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Projects in Basic Materials

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South32 ADRSouth32 Limited operates as a diversified metals and mining company. The company operates through Worsley Alumina, Brazil Alumina, Brazil Aluminium, Hillside Aluminium, Mozal Aluminium, Sierra Gorda, Cannington, Hermosa, Australia Manganese, and South Africa Manganese segments. It has a portfolio of assets producing bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, silver, lead, zinc, and manganese products. The company has operations in Australia, Bahrain, China, Japan, Italy, Mozambique, South Africa, the Netherlands, Brazil, South Korea, the United States, rest of Middle East, rest of Asia, rest of Europe, rest of North America, and rest of Oceania. South32 Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.Web21 evaluation
Nitto Denko CoNitto Denko Corporation primarily engages in the adhesive tapes business in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and internationally. It provides double sided tape, surface protective film, sealing materials, masking tape, materials for housing and construction, semiconductor manufacturing process products, tape for electrical and electronic equipment, fluoroplastic sheets and tape NITOFLON, fluoroplastic porous film TEMISH, porous sheet/breathable material, packaging tape, and functional thermal transfer system. The company also offers FPD/touch panel related products, and flexible printed circuit boards. In addition, it provides membrane products; medical products, including transdermal therapeutic systems, athletic tapes, medical adhesive tapes for wearable devices and body sensors, adhesive tapes, and particles for nucleic acid synthesis; and hygiene products, as well as flexible angular displacement sensor products. The company offers its products to automotive and transportation, housing/housing equipment, infrastructure, material, home appliance and electrical, display, electronic device, medical, packaging, and consumer/personal care industries. Nitto Denko Corporation was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.Web21 evaluation
LG ChemLG Chem, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a chemical company in Korea, China, Asia/Oceania, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It offers ethylene-based synthetic resin products, such as ethylene vinyl acetate, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, polyolefin elastomer, polyvinyl chloride, metallocene PE, and UNIQABLE, a recyclable all-PE packaging solution; and styrene-based synthetic resin, including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, expandable polystyrene, polystyrene, styrene acrylonitrile copolymer. The company also provides polycarbonate, a benzene-based synthetic resin product; polypropylene, a propylene-based synthetic resin; superabsorbent polymer; butadiene rubber, nitrile butadiene rubber, nitrile butadiene rubber latex, styrene butadiene latex, and solution styrene butadiene rubber; caustic soda; plasticizer; and base oil. In addition, it offers bisphenol A; acrylate, alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, methacrylate butadiene styrene, neopentyl glycol, and styrene butadiene styrene; aerogel; anode binder and carbon nanotube; KEYFLEX BT, KEYFLEX TO, LUCEL, LUCON, LUMID/LUXY, LUMILOY, LUMIPLAS, LUPOL, LUPOS, LUPOX/LUMAX, LUPOY, and LUSEP high-performance plastics; display materials; adhesives for automotive bodyshop and cathode material paintshop, cathode material, dispersant for conductive agent, flame barrier material, and separators. Further, the company provides semiconductor materials and automobiles materials; life science products for arthritis, diabetes, growth hormone, fertility, anemia, anti-adhesive agent, antimicrobials, bovine somatotropin, vaccines, and crop protection agents. LG Chem, Ltd. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.Web21 evaluation
Covestro ADRCovestro AG operates as a supplier of polymer materials and application solutions. The company operates in two segments, Performance Materials, and Solutions & Specialties. The Performance Materials segment develops, produces, and supplies high-performance materials, such as polyurethanes and polycarbonates, and base chemicals, which include diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate, long-chain polyols, and polycarbonate resins for use in furniture and wood processing, construction, automotive, and transportation industries, as well as roof structures, insulation for buildings and refrigerators, mattresses, car seats, and other applications. The Solutions & Specialties segment comprises a range of polymer products, including polycarbonates, precursors for coatings and adhesives, MDI specialties and polyols, thermoplastic polyurethanes, specialty films, and elastomers that are used in automotive and transportation, electrical, electronics and household appliances, construction, and healthcare industries, as well as composite resins for solar panel frames, precursors for coatings and adhesives, specialty films, laptop cases, floodlights, and electric vehicle batteries. It markets its products through trading houses and distributors. It operates in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the United States, Canada, and the People's Republic of China. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany. As of December 10, 2025, Covestro AG operates as a subsidiary of XRG P.J.S.C.Web21 evaluation
AlcoaAlcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum production, and energy generation business in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Spain, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Alumina and Aluminum. It operates bauxite and other aluminous ores mining and processes bauxite into alumina for sale to aluminum smelter customers and customers who process it into industrial chemical products through supply contracts to third parties, as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses. The company also offers aluminium powder and scrap and primary aluminum in the form of commodity grade ingot and value-add ingot to customers that produce products for transportation, building and construction, packaging, wire, and other industrial markets. In addition, it provides energy that generates and sells electricity in the wholesale market to traders, large industrial consumers, distribution companies, and other generation companies. The company was formerly known as Alcoa Upstream Corporation and changed its name to Alcoa Corporation in May 2016. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Web21 evaluation
First Quantum MineralsFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral properties. It primarily explores for copper, gold, nickel, silver, and zinc products. Its flagship project is the 100% owned Kansanshi project located in the northwestern Province of Zambia. The company was formerly known as First Quantum Ventures Ltd. and changed its name to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. in July 1996. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.Web21 evaluation
AlbemarleAlbemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride for use in lithium batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles; power grids and solar panels; high-performance greases; and specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics. The Specialties segment provides bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions for various industries, such as energy, mobility, connectivity, and health comprising fire safety compounds; bromine-based specialty chemical products, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and various bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications, including airbag initiators. This segment also provides organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, electronics, construction, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and medical device industries. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.Web21 evaluation
Zhejiang Satellite Petrochem ASatellite Chemical Co.,Ltd., a low-carbon chemical company, research, development, production, sale, and service of new electronic chemicals and functional materials in China and internationally. The company offers ethylene oxide, high density polyethylene, ethylene glycol, and polycarboxylic monomer products; and acrylic acid monomer, super absorbent polymer, polymer emulsion and resin, polypropylene, pigment intermediate, and hydrogen peroxide products. Its products are used in aerospace, new energy vehicles, electronic chips, green infrastructure, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Satellite Chemical Co.,Ltd. in October 2021. Satellite Chemical Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is based in Jiaxing, China.Web21 evaluation
Anhui Conch CementAnhui Conch Cement Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, sells, and trades in clinker and cement products in China and internationally. The company provides construction and installation services for industrial purposes; logistic transportation agency and warehouse logistics services; financial supporting services; road freight transport; and mining and related services. It also manufactures and sells cement packaging products, concrete products, refractory materials, construction materials, nonmetallic mineral products, new materials, and chemical fibres; develops and sells profile and related products; exports clinker and cement products; processes and sells construction stones, and manufactured sand; sells aggregates; and constructs industrial and civil buildings, and highways. In addition, it is involved in investment and trading; machinery installation and maintenance; product testing and environmental inspection; technical services, development, and consulting; industrial product design; industrial waste storage and disposal; photovoltaic and wind power generation, and energy storage system development; renewable resources sales and renewable resource processing; research, development, and manufacture of automation machinery; and research and experimental development. Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Wuhu, the People’s Republic of China.Web21 evaluation
Anhui Tongguan Copper FoilAnhui Tongguan Copper Foil Group Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sales of various electronic copper foils in China and internationally. It offers PCB copper foil, including high temperature high elongation copper foil, reversed surface finish copper foil, high TG halogen-free board copper foil, and low profile copper foil; and lithium-ion battery copper foil, such as copper foil for power batteries and digital batteries. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Chizhou, China. Anhui Tongguan Copper Foil Group Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.Web21 evaluation
Inner Mongolia BaoTou SteelInner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd. engages in the produces and sells iron and steel materials in China. It offers hot-rolled steel strip, cold-rolled steel strip, pickled steel strip, hot-dip galvanized steel strip, heavy plates, and electrical steel that are used in automotive, home appliance, shipbuilding, construction, engineering machinery, petroleum, mining machinery, and mechanical parts manufacturing industries; and steel pipes and tubes that are used in oil casing, drill pipes, perforating gun tubes, boiler tubes, marine pipes, pipeline pipes, grid structure pipes, hydraulic support pipes, fluid transportation pipes, gas cylinder pipes, and axles. It also provides z-beams, sheet piles, angle steel, and other special-shaped profiles that are used in industrial and corridors, sea dikes, railway poles, and steel for railway vehicle beams; rails; hot-rolled ribbed steel bars, high-carbon hard wires, cold heading steels, welding wires and electrode steel, round steel for pumping rods, etc.; and rare earth steel and concentrates. In addition, the company offers fluorite concentrate; metallurgical coke, coke oven gas, crude benzene, coal tar and modified pitch, anthracene oil, wash oil, coking naphthalene, light oil, phenol oil, crude phenol, ammonium sulfate, and coking crude sulfur. Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Baotou, China. Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.Web21 evaluation

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