U.S. Materials Solid Balance Sheet and Fundamentals

Southern Copper

Market Cap: US$67.4b

Engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile.

RPM International

Market Cap: US$13.4b

Manufactures and sells specialty chemicals for the industrial, specialty, and consumer markets worldwide.

United States Lime & Minerals

Market Cap: US$2.6b

Manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States.

Louisiana-Pacific

Market Cap: US$6.0b

Provides building solutions for applications in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structure markets.

Vista Gold

Market Cap: US$96.5m

Vista Gold Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operate as a development-stage company in the gold mining industry in Australia.

Idaho Strategic Resources

Market Cap: US$233.9m

A resource-based company, engages in exploring for, developing, and extracting gold, silver, and base metal mineral resources in the Greater Coeur d’Alene Mining District of North Idaho.

DRDGOLD

Market Cap: US$1.4b

A gold mining company, engages in the extraction of gold from the retreatment of surface mine tailings in South Africa.

Mesabi Trust

Market Cap: US$347.5m

A royalty trust, engages in iron ore mining business in the United States.