U.S. Materials Strong Balance Sheet Stocks

Northern Technologies International

Market Cap: US$68.7m

Develops and markets rust and corrosion inhibiting solutions in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, China, Brazil, India, Rest of Asia, and internationally.

Worthington Steel

Market Cap: US$1.2b

Operates as a steel processor in North America.

Enlightify

Market Cap: US$16.7m

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, production, and sale of fertilizers, agricultural products in the People’s Republic of China and the United States.

Flotek Industries

Market Cap: US$198.3m

Operates as a technology-driven green chemistry and data company that serves customers across industrial and commercial markets in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and internationally.

RPM International

Market Cap: US$13.5b

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

Quaker Chemical

Market Cap: US$1.8b

Quaker Chemical Corporation, doing business as Quaker Houghton, provides industrial process fluids worldwide.

Sensient Technologies

Market Cap: US$3.2b

Manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients worldwide.

Agnico Eagle Mines

Market Cap: US$60.6b

A gold mining company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of precious metals.

Freeport-McMoRan

Market Cap: US$48.0b

Engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia.

Muliang Viagoo Technology

Market Cap: US$49.1m

Muliang Viagoo Technology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in developing, manufacturing, and selling organic and bio-organic fertilizers for the agricultural industry in China.

United States Steel

Market Cap: US$9.4b

Produces and sells flat-rolled and tubular steel products primarily in North America and Europe.

Westlake

Market Cap: US$11.6b

Manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally.

AdvanSix

Market Cap: US$542.1m

Engages in the manufacture and sale of polymer resins in the United States and internationally.

Tredegar

Market Cap: US$247.7m

Through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells aluminum extrusions, and polyethylene and polypropylene plastic films in the United States and internationally.

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.

Entrepreneur Universe Bright Group

Market Cap: US$833.6m

Through its subsidiaries, provides digital marketing consultation services in the Hong Kong and People’s Republic of China.

Minerals Technologies

Market Cap: US$1.8b

Develops, produces, and markets various mineral, mineral-based, and related systems and services.

DuPont de Nemours

Market Cap: US$25.3b

Provides technology-based materials and solutions in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Bon Natural Life

Market Cap: US$262.3k

Engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of functional active ingredients extracted from natural herb plants in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

Huadi International Group

Market Cap: US$20.7m

Through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells stainless steel seamless pipes, tubes, and bars in the People’s Republic of China.

AngloGold Ashanti

Market Cap: US$22.1b

Operates as a gold mining company in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

USA Rare Earth

Market Cap: US$1.1b

Engages in mining, processing, and supplying rare earths and other critical minerals.

ASP Isotopes

Market Cap: US$412.6m

A development stage advanced materials company, engages in the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of isotopes.

Mosaic

Market Cap: US$8.4b

Through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in the United States, Brazil, China, Canada, Paraguay, Argentina, Japan, Colombia, India, Australia, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Indonesia, and internationally.

Compañía de Minas BuenaventuraA

Market Cap: US$3.8b

Engages in the exploration, development, construction, and operation of mineral processing business.

Clearwater Paper

Market Cap: US$398.4m

Manufactures and supplies bleached paperboards in the United States and internationally.

Solitario Resources

Market Cap: US$51.3m

An exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of precious metal, zinc, and other base metal properties in North and South America.

Southern Copper

Market Cap: US$69.1b

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

Cabot

Market Cap: US$4.3b

Operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company.

Avery Dennison

Market Cap: US$13.4b

Operates as a materials science and digital identification solutions company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Latin, America, and internationally.

Ivanhoe Electric

Market Cap: US$859.0m

Explores and develops metals and mineral.

Danimer Scientific

Market Cap: US$1.0m

A performance polymer company, provides bioplastic replacements for traditional petroleum-based plastics in the United States, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Austria, and internationally.

ATI

Market Cap: US$6.7b

Produces and sells specialty materials and complex components worldwide.

Gulf Resources

Market Cap: US$9.3m

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and trading of bromine and crude salt, chemical products, and natural gas in the People’s Republic of China.

Greystone Logistics

Market Cap: US$29.0m

Through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets plastic pallets and pelletized recycled plastic resins in the United States.

McEwen Mining

Market Cap: US$442.3m

Engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of gold and silver deposits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina.