Dominic O'Brien

Asturiana de Zinc SA explores, mines and markets zinc. Its products include zinc ingots, strips, bars and alloys. It also produces alloys, sulphuric acid, germanium, zinc powder, cadmium and mercury. Its main industrial operations are located in Cantabria and Asturias. The company is present in Canada, Peru, Spain, Great Britain, Germany and Australia. Asturiana de Zinc was founded on 8th October, 1957 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain

Glencore (Schweiz) AG explores and mines copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome and vanadium. The company markets copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, vanadium and zinc with additional exposures to gold, lead and silver. The company exports coal and produces ferrochrome and vanadium in Australia and South African mines and smelts zinc in Spain (through subsidiary Asturiana de Zinc), mines anthracite in Swaziland, smelts zinc in Germany and harvests wood from a Chilean eucalyptus forest. The company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Part of Glencore Plc, Xstrata South Africa Pty Ltd. is a South African company that offers coal and alloys exploration & production services. The company is based in Melrose, South Africa.

Fraser Alexander Ltd. provides mining waste disposal and bulk handling services. Its solutions include customised, integrated mining and packaged solutions. The firm offers mining and remining, processing, moving, deposition, rehabilitation, water treatment and construction services. The company was founded by Fraser Alexander and Fred Alexander in 1912 and is headquartered in Boksburg, South Africa.