Everyone wants
to believe that the $1 biotech stock they own today will be a $10
stock tomorrow. human genome is one of the great speculative success
stories this year. so is vanda pharmaceuticals (vnda quote) and even,
dare i say it, cell therapeutics. Carl William Brown
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CAMECO CORPORATION
(USA) (NYSE:CCJ)
http://www.cameco.com/
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Cameco Corporation (Cameco) is
engaged in the exploration for and the development, mining, refining,
conversion and fabrication of uranium for sale as fuel for
generating electricity in nuclear power reactors in Canada and other
countries. Cameco has a 31.6% interest in Bruce Power L.P. (BPLP),
which operates the four Bruce B nuclear reactors in Ontario. Cameco
has three reportable segments: uranium, fuel services and
electricity. In January 2013, the Company acquired NUKEM Energy GmbH.
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.
(NYSE:CLD) http://www.cloudpeakenergy.com/
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Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (CPE Inc.) is
a holding company that manages its wholly owned subsidiary Cloud
Peak Energy Resources LLC (CPE Resources). It is the producer of
coal in the United States and in the Powder River Basin. During the
year ended December 31, 2011, the Company’s coal sales were 98.7
million tons. CPE Inc.’s operations include three wholly owned
surface coal mines, two of which are in Wyoming and one of which is
in Montana. It also owns a 50% non-operating interest in the Decker
mine, which is located in Montana. The Company produces
sub-bituminous thermal coal with low sulfur content and sell its
coal primarily to domestic and foreign electric utilities. During
2011, the coal it produced generated approximately 4% of the
electricity produced in the United States. In July 2012, the Company
acquired Youngs Creek Mining Company, LLC (Youngs Creek) joint
venture and other related coal and surface assets from Chevron
U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) and CONSOL Energy Inc. (CONSOL).
COMPASS MINERALS
INTERNATIONAL INC. (NYSE:CMP)
http://www.compassminerals.com/
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Compass Minerals International, Inc.
(Compass Minerals) is a producer of minerals, including salt,
sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer (SOP) and magnesium chloride.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated 12 production and
packaging facilities, including the rock salt mine in Goderich,
Ontario, Canada, and the rock salt mine in the United Kingdom in
Winsford, Cheshire. Its solar evaporation facility located in Ogden,
Utah, is a SOP production site and a solar salt production site in
North America. Compass Minerals provides highway deicing salt to
customers in North America and the United Kingdom and specialty
fertilizer to growers and fertilizer distributors worldwide. It also
produces and markets consumer deicing and water conditioning
products, ingredients used in consumer and commercial food
preparation, and other mineral-based products for consumer,
agricultural and industrial applications. In January 2011, the
Company acquired Big Quill Resources, Inc.
STEEL DYNAMICS INC.
(NASDAQ:STLD)
http://www.steeldynamics.com
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a steel
producer and metals recycler in the United States. The Company
operates in three segments: steel operations, metals recycling and
ferrous resources operations, and steel fabrication operations. As
of December 31, 2012, the Company estimated annual steelmaking
capability of 6.4 million tons and actual recycling volumes. During
the year ended December 31, 2012, its metals recycling shipments
were 5.6 million gross tons of ferrous materials and 1.1 billion
pounds of nonferrous metallics. During 2012, the Company’s steel
shipments were 5.8 million tons. The primary sources of its revenues
are from the manufacture and sale of steel products, processing and
sale of recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, and, to a lesser
degree, fabrication and sale of steel joist and decking products.
A. SCHULMAN INC.
NASDAQ:SHLM) http://www.aschulman.com
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A. Schulman, Inc. (A. Schulman) is a
supplier of plastic compounds, resins and services. The Company's
customers span a range of markets, such as packaging, mobility,
building and construction, electronics and electrical, agriculture,
personal care and hygiene, sports and leisure, custom services and
others. The Company’s operating segments include Europe, Middle East
and Africa (EMEA), the Americas, and Asia Pacific (APAC). A.
Schulman operates primarily in four lines of business: masterbatch,
engineered plastics, specialty powders and distribution services.
Effective September 1, 2012, the masterbatch product family was
split into two separate product families: Custom Performance Colors
and Masterbatch Solutions. On January 31, 2012, the Company acquired
Elian SAS (Elian). On September 4, 2012, the Company acquired ECM
Plastics, Inc.
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