Consolidated AGX Resources has also been involved in mining Fax: 604-689-9610 • President and CEO:
Corp. exploration in Canada. Kathrine MacDonald
Consolidated Gold Win Ventures has bundled together various
properties in Canada. The company is exploring for gold in Address: 1016 - 470 Granville
British Columbia, prospecting for platinum and nickel in Quebec, St.
and delving into diamonds in the Northwest Territories. For now, Vancouver, British Columbia
Consolidated Gold Win has focused its resources on exploratory V6C 1V5, Canada
Consolidated drilling at its Drybones Bay diamond project in the Northwest Phone: 604-671-4718
Gold Win Territories. The company also holds a gold property in the Fax: 604-572-1891 • Chairman and President:
Ventures Inc. prolific Elko County, Nevada area. Souhail (Abby) Farrage
Darnley Bay Resources explores and develops diamond
deposits as well as properties containing nickel, copper, and Address: Scotia Plaza, 40
platinum/palladium, primarily in the Northwest Territories of King St. West, Ste. 3901
Canada. In 2004 the mining company entered into a joint Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2, • President, CEO, and
venture agreement with mining property developer Diadem Canada Director: Leon F. La Prairie
Darnley Bay Resources for a potential diamond exploration region near Phone: 416-862-7885 • CFO and Treasurer: Richard
Resources Paulatuk, Canada in the Northwest Territories. So far this region Fax: 416-862-7889 T. La Prairie
Limited has yielded eight potential drilling targets.
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited (DBCM) hopes the lure of
diamonds is, indeed, forever. DBCM controls the South African
mining interests of De Beers, the world's largest diamond miner
and marketer. The company's mines in South Africa produce
more than 13 million carats of the sparkly gem every year. • Chairman: Johnathan M. E.
Nearly half of that is from its Venetia mine. DBCM was taken Address: 36 Stockdale St. Oppenheimer
private in 2001 under De Beers S.A., a holding company owned Kimberley, Northern Cape • Managing Director: David
by South Africa's Anglo American (45%), the Oppenheimer 8301, South Africa Fiscal Year End: December Noko
De Beers family (40%), and the government of Botswana (15%). Nicky Phone: +27-53-839-4111 Revenue (2004): 7043.00 M • Group Finance Director:
Consolidated Oppenheimer, grandson of Anglo American's founder, heads Fax: +27-53-839-4210 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.20% Stuart Brown
Mines Limited the De Beers operations.
 interests around the world. It oversees the De Beers
Consolidated Mines (DBCM, mining, South Africa) and The
Diamond Trading Company (DTC, diamond marketing, UK). It
also controls the De Beers diamond mining interests such as
50% stakes in Debswana (with the government of Botswana)
and Namdeb (with the government of Namibia), as well as Address: Private Bag X01, • Chairman: Nicholas F.
mining interests in Canada, Russia, and Tanzania. The Southdale Fiscal Year End: December (Nicky) Oppenheimer
company mines more than 45 million carats annually, mostly Johannesburg 2135, South Revenue (2004): 7043.00 M • Managing Director: Gary M.
from its Debswana operations. De Beers SA, is owned by South Africa Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.20% Ralfe
African resources giant Anglo American (45%), the Phone: +27-11-374-7000 Employees (2004): 22,000 • Group Finance Director:
Oppenheimer family (40%) and the Government of Botswana Fax: +27-11-374-7700 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.30%) Stuart Brown
De Beers S.A. (15%).
Dentonia Resources would like to make a dent in Canada's
diamond and gold mining industries. The company acquires
claims on properties that might have valuable mineral deposits
and makes partnerships with other companies to explore and
develop the sites. Dentonia and two other companies own equal
shares in DHK Diamonds, a company they formed to hold Address: 1039 Richards St.,
claims on diamond properties in the Lac de Gras and Pellatt Ste. 303
Lake regions of the Northwest Territories. The company also Vancouver, British Columbia
owns interests in prospective gold properties in southeastern V6B 3E4, Canada
Yukon's Tintina Gold Belt and the Porcupine Mining District in Phone: 604-682-1141
Dentonia Ontario. Dentonia Resources is also prospecting a copper and Fax: 604-682-1144 • President and Director:
Resources Ltd. molybdenum project in British Columbia. Adolf A. Petancic
Deposits are required for Diadem Resources, which explores
and develops mining properties, primarily diamond projects, in
North America. The company is focusing on three diamond
projects (Otish Mountains, Franklin Diamond, and Attawapiskat) Address: 110 Meadowvale • Chairman: Paul A. Carroll
in Canada and plans to explore other areas around those Rd. • President, CEO, and
projects. It has made the most progress on its exploration of the Toronto, Ontario M1C 1S1, Director: Rodney N. (Rod)
Franklin project, located in the Franklin Bay area of the Canada Fiscal Year End: May Thomas
Northwest Territories. Diadem Resources dropped its claims on Phone: 416-284-5959 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • VP, Finance: David J.
Diadem the Leek Springs area in California, deciding instead to focus on Fax: 416-286-0795 Employees (2004): 5 Layman
Resources Ltd. the Franklin project and other properties.
Diagem Inc., formerly Diagem International Resource, has gone
overseas to find its gems. The company prospects and
evaluates mineral deposits primarily at its Juina Diamond Address: 630 René-Lévesque
Project in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In addition, Diagem has mineral Blvd. West • Chairman: Mousseau
operations in Canada through its roughly 30% stake in KWG Montreal, Quebec H3B 1S6, Tremblay
Resources, which has several properties in Ontario, and a 20% Canada Fiscal Year End: June • CEO and Director: Claude
holding in MacDonald Mines Exploration. It also holds interests Phone: 514-866-6001 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M A. Durocher
in other Canadian properties on its own. Diagem was formed in Fax: 514-866-6193 Employees (2004): 30 • President: Paulo Andreazza
Diagem Inc. 1995 by former chairman David Cohen.
Address: 750 W. Pender St.,
Diamond Discoveries International. The company's name says it Ste. 804
Diamond all. Diamond Discoveries is a mineral exploration company Vancouver, British Columbia
Discoveries which leases property in the Torngat fields in northern Quebec. V6C 2T7, Canada
International The company has contracted another firm to perform the early Phone: 604-683-1368 • Chairman, President, CEO,
Corp. stage exploration of the property. Former chairman and CEO Fax: 604-685-6905 CFO, Secretary and Director:
[DMDD.OB] Teodosia Pangia holds nearly 15% of Diamond Discoveries. Edward C. Williams Yes
 Diamond Fields International prefers to do its business on a
beach. The company primarily explores for diamonds on a
176,000 acre concession on the shoreline and sea bed off the Address: 1st Fl., Unit 4,
coast of Namibia. Diamond Fields pays a 10% fee to the Foregate Square, Table Bay
Namibian government on the value of any diamonds recovered. Boulevard
The company purchased its own marine diamond mining vessel Cape Town 8001, South • President, CEO, and
and the ship commenced mining production in 2005. Diamond Africa Fiscal Year End: June Director: Roger J. Daniel
Diamond Fields Fields also has a nickel exploration project in Greenland with Phone: +27-21-425-1990 Revenue (2005): 5.40 M • COO, CFO, and Secretary:
International partner Inco Limited. It is exploring several diamond and gold Fax: +27-21-425-1999 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 316.70% Kenneth E. (Ken) Hecker
Ltd. projects in Liberia.
mining business. The exploration and development company
specializes in diamond exploration in Canada's Northwest Address: 650 W. Georgia St.,
Territories, Nunavut, and northern Quebec. Diamondex acquires Ste. 1410 • Chairman: James E. Eccott
properties and has joint venture agreements in some Vancouver, British Columbia • President, CEO, and
exploration projects. Formed in 1999, none of the company's V6B 4N8, Canada Director: Randy C. Turner
some 15 properties currently produce diamonds. Fellow Phone: 604-687-6644 • CFO: J. Christopher Mitchell
Diamondex Canadian miner Barrick Gold owns more than 10% of Fax: 604-687-1448
Resources Ltd. Diamondex.
A diamond is Dianor Resources' best friend. The company has
diamond mining operations in the James Bay and Otish
Mountains regions of Quebec and Ontario. It partners with other Address: 730, 4e avenue
Canadian mining outfits, including Alexis Minerals, Eastmain Val-d'Or, Quebec J9P 1J2, • Chairman and CFO: Daniel
Resources, and Globex Mining Enterprises, in order to share the Canada Fiscal Year End: December Duval
costs in exploring and developing properties. The company's Phone: 819-825-7090 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President, CEO, and
Dianor Threegold Resources subsidiary was formed to manage its gold Fax: 819-825-7545 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-65.80%) Director: John Ryder
Resources Inc. and base metal mining projects.
friend, you should look up Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI).
The company has a majority stake (60%) in the Diavik
Diamonds Project north of Great Slave lake in the Northwest
Territories of Canada; partner Aber Diamond owns the
remaining portion. Production began at the mine in 2003. With Address: 5007 50th Ave.
an estimated life cycle of 16-20 years, the Diavik mine will peak Yellowknife, Northwest • President and COO: Joe
at a production rate of about 8 million carats annually. The two Territories X1A 2P8, Canada Carrabba
companies share in the diamonds the mine produces in equal Phone: 867-669-6500 • Manager, External and
Diavik Diamond ratio to their ownership stakes. DDMI is a subsidiary of Rio Fax: 867-669-9058 Internal Affairs: Tom Hoefer
Mines Inc. Tinto.
Heavenly-sounding Dios Exploration prefers to be below the
earth's surface. The company explores for diamonds in the
Otish Mountains of Quebec and Ontario. Its properties include
33 Carats, Hotish, Artaud, Chibouki, and Pontax, among others. Address: 500 René-Lévesque
Fellow mining company Vaaldiam owns a 51% stake in the West, Ste. 910
Hotish property. In 2005 diamond mining giant De Beers Montreal, Quebec H4A 3P4, • President and Director:
withdrew its option agreement with Dios Exploration to explore Canada Fiscal Year End: December Marie-José Girard
the 33 Carats property. The company has a purchasing Phone: 514-483-5149 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • Marketing Manager and
Dios Exploration agreement with Diarough, in which Diarough will buy all Fax: 514-485-2155 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 32.80% Director: Normand Payette
Inc. diamonds produced by Dios Exploration.
 • Chairman: Melissa J.
Sturgess
Dwyka Diamonds has stars in its eyes. The company explores • Managing Director and
and mines for diamonds at such projects as Nooitgedacht, Address: Level 4, HPPL Fiscal Year End: June Director: Cedric J.
Blaauwbosch, Newlands, and New Elands in South Africa. It House, 28-42 Ventor Ave. Revenue (2004): 3.50 M Bredenkamp
also explores for diamond deposits in India through a strategic West Perth 6005, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-16.60%) • CFO, Secretary, and
Dwyka alliance with BHP Billiton. Dwyka Diamonds produces Phone: +61-8-9324-2955 Employees (2004): 64 Director: Michael J.
Diamonds aggregate, concrete, cement bricks, and pavers as by-products Fax: +61-8-9324-2977 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.50% Langoulant
Limited of its mining operations.
Dyson Group researches and develops performance materials
(metal composites, fibers) and thermal products (ceramics,
refractories). Some of the company's products include Ecoflex
catalytic converter components and Saffil polycrystalline
chemical fibers, both developed by Dyson's Saffil subsidiary • Non-Executive Chairman:
(acquired in 1999). The company also has a US-based Address: 381 Fulwood Rd. Fiscal Year End: March Tom Brown
subsidiary, Millennium Materials (acquired in 2001), which Sheffield S10 3GB, United Revenue (2005): 110.90 M • Chief Executive and
develops metal matrix composites, primarily under the Carolite Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 2.00% Director: Mike O'Brien
name, and is used in hard disk drive manufacturing. The vendor Phone: +44-114-230-3921 Employees (2005): 903 • Finance Director and Board
of Millennium Metals, Dr. Sam Weaver, holds nearly 15% of the Fax: +44-114-230-8583 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.60% Member: Nick Parker
Dyson Group plc company. Dyson was founded in 1810.
or e6, is named after the sixth element, carbon (the building
block of diamonds). The company is among the leading global • Chairman: Jonathan
suppliers of synthetic and natural industrial-grade diamonds and Oppenheimer
other industrial abrasives. Its abrasives are used for cutting, Address: 1 Debid Rd. • Managing Director: C.
grinding, drilling, and polishing metal, concrete, glass, plastics, Nuffield Springs, Gauteng Christian Hultner
and other materials. The company, which had been called De 1559, South Africa • Executive Director, Strategy
Beers Industrial Diamonds (Debid) until 2002, comprises Phone: +27-11-812-9000 Development: Edward A.
companies both independent of and partly owned by diamond Fax: +27-11-812-9245 Brooks
Element Six giant De Beers.
Think steel is strong? Eramet Marietta thinks there is room for
improvement. The company produces and sells manganese Address: 16705 State Rte. 7
alloys which are used to make steel stronger and more resistant South
to heat. The manganese is mined in West Africa and then mixed Marietta, OH 45750 Fiscal Year End: December
and refined at the company's chief plant in Marietta, Ohio. The Phone: 740-374-1000 Revenue (2005): 302.00 M • President, Eramet North
Eramet Marietta, company is a US subsidiary of France-based superalloys Fax: 740-374-1386 Employees (2005): 550 America: Jean Michel
Inc. manufacturer Eramet. Deserais
exploration in Europe. Established in 1999, the company
explores and develops diamond properties, particularly focusing
on the Lahtojoki and Lentiira projects in eastern Finland (on the
Russian border). Its other diamond property includes the Address: 22 Grosvenor Sq. • Chief Executive: Roy G. S.
Liqhobong project in Lesotho (a kingdom located within South London W1K 6LF, United Fiscal Year End: June Spencer
Africa). The Liqhobong project is expected to produce about Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • COO: George M. Beaton
290,000 carats of diamonds annually. The company is on track Phone: +44-20-7529-7502 Employees (2004): 15 • Finance Director and
European for its mining operations in Africa and Finland to begin Fax: +44-20-7491-2244 Employee Growth (1 yr): 36.40% Secretary: James S. Cable
Diamonds PLC production in 2006.
 Excalibur Industries is on a quest for uranium. Through
subsidiary Mountain West Mines, the company holds interests in
uranium properties, including some 85 patented claims, in
Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Excalibur hopes to draw
royalties from its mineral interests, but the company's
contractual rights have been involved in a legal dispute. Address: PO Box 3551
Excalibur has agreed to sell some of its Powder River Basin Duluth, MN 55803
Excalibur properties to Canada-based mining company Uranerz Energy. Phone: 218-724-4711 • Chairman, President and
Industries Colorado silver claims held by Excalibur were sold in 2004. CEO: Joseph P. Hubert
of Japan-based Ferrotec, the company makes fluids that, when
controlled with a magnetic force, can be used for sealing,
sensing, lubrication, and heat transfer. Known as ferrofluidics,
these liquids are used by makers of audio speakers and lighting
(General Electric is a major customer) and in its own engineered Address: 40 Simon St. • Chairman and CEO: Akira
products. Ferrotec USA's sealing devices are used for making Nashua, NH 03060-3075 Fiscal Year End: June Yamamura
semiconductors (rotary seals) and in oil and chemical Phone: 603-883-9800 Revenue (2005): 13.00 M • COO: Eiji Miyamaga
Ferrotec (USA) production. The company's main manufacturing plant is in New Fax: 603-883-2308 Employees (2005): 150 • CFO: Richard R. Cesati II
Corporation Hampshire.
seals and computer seals. Other applications include
semiconductor components, flat panel displays, and hard disk
drive manufacturing. The company also manufactures
thermoelectric modules, solid-state devices used in medical
devices, automotive equipment, telecommunications equipment, Address: 1--4-14 Kyobashi, Fiscal Year End: March
and home electronics. Founded in 1980, Ferrotec has Chuo-ku Revenue (2004): 142.00 M
operations in the US, through Ferrotec (USA) Corporation, as Tokyo 104-0031, Japan Revenue Growth (1 yr): 32.50%
well as in Asia and Europe. The company is shifting its Phone: +81-3-3281-8808 Employees (2004): 124 • President; Chairman,
Ferrotec production to China in order to cut costs for its electronics Fax: +81-3-3281-8848 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.80% Ferrotec (USA): Akira
Corporation production. Yamamura
Firestone Diamonds is always looking for a diamond in the
rough. With more than 40 years of diamond mining and
exploration experience, the company has operations in Address: 26-28
Botswana (Mopipi, Orapa, Jwaneng projects) and the west coast Hammersmith Grove Fiscal Year End: June • Executive Chairman: James
of South Africa's Namaqualand region (Bonte Koe, Avontuur, London W6 7BA, United Revenue (2004): 1.70 M Flannan Kenny
Groen River valley, and Oena projects). Its projects in Botswana Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-9.00%) • Chief Executive: Philip
are being explored in partnership with South African diamond Phone: +44-20-8834-1028 Employees (2004): 108 Kenny
Firestone giant De Beers. Firestone Diamonds also has a kimberlitic Fax: +44-20-8181-6894 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.90% • COO: Tim Wilkes
Diamonds plc exploration project in the US.
Garnet Point Resources really digs precious stones. The
company has diamond exploration and development projects
primarily in Saskatchewan and Nunavut. It has an agreement Address: 925 W. Georgia St.,
with BHP Billiton Diamonds to develop these projects, in which Ste. 1304
Garnet Point will have a small stake if the properties go into Vancouver, British Columbia
production. The company also has an option agreement with V6C 3L2, Canada Fiscal Year End: April
Full Metal to develop its Arcadia property in Nunavut. Garnet Phone: 604-684-2181 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M
Garnet Point Point is also looking to explore and develop gold and uranium Fax: 604-682-4768 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 63.40%
Resources Corp. metal properties. • President: Aly Mawji
 Energy, Toshiba, and Hitachi. As part of the Global Nuclear Fuel
joint venture formed in 2000, it combines the design,
manufacturing, and marketing operations of its parent
companies to manufacture and sell light-water nuclear reactor
fuel. It serves customers in Europe, Mexico, Taiwan, and the Address: 3901 Castle Hayne
US. Global Nuclear Fuel Americas operates a plant in Rd. • Chairman and CEO: John D.
Wilmington, North Carolina. The company works with fellow Wilmington, NC 28402 (Jack) Fuller
Global Nuclear General Electric affiliates GE Nuclear Energy and Global Phone: 910-675-5000 • President and COO: Craig
Fuel Americas, Nuclear Fuel - Japan. Fax: 910-675-6666 P. Kipp
LLC
Haynes International is an ally of companies that use alloys.
Haynes develops and manufactures nickel- and cobalt-based
alloys. The company specializes in high-temperature alloys
(HTAs) able to withstand extreme temperatures and corrosion-
resistant alloys (CRAs) that stand up to corrosive substances • President, CEO, and
and processes. HTAs are used in jet engines, land-based gas Director: Francis J. Petro
turbines, and waste incinerators, while CRAs have applications • VP, Business Planning and
in chemical processing, power plant emissions control, and Address: 1020 W. Park Ave. Information Technology:
hazardous waste treatment. HTAs account for about three- Kokomo, IN 46904-9013 Charles J. Sponaugle
Haynes quarters of the company's sales. The Blackstone Group Phone: 765-456-6000 • VP, Marketing: James A.
International, investment firm owns about 70% of Haynes, which exited Fax: 765-456-6905 Laird
Inc. bankruptcy protection in 2004.
Highveld Steel and Vanadium knows not to meddle when you
find the right niche in metals. The company is one of the world's
leading producers of vanadium, a silvery, soft metal highly
resistant to corrosion and used primarily as a steel- Address: Old Pretoria Main • Chairman: Godfrey G.
strengthening element. Highveld Steel mines its own ore for its Rd., PO Box 111 Gomwe
steelworks and also produces carbonaceous products and ferro- Witbank, Mpumalanga 1035, • CEO: André J. de Nysschen
Highveld Steel alloys. In 2003 the company took a 50% stake in South Africa South Africa Fiscal Year End: December • Executive Director and
and Vanadium Japan Vanadium to expand into the Japanese market. UK- Phone: +27-136909911 Revenue (2004): 894.00 M General Manager, Finance:
Corporation based mining conglomerate Anglo American owns about 80% of Fax: +27-136909033 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 60.80% Luigi Matteucci
Limited [HSVLY] Highveld Steel. Yes
Horseshoe Gold Mining is looking for any luck it can get in its
search for diamonds. The company is primarily looking for the Address: 1022 Nelson St.,
precious gem in Canada's Northwest Territories. Horseshoe Ste. 1202
Gold, through its one-third interest in DHK Diamonds, has a Vancouver, British Columbia
stake in more than 200,000 acres in the Lac de Gras area. Its V6Z 2H2, Canada
other exploration project is the Fuego gold and silver metals Phone: 604-662-4480
Horseshoe Gold prospect (wholly-owned by fellow Canadian mining company Fax: 604-685-0553 • President and Director:
Mining Inc. Almaden Minerals) in the Oaxaca State of Mexico. James E. McInnes
International Uranium truly does its business across the globe.
Besides its uranium waste recycling operations in the US, the
company is exploring for uranium, base, and precious metals in
Mongolia (through its 44%-owned Fortress Minerals subsidiary.)
It also has holdings in several Canadian uranium properties, but Address: 885 W. Georgia St., • Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin
none of those are in operation. International Uranium earns Ste. 2101 • President, CEO, and
revenue by recycling uranium and vandium waste at its White Vancouver, British Columbia Director: Ron F. Hochstein
International Mesa processing mill in Utah and selling the recovered metals V6C 3E8, Canada • VP, Corporate
Uranium to customers. With uranium prices rising, the company has Phone: 604-689-7842 Development: Harold R.
Corporation recommenced some exploration activities at properties in Fax: 604-689-4250 Roberts
[IUCPF.PK] Canada and the US. Yes
 ISX Resources, formerly Otish Mountain Exploration, is looking
for ice. Not interested in the cold, wet stuff, this mining company Address: 675 W. Hastings
focuses on diamond exploration in Canada's Otish Mountains. St., Ste. 200
The company changed its name in 2005. Under its former Vancouver, British Columbia
name, the company engaged in polymetallic mining focused on V6B 1N2, Canada
zinc-copper-gold-silver deposits in Zacatecas State in Mexico. Phone: 604-681-7600
ISX Resources ISX Resources has mineral interests in British Columbia and the Fax: 604-681-7622
Inc. Yukon. None of its properties are in production. • President: Thomas Tough
Forget the gold rush -- KWG Resources has joined the great
Canadian diamond rush. The company and joint venture partner
Spider Resources have two diamondiferous (diamond-bearing)
properties in development in northern Ontario. Also with Spider, Address: 630 René-Lévesque
it is exploring the McFaulds Lake base metal project in Ontario. Blvd. West, Ste. 2930
In 2005 KWG Resources looked to merge with its partner Spider Montreal, Quebec H3B 1S6,
but the deal eventually fell through. The company's Grand Bois Canada Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman, President, and
project in Haiti was eventually written off in 2003. Diamond Phone: 514-866-6001 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M CEO: Frank C. Smeenk
KWG Resources miner Diagem International Resource has a 33% stake in the Fax: 514-866-6193 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 254.00% • CFO: Léonard Teoli
Inc. mining company.
It's not liquid, it's not metal -- it's Liquidmetal Technologies.
Building on research done at the California Institute of
Technology by company vice chairman William Johnson and VP
Atakan Peker, Liquidmetal Technologies sells amorphous metal
alloys, including an alloy that's lighter than titanium but more Address: 25800 Fiscal Year End: December
than twice as strong as conventional titanium alloys. The Commercentre Dr., Ste. 100 Revenue (2004): 17.40 M
company's products are sold as bulk alloys, coatings, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.40% • Chairman: John H. Kang
Liquidmetal composites, and powders. Applications include casings for cell Phone: 949-206-8000 Employees (2004): 158 • CFO: Young J. Ham
Technologies, phones; suppliers to electronics giant Samsung account for a Fax: 949-206-8008 Employee Growth (1 yr): 31.70% • CTO: Neil Paton
Inc. [LQMT.OB] majority of Liquidmetal Technologies' sales. Yes
Diamonds are Monroe's best friend, or, at least Monroe Minerals Address: 900 Elvedon House,
would like it to be that way. This company is engaged in gem 717 - 7th Ave. SW Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Brian M. Benitz
quality diamond exploration and development in sub-Saharan Calgary, Alberta T2P 0Z3, Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President, CEO, and
Africa. Its main exploration project is the London Project near Canada Employees (2004): 17 Director: Derek J. Moran
Johannesburg, South Africa. In all the company has about five Phone: 403-205-4996 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO, Secretary, and
Monroe Minerals key projects in South Africa. Monroe Minerals is also looking to Fax: 403-265-0608 (-15.00%) Director: Peter T. Farkas
Inc. expand in Angola.
Mountain Province Diamonds' prospects. The mining company
explores for and develops diamond properties. It owns 44% of
the 520,000-acre AK site in Canada's Northwest Territories;
joint-venture partner De Beers Canada owns 51%, and
Camphor Ventures owns 5%. De Beers Canada oversees
exploration of the property, where sample mining continues.
Mountain Province Diamonds also owns mining subsidiaries in Address: 21 Nesbitt Dr. • Chairman, CFO, and
Scandinavia and the US, but is focusing on the AK site. Once Toronto, Ontario M4W 2G2, Secretary: Elizabeth J.
Mountain production begins, the company will sell its diamonds to The Canada Kirkwood
Province Diamond Trading Company. Financier Dermot Desmond's Bottin Phone: 416-364-6928 • President, CEO, and
Diamonds Inc. (International) Investments owns 25% of Mountain Province Fax: 416-364-0618 Director: Patrick C. Evans
[MDM] Diamonds. Yes
 The company engineers and licenses materials for use in data
storage, medical imaging, and water purification applications. Its
DataInk and Magnetoferritin products are nanoscale particles
that are grown within protein spheres. The company touts its
designs as having many benefits unavailable from traditional Address: University Gate
chemical and metal preparations. NanoMagnetics was founded East, Park Row
in 1997 by former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Bristol BS1 5UB, United
researcher (and current CEO) Eric Mayes and former Kingdom • Chairman: Alan Duncan
investment banker Nick Tyler; investors include Amadeus Phone: +44-1179-151-277 • CEO and Director: Eric
NanoMagnetics Capital Partners, Formula Ventures, Prelude Ventures, and Fax: +44-1179-039-001 Mayes
Ltd. UBS.
New Material Technologies processes rare earths, zirconium,
and magnets for use in fuel cells, automotive wiring, glass, cell
phones, and other electronic products. Its rare earths division,
which includes lanthanum and neodymium, accounts for most of
the company's sales. Neo Materials (formerly called AMR Address: 121 King St. West, • Chairman: Archibald Cox Jr.
Technologies) operates a research facility in the UK and has Ste. 1740 Fiscal Year End: December
subsidiaries which operate processing plants in China and Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9, Revenue (2004): 54.30 M • President, CEO, and
Thailand. Its products are distributed to customers in 25 Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.90% Director: Constantine E.
Neo Material different countries; China and North America account for most Phone: 416-367-8588 Employees (2004): 1,068 Karayannopoulos
Technologies of New Material Technologies' sales. The company acquired Fax: 416-367-5471 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.80% • CFO: Michael F. Doolan
Inc. [NEMFF.PK] earth magnet materials company Magnequench in 2005. Yes
New Gold, formerly DRC Resources Corporation, is looking for
metals and minerals in its own backyard. The Canadian mining
company is mainly exploring and developing the Afton Copper-
Gold Project, located near the city of Kamloops in British
Columbia. The Afton Project is estimated to hold 1.6 billion Address: 595 Howe St., Ste. • Chairman: Clifford John
pounds of copper and 2 million ounces of gold. It explores 601 (Cliff) Davis
promising properties and then sells or partners with larger Vancouver, British Columbia • President, CEO, and
mining companies in order to develop the projects. The V6C 2T5, Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Christopher John
company was involved in oil and gas exploration in the 1980s Phone: 604-687-1629 Revenue (2005): 0.00 M (Chris) Bradbrook
New Gold Inc. and still earns royalties from those properties. Chairman John Fax: 604-687-2845 Employees (2004): 8 • COO: Kevin J. Ross
[NGD] Kruzick holds a 20% stake in New Gold. Yes
for diamonds in Angola. Since acquiring Angola Resources, the
company has been primarily trying to develop the Lapi Diamond
Project. It has a joint venture agreement with the Angolan
government to explore for diamonds in the Lapi Diamond area. Address: 100 Mill Point Rd. Fiscal Year End: June
New Millennium Resources believes there is potential to Ste. 5 Revenue (2004): 0.30 M
uncover more than 8 million carats. It also has an interest in an South Perth 6151, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1144.30% • Chairman: David Johnston
New Millennium exploration project in Greenland, with joint venture partner Phone: +61-8-9368-0388 Employees (2004): 3 • CEO, Finance Director, and
Resources Hudson Resources, to explore for diamonds, niobium, and Fax: +61-8-9368-0588 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Secretary: Shane M. Healy
Limited tantalum.
the cold as long as there is plenty of ice in the area. The
diamond exploration and mining company, formerly Poplar Address: 700 W. Georgia St., • Chairman and CEO: Alvin
Resources, has properties in Finland (Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Ste. 888 W. Jackson
Project), Sweden (Nyborg and Bottenbacken projects), and Vancouver, British Columbia • President, COO, and
Canada (in the Nunavut region). Nordic Diamonds is committing V7Y 1K4, Canada Director: Walter Melnyk
most of its resources to exploring the Kuopio-Kaavi diamond Phone: 604-718-5454 • CFO, Secretary, and
Nordic project and the Bottenbacken copper, gold, and palladium Fax: 604-646-2054 Director: Tanuja de Silva
Diamonds Ltd. project.
 North Star Diamonds hopes to shine down upon all aspects of
the diamond business. The company explores for diamonds in Address: 525 Seymour St., • Chairman, President, and
the Superior Craton of southern Manitoba and in the Ukraine. Ste. 908 CEO: Walter Stunder
To help fund its exploration projects, North Star Diamonds also Vancouver, British Columbia • CFO, Secretary, and
sells cut and polished diamonds on its Web site. The company V6B 3H7, Canada Treasurer: David Maxwell
North Star has also begun marketing its diamonds on eBay. Management Phone: 604-685-1527 • VP, Corporate
Diamonds Inc. gained control of the company in 2003, with the plan of both Fax: 604-685-1596 Development: Alec Peck
[NSDM.PK] mining and retailing diamonds. Yes
Oryx Natural Resources (ONR) has diamond mining interests,
which primarily include the Sengamines operation in Congo. Address: Parc Nicol Offices,
Sengamines has mining activities in that country's Kasai Bldg. 6, 301 William Nicol Dr.
Oriental province. ONR holds a majority stake in Sengamines, Bryanston, Gauteng 2021, • Chairman: Issa Al Kawari
along with the Congolese government and other investors. South Africa • Deputy Managing Director:
Following a major restructuring in 2004, the African Mining Phone: +27-11-707-1400 Geoffrey T. White
Oryx Natural Management Company (AMMCO) took control of the mining Fax: +27-11-707-1401 • CFO: Robert Scott
Resources company. ONR is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
Petra Diamonds has diamond exploration activities in Africa,
including Angola, Botswana, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.
The company's main project (in partnership with BHP Billiton) is
Alto Cuilo in Angola. Petra's other interests in Angola include
Muriege and Medio Kwanza. It also holds 30% of the Nabera Fiscal Year End: June
consortium, which in 1999-2001 managed Alexkor, one of South Revenue (2005): 2.20 M
Africa's most productive diamond mines. Petra has since Address: Elizabeth House, 9 Revenue Growth (1 yr): • Chairman: Adonis Pouroulis
decided to exit the Alexkor business. The company has been on Castle St. 30477.50% • CEO and Director: Johan
an acquisition spree, buying Crown Diamonds and Kalahari St. Helier, Jersey JE4 2QP, Employees (2005): 1,832 Dippenaar
Diamonds. (In late 2005 Petra terminated the deal to acquire Channel Islands Employee Growth (1 yr): • COO and Director: Kevin
Petra Diamonds Mano River Resources.) With diamond production within sight, Phone: +44-15-3470-0111 9060.00% Dabinett
Limited Petra has cut back its platinum and gold exploration.
The Bigfoot of Saskatchewan is PotashCorp, the world's leading
producer of potash, commonly used as fertilizer. Potash
Corporation of Saskatchewan also produces nitrogen (used in
fertilizer and a variety of industrial and consumer products) and
phosphate (for feed products, food products, and detergents).
Its annual production capacity of 12.5 million tons of potash Address: 500-122 1st Ave. • Chairman: Dallas J. Howe
represents more than 20% of the world's capacity. PotashCorp South Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
also sells these minerals as phosphate feed ingredients for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Revenue (2005): 3847.20 M Director: William J. (Bill)
Potash animal nutrition and as nitrogen products for the industrial S7K 7G3, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.60% Doyle
Corporation of chemicals market. Its PCS Nitrogen unit makes its nitrogen Phone: 306-933-8500 Employees (2004): 4,906 • EVP and COO: James F.
Saskatchewan products. The company has about 20 plants in North America, Fax: 306-933-8844 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% (Jim) Dietz
Inc. [POT] Brazil, Chile, and Trinidad. Yes
Pure Gold Minerals isn't purely in the gold business. In fact, the
company primarily explores diamond mining opportunities in
Canada. It is involved in several joint ventures (most Address: 1255 W. Pender St.
significantly with diamond giant De Beers and Ashton Mining of Vancouver, British Columbia • President, CEO, and
Canada), with exploration projects in Alberta, the Northwest V6E 2V1, Canada Director: Donald A. R. (Don)
Pure Gold Territories, and the Nunavut region. Pure Gold Minerals is also Phone: 604-687-2038 Sheldon
Minerals Inc. exploring the Otis Mountains of Quebec, as well as areas of Fax: 604-687-3141 • CFO: Carmon Currie
[PURGF.PK] Ontario around Opikeigen Lake. Yes
 Reefton Mining doesn't venture far from shore in its line of work.
The Australian mining company stays along the coast to explore
and develop diamond, gold, and base metal projects in Namibia.
It is currently focused on developing the Skeleton Coast project
(diamonds), where it holds leases on about 200 miles of Address: Level 1, 47 Ord St.
shoreline. The company is also looking to produce heavy West Perth 6005, Australia Fiscal Year End: June
minerals (such as garnet and zircon) in the Skeleton Coast area. Phone: +61-8-9322-7822 Revenue (2005): 0.10 M
Reefton Mining Reefton Mining owns the Erongo polymetallic project (uranium, Fax: +61-8-9322-7823 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.70% • Executive Chairman:
NL gold, semi-precious stones, and industrial metals) in Namibia. Bradley S. Moore
in Africa and India. In Africa the company primarily has
operations in Sierra Leone. In India it formed a joint venture with
Jindal Power and Steel to explore diamond properties. Rex • President, CEO, and
Diamond earns a majority of its revenue by trading rough Address: 16 Cumberland St. Director: Serge Muller
diamonds. Its REXdiamonds subsidiary markets and sells Toronto, Ontario M5R 3N5, • CFO and Secretary: Ben
polished diamonds and jewelry. It sold its exploration assets in Canada Fiscal Year End: March Holemans
Rex Diamond South Africa to African Gem Resources (Afgem) in 2005. Rex Phone: 416-955-9033 Revenue (2004): 8.80 M • Rough Diamond Sales:
Mining Diamond also ceased its exploration activities in Mauritania and Fax: 416-955-0783 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 52.60% Henri Thieren
Corporation Paraguay.
After winning the gold for so many years, Rio Narcea Gold
Mines now intends to go platinum. The company operates gold
mines in Portugal and Spain in Europe and in Central America
and West Africa. Having expanded its operations through the Address: 181 University Ave.,
acquisition of Defiance Mining in September 2004, Rio Narcea Ste. 1210 • Chairman and CEO: Chris I.
controls more than 22,140 square kilometers of mineral rights, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M7, Fiscal Year End: December von Christierson
exploration permits and licenses, and exploitation permits. Canada Revenue (2005): 105.50 M • President and Director:
Rio Narcea Gold Going beyond the gold, Rio Narcea is developing project in Phone: 416-956-7470 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 55.60% Alberto Lavandeira
Mines, Ltd. Spain that is now extracting nickel and will later mine platinum, Fax: 416-956-7471 Employees (2004): 417 • COO: David R. Baril
[RNO] copper, and related minerals. Yes
RMI Titanium manufactures titanium alloys and specialty metals
in various extruded shapes and millings. Products include alloy Address: 1000 Warren Ave.
plate, alloy sheet, billet, boom, coil, ingot, and slab. Aircraft parts Niles, OH 44446-0269 Fiscal Year End: December
manufacturers are the company's primary customers. RMI Phone: 330-544-7633 Revenue (2005): 60.00 M
RMI Titanium Titanium is a subsidiary of RTI International Metals and is part of Fax: 330-544-7796 Employees (2005): 500 • SVP, Titanium Group:
Company the parent company's Titanium Group business segment. Stephen R. Giangiordano
Santoy Resources is putting all of its energy into mineral
exploration for the energy sector. The junior mineral-resource Address: 675 W. Hastings
company primarily explores uranium and coal in Canada. It has St., Ste. 611
uranium projects in British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, and Vancouver, British Columbia
Saskatchewan. Santoy Resources also has a deal with several V6B 1N2, Canada • President, CEO, and
other mining outfits to explore uranium in Central America. Prior Phone: 604-669-4799 Director: Ronald K. Netolitzky
Santoy to its focus on coal and uranium, the company explored Fax: 604-669-2543 • CFO: Robert V. Matthews
Resources Ltd. diamond, precious metal, and base metal projects.
Sierra Leone Diamond Company (SLDC), formerly Africa
Diamond Holdings, just wants to get a hold of the precious gem.
It is a diamond exploration company which has been exploring
property in Sierra Leone since 1996. Besides diamonds, the • Chairman: Frank Timis
company also has rights to precious and base metals on its • Vice Chairman, Corporate
Sierra Leone properties. None of its properties are currently in production. Development: Allan B. Dolan
Diamond With the country emerging from years of civil unrest, Sierra Address: Canon's Court, 22 • President and CEO: David
Company Leone Diamond hopes to tap its undeveloped mineral Victoria St. Gadd-Claxton
Limited resources. Timis Diamond Corporation controls the company. Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda
 Snowfield Development surely wouldn't mind a little ice across Address: 100-1009 Expo
its path. The company explores and develops diamond Blvd.
properties in Quebec and the Northwest Territories. Its Ticho Vancouver, British Columbia Fiscal Year End: April • CEO, President, Director:
project is the company's most advanced property. Snowfield V6Z 2V9, Canada Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Robert T. Paterson
Snowfield Development is also exploring for gold at the Snow property in Phone: 604-681-5720 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 989.30% • CFO and Director: John J.
Development British Columbia and is looking for partners in the exploration of Fax: 604-681-6937 Employees (2005): 4 Nagy
Corp. other mineral properties.
SouthernEra Diamonds is in the age of the diamond. It is a
diamond mining company with exploration and development • Chairman: Christopher M. H.
operations primarily in South Africa and Angola. The company (Chris) Jennings
also has exploration activities in Australia, Canada, Congo, Address: 220 Bay St., 14th Fl. • Acting President and CEO:
Gabon, and Zimbabwe. Its Camafuca diamond project in Angola Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4, Alasdair MacPhee
is in development. In 2004 SouthernEra Diamonds was formed Canada Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, CFO, and Secretary:
when SouthernEra Resources split into two separate publicly Phone: 416-359-9282 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Christopher J. (Chris)
SouthernEra traded companies. The other company, Southern Platinum, Fax: 416-359-9141 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-99.90%) Reynolds
Diamonds Inc. operates the platinum and gold businesses.
Diamonds are what this Spider hopes to catch in its web. Spider
Resources is a diamond exploration and development company Address: 347 Bay St., Ste. • Chairman: Earl Coleman
with properties in Canada (James Bay Lowlands and Wawa, 700 • President, CEO, and
both in Ontario). It dropped its project in Brazil (Alto Paranaiba) Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R3, Director: Neil D. Novak
in 2004 to focus on projects in Canada. Formed in 1992, The Canada • VP, Finance, CFO, and
company has partnered with fellow Canadian mining company Phone: 416-815-8666 Director: Richard J. (Rick)
Spider KWG Resources to develop its properties. It is also looking into Fax: 416-815-1355 Hamelin
Resources Inc. a merger with KWG to combine assets.
Sunrise Diamonds hopes to wake up to the shining radiance of
diamonds. The company is exploring the Kussamo kimberlite
cluster in northern Finland. It is also prospecting near the Kaavi-
Kuopio kimberlite cluster, where European Diamonds has Address: Sunrise House,
activities. The company plans to expand exploration in other Hulley Road
areas of northern Europe. Sunrise Diamonds was formed in Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 • Chairman: Patrick L.
2005, when Tertiary Minerals' spun-off of its diamond 2LP, United Kingdom Cheetham
exploration business in Finland. Executive chairman Patrick Phone: +44-1625-505947 • Project Manager, Business
Sunrise Cheetham holds more than 30% interest in the company. Fax: +44-1625-626024 Development: Andrew Dixon
Diamonds plc Cheetham also heads up Tertiary Minerals.
SXR Uranium One, formerly Southern Cross Resources,
explores and develops uranium properties in Australia and
Canada. The company is primarily exploring and developing the • Chairman and CEO: Mark
Honeymoon Project in Australia, while also acquiring new Address: 26 Wellington St. Wheatley
projects to explore. Other projects in Australia include the East, Ste. 820 Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: Leigh Curyer
Goulds Dam Project and the Karkarook Project. SXR sees Toronto, Ontario M5E 1S2, Revenue (2004): 0.30 M • VP, Corporate
uranium demand increasing due to nuclear reactors being built Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 398.20% Development, Secretary, and
in Asia and Europe. Along with its name change, in late 2005 Phone: 416-350-3657 Employees (2004): 11 Director: Donald (Don)
SXR Uranium the company acquired Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources, Fax: 416-363-6806 Employee Growth (1 yr): 37.50% Falconer
One Inc. primarily for its mining assets in South Africa.
search of diamonds. The Jericho Diamond Project, located in
the Arctic region of Nunavut, is the company's primary • Chairman and CEO: R.
development for rough diamond production (expected to begin Address: 121 Richmond St. Peter Gillin
production in 2006). The company has other diamond West, Ste. 803 • EVP, Corporate
exploration projects in the Northwest Territories. In addition, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2K1, Fiscal Year End: December Development: Grant D. Ewing
Tahera has an agreement with De Beers Canada to explore and Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M
develop property adjacent to its Jericho Diamond Project. Phone: 416-777-1998 Employees (2004): 15 • EVP, Operations: Daniel D.
Tahera Diamond Dundee Precious Metals is the largest shareholder, holding Fax: 416-777-1898 Employee Growth (1 yr): 66.70% (Dan) Johnson
Corporation more than 10% of the company.
 works in the oil patch, and for TGC Industries. From its
inception, TGC Industries has conducted seismic surveys for oil
exploration companies in the US. The company principally
employs land surveys using Eagle seismic systems, which
obtain 3-D seismic data related to subsurface geological
features. Employing radio-frequency telemetry and multichannel Address: 1304 Summit, Ste. 2
recorders, the system enables the exploration of rivers, Plano, TX 75074 Fiscal Year End: December
swamps, and inaccessible terrain. TGC Industries also sells Phone: 972-881-1099 Revenue (2005): 30.90 M
TGC Industries, gravity information from its data bank to oil and gas exploration Fax: 972-424-3943 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 53.70% • President, CEO, and
Inc. [TGE] companies. Director: Wayne A. Whitener Yes
The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is the sales and
marketing jewel of diamond-mining giant De Beers SA (Anglo
American and the Oppenheimer family each own 45% of the
company). It supplies about half of all rough diamonds on the
market. The DTC receives rough diamonds primarily from De
Beers' mines in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and • Chairman: Nicholas F.
Tanzania. It also markets diamonds produced by ALROSA Address: 17 Charterhouse St. (Nicky) Oppenheimer
Company in Russia. After sorting and valuing the diamonds, the London EC1N 6RA, United • Managing Director: Varda
company sells the gems to clients, referred to as sightholders. Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December Shine
The Diamond On the marketing side, the DTC promotes diamonds to end Phone: +44-20-7404-4444 Revenue (2004): 5695.00 M • Worldwide Marketing
Trading consumers through such programs as the well-known "A Fax: +44-20-7430-3022 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.20% Director: David Lamb
Company Diamond Is Forever" advertising campaign.
company to various regions in Canada. The junior mining firm
primarily explores and develops diamond and precious metal Address: 475 Howe St., Ste.
properties. It has an agreement with Dunsmuir Ventures to 609
explore the Lac de Gras diamond property in Canada's Vancouver, British Columbia
Northwest Territories. The company is also prospecting the V6C 2B3, Canada
Senore gold property located near Val d'Or, Quebec. In addition, Phone: 604-682-1643
Thelon Ventures Thelon Ventures has an agreement on an uranium property in Fax: 604-682-1666 • President and Director:
Ltd. Nevada. Jason M. Walsh
Timminco hopes it has the mettle to stay in the metal business.
The company produces magnesium metal and other specialty
alloys including aluminum, strontium, and calcium. These alloys Address: Sunlife Financial
are used in such products as batteries, chemicals, automotive Tower, 150 King St. West, • Chairman: Heinz
parts, tools, and aerospace equipment. Timminco has Ste. 2401 Fiscal Year End: December Schimmelbusch
manufacturing facilities in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the Toronto, Ontario M5H1J9, Revenue (2004): 102.60 M • President and CEO: Charles
US. Most sales are to customers in the US. It holds just under Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 34.00% H. (Chuck) Entrekin Jr.
50% of Norwegian company Fundo Wheels, an aluminum Phone: 416-364-5171 Employees (2004): 343 • VP, Finance and CFO:
Timminco wheels maker, and it acquired silicon metals company Fax: 416-364-3451 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.80%) Robert J. Dietrich
Limited Bécancour Silicon in 2004.
Titanium Corporation must begin producing titanium and zircon
before the sands of time sift through its fingers. It has developed
a process that extracts the two minerals from oil sand tailings --
the waste material that remains after refinery-ready oil is
removed from oil-bearing sand. If successful, a 4,300-square-
foot pilot plant in Regina, Saskatchewan, would make the Address: 200 King St. West,
company the first producer of titanium and zircon sand in Ste. 1903
Canada. Oil sand producer Syncrude Canada has agreed to Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T4, • Chairman: George D. Elliott
supply tailings from its northern Alberta operations to Titanium Canada • President and CEO: Scott
Corporation. The company's first customer is a maker of Phone: 416-955-0715 Nelson
Titanium titanium dioxide pigment. Titanium Corporation also owns a 40- Fax: 416-955-0790 • CFO: Bradley Kipp
Corporation Inc. square-mile mineral sand deposit in Nova Scotia.
 The company explores and develops diamond projects in Address: 1934 131st St.
northeastern Ontario (Temagami Diamond property) and White Rock, British Columbia • President, CEO, and
Quebec (Notre Dame du Nord area). It also has an option for a V4A 7R7, Canada Director: Laura Lee Duffett
stake in a platinum project in Ontario. None of its properties are Phone: 604-688-6775 • CFO and Director: N. Reid
Tres-Or in production. The company began exploring for diamonds in Fax: 604-688-6995 Toreson
Resources Ltd. 2001.
Trivalence Mining is going for the trifecta in the diamond mining
business. The company operates two producing mines: the
Aredor mine in Guinea and the Palmietgat mine (which the Address: 815 Hornby St., Ste. • Chairman and CEO: Lutfur
company is selling) in South Africa. It is exploring a third 502 Fiscal Year End: June Rahman Khan
diamond mine in Botswana with Australian mining giant Rio Vancouver, British Columbia Revenue (2004): 6.80 M • President and Director:
Trivalence Tinto, which operates the project through Tinto Botswana. The V6Z 2E6, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-20.60%) Waseem Rahman
Mining company directly sells its own diamonds on the open market in Phone: 604-684-2401 Employees (2004): 517 • CFO and Secretary: Omair
Corporation Antwerp and Johannesburg. Chairman and CEO Lutfur Khan Fax: 604-684-2407 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.30%) Choudhry
[TMIGF.PK] owns about 30% of Trivalence Mining. Yes
True North Gems isn't depending on a compass to find
gemstone deposits. The company is currently exploring and Address: 602 W. Hastings
developing about a dozen properties, primarily including Tsa da St., Ste. 500 • Chairman, CEO, and
Glisza (emeralds) in the Yukon Territory, Baffin (sapphires) on Vancouver, British Columbia Secretary: Andrew Lee Smith
Baffin Island, and Fiskenaesset (rubies and pink sapphires) in V6B 1P2, Canada • President and Director:
Greenland. It also has rights to acquire interests in other Phone: 604-687-8055 Gregory A. (Greg) Fekete
True North emerald, sapphire, and ruby deposits in Canada. True North Fax: 604-899-1240 • COO: William Rohtert
Gems Inc. Gems was incorporated in 2001.
Tsodilo Resources is looking to add a little sparkle to its Address: Canada Trust
business. The company, through its two subsidiaries Newdico Tower - BCE Place, 161 Bay • Chairman: Christopher M. H.
and Gcwihaba Resources, explores for diamonds in northwest St. (Chris) Jennings
Botswana. The subsidiaries are performing survey and drilling Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Fiscal Year End: March • President, CEO, and
exploration activities at its projects and earns no revenue from Canada Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Director: James M. Bruchs
Tsodilo production. Tsodilo Resources has an 81% stake in Newdico Phone: 416-572-2033 Employees (2004): 7 • CFO and Secretary: L. Kirk
Resources and Gcwihaba Resources is fully-owned. President and CEO Fax: 416-572-4164 Employee Growth (1 yr): 75.00% Boyd
Limited James Bruchs holds approximately 25% of the company.
Twin Mining splits its time between gold and diamonds. The
development and mining company explores for diamonds in Address: 155 University Ave., • Chairman, President, and
eastern Canada and gold in Canada, Idaho, and Indonesia. Its Ste. 1250 CEO: Hermann Derbuch
primary project is the Atlanta Gold Mine in Idaho (expected to Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7, Fiscal Year End: December • CFO: Domenico Betrucci
begin production by 2007). Twin Mining was originally founded Canada Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • Consultant, Business
in 1985 under the name Atlanta Gold Corporation. In 1999 when Phone: 416-777-0013 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 278.40% Development: Hendrick
Twin Mining gold prices were low, the company turned to diamond mining Fax: 416-777-0014 Employees (2004): 5 Visagie
Corporation and changed its name soon after.
UEX Corporation isn't looking for your typical metals. Formed by
Pioneer Metals Corporation and Cameco Corporation, it is a
development stage uranium (a basic material used for nuclear Address: 808 Nelson St., Ste.
material) exploration company. It is currently exploring for 1007 • President, CEO, and
uranium at its Black Lake project in the Athabasca Basin of Vancouver, British Columbia Director: Stephen H.
northern Saskatchewan. Some of the company's other V6Z 2H2, Canada Sorensen
properties include Hidden Bay and Riou Lake. UEX has mining Phone: 604-669-2349 • Secretary and CFO: Warren
UEX agreements with Cameco and AREVA group. Cameco Fax: 604-669-1240 W. Stanyer
Corporation maintains a 25% stake in the company.
 UNOR is looking for uranium in Canada -- or at least the land
where it might be found. The company, formerly called Hornby
Bay Exploration, primarily explores for uranium on more than
500,000 acres in the Hornby Bay Basin of the Nunavut territory. Address: 357 Bay St., Ste. • President and CEO: George
To a lesser extent, it also seeks out base and precious metals 700 Bell
properties in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario. The Toronto, Ontario M5H 2T7, • Chairman: Ronald Barnes
company held a small stake in an oil and gas property, but it Canada • VP, Corporate
was written off in 2005. In 2004 UNOR went through an Phone: 416-368-0114 Development: Jennifer M.
upheaval of top level management and refocused its operations Fax: 416-368-0198 Smith
UNOR Inc. on uranium mining.
Mining company Uranium Resources glows with anticipation
when it thinks about the fuel needs of nuclear power plants. The
company extracts uranium from the earth via the in situ leach • Chairman, President, CEO
process, in which groundwater is pumped into a permeable and Director: Paul K. Willmott
orebody to dissolve uranium contained in the ore. Uranium • SVP, Operations: Richard A.
Resources produces uranium in South Texas, and the company Address: 650 S. Edmonds Van Horn
owns exploration and development interests in New Mexico. Ln., Ste. 108 Fiscal Year End: December • SVP, Technology and New
The company sells its uranium under long-term contracts to two Lewisville, TX 75067 Revenue (2004): 1.00 M Project Development;
Uranium electric utilities that operate nuclear power plants. Investment Phone: 972-219-3330 Employees (2004): 50 President, Hydr: Craig S.
Resources, Inc. firm Zesiger Capital Group controls a 33% stake in Uranium Fax: 972-219-3311 Employee Growth (1 yr): 614.30% Bartels
[URRE.OB] Resources. Yes
Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People Public
No corsages needed for this prom. Établissements Maurel & Prom,
formerly a diversified holding company, reorganized in 1998 to focus
on oil and gas exploration and production. It operates primarily in
Republic of Congo and Cuba but also has assets in Gabon, Peru, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman of the Supervisory
Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Maurel & Prom has proved and Address: 12 rue Volney Revenue (2004): 180.60 M Board: Pierre Jacquard
Établissements probable reserves of 279 million barrels of oil. Oil and gas 75002 Paris, France Revenue Growth (1 yr): 217.70% • CEO: Roman A. Gozalo
Maurel & Prom operations account for 85% of the company's total sales (primarily in Phone: +33-1-53-83-16-00 Employees (2004): 123 • Finance and Administration
the Congo). Established in 1919, the exploration company still Fax: +33-1-53-83-16-04 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.10% Director: Claude Deroudilhe
retains minor shipping and gold mining interests.
A.I.S. Resources Limited is an oil and gas company that owns
interests in properties within the Provost area of Alberta, Canada.
The company owns working interests in wells that produce from the
Viking Formation, and in 2004 it participated in the recompletion of Address: 255 5th Ave. SW,
one new natural gas well. At the end of 2004 it had total proved net Ste. 2450
reserves of 11.5 thousand barrels of oil and 15 million cu. ft. of Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G6, • Chairman and President: C.
natural gas. A.I.S. Resources estimates an average volume of Canada Fiscal Year End: December Alan Smith
production of 3 barrels of oil per day and 24.3 thousand cu. ft. of gas Phone: 403-237-7766 Revenue (2004): 0.10 M • Controller and Treasurer: E.
A.I.S. Resources per day i 2005. Chairman and CEO Alan Smith owns nearly 47% of Fax: 403-237-6027 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-15.50%) Lorraine Campbell
Limited the company through Aeonian Capital Corp.
A2D Technologies provides digital well log data, interpretive
software, and data management services. Through subscribing to
A2D's LOG-LINE system, geoscientists access and download well
log data from their workstations. A2D customers use its well log data
to calibrate seismic data to known geologic conditions in well bores. • CEO: H. H. (Hank) Hamilton
A2D was founded in 1993 by Dave Kotowych (president), Brenda III
Sigurdson (VP), and Joe Carroll. Seismic data company TGS- Address: 2345 Atascocita Rd. • President and COO: Dave
NOPEC Geophysical acquired A2D in 2002. The company's Humble, TX 77396 Kotowych
smartSECTION geologic software, which pioneered the use of Phone: 281-319-4944 • EVP Sales and Marketing:
A2D depth-calibrated well log images to use as a more cost-efficient Fax: 281-319-4945 Rod Starr
Technologies method of well log correlation, was acquired by Halliburton in 2005.
Abbot Group religiously provides services to its oil and gas
customers worldwide. The company, primarily through its KCA
DEUTAG and Bentec subsidiaries, provides international drilling,
well engineering, and wireline services. It offers oil rig design and
construction services. Abbot operates a fleet of 45 land drilling rigs • Executive Chairman:
and 34 offshore drilling platforms. KCA DEUTAG is the largest Address: Minto Drive, Altens Fiscal Year End: December Alasdair J. D. Locke
offshore platform drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Aberdeen ABI2 3LW, United Revenue (2004): 706.80 M • COO and Director: Michael
Sea. It is also one of the world's largest land drilling contractors. Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-0.90%) J. L. (Mike) Salter
Customers include TOTAL , Exxon Mobil, BP, and Hess. Chairman Phone: +44-1224-299-600 Employees (2004): 3,607 • Finance Director: Peter J.
Alasdair Locke owns 17% of the company. In 2006 the company Fax: +44-1224-230-400 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.70%) Milne
Abbot Group plc made an offer to buy Norway's Songa Drilling.
• Chairman of Supreme
Petroleum Counsel: His
Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin
State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) spreads its
wings over the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accounting for 94% of Zayed Al Nahyan
its 92.2 billion barrels of proved oil reserves, the fourth-largest • CEO and Secretary General
national reserves in the world behind Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait. Address: PO Box 898 to the Supreme Petroleum
It also has proved reserves of 196.1 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. The Abu Dhabi, United Arab Council: His Excellency
ADNOC group includes three exploration and production companies, Emirates Yousef Omair Bin Yousef
Abu Dhabi five support companies, two maritime crude oil transport companies, Phone: +971-2-602-0000 • Director Finance: Saeed A.
National Oil and one refined-product distribution company, which operates more Fax: +971-2-602-3389 Ajlan
Company than 200 UAE service stations.
 Aera Energy covers a large area of California. The state's leading oil
and gas producer, Aera Energy's properties extend from the Los
Angeles Basin in the south to Coalinga in the north. It has daily
production of 190,000 barrels of oil and 60 million cu. ft. of natural
gas and boasts proved onshore and offshore reserves of more than Address: 10000 Ming Ave. • President and CEO: Eugene
900 million barrels of oil equivalent. Aera Energy also has interests Bakersfield, CA 93311 J. (Gene) Voiland
in real estate operations (in partnership with homebuilder Toll Phone: 661-665-5000 • CFO: Len Fox
Aera Energy Brothers). The exploration and production company is a joint venture Fax: 661-665-5042 • CIO: David Walker
LLC of Exxon Mobil and the Royal Dutch Shell.
Under land, under sea, and under ice, AKITA Drilling knows the drill.
The oil and gas drilling contractor operates a fleet of 37 drilling rigs,
including some rigs capable of drilling through the icy terrains of
Canada's arctic regions. The company also operates three well-
servicing rigs. In addition to providing conventional drilling services, Address: 900, 311 - 6th Ave. • Chairman: Ronald D. (Ron)
AKITA Drilling offers directional, horizontal, underbalanced, and SW Fiscal Year End: December Southern
other specialized drilling services to oil and gas companies in Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H2, Revenue (2004): 112.70 M • President, CEO, and
Western Canada. Through five joint venture companies it provides Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.60% Director: John B. Hlavka
drilling services in Canada's northern territories. Sentgraf Phone: 403-292-7979 Employees (2004): 811 • EVP and COO: Karl A. Ruud
AKITA Drilling Enterprises, controlled by chairman Ron Southern, holds an 86% Fax: 403-292-7990 Employee Growth (1 yr): 35.20%
Ltd. [AKTAF.PK] stake in AKITA. Yes
Allied Resources has allied with Allstate Energy to get the most out
of its Appalachian energy resources. The company is an oil and
natural gas exploration and production enterprise with operations in
West Virginia (in Calhoun and Ritchie counties). Allied Resources
produces oil and natural gas from 145 wells, which are maintained Address: 1403 E. 900 S.
and operated by Allstate Energy. The depth at which the wells Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Allied produce ranges from 1,730 feet to more than 5,470 feet. Allied Phone: 801-582-9609
Resources, Inc. Resources has proved reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil, and 1.3 Fax: 801-582-9629 • President CEO, CFO, and
[ALOD.OB] billion cu. ft. of natural gas. Director: Ruairidh Campbell Yes
Not all of AltaCanada Energy's energy resources are in Canada. The
oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing company also
has interests in properties in Montana. The company is developing
shallow gas plays on its land base of 100,000 net acres in Blaine Address: 101 6th Ave. SW, • Chairman and CFO: Charles
County, Montana. Its US subsidiary, Montana Land & Exploration Ste. 2100 Fiscal Year End: December V. Selby
Inc., drilled 38 wells in 2004. In Alberta its core areas are Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P4, Revenue (2004): 4.30 M • President, CEO, and
Gunn/Cardiff, Viking Kinsella, and Wildmere. AltaCanada sold Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-5.20%) Director: Donald E. Foulkes
operations in five noncore areas in 2003 and 2004 to help finance its Phone: 403-265-9091 Employees (2004): 16 • EVP and COO: Donald L.
AltaCanada Montana operations. The company, which was formed in 1997, has Fax: 403-265-9021 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.70% Jackson
Energy Corp. total proved reserves of 2.6 million barrels of oil equivalent.
More OilRockies than AllTex(as), Altex Industries buys and sells oil
and gas properties, participates in drilling exploratory wells, and sells
oil and gas production to refineries, pipeline operators, and
processing plants. The oil and gas exploration and production Fiscal Year End: September
independent owns interests in 41 gross productive oil wells and Address: 217 S. Ridge Rd. Revenue (2004): 0.90 M
20,000 gross developed acres in Utah and Wyoming. In 2005 Altex Breckenridge, CO 80424 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.80%
Industries reported estimated proved reserves of 123,000 barrels of Phone: 303-265-9312 Employees (2004): 2
Altex Industries, oil and 817 million cu. ft. of natural gas. CEO Steven Cardin controls Fax: 303-265-9312 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • Chairman, CEO, and CFO:
Inc. [ALTX.OB] about 49% of the company. Steven H. Cardin Yes
In case you haven't discovered it before, it's just natural for Amerada Fiscal Year End: December • President: John J. O'Connor
Hess to be crude. The company is a crude oil and natural gas Address: 33 Grosvenor Place Revenue (2004): 2726.60 M
exploration and production company. Amerada Hess primarily London SW1X 7HY, United Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.60% • Company Secretary:
operates on the UK continental shelf, where it is a major producer of Kingdom Employees (2004): 177 Anthony Mulcare
oil and gas in the traditional North Sea oil patches and also in the Phone: +44-20-7823-2626 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Manager Corporate Affairs:
Amerada Hess Atlantic to the west of the Shetland Islands. Amerada Hess Limited Fax: +44-20-7887-2199 (-57.80%) Andy Mitchell
Limited is a subsidiary of US-based Amerada Hess Corporation.
 American Natural Energy Corp. is not selling organic food and
dietary supplements to boost metabolism, it is tapping into that other
American natural energy source -- hydrocarbons. Doing business as
ANEC, the company is an oil and natural gas exploration and • President and Director:
production company which focuses its operations on a property in Address: 6100 S. Yale Ave., Michael K. Paulk
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. ANEC works in tandem with partner Ste. 300 • VP Finance, CFO, and
American Exxon Mobil to develop this Louisiana project. The company has Tulsa, OK 74136 Director: Steven P. Ensz
Natural Energy proved reserves of 179,550 barrels of oil and 272.5 million cu. ft. of Phone: 918-481-1440 • Manager Operations:
Corporation natural gas. Sales of oil accounted for about 81% of ANEC's total Fax: 918-481-1473 Richard O. Mulford
[ANRUF.PK] revenues in 2004. Yes
Aminex is an international oil and natural gas exploration and
production company with operations in the US and Tanzania. In the
US it operates along the Texas Gulf Coast area. The company owns
Tanzoil NL, the largest holder of exploration acreage in Tanzania. Its
completion of a well in the East Songo Songo/Nyuni area in Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Peter J. G. Elwes
Tanzania in 2004 was the first offshore well in East Africa for more Address: 10 Bedford St. Revenue (2004): 5.40 M
than a decade. The company has exited its Russian exploration London WC2E 9HE, United Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-30.60%) • Chief Executive: Brian A.
operations, which it began in 2003, by selling its stake in Ideloil in Kingdom Employees (2004): 32 Hall
2003. It has also sold its Vinton Dome field interests to Orion Oil & Phone: +44-20 7240 1600 Employee Growth (1 yr): • Finance Director: Simon P.
Gas and acquired a 10% stake in a North Korean resources Fax: +44-20 7240 0295 (-36.00%) Butterfield
Aminex PLC company, Kobril Ltd.
• CEO: R. A. (Al) Walker
• SVP Exploration and
Anadarko Algeria Company, LLC has its head office in the Uxbridge
section of London and not the West African country in its name. The Production, Anadarko
company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Address: 1 Harefield Rd., Petroleum Corporati: Robert
Corporation, has production facilities and other operating units Uxbridge P. (Bob) Daniels
located in the Algerian Sahara Desert. In addition to Algeria, where London UB8 1YH, United • SVP Finance and CFO,
Anadarko Algeria is responsible for more than 10% of its parent's Kingdom Fiscal Year End: December Anadarko Petroleum
Anadarko sales and about 10 million barrels of oil equivalent per year, the Phone: +44-1895-209-400 Revenue (2004): 770.00 M Corporation: James R. (Jim)
Algeria company also oversees exploration and production activities in Fax: +44-1895-209-444 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.30% Larson
Company, LLC Tunisia and the North Atlantic.
Antrim Energy's logo is the distinctive rock formation of the Giant's
Causeway on the coast of Country Antrim in Northern Ireland. The
up-and-coming independent oil and gas exploration company has
taken a giant step in its cause to be a fiscally viable explorer by
selling its energy assets in Tunisia and New Zealand. This has given Address: 4050 Bankers Hall Fiscal Year End: December
Antrim Energy the financial flexibility to pursue its strategy of drilling West, 888 - 3rd St. SW Revenue (2004): 4.90 M
in high-impact exploration prospects in Argentina and the UK. The Calgary, Alberta T2P 5C5, Revenue Growth (1 yr): 43.00% • Chairman: Gerry Orbell
company has acquired gas assets in the Tierra del Fuego region of Canada Employees (2004): 7 • President, CEO, and
Argentina, as well as oil and gas interests in the UK sector of the Phone: 403-264-5111 Employee Growth (1 yr): Director: Stephen Greer
Antrim Energy North Sea. It is partnering with UK-based Dana Petroleum on a Fax: 403-264-5113 (-12.50%) • COO: Kerry Fulton
Inc. drilling prospect in the North Sea.
Apache North Sea manages exploration and production activities in
the Forties field for its parent Apache Corporation. Apache
completed the acquisition of the Forties field (the oldest oil patch in Address: Alba Gate,
the North Sea and one of its most productive fields) from BP p.l.c in Stoneywood Park,
2003. Apache North Sea began drilling in the field in 2004. A new Stoneywood Road, Dyce Fiscal Year End: December
core production area for Apache (averaging 53,000 barrels per day), Aberdeen AB21 7DZ, United Revenue (2004): 472.10 M • Managing Director: John A.
the Forties field has estimated proved reserves of 172 million barrels Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 72.90% Crum
of oil equivalent. Apache North Sea has made a deal with Royal Phone: +44-1224-756-400 Employees (2004): 300 • EVP and CFO Apache
Apache North Dutch Shell that makes it the operator of four Shell blocks near its Fax: +44-1224-756-481 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.10% Corporation: Roger B. Plank
Sea Limited Forties field area.
 The apex of Apex Resources' journey would be to really strike it rich
in the Beaufort Sea. The development stage company is an oil and
natural gas independent with operations in oil and gas exploration Address: 610 - 800 W.
and production, gold mining, and land development. Apex Pender St. Fiscal Year End: June
Resources' core exploration and production business has major Vancouver, British Columbia Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • President and Director: John
assets in Canada's Beaufort Sea, as well as in Louisiana and Texas. V6C 256, Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 237.50% Ray Rask
Apex Resources The underexploited Beaufort Sea/Mackenzie Delta region holds Phone: 604-669-2723 Employees (2004): 3 • Secretary and Director: John
Group, Inc. estimated reserves of more than 1 billion barrels of oil and more Fax: 801-363-2597 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% M. Hickey
[APXR.OB] than 10 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. Yes
Arcis finds its stronghold in adding dimension to geophysical data.
The company provides oil and gas companies with integrated 2-D
and 3-D seismic services. it offers seismic data processing,
geotechnical services, data marketing and management, and an
extensive data library. Its library consists of 2-D data representing Address: 2600, 111 - 5th Ave.
more than 500 sq. miles, and 3-D data representing more than SW • President, CEO, and
1,000 sq. miles of territory located in the Canadian provinces of Calgary, Alberta T2P 3Y6, Director: Peter Boyd
Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Arcis has sold off Canada • Interim CFO: Lawrence Lee
most if its seismic acquisition equipment. Investment firm ARX, led Phone: 403-781-1700 • VP Finance and CFO: Holly
Arcis by CEO Peter Boyd, took the company private in 2004. The Fax: 403-269-1966 Elrick
Corporation company was founded in 1996.
Arctos Petroleum Corp. (formerly Camflo International) explores for,
develops, and produces oil and gas on properties in Alberta and
Saskatchewan. In 2004 the junior oil and gas company had a 34% Address: #275 -- 999 8th St. • President, CEO, and
interest in net proved plus probable reserves of 673,000 barrels of SW Director: Thomas A. (Tom)
oil and more than 2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. The company Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J5, Doyle
markets its natural gas on the Alberta spot market and through Canada Fiscal Year End: December • VP Land and COO: Brian
aggregators, which sell to major markets. In 2004 Camflo Phone: 403-265-5900 Revenue (2004): 0.20 M Murray
Arctos International and Spearhead Resources merged to become Arctos Fax: 403-531-1719 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-27.10%) • CFO: Brian D. Korney
Petroleum Corp. Petroleum; Camflo was considered the acquiring company.
Independent energy company Arena Resources battles with the big
boys in arena of oil and gas exploration and production. The
company operates in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, • Chairman, Secretary, and
and has proved reserves of 21.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. Its Treasurer: Stanley McCabe
assets in Oklahoma and Texas account for the bulk of the Address: 4290 S. Lewis Ave., Fiscal Year End: December • President, CEO, and
company's proved reserves. Arena Resources had an average daily Ste. 107 Revenue (2005): 25.80 M Director: Lloyd T. (Tim)
production of 999 barrels of oil equivalent in 2004. Navajo Refining Tulsa, OK 74105 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 203.50% Rochford
Arena and Plains Marketing account for 74% of the company's revenues. Phone: 918-747-6060 Employees (2005): 22 • VP and CFO: William
Resources, Inc. President and CEO Lloyd Rochford holds an 12% stake in Arena Fax: 918-747-7620 Employee Growth (1 yr): 120.00% Randall (Randy) Broaddrick
[ARD] Resources. Yes
Aspen Exploration's aspiration is to explore for and produce oil and
gas in northern California. The company operates 49 gas wells and
also holds non-operating interests in a further 15. Between 2001 and
2004 the oil and gas independent successfully completed 37 gas
wells out of 31 attempts, including a number of wildcat wells. Aspen
Exploration has estimated proved reserves of 2,000 barrels of oil Address: 2050 S. Oneida St., Fiscal Year End: June
and 2.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and has more than 5,400 acres Ste. 208 Revenue (2004): 1.80 M
Aspen of leasehold property. Calpine and Enserco Energy accounted for Denver, CO 80224-2426 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 37.80%
Exploration more than 10% of Aspen Exploration's oil and gas sales in 2005. Phone: 303-639-9860 Employees (2004): 3 • President, CEO, CFO,
Corporation Chairman R.V. Bailey owns 22% of the company; CEO Robert Fax: 303-639-9863 Employee Growth (1 yr): 50.00% Treasurer, and Director:
[ASPN.OB] Cohan, 12%. Robert A. (Bob) Cohan Yes
 Aspen Group Resources expends its energy looking for energy in
Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. The oil and gas exploration
and production company's main core areas for exploration are
Sturgeon Lake and Namaka, Alberta. In 2002 Aspen Group
Resources expanded into western Canada through the acquisition of Address: 1 N. Hudson, Ste. • CEO and Director: Robert L.
oil and gas firm Endeavour Resources. In 2004 the company sold 1000 Calentine
Aspen Group most of its US oil and gas assets, including its holdings in the Sears Oklahoma City, OK 73102 • Director of Corporate
Resources Ranch Prospect in Texas and the N.E. Alden Field in Oklahoma. Phone: 405-278-8800 Communications: Kevin
Corporation Aspen Group Resources has exploration activities in North Dakota Fax: 405-278-8812 O'Connor
[ASRPF.PK] and owns US subsidiary United Cementing and Acidizing. Yes
Atlas America's production map can be found on the page titled
Appalachia. The independent energy company is primarily engaged
in the development, production, and transportation of natural gas
(and some oil) in the Appalachian Basin. The company, which drills
through partnerships with other firms, has proved reserves of 155.8
billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Atlas America has interests in Fiscal Year End: September
5,755 gross wells. Its natural gas transportation business is Address: 311 Rouser Rd. Revenue (2005): 474.50 M • Chairman, CEO, and
conducted through 24%-owned Atlas Pipeline Partners, which Moon Township, PA 15108 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 162.30% President: Edward E. Cohen
operates 3,300 miles of intrastate natural gas gathering systems in Phone: 412-262-2830 Employees (2004): 227 • CFO: Matthew A. Jones
Atlas America, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Atlas Fax: 412-262-7430 Employee Growth (1 yr): 9.10% • EVP: Freddie M. Kotek
Inc. [ATLS] America has been spun off from former parent Resource America. Yes
Atlas Energy explores its corner of the oil and gas world in Western
Canada. The oil and natural gas exploration and development
company operates primarily in Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is
active in southern Alberta in the Medicine Hat, Second White Specs,
and Belly River shallow natural gas areas. It also has a working Address: 800, 407 - 2nd St. • President, CEO, and
interest in a heavy oil project in the Bluesky formation at Mooney. In SW Fiscal Year End: December Director: Richard Lewanski
Saskatchewan it has a working interest in a new heavy oil prospect Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Y3, Revenue (2004): 33.60 M • VP Finance, CFO, and
at Druid and a shallow natural gas target at Unity. It also operates in Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 58.70% Director: James C. (Pep)
the Salt Lake and Unity areas of Saskatchewan. The group has Phone: 403-215-8313 Employees (2004): 29 Lough
Atlas Energy proved plus probable reserves of 10.8 million barrels of oil Fax: 403-265-8324 Employee Growth (1 yr): 16.00% • VP Operations: Harold Hay
Ltd. equivalent. Atlas has agreed to acquire Avalon Resources.
Atwood Oceanics is at work at sea. An offshore oil and gas drilling
contractor, the firm owns 11 drilling rigs, including four
semisubmersible rigs, two jack-ups, one submersible, two
semisubmersible tender assist vessels (which place drilling
equipment on permanent platforms), and two platform rigs. Some • President, CEO, and
94% of sales come from overseas operations in the territorial waters Director: John R. Irwin
of Australia, Egypt, Italy, and Malaysia; customers include Address: 15835 Park Ten Fiscal Year End: September • SVP, CFO, and Secretary:
ExxonMobil Production Malaysia (20% of sales), and Burullus Gas Place Dr. Revenue (2005): 176.20 M James M. Holland
(10% of sales). The company, which also operates in the Gulf of Houston, TX 77084 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.80% • SVP Marketing and
Atwood Mexico, plans to expand its operations to include offshore Japan. Phone: 281-749-7800 Employees (2004): 1,100 Administration: Glen P. Kelley
Oceanics, Inc. Fellow drilling contractor Helmerich & Payne owns 22% of Atwood Fax: 281-492-7871 Employee Growth (1 yr): 37.50%
[ATW] Oceanics. Yes
 Aurado Energy acquires production stage oil companies in the
Caspian and Middle Eastern regions. The company has been
exploring in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It also holds oil and gas
assets in Canada. It has been operating in Kazakhstan through
subsidiary Liman Caspian Oil, which held a 90% interest in the
Liman Block, but the right to that license is in dispute with Aral Address: Piazza del Sole 2
Petroleum, previous owner of the block. Aurado Energy has 6980 Agno-Lugano, Ticino,
announced that it is trying to confirm the rightful ownership of the Switzerland • Chairman: Oliver M. Stahel
Liman Block license and is pursuing all legal means toward that end. Phone: +41-91-610-17-40 • CEO: Peter Pazmany
Aurado Energy The group plans to sell some or all of its Canadian oil and gas Fax: +41-91-610-17-49 • CFO: Nigel Pennington
Inc. assets to pay off debt and clear the title to its Kazakhstan license.
There is less royalty in this Commonwealth connection than there
used to be. Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties explores for and
produces oil and natural gas from properties located in Australia.
Originally formed as a trust, the company did not operate or control
any of its properties until 2005, when Australian-Canadian Oil
Royalties decided to become an oil and gas explorer as well. The
company's principal assets are 14.9 million gross acres of royalty Address: 1301 Ave. M • President and Director: Ely
Australian- interest and 8.9 million gross acres of working interests in Australia's Cisco, TX 76437 Sakhai
Canadian Oil Cooper-Eromanga and Gippsland Basins. CFO Robert Kamon holds Phone: 254-442-2638 • Secretary and Director:
Royalties Ltd. a 34% stake in Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties; President Ely Fax: 254-442-3843 Robert Kamon
[AUCAF.OB] Sakhai, 25%. Yes
Avenue Group, once located in cyberspace, is now traveling along
the broad pathways of the oil and gas industry. Chairman and CEO
Levi Mochkin formed the firm in 1999 to invest in Internet, e-
commerce, and related IT ventures, but the company is now Fiscal Year End: December
focusing on the oil and gas sector though the formation of its Revenue (2004): 0.10 M
Avenue Energy subsidiary, which explores for oil and gas in Turkey. Address: 34-36 Punt Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-54.50%) • Chairman, President, and
In partnership with the Sayer Group, the company has petroleum Melbourne, Australia Employees (2004): 7 CEO: Levi Mochkin
exploration and production assets covering about 1.2 million acres in Phone: +61-3-9533-7800 Employee Growth (1 yr): • CFO, Secretary, and
Avenue Group, Turkey. The company acquired a 50.1% stake in Stampville.com in Fax: +61-3-9533-7900 (-12.50%) Director: Yam-Hin (Jim) Tan
Inc. [AVNU.OB] 2005. Mochkin owns nearly 28% of Avenue Group. Yes
It's not hard to figure out what's on OGDCL's radar. Oil & Gas
Development Company Limited (or OGDCL) is Pakistan's largest oil
and gas exploration and production company. OGDCL's products
include gas, crude oil, and LPG. The company's exploration
activities are performed both on its own and through joint ventures,
some of which the company operates; OGDCL explores both within Address: OGDCL House, Plot • Chairman: Arshad Nasar
and outside of Pakistan, as well as offshore. The company has No.3, F-6 / G-6, Blue Area, • Managing Director:
about 200 exploratory wells and approximately 250 development Jinnah Avenue Mohammad Raziuddin
Basic Earth wells. Its remaining recoverable reserves account for about one-third Islamabad, Pakistan • Acting Executive Director
Science of Pakistan's oil and gas reserves. OGDCL was founded by Phone: +92-51-9209811 and General Manager,
Systems, Inc. Pakistan's government in 1961; the government spun off some 5% Fax: +92-51-9209792 Accounts and: Khalid J. Khan
[BSIC.OB] of the company in 2003. Yes
You don't have to be an earth scientist to know that Basic Earth
Science Systems gets down to the basics -- oil and gas. It is
involved in exploration, production, operation, and development
activities, exploiting crude oil and natural gas assets in Colorado's
Denver-Julesburg Basin, the Williston Basin of Montana, North Address: 1801 Broadway, Fiscal Year End: March
Dakota, and Saskatchewan, and South Texas. The company Ste. 620 Revenue (2004): 3.00 M • President, CEO, and
operates some 51 wells and has proved developed reserves of 1.1 Denver, CO 80202-3835 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.50% Director: Ray Singleton
Bayou City million barrels of oil and 870 million cu. ft. of gas. Basic Earth Phone: 303-296-3076 Employees (2004): 9 • CFO, Treasurer, and
Exploration, Inc. Science Systems' president and CEO Ray Singleton controls 26% of Fax: 303-773-8099 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Director: David J. Flake
[BYCX.OB] the company. Yes
 Reflecting the shift in its exploration focus from Appalachia to the
Gulf Coast, in 2005 Blue Ridge Energy renamed itself Bayou City
Exploration. An affiliate of the Blue Ridge Group, the company is
engaged in oil and gas exploration primarily in Texas and Louisiana.
Bayou City Exploration conducts its activities through partnerships
and the acquisition of direct stakes in oil and gas properties, and in Address: 10777 Westheimer, Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Robert D. Burr
exploratory and development wells. The company, which has Ste. 170 Revenue (2004): 0.60 M • President and CEO: Morris
interests in more than 100 wells, has proved reserves of more than Houston, TX 77042 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-66.00%) T. Hewitt
14,850 barrels of oil and 197.8 million cu. ft. of gas. Chairman Phone: 832-358-3900 Employees (2004): 4 • SVP and COO: Robert A.
Bear Ridge Robert Burr owns about 15% of Bayou City Exploration; the Blue Fax: 832-358-3903 Employee Growth (1 yr): 33.30% Kelley
Resources Ltd. Ridge Group, 19%.
It may sound like a law firm, but Belden & Blake is in fact an energy
company that obeys the laws of supply and demand in the oil and
gas market. It acquires properties, explores for and develops oil and
gas reserves, and gathers and markets natural gas in the Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman and CEO: James
Appalachian and Michigan basins. Belden & Blake has interests in Revenue (2004): 101.80 M A. Winne III
more than 4,120 wells, holds leases on 565,060 net acres, and owns Address: 5200 Stoneham Rd. Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-6.70%) • President, COO, and
and operates more than 1,260 miles of gas gathering lines. The North Canton, OH 44720 Employees (2004): 180 Director: Michael Becci
company has estimated proved reserves of 284.8 billion cu. ft. of Phone: 330-499-1660 Employee Growth (1 yr): • SVP and CFO: Robert W.
Belden & Blake gas equivalent. Belden & Blake is controlled by Capital C, an affiliate Fax: 330-497-5463 (-41.00%) Peshek
Corporation of Carlyle/ Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund II, L.P.
Still a development-stage company, Big Sky Energy (formerly China
Energy Ventures Corp.) is prospecting for new revenue sources. The
company has turned toward oil and gas exploration and production,
primarily in Kazakhstan. The company had formed joint ventures
with Chinese communications providers in an effort to offer Internet • Chairman and CEO:
service to China's 46 million Internet users, but Chinese regulations Address: 440 2nd Ave. SW, Fiscal Year End: December Matthew Heysel
regarding foreign ownership of domestic companies hampered the Ste. 750 Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Co-Chairman and VP, New
company's ability to make money. In 2004 it sold its Big Sky Network Calgary, Alberta, Canada Employees (2004): 22 Ventures: Barry Swersky
Big Sky Energy Canada subsidiary, which provided broadband Internet access to Phone: 403-234-8885 Employee Growth (1 yr): • President and Director: S. A.
Corporation about 320 customers through Chengdu Technology Services. Big Fax: 403-265-8808 (-26.70%) (Al) Sehsuvaroglu
[BSKOE.OB] Sky Energy began in 1993 as Institute for Counseling, Inc. Yes
Bill Barrett Corp. (named after a veteran oil industry wildcatter) is
hoping for a Rocky Mountain high as it digs down deep for oil and
gas. The company focuses its exploration and development
activities in the Wind River, Uinta, Powder River, Williston, Denver- Address: 1099 18th St., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
Julesburg, Big Horn, and Paradox Basins and the Montana and Utah 2300 Revenue (2005): 288.80 M
Overthrusts. Bill Barrett holds more than 1 million net undeveloped Denver, CO 80202 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 69.90% • Chairman and CEO:
Bill Barrett leasehold acres. The oil and gas firm has 738 net producing wells. Phone: 303-293-9100 Employees (2005): 190 Fredrick J. (Fred) Barrett
Corporation Bill Barrett has estimated net proved reserves of 341 billion cu. ft. of Fax: 303-291-0420 Employee Growth (1 yr): 26.70% • CFO: Thomas B. Tyree Jr.
[BBG] natural gas equivalent. Yes
Birchcliff Energy (formerly investment shell Scout Capital) is an oil Address: 2900, 605 - 5th Ave. • President and CEO: A. Jeffrey
and gas exploration firm that operates in Alberta. Formed in early SW Tonken
2004, the firm acquired Scout Capital in a reverse merger and Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H5, • VP and CFO: Bruno P. Geremia
became publicly traded. The proceeds of its public offering were Canada • VP Corporate Development and
used to fund the purchase of a natural gas processing plant and Phone: 403-261-6401 Corporate Secretary: James W.
Birchcliff Energy gas-producing properties in the Peace River Arch area. Birchcliff Fax: 403-261-6424 Surbey
Ltd. Energy began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in mid-2005.
 Black Rock Oil & Gas is less interested in the color of the rock than
in the black oil that may lie beneath. The oil and gas explorer
focuses its efforts on exploring in areas where commercial
discoveries can be rapidly developed. Black Rock is currently active • Chairman: David C.
in the North Sea and Isle of Wight in the UK and Ireland, in Steinepreis
California in the US, and in Colombia. The company owns Address: 30 Farringdon St. • Managing Director and
exploration acreage in Australia and the UK. In 2005 it signed a London EC4A HJ, United Board Member: A. Ivan R.
farm-in agreement with Carrizo Oil & Gas to participate in part of Kingdom Burgess
Carrizo's UK continental shelf operations, which cover seven blocks Phone: +44-207-544-5677 • Technical Director: John M.
Black Rock Oil & in the central and southern sectors of the North Sea. It also has a Fax: +44-207-544-5565 Cubitt
Gas Plc farm-in agreement to operate in the San Joaquin Basin of California.
BlackRock Ventures ventures out to recover the viscous black
resource that is trapped in the rocks of Western Canada. The oil and
gas independent explores oil properties and develops and produces
heavy oil. Its operations include conventional heavy oil production in
Alberta and Saskatchewan and steam-assisted gravity drainage Address: Ste. 400, 435 - 4th • Chairman: Kenneth F.
activities in Alberta oil sands. The company's three core areas are Ave. SW Fiscal Year End: December Williamson
Seal (Peace River oil sands area) and Hilda Lake (Cold Lake oil Calgary, Alberta T2P 3A8, Revenue (2004): 41.20 M • President and Director: John
sands area) in Alberta and Lloydminster in Saskatchewan. Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 91.00% L. Festival
BlackRock Ventures has proved plus probable reserves of 24.7 Phone: 403-233-2253 Employees (2004): 13 • VP Finance, CFO, and
BlackRock million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly from the Seal area. The Fax: 403-263-0437 Employee Growth (1 yr): 62.50% Secretary: Don W. Cook
Ventures Inc. company was established in 1996.
Despite some earlier financial struggles, Blast Energy Services
(formerly Verdisys) is having a blast helping its customers keep
pumping out oil from mature fields. Using specially fabricated mobile
drilling rigs, the company provides a range of oil and gas services, • Chairman: O. James
including lateral drilling and well production enhancement. It also Address: 14550 Torrey Woodward III
provides satellite telecommunications services to oil and gas Chase Blvd., Ste. 330 • President and Co-CEO:
companies operating throughout North America. Berg McAfee Houston, TX 77014-1022 David M. Adams
Blast Energy Companies holds a 28% stake in the company, which has revamped Phone: 281-453-2888 • Co-CEO and CFO: John
Services, Inc. its management organization following an investigation of its Fax: 281-453-2899 O'Keefe
[BESV.OB] accounting practices. Yes
Knowing when to hold them and when to fold them is all part of the
oil and gas exploration gamble. Once focused on Appalachia,
holding company Blue Ridge Group, through its Bayou City
Exploration unit, is now engaged in oil and gas exploration primarily
in Texas and Louisiana. Bayou City Exploration conducts its Address: 632 Adams St., Ste. • Chairman and CEO: Robert
activities through partnerships and the acquisition of direct stakes in 700 D. Burr
oil and gas properties, and in exploratory and development wells. Bowling Green, KY 42101 Fiscal Year End: December • SVP Acquistions
This company, which has interests in more than 100 wells, has Phone: 270-842-2421 Revenue (2005): 19.00 M Development and Exploration
Blue Ridge proved reserves of more than 14,850 barrels of oil and 197.8 million Fax: 270-842-2422 Employees (2005): 25 and Director: Harry J. Peters
Group, Inc. cu. ft. of gas.
Like its namesake tree, Bois d'Arc Energy has strong roots and a
flexible growth strategy. The oil and natural gas exploration and
production independent focuses on the Gulf of Mexico shelf. Bois
d'Arc Energy concentrates on this region because of its vast area of
undiscovered reserves and because major oil companies have Address: 600 Travis St., Ste. • Chairman: M. Jay Allison
moved on to larger projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The 6275 • CEO and Director: Wayne L.
company has proved reserves of 323 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Houston, TX 77002 Fiscal Year End: December Laufer
Bois d¿Arc equivalent (83% proved developed and 64% natural gas). Bois d'Arc Phone: 713-228-0438 Revenue (2005): 184.40 M • President and Director: Gary
Energy, Inc. Energy serves as operator for approximately 98% of its properties. Fax: 713-228-1759 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.90% W. Blackie
[BDE] Comstock Resources controls about 48% of Bois d'Arc Energy. Yes
 Bonavista Energy Trust hopes to see increasing revenues in its vista
in Western Canada. The company focuses on its core areas in
Alberta and Saskatchewan. It has some 1.1 million net acres of
undeveloped land, the bulk of which is in Alberta. Bonavista has
proved and probabl reserves of 507.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas Address: 700, 311 - 6th Ave. • Chairman, President, and
and 79.5 million barrels of oil and liquids, or 133.4 million barrels of SW CEO: Keith A. J. MacPhail
oil equivalent. In 2003 Bonavista Petroleum reorganized into Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H3, • EVP and CFO: Ronald J.
Bonavista Energy Trust (an income trust) and NuVista Energy Ltd. Canada Fiscal Year End: December Poelzer
(natural gas exploration). That year the company acquired properties Phone: 403-213-4300 Revenue (2004): 379.10 M • VP Marketing: John A.
Bonavista from US firm Taurus Exploration for C$275 million. It also bought Fax: 403-262-5184 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 30.60% Curkan
Energy Trust Canadian exploration firm TriQuest Energy in 2004.
Bow Valley Energy bows to no one in its quest for oil and gas. Bow
Valley is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production
company focusing on assets in Western Canada and the North Sea. Address: 333 - 7th Ave. SW,
Experienced in both onshore and offshore drilling operations, Bow Ste. 1200 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Daryl K. Seaman
Valley has accumulated proven plus probable reserves of 10.8 Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Z1, Revenue (2004): 27.40 M • President, CEO, and
million barrels of oil in the UK and another 182,000 in Canada. The Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-7.50%) Director: Robert G. Moffat
company has exited its exploration operations in France and Iran. Phone: 403-232-0292 Employees (2004): 17 • VP Operations: John W.
Bow Valley However, Bow Valley intends to continue as a global exploration Fax: 403-232-8920 Employee Growth (1 yr): 21.40% Essex
Energy Ltd. company and is looking for exploration and acquisition opportunities.
BP Exploration Operating Company is the holding entity for several
of the exploration and production subsidiaries of energy giant BP.
The group is one of the largest operators in the oil-rich North Sea, Address: Gathering Station,
which holds up to 30 billion barrels of resource potential. The group Thrashers Lane, Corte Castle • General Director: John
also has operations in Vietnam, where it is the project operator of Wareham, Dorset BH20 5JR, Minge
BP Exploration Nam Con Son Development, the largest foreign investment project. United Kingdom • Business Unit Leader, North
Operating BP Exploration Operating Co.'s partners in the project are Vietnam Phone: +44-1929-476-072 Sea Assets, and Director:
Company Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam), ConocoPhillips, and India's Fax: +44-1929-476-190 David (Dave) Blackwood
Limited ONGC Videsh.
• Business Unit Leader,
BP NGL is just drilling what comes natural. The company, a
subsidiary of global oil giant BP, is one of North America's leading Natural Gas Liquids, North
natural gas producers, with extraction, fractionation, storage, America: Jeanne Johns
transportation, and gas processing plants throughout the US and • General Manager North
Canada. BP NGL markets more than 200 million barrels of natural Address: 28100 Torch Pkwy. America, Sales and
gas liquids per year. The company explores for and holds large Warrenville, IL 60555 Marketing: Vincent Oddie
reserves of gas in western Canada. It also operates gas gathering Phone: 630-836-5000 • Business Development
systems and gas plants, markets and trades gas and natural gas Fax: 630-836-6535 Director: Rod Nielsen
BP NGL liquids, and is entering the petrochemicals industry.
BPI Energy (formerly BPI Industries) is in the industry of acquiring,
exploring for, developing, and producing coalbed methane reserves.
The Canadian company moved its headquarters to the US in 2005
to focus on its operations in the Illinois Basin, where it controls
418,435 acres of coalbed methane rights. It also leases acreage in
other properties within the Illinois Basin. BPI Energy's subsidiary, Address: 609 Granville St., • President, CEO, and
Illinois Mine Gas, also plans to commercially produce methane gas Ste. 1600 Director: James G. (Jim)
from abandoned mine works at the company's Delta project. Two Vancouver, British Columbia Azlein
BPI Energy major gas pipelines cross BPI's acreages, providing access to gas V7Y 1C3, Canada • CFO, General Counsel, and
Holdings, Inc. markets for future production. Incorporated in 1980, the company Phone: 604-685-8688 Director: George J. Zilich
[BPG] has been operating in the Illinois Basin since 1996. Yes
 BPZ Energy (formerly Navidec) has navigated into a new line of
business. The company once provided information technology
services including security and access services, application
integration, and software development. In 2002 the company
discontinued reselling operations that had previously offered
customers third-party computer hardware and networking equipment • Chairman: Fernando Zúñiga
systems; that same year it formed Navidec Capital to evaluate Address: 11999 Katy Fwy., y Rivero
acquisition opportunities. In 2004 the company acquired BPZ Energy Ste. 560 • President, CEO, and
-- a move intended to take the company into the oil and gas Houston, TX 77079 Director: Manolo Pablo
business. In 2005 the company officially changed its name to BPZ Phone: 281-556-6200 Zúñiga-Pflücker
BPZ Energy, Inc. Energy. BPZ owns oil and gas properties in northwest Peru and Fax: 281-556-6377 • COO: Frederic Briens
[BPZI.PK] southwest Ecuador Yes
Brek Energy is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and development
company with interests in Texas and the Rocky Mountains of the
US. It has proved reserves of about 618 billion cu. ft. of gas and Address: 346 Kensington
51,495 barrels of condensate. Brek Energy explores in the Uinta High St., 3rd. Fl. • Chairman: Ian Robinson
Basin of Utah and the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. It London W14 8NS, United Fiscal Year End: December • CEO and Director: Richard
also has interests in the San Joaquin Basin of California. Formerly Kingdom Revenue (2004): 0.40 M N. (Rick) Jeffs
Brek Energy First Ecom.com, the company processed electronic payments of e- Phone: +44-20-7471-9898 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1550.00% • CFO and Director: Gregory
Corporation commerce transactions for banks and merchants via the Internet Fax: +44-20-7371-6668 Employees (2004): 0 M. Pek
[BREK.PK] before switching to oil and gas exploration in mid-2001. Yes
Bronco Drilling is game to compete in that wild ride called oil and
gas drilling, where the chances of getting bucked off are as likely as
making a buck. The contract land driller owns a fleet of 64 land
drilling rigs, of which 41 are in use. Bronco Drilling plans to refurbish
its inventoried rigs and make them operational by the end of 2006.
Many of its rigs, ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 horsepower, can drill to Address: 14313 N. May Ave., Fiscal Year End: December
depths between 15,000 and 25,000 feet. The company, which Ste.100 Revenue (2005): 77.90 M • Chairman: Mike Liddell
serves natural gas production firms across the US, has 60 trucks to Oklahoma City, OK 73134 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 255.70% • CEO and President: D.
Bronco Drilling transport its rigs. Bronco Drilling began operations in 2001 with the Phone: 405-745-6060 Employees (2005): 1,400 Frank Harrison
Company, Inc. purchase of a 650-horsepower rig, and has grown through the Fax: 405-745-8096 Employee Growth (1 yr): 288.90% • COO: Karl Benzer
[BRNC] acquisition of additional rigs. Yes
Sailing the ocean blue, BUE Marine is one of the world's largest
offshore marine support companies. It provides equipment and
support services to the offshore oil and gas industries, primarily in
the Caspian Sea. It boasts a fleet of about 60 vessels, with more
under construction. The company switched its focus from the North Address: Imperial House,
Sea and sold its stake in BUE Viking (now Viking Offshore Services) Albert Dock, Leith Fiscal Year End: December • CEO: Carl G. Rolaston
to former joint venture partner Kistefos, which owns Viking Supply Edinburgh EH6 7DN, United Revenue (2004): 94.50 M • Finance Director: Janess
Ships. In a management buyout in 1991, BUE Marine managing Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.20% Adams
director Carl Rolaston acquired the company to transport fuel, food, Phone: +44-131-554-9456 Employees (2004): 265 • Group Marketing Director:
BUE Marine water, and equipment to oil rigs. The company was sold to Dubai- Fax: +44-131-554-8328 Employee Growth (1 yr): 6.00% George Macleod
Limited based Topaz Energy and Marine for $150 million in July 2005.
Burmis Energy, which has the limber pine of Burmis, Alberta, as its
symbol, has been limber in the oil patches of Western Canada. The
oil and gas exploration and production company targets medium-
depth, multizone oil and natural gas prospects. It has total proved
plus probable reserves of 3.31 million barrels of oil equivalent and Address: Ste. 1000, 736 - 6th
75,000 net acres of undeveloped land. Burmis also has an average Ave. SW • Chairman: Peter M. S.
production of 1,707 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company's Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T7, Fiscal Year End: December Longcroft
operations focus on the west-central and east-central regions of Canada Revenue (2004): 10.00 M • President, CEO, and
Alberta, including the Greater Pembina, Brazeau, and Easyford Phone: 403-781-7230 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 191.30% Director: Aidan M. Walsh
Burmis Energy areas. In Pembina it is constructing a gas plant that can process up Fax: 403-261-9028 Employees (2004): 10 • CFO: Scott R. Dyck
Inc. to 30 million cu. ft of natural gas per day.
 Burren Energy has burrowed into some political hotspots in search
of oil and gas. The exploration and production independent has core
producing assets in Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and in West
Africa's Republic of Congo. The company manages and operates an
eight-vessel Caspian Sea-based tanker fleet dedicated to shipping Address: Kierran Cross, 11
its own and third-party crude oil production and refined products Strand, Fl. 2 Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Brian A. Lavers
from countries adjacent to the Caspian Sea to markets worldwide. London WC2N 5HR, United Revenue (2004): 167.80 M • CEO and Director: Finian
Burren Energy also has secured a license to explore in Egypt, and in Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): 100.60% O'Sullivan
2005 it acquired 26% of India's Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. Phone: +44-20-7484-1900 Employees (2004): 1,069 • COO and Director: Atul
Burren Energy (HOEC). Burren has proved and probable reserves of about 146 Fax: +44-20-7484-1910 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.20% Gupta
plc million barrels (entitlement basis).
The Chance brothers took a chance when they founded C&C
Technologies, and it has paid off. The company provides
geophysical survey and mapping services to oil and gas customers
worldwide. Its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is the world's
only survey unit capable of operating in depths of up to 3,000 Address: 730 E. Kaliste
meters, allowing it to record geophysical data in the deep waters of Saloom Rd. • President: Thomas Chance
the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and off the coast of Africa. C Lafayette, LA 70508 • CFO: Tommy Ortego
C&C & C Technologies also provides marine construction and Phone: 337-261-0660 • Manager Business
Technologies, geotechnical services. The company was founded in 1992 by Fax: 337-261-0192 Development: Dan Galligan
Inc. brothers Thomas (president) and Jim Chance (VP).
The sound of the drilling of oil and gas wells is sweet music to the
ears of oil and natural gas independent Cadence Resources, which
has exploration and production projects in the southern,
southwestern, and Midwestern US. The company produces natural
gas from wells in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, and oil from wells in Fiscal Year End: December
Wilbarger County, Texas and Eddy County, New Mexico. Cadence Address: 4110 Copper Ridge Revenue (2004): 2.50 M
Resources has estimated proved reserves of 59,400 barrels of oil Dr., Ste. 100 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 556.60%
Cadence and 505.3 million cu. ft. of natural gas. The company expanded in Traverse City, MI 49684 Employees (2004): 2 • Chairman and President:
Resources 2005 by acquiring Aurora Energy, which was drilling for natural gas Phone: 231-941-0073 Employee Growth (1 yr): William W. Deneau
Corporation in unconventional reservoirs such as black shales, coal seams, and Fax: 231-933-0757 (-33.30%) • CFO: Lorraine M. King
[CDNR.OB] tight sands in Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan. Yes
Cairn Energy's can-do attitude has taken the oil and gas exploration
and production company far afield. The independent firm explores
for and produces oil and natural gas offshore and onshore in
Bangladesh and India, and is also venturing into Nepal. It has
proved and probable reserves of 113.4 million barrels of oil
equivalent. The company's producing fields are Sangu offshore
Bangladesh and Lakhsmi, Gauri, and Ravva in India; Cairn Energy Address: 50 Lothian Rd. Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: Norman L.
produces more than 12,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day. After Edinburgh EH3 9BY, United Revenue (2004): 183.90 M Murray
tough market conditions pummeled Cairn Energy, it wrote down a Kingdom Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-33.60%) • CEO: Bill Gammell
number of producing assets, primarily in the North Sea. In 2004 Phone: +44-131-475-3000 Employees (2004): 561 • Finance Director and
Cairn Energy made a major oil find in the desert region of Rajasthan, Fax: +44-131-475-3030 Employee Growth (1 yr): 12.40% Director: Kevin Hart
Cairn Energy plc India.
Calfrac Well Services has plunged into the business of offering
a number of services, products, and equipment to companies in
the oil and gas industry. The company's oil field services include
cementing (to seal well casing), coiled tubing, acidizing, • Chairman: Ronald P. (Ron)
fracturing, and well stimulation services. Fracturing services Address: 411 8th Ave. SW Fiscal Year End: December Mathison
account for more than 90% of revenue. It serves more than 200 Calgary, Alberta T2P 1E3, Revenue (2004): 200.30 M • President and CEO:
customers primarily in western Canada and the Rocky Mountain Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 627.40% Douglas R. (Doug) Ramsay
region of the US. Founded in 1999, about 40% of Calfrac Well Phone: 403-266-6000 Employees (2004): 536 • SVP and COO: Robert S.
Calfrac Well Services is owned by officers and directors of the company. Fax: 403-266-7381 Employee Growth (1 yr): 40.30% Roberts
Services Ltd.
 It's not Carnac the Magnificent, but CAMAC International that seems
to be able to look into the future and see a fortune. It's own.
Arguably America's largest Black-owned business, CAMAC
International (the CAMAC name derives from Cameroon-American
Company) is an integrated oil and gas company, engaging in a
range of oil and gas exploration, production, refining, and energy Address: 4669 Southwest • Chairman and CEO: Kase L.
trading activities. The company has major energy assets in Nigeria Fwy., Ste. 600 Lawal
and South Africa. Chairman and CEO Kase Lawal also serves as Houston, TX 77027 Fiscal Year End: December • SVP and Treasurer: Kamoru
Vice Chairman of the Port of Houston Authority Board of Phone: 713-965-5100 Revenue (2005): 983.30 M A. Lawal
CAMAC Commissioners. A global player, CAMAC International has offices in Fax: 713-965-5128 Employees (2005): 1,500 • SVP: Joseph A. Loftus
Holdings, Inc. Houston, Johannesburg, Lagos, and London.
Camex Energy has changed its business along with its name.
Operating as Computrex Centres, the company previously sold data Address: 808 4th Ave. SW,
archiving software and computer ergonomic products, offered file Ste. 100
conversion services and custom programming, and operated a data Calgary, Alberta T2P 3E8, Fiscal Year End: March • President, CEO, and
service bureau. In 2005 the company changed its name to Camex Canada Revenue (2005): 0.20 M Director: Mart Kernahan
Energy and entered the oil and gas exploration, production, and Phone: 403-263-1190 Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-34.50%) • CFO and Director: Victor
Camex Energy marketing business. Camex has acquired a 33% interest in a Fax: 403-237-7049 Employees (2005): 4 Skurat
Corp. completed well in Alberta from Dagur Resources.
Seeking black gold in the Great White North, Canada Southern
Petroleum explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas. Its main
asset is a 31% interest in the Kotaneelee gas field in southeast
Yukon Territory, for which it holds five leases for a 21-year term. The • Chairman: Richard C.
company also has interests in producing fields in Alberta and British Address: 706 - 7th Ave. SW, McGinity
Columbia, as well as exploration interests in Saskatchewan, the Ste. 250 • President, CEO, and
Northwest Territories, and the Arctic Islands. Its has total proved Calgary, Alberta T2P 0Z1, Director: John W. A.
Canada reserves of 1,000 barrels of oil and 7.2 million cu. ft. of natural gas. Canada Fiscal Year End: December McDonald
Southern Founded in 1954, Canada Southern Petroleum successfully settled Phone: 403-269-7741 Revenue (2005): 17.50 M • CFO and Chief Accounting
Petroleum Ltd. a protracted dispute with partners BP and Exxon Mobil over Fax: 403-261-5667 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 94.40% Officer: Randy L. Denecky
[CSPLF] development of the Kotaneelee asset in 2003. Yes
Oil and water don't mix, but oil and school kids do for this company.
Canadex Resources acquires and develops oil and natural gas
properties, in addition to providing school and charter bus services.
The company has exploration and development assets, including
stakes in more than 300 wells in Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Address: 10 Sun Pac Blvd. Fiscal Year End: June • Chairman and President:
Texas. Canadex operates its school busing business through its Brampton, Ontario L6S 4R5, Revenue (2004): 17.90 M John A. (Jack) Riddell
Parkview Transit Inc. and Parkview Transit (Caledon) Inc. Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 2.70% • CFO and Secretary-
Canadex subsidiaries, both serving the Greater Toronto region. The company Phone: 905-792-2700 Employees (2004): 400 Treasurer: Vincent C. (Vince)
Resources also holds a minority stake (49%) in Ontario-based gold mine Fax: 905-792-8490 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% McEwan
Limited company Teddy Bear Valley Mines.
Canadian Oil Sands Trust puts its trust in the oil that is in the sands
in Alberta being exploited by Syncrude Canada, a partnership whose
large oil sand mine and supporting plants that produce value-added Address: 2500 350-7th Ave.
light, sweet crude oil accounts for about 13% of Canada's total oil SW Fiscal Year End: December • Chairman: C. E. (Chuck)
production. Established in 1964, the Syncrude Project is the largest Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N9, Revenue (2004): 1122.20 M Schultz
single source of oil in Canada, producing 87.2 million barrels Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 55.90% • President and CEO: Marcel
Canadian Oil (238,000 barrels per day). With a 37% share, Canadian Oil Sands is Phone: 403-218-6200 Employees (2004): 11 R. Coutu
Sands Trust the largest shareholder in Syncrude (in which Imperial Oil and Petro- Fax: 403-218-6201 Employee Growth (1 yr): 10.00% • COO: Trevor Roberts
[COSWF.PK] Canada also hold significant minority stakes). Yes
 Canadian Superior Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and
production company with primary operations in Western Canada. In
addition to its core coalbed methane operations in the Drumheller Address: 400 - 3rd Ave. SW, • Chairman and CEO:
area of Alberta, the oil and gas independent has operations offshore Ste. 3300 Gregory S. (Greg) Noval
Nova Scotia and Trinidad and Tobago. It also has been exploring Calgary, Alberta T2P 4H2, • President, COO, and
and developing within other areas of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada Fiscal Year End: December Director: Michael E. (Mike)
Canadian Western Canada. The company is one of the largest acreage Phone: 403-294-1411 Revenue (2005): 47.50 M Coolen
Superior Energy holders offshore Nova Scotia after its 2004 acquisition of El Paso Fax: 403-216-2374 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.50% • CFO: Ross A. Jones
Inc. [SNG] Corp.'s offshore Nova Scotia exploration and production assets. Yes
Capco Energy is hoping to put a cap on many a successful
exploratory well. The oil and gas exploration, development, and
production company owns 49 wells (which it plans to boost to 100) in • CEO, Director, and
the Gulf Coast shelf region of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as several President, International
miles of underwater pipelines. Capco Energy has proved reserves of Address: 5555 San Felipe, Fiscal Year End: December Operations: Ilyas Chaudhary
3.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 386,800 barrels of oil. The Ste. 725 Revenue (2004): 5.30 M • President, Domestic
company owns offshore production platforms and related Houston, TX 77056 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 66.90% Operations and Director: Mike
infrastructure to produce oil and gas. In 2005 Capco Energy agreed Phone: 713-622-5550 Employees (2004): 27 Myers
Capco Energy, on farmout terms to drill an exploratory well in Galveston Federal Fax: 713-622-5552 Employee Growth (1 yr): 125.00% • CFO: Mansoor Anjum
Inc. [CGYN.PK] Waters. CEO Ilyas Chaudhary owns 21% of the company. Yes
Its name might have an Irish connotation but this Celtic Exploration
is all about making money in the New World, specifically in Alberta,
Canada. The oil and natural gas independent explores for and
produces oil and gas in east-central, northern, southern, and west- Address: 505 - 3rd St. SW, • President, CEO, and
central regions of Alberta. It is developing the light-oil play in the Ste. 500 Fiscal Year End: December Director: David J. Wilson
Beaverhill Lake formation and is also active in the Ashmont area of Calgary, Alberta T2P 3E6, Revenue (2004): 41.70 M • VP Finance and CFO: Sadiq
east-central Alberta. The company drilled a total of 67 (41.5 net) Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 662.70% H. Lalani
wells and produced an average of 3,608 barrels of oil equivalent per Phone: 403-201-9153 Employees (2004): 45 • VP Operations: Alan G.
Celtic day in 2004. It also had more than 11 million barrels of oil equivalent Fax: 403-201-9163 Employee Growth (1 yr): 114.30% Franks
Exploration Ltd. in reserves. The company was incorporated in 2002.
Centurion Energy International focuses on the legions of exploration
and production opportunities in North Africa. The company holds
stakes in an exploration and production concession in Egypt's Nile
Delta. It has sold its production assets in Tunisia, although it has Address: Ste. 1700, Bow
retained interest in the Mellita permit in Tunisia and the right to Valley Sq. II,, 205 - 5th Ave. • President, CEO, and
participate in any drilling on the Ezzaouia and El Biban concessions. SW, Fiscal Year End: December Director: Said S. Arrata
Centurion Energy stands guard over a reserve base of more than 50 Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7, Revenue (2004): 45.50 M • SVP and COO: A. D. (Tony)
million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly from the Nile Delta Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 13.00% Anton
Centurion development leases. The company produces more than 45,000 Phone: 403-263-6002 Employees (2004): 99 • SVP Finance, CFO, and
Energy barrels of oil equivalent per day. Centurion was incorporated in Fax: 403-263-5998 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.00%) Director: Barry W. Swan
International Inc. 1997.
CEP International Petroleum, established in the Yukon, now focuses
on oil and gas exploration in eastern Russia and on the Kamchatka
peninsula between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea in the Address: 140 4th Ave. SW,
North Pacific Ocean. Through its Russian subsidiaries, CEP Ste. 2050
International holds an 85% interest in two exploration licenses for Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N3, • President and Director:
the Koriakia region that covers 6,424 sq. km. CEP began an Canada Robert J. Maxwell
CEP exploration program in the region in 1998 and has obtained two Phone: 403-247005 • CFO and Director: Brian
International licenses and identified 10 oil prospects. CEP has agreed to combine Fax: 403-247-0041 Hearst
Petroleum Ltd. its operations with those of Canada-based Transco Resources Corp.
 Chaco Resources, formerly Gold Mines of Sardinia, has dumped
gold in favor of oil and gas. The company is primarily looking at
promising exploration areas in northern Paraguay and western
Colombia. With demand for oil booming Chaco Resources sees
Address: Prestige Travel
undeveloped areas of South America as having the best potential for Suite, Barclays Bank House,
liquid fuels and natural gas production. It spun off its Australian 81-83 Victoria Rd. • Chairman: Jon P. Pither
precious metal assets, including its Sardinia Gold Mining subsidiary, London KT6 4NS, United • Chief Executive: John C.
to a newly formed Canadian subsidiary that was merged with Full Kingdom Morris
Riches Investments to form a separate company, Medoro Phone: +44-20-8399-3897 • Finance Director: Martin
Chaco Resources. Investment firm Willbro Nominees Limited owns 27% of Fax: +44-20-8399-3897 Groak
Resources Plc Chaco Resources.
With operations spanning America's mid-continent and Permian
Basin, Chaparral Energy wants to find that oil and natural gas. The
production and exploitation company, which also drills in Texas and
the Gulf Coast, has proved reserves of some 600 billion cu. ft., and
continues to grow through exploration and acquisitions. Oklahoma • Chairman, President, and
Ethanol L.L.C., a joint venture with Oklahoma Farmers Union CEO: Mark A. Fischer
Sustainable Energy, operates an ethanol production plant in Address: 701 Cedar Lake • EVP and CFO: Joseph O.
Oklahoma, which is estimated to produce some 55 million gallons Blvd. Fiscal Year End: December Evans
per year. Chaparral Energy was founded in 1988. CEO Mark Fisher Oklahoma City, OK 73114 Revenue (2004): 92.20 M • SVP, Production
owns half of the company's common stock, and Altoma Energy -- Phone: 405-478-8770 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 48.80% Engineering and Operations:
Chaparral controlled by Chaparral's vice president Charles Fischer -- owns the Fax: 405-478-1947 Employees (2004): 319 James M. Miller
Energy, Inc. remainder.
It's not the high chaparral of the US but the deserts of Central Asia
that attract Chaparral Resources, an oil and gas exploration and
production firm involved in energy projects in Kazakhstan. It sold its
US interests to enter a joint venture, JSC Karakudukmunay (KKM),
with Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company (KazMunayGaz) and
other Kazakh companies. Chaparral derives most of its revenues Address: 2 Gannett Dr., Ste. Fiscal Year End: December
through production and sale of crude oil in the Karakuduk field. Its 418 Revenue (2004): 78.50 M • CEO and Director: Boris
share of proved reserves in the field is about 27.2 million barrels of White Plains, NY 10604 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 36.20% Zilbermints
Chaparral oil. Nelson Resources acquired a 60% stake in Chaparral in 2004 Phone: 866-559-3833 Employees (2004): 221 • VP Finance and CFO:
Resources, Inc. before LUKOIL acquired Nelson Resources in 2005. Chaparral Fax: 866-700-5091 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.80% Charles Talbot
[CHAR.OB] Resources agreed to become a subsidiary of LUKOIL in 2006. Yes
For Chevron U.K. Ltd things are looking up in Europe as the
company drills down. Through Chevron U.K. (operating as Chevron
Upstream Europe), Chevron holds interests in more than 30 fields in Address: Seafield House, Hill
Denmark, Norway, and the UK. Chevron Upstream Europe's North of Rubislaw
Sea fields produce 142,000 barrels of oil and 456 million cu. ft. of Aberdeen AB15 6XL, United • President and Managing
natural gas per day. Output from the company's Britannia Field in Kingdom Director: Gary P. Luquette
the North Sea meets 7% of the UK's total demand for gas. Chevron Phone: +44-1224-334000 • VP and CFO Chevron
Chevron U.K. Upstream Europe has also developed the UK-based Clair Field, Fax: +44-1224-717455 Corporation: John S. Watson
Ltd which began producing oil in early 2005.
Cheyenne Energy is a junior oil and gas exploration and
development company focusing on Western Canada. The group
drills in Cessford, Camrose, Saddle Hills, and other areas in Alberta
for both natural gas and oil targets, producing about 375 barrels of Address: Bow Valley Square
oil equivalent per day. Its 2005 drilling program includes four new II, Ste. 2940, 205 5th Ave. SW • President, CEO, and
wells that are expected to nearly double its production. In December Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7, Director: Timothy M. (Tim)
2004 Cheyenne had total plus proved reserves of 3.75 million cu. ft. Canada Fiscal Year End: December Cooney
Cheyenne of natural gas and 647,000 barrels of oil equivalent. It has total Phone: 403-296-2590 Revenue (2004): 0.90 M • VP Finance and CFO:
Energy undeveloped land holdings of 8,200 acres. Incorporated in 1997, Fax: 403-296-0534 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 113.70% Adeline L. Roth
Incorporated Cheyenne Energy entered the oil and gas production sector in 2001.
 Big Oil in China means state-owned China National Petroleum
Corporation (CNPC), which is that country's largest integrated oil
and gas company. CNPC has 30 international exploration and
production projects including operations in Azerbaijan, Canada, Address: 6 Liu Pu Kang Jie,
Indonesia, Myanmar, Oman, Peru, Sudan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Xicheng District
and Venezuela. The company also operates some older refineries in Beijing 100724, China • CFO: Gong Huazhang
China National China. CNPC, which holds proved reserves of 3.7 billion barrels of Phone: +86-106-209-4114 • President: Chen Geng
Petroleum oil equivalent, has restructured and spun off most of its domestic Fax: +86-106-209-4806 • VP: Su Shulin
Corporation assets into a separate company, PetroChina.
China Northeast Petroleum Holdings, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary Hong Xiang, is engaged in the extraction and production
of crude oil. Its current operations are in a portion of the Jilin Quinan
Oil Field which is located southwest of Quinan City in the Jilin
Province of the Peoples Republic of China. The company's field has
an exploration area of more than 20 square kilometers--so far more • President and Director:
China North than 11 kilometers have proved to be oil-bearing. All crude oil Address: 5237 Farago Ave. Wang Hong Jun
East Petroleum extracted from the site is sold to the Jilin Refinery of PetroChina, Temple City, CA 91780 • CEO and Director: Wei Guo
Holdings Ltd. which is located less than two miles from the pumping site. Large Phone: 626-448-7637 Ping
[CNEH.OB] scale commercial drilling at Qianan Oil Field started in 1986. Yes
China Oilfield Services is the leading provider of oilfield services in
the offshore China market. Its services cover exploration,
development, and production of offshore oil and natural gas
operations. Its four business segments are drilling services, well
services, shipping, and geophysical services. The company owns13
drilling rigs and a fleet of marine support vessels that includes oil Address: 6 Dongzhimenwai
tankers, seismic vessels, geotech survey vessels, and equipment for Xiaojie • Chairman: Fu Chengyu
logging, drilling fluids, directional drilling, cementing, well Beijing 100027, China • CEO and President: Yuan
completion, and well work-over services. CNOOC is a key client of Phone: +86-10-8452-1762 Guangyu
China Oilfield the company -- it accounts for more than 55% of revenue. The Fax: +86-10-8452-1325 • CFO and EVP: Wu Mengfei
Services Limited company started operations in 1967.
Choice Resources picks and chooses as it explores for and
produces oil and natural gas. The company's three core natural gas
production areas are Bow Island, Pincher Creek, and Viking, all
located in Alberta. Choice Resources has proved reserves of 33.8 Address: 1150, 606 - 4th St. • President, CEO, and
billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 965,600 barrels of associated liquids, SW Director: Gordon D. Harris
and it produces approximately 1,400 barrels of oil per day. The Calgary, Alberta T2P 1T1, • VP and CFO: Stephen
company plans to increase its stake in a planned horizontal well at Canada Fiscal Year End: February Austin
Pincher Creek, where three exploratory wells have been completed. Phone: 403-216-5821 Revenue (2005): 13.50 M • VP and COO: Dennis
Choice In 2005 Choice Resources plans to drill as many as nine exploration Fax: 403-216-5828 Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.10% Forgeron
Resources Corp. wells and 25 development wells in its core areas.
At the heart of Chugach Alaska Corporation is a vision of indigenous
people running their own businesses on their own land. Chugach
Alaska was formed following the activation of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (which was passed by the US Congress in
1971), to provide land management services for the 928,000-acre Address: 560 E. 34th Ave. • Chairman: Sheri Buretta
Chugach region of Alaska. The company derives the bulk of its sales Anchorage, AK 99503 • President and CEO: Barney
from oil and gas production, mining, commercial timber, and tourist Phone: 907-563-8866 Uhart
Chugach Alaska activities that occur in the region. Chugach Alaska's shareholders Fax: 907-563-8402 • CFO: Connie Baehr
Corporation consist of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian natives.
 CityView Corporation has its eye on Indonesia for acquiring and
developing oil and gas reserves. The company is involved in two
production-sharing contracts (PSCs) with Indonesia's state-
controlled Pertamina. The Madura and Simenggaris blocks were
selected as the company's focus for its PSCs. CityView has a Address: Level 9, 28 The Fiscal Year End: December
combined 25% interest in the Madura (674,100 acres) and Esplanade Revenue (2004): 0.00 M • Chairman: Ahmad I. (Iqbal)
CityView Simenggaris (675,582 acres) blocks. PT Medco Energi Corporation Perth 6000, Australia Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-29.20%) Saddique
Corporation is the company's joint venture partner and operating shareholder in Phone: +61-8-9226-4788 Employees (2004): 1 • CEO and CFO: Ee Beng
Limited the Indonesian interests. CityView Corporation was organized in Fax: +61-8-9226-4799 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Yew
[CTVWF.OB] 1987, originally as a realty company. Yes
Clear Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and production
company with operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Peace
River Arch is one of its core areas, where it has operations in the • President, CEO, and
Glacier area and in the Clear River, Gordondale, Balsam, and Gage Address: 400 4th Ave. SW, Director: Jeffrey S. (Jeff)
areas. The company has proved plus probable reserves of 9.8 Ste. 2900 Fiscal Year End: December Boyce
million barrels of oil equivalent and holds more than 345,000 net Calgary, Alberta T2P 0J4, Revenue (2004): 29.10 M • VP Finance and CFO:
acres of undeveloped land. The company was formed in 2003 Canada Revenue Growth (1 yr): 91.10% Stephen E. (Steve) Bjornson
through the reorganization of Vermilion Resources into Vermilion Phone: 403-410-3100 Employees (2004): 32 • VP Engineering and
Clear Energy Energy Trust and Clear Energy. In 2004 Clear Energy acquired Fax: 403-410-3111 Employee Growth (1 yr): 77.80% Operations: C. Tom Banks
Inc. fellow explorer Ranchgate Energy.
CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited's mission is to find oil and gas for its
customers. The company specializes in the production and
exploration for crude oil and natural gas in Asia, South America, and • Chairman and Executive
the Middle East. CNPC (Hong Kong) has a production sharing Address: Room 3907-3910, Director: Wang Mingcai
agreement with PetroChina Company, as well as other production 39th Fl., 118 Connaught Rd. • CEO and Executive
sharing contracts to develop and produce crude oil in certain regions West Director: Li Hualin
in China. The company has 11 oil exploration and production Hong Kong • General Manager Finance
CNPC (Hong projects in seven countries. CNPC (Hong Kong) plans to expand its Phone: +852-2522-2282 and Company Secretary: Lau
Kong) Limited oil reserves. Chairman Wang Mingcai and CEO Li Hualin together Fax: +852-2868-1741 Hak Woon
[CKKHF.PK] control about 53% of the company. Yes
CNX Gas
Corporation
[CXG] Yes
Cobra Venture
Corporation
Compton
Petroleum
Corporation
[CMZ] Yes

Connacher Oil
and Gas Limited
ConocoPhillips
Alaska, Inc.
Consolidated
Gulfside
Resources Ltd.
Continental
Energy
Corporation
[CPPXF.OB] Yes
Continental
Resources, Inc.
Corridor
Resources Inc.
Crescent Point
Energy Trust
Crimson
Exploration, Inc.
[CXPI.OB] Yes
Curlew Lake
Resources Inc.
CYGAM Energy
Inc.
Cyries Energy
Inc.
Dana Petroleum
plc
Deep Resources
Ltd.
Deep Well Oil &
Gas, Inc.
[DWOG.PK] Yes
Deer Creek
Energy Limited
Defiant
Resources
Corporation
Derek Oil & Gas
Corporation
[DRKOF.OB] Yes
Desire
Petroleum plc
Destiny
Resource
Services Corp.
Diamond
Offshore
Drilling, Inc.
[DO] Yes
Diaz Resources
Ltd.
Dolphin Drilling
Ltd.
Dominion
Exploration &
Production, Inc.
Doyon, Limited
Dragon Oil PLC
Drilcorp Energy
Ltd.
Drillers
Technology
Corp.
Drucker, Inc.
[DKIN.PK] Yes
Dune Energy,
Inc. [DNE] Yes
Duvernay Oil
Corp.
E4 Energy Inc.
ECL Group PLC
Corp.
[EDNE.OB] Yes
EGPI Firecreek,
Inc. [EFCR.OB]
Emerald Energy
Plc
Empire Energy
Corporation
International
[EEGC.OB] Yes
Empiric Energy,
Inc. [EPRC.PK] Yes
EnCana Oil &
Gas (USA) Inc.
EnCore Oil plc
Endev Energy
Inc.
Energas
Resources Inc.
[EGSR.OB] Yes
Energy
Corporation of
America
Energy
Exploration
Technologies
Inc. [ENXTF.OB] Yes
EnerNorth
Industries Inc.
[ENY] Yes
Enerplus
Resources Fund
[ERF] Yes
ENSCO
International
Incorporated
[ESV] Yes
Ensign Energy
Services Inc.
[ESVIF.PK] Yes
Ensign United
States Drilling
Inc.
Equus Energy
Corporation
ERHC Energy
Inc. [ERHE.OB] Yes
Eurogas
Corporation
EuroGas, Inc.
[EUGS.PK] Yes
Exall Resources
Limited
Exxel Energy
Corp.
Fairborne
Energy Trust

FairWest Energy
Corporation
Falcon Oil & Gas
Ltd.
Far East Energy
Corporation
[FEEC.OB] Yes
Faroe Petroleum
plc

Find Energy Ltd.

First Calgary
Petroleums Ltd.
FirstAfrica Oil
plc
Flagship Energy
Inc. [FGSPF.PK] Yes
Flint Hills
Resources, LP
Forum Energy
Corporation
[FECOF.OB] Yes
Fred. Olsen
Energy ASA
Fugro N.V.
Gary-Williams
Energy
Corporation
Gastar
Exploration Ltd.
[GST] Yes
Gemini Energy
Corp.
Gentry
Resources Ltd.
GEOCAN Energy
Inc.
GeoGlobal
Resources Inc.
[GGR] Yes
Geophysical
Consultants
Limited
GeoTomo LLC
Global Energy
Development
PLC
GlobalSantaFe
Corporation
[GSF] Yes
Grant
Geophysical,
Inc.
Great Plains
Exploration Inc.
Grey Wolf, Inc.
[GW] Yes
Habanero
Resources Inc.
Hallador
Petroleum
Company
[HPCO.OB] Yes
Hardman
Resources
Limited
Heartland Oil
and Gas Corp.
[HOGC.OB] Yes
Helmerich &
Payne
International
Drilling Co.
Helmerich &
Payne, Inc. [HP] Yes
Hercules
Offshore, Inc.
[HERO] Yes
Heritage Oil
Corporation
High Plains
Energy Inc.
Hiland Partners,
LP [HLND] Yes
Houston
American
Energy Corp.
[HUSA.OB] Yes
Howard Energy
Corp.
Hunt
Consolidated
Inc.
Hunt Oil
Company
Husky Energy
Inc.
INPEX Holdings
Inc.
Iteration Energy
Ltd.
Ivanhoe Energy
Inc. [IVAN] Yes
Japan
Petroleum
Exploration Co.
Ltd.
JED Oil Inc.
[JDO] Yes
JKX Oil and Gas
plc
John D. Oil and
Gas Company
[JDOG.OB] Yes
Kaiser-Francis
Oil Company
KCA DEUTAG
Drilling Limited
KCS Energy, Inc.
[KCS] Yes
Kerr-McGee
North Sea (U.K.)
Limited
Kestrel Energy,
Inc. [KSTR.PK] Yes

Ketch
Resources Trust
Key Energy
Services, Inc.
[KEGS.PK] Yes
Kick Energy
Corporation
King Energy Inc.
Kuwait
Petroleum
Corporation
LiteWave Corp.
[LTWV.OB] Yes
LongBow
Energy Corp.
Luke Energy
Ltd.
Lundin
Petroleum AB

Magnum Hunter
Resources, Inc.
Marathon Oil
Company
Marathon Oil UK
Ltd.
Mariner Energy,
Inc. [ME] Yes
Marubeni
Corporation
[MARUY.PK] Yes
Masters Energy
Inc.
Matador
Resources
Company
Matrix Energy
Services
Corporation
[MXES.OB] Yes
Maverick
Minerals
Corporation
[MVRM.OB] Yes
Melrose
Resources plc
Merit Energy
Company
Metalore
Resources
Limited
Midnight Oil
Exploration Ltd.
Milagro Energy
Inc.
Miller
Petroleum, Inc.
[MILL.OB] Yes
Montello
Resources Ltd.
Monument
Resources, Inc.
[MNMN.OB] Yes
Murphy
Exploration &
Production
Company -
International
Murphy
Exploration &
Production
Company - USA
Mustang Fuel
Corporation
Mystique
Energy, Inc.
Nabors Drilling
USA, LP
Nabors
Industries Ltd.
[NBR] Yes
National Energy
Group, Inc.
[NEGI.OB] Yes
National Iranian
Oil Company
National Oil
Corporation
NAV Energy
Trust
NEG, Inc.
Ness Energy
International,
Inc. [NESS.OB] Yes
Nevarro Energy
Ltd.

Nexen Inc. [NXY] Yes

NGAS
Resources, Inc.
[NGAS]
Nicklos Drilling
Company
Niko Resources
Ltd.
Noble
Corporation
[NE] Yes
Noble Drilling
(U.S.) Inc.
Nord Oil
International,
Inc. [NDOL.PK] Yes
Norsk Hydro
ASA [NHY] Yes
NOVA OIL, INC.
[NVAO.OB] Yes
Nuovo Pignone
Holding S.p.A.
NuTech Energy
Alliance
Corporation
NuVista Energy
Ltd.
Oakridge
Energy, Inc.
[OAKR.OB] Yes
OAO Gazprom
OAO Rosneft Oil
Company
Occidental Oil
and Gas
Corporation
Occidental
Permian, Ltd.
Ocean Rig ASA
[OCNRF.PK] Yes
Oceaneering
International,
Inc. [OII] Yes
Oceanic
Exploration
Company
[OCEX.OB] Yes

Oil & Natural

Gas Corporation
Limited
Oil and Gas
Development
Company
Limited
Oil Search
Limited
Oilexco
Incorporated
OJSC
Surgutneftegas
[SGTZY.PK] Yes

Output
Exploration, LLC
Pacific Energy
Resources Ltd.
Paladin
Resources plc
Pan Andean
Resources PLC
Pan-Ocean
Energy
Corporation
Limited
Pangea
Petroleum
Corporation
[PAPO.OB] Yes
Paradigm
Geotechnology
B.V.
Paramount
Resources Ltd.
Parker Drilling
Company [PKD] Yes
Patterson-UTI
Energy, Inc.
[PTEN] Yes
Peak Energy
Services Trust
Pebercan Inc.
Pengrowth
Energy Trust
[PGH] Yes
Penn West
Energy Trust
Peregrine
Energy Ltd.
Perusahaan
Pertambangan
Minyak Dan Gas
Bumi Negara
BRASILEIRO
S.A. -
PETROBRAS
[PBR] Yes
Petrel
Resources plc
Petro-Hunt,
L.L.C.
Petrobank
Energy and
Resources Ltd.

Petroceltic
International plc
PetroKazakhsta
n Inc.
Petrol
Industries, Inc.
[PTLDE.OB] Yes
Petrosearch
Energy
Corporation
[PTSG.OB] Yes
Petsec Energy
Ltd [PSJEF.PK] Yes
Peyto Energy
Trust
Phoenix
Technology
Income Fund
Pioneer Drilling
Company [PDC] Yes
Pioneer Oil and
Gas
Pool Well
Services Co.
Portrush
Petroleum
Corporation
[PRRPF.OB] Yes
Prairie Pacific
Energy
Corporation

Precision
Energy Services
Premier Oil plc
Pulse Data Inc.
Purcell North
Energy Ltd.
Pyramid Oil
Company
[PYOL.OB] Yes

Quest Resource
Corporation
[QRCP] Yes
Questar Market
Resources, Inc.
Questerre
Energy
Corporation
Raven Energy
Ltd.
Real Resources
Inc.
Regal Petroleum
plc
Resilient
Resources Ltd.
Riata Energy,
Inc.
Rider Resources
Ltd.
Rival Energy
Ltd.
Rock Energy
Inc.
Rocky Mountain
Minerals, Inc.
[RMMI.OB] Yes
Rocky Old Man
Energy Inc.
Rolling Thunder
Exploration Ltd.
Rosemore, Inc.
Rowan
Companies, Inc.
[RDC] Yes
RPS
Hydrosearch
RSX Energy Inc.
RWE-DEA
Aktiengesellsch
aft für
Mineraloel und
Chemie
 Saipem S.p.A.
Samson
Investment
Company
San Telmo
Energy Ltd.
[STUOE.OB] Yes
Santos Ltd
[STOSY] Yes
Sawtooth
International
Resources Inc.
Saxon Energy
Services Inc.
Secunda
International
Limited
Sefton
Resources, Inc.
[SFNRF.PK] Yes
Seitel, Inc.
[SELA.OB] Yes
Seneca
Resources
Corporation
Serica Energy
Corporation
Sharon Energy
Ltd.
Shell Canada
Limited
Shell
Exploration &
Production
Company
Shellbridge Oil &
Gas, Inc.
Sibir Energy plc
Signa
Engineering
Corp.
SignalEnergy
Inc.
Smedvig asa
SNRG
Corporation
[SNRG.OB] Yes

SOCO
International plc
Softrock
Minerals Ltd.
Sonsub Inc.

Spectrum
Energy and
Information
Technology Ltd.

Sperry-Sun
Drilling Services
Spindletop Oil &
Gas Co.
[SPND.OB] Yes

Standard Energy
Corporation
[STDE.OB] Yes
Sterling Energy
plc
Sterling
Resources Ltd.
Storm Cat
Energy
Corporation
[SMU] Yes
Stratford
American
Corporation
[STFA.OB] Yes
Stratic Energy
Corporation
Stroud Energy,
Inc.
Stylus Energy
Inc.
Sundance
Resources, Inc.
Surge Global
Energy, Inc.
[SRGG.OB] Yes
Syncrude
Canada Ltd.
TBX Resources,
Inc. [TBXC.OB] Yes
Teikoku Oil Co.,
Ltd.
Terax Energy,
Inc. [TERX.OB]
Teton Energy
Corporation
[TEC] Yes
Texaco
Exploration and
Production, Inc.
Texalta
Petroleum Ltd.

Texas Vanguard
Oil Company
[TVOC.OB] Yes
TG World
Energy Corp.
TGS-NOPEC
Geophysical
Company ASA
The Reserve
Petroleum
Company
[RSRV.OB] Yes
The Scotia
Group, Inc.
The X-Change
Corporation
[XCHC.OB] Yes

THUMS Long
Beach Company
Tipperary
Corporation
Titan Logix
Corp.
TODCO [THE] Yes
Topper
Resources Inc.
[TOPUF.PK] Yes
Torque Energy
Inc.
Total Energy
Services Trust

Touchstone
Resources USA,
Inc. [TSNU.OB] Yes
TRAFINA Energy
Ltd.

TransAtlantic
Petroleum Corp.
Transco
Resources Corp.
Transmeridian
Exploration, Inc.
[TMY] Yes
Transocean Inc.
[RIG] Yes

TransTexas Gas
Corporation
Trek Resources,
Inc.
Tri-Valley
Corporation
[TIV] Yes
Trican Well
Service Ltd.
Triple 8 Energy
Ltd.
Trivello
Ventures Inc.
[TRVEF.PK]
True Energy
Trust
TrueStar
Petroleum
Corporation
Tullow Oil plc
Tuscany Energy
Ltd.
Union Drilling,
Inc. [UDRL] Yes

Unit Corporation
[UNT] Yes
United Heritage
Corporation
[UHCP] Yes
UTS Energy
Corporation
Venoco, Inc.
Venture
Production plc
Vermilion
Energy Trust
VTEX Energy,
Inc. [VXEN.OB] Yes
W&T Offshore,
Inc. [WTI] Yes
West Energy
Ltd.
Westbow
Energy Inc.
Western Oil
Sands Inc.
WesternGeco

Westside Energy
Corporation
[WHT] Yes
Whiting
Petroleum
Corporation
[WLL] Yes
Windsor Energy
Resources, Inc.
Winstar
Resources, Ltd.
Wintershall AG
Woodside
Petroleum Ltd.
[WOPEF.PK] Yes
Yangarra
Resources Ltd.
Yoho Resources
Inc.
Zapata Energy
Corporation