Big River Steel Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd provides consultancy support in coal and mineral exploration including geological, geophysical, hydrological and environmental data generation. Its services also include infrastructure engineering, environmental management, geomatics, specialized technology services, and management systems, for the coal industry as well as for other minerals. The company's business operations include (i) geological exploration and resource evaluation; (ii) mine planning and design services; (iii) environment services; (iv) geomatics and survey services. The majority of revenue is derived from the Geological Exploration and Resource Evaluation services, which include services such as drilling and geological report preparation.

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd is engaged in the business of production and sale of Coal. The company's core business is the mining, processing, and supply of coal from its blocks in the Jharia coalfields in Jharkhand and the Raniganj coalfields in West Bengal. The majority of its revenues is derived from the production of raw coking coal.

Elemental Royalty Corp is engaged in exploration discovery, royalty generation, royalty acquisition, and strategic investments.

i-80 Gold Corp is a well-financed gold and silver producer engaged in the exploration, development, and production of gold, silver, and poly-metallic deposits. The Company's principal assets include the Ruby Hill Mine, Lone Tree Mine, Granite Creek Mine, and McCoy-Cove Project.

Aluar Aluminio Argentino SAIC is an Argentina based company engaged in manufacturing aluminum and aluminum products. It is used for aerospace, electrical component, construction, and transportation industries. The company offers rolling and alloy ingots, extrusion billets, rods, beams and zinc sows, among others. It also offers integrated solutions for engineering, manufacturing, construction, assembly and industrial services projects.

Ivanhoe Electric Inc is a United States-based d minerals exploration company with a focus on developing mines from mineral deposits principally located in the United States. The company has four business segments; Santa Cruz Project; critical metals; data processing services; and energy storage. It derives a majority of its revenue from Canada. The Santa Cruz Project and critical metals segments are focused on mineral project exploration and development. The data processing segment provides data analytics, geophysical modeling, and artificial intelligence services for the mineral, oil & gas, and water exploration industries. The energy storage segment develops, manufactures, and installs vanadium flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage.

Mariana Minerals is a minerals company that integrates mining operations with software systems to advance exploration and extraction of lithium, copper, nickel, and related resources.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA is a Brazil-based company engaged in producing and distributing flat steel products. The company's product portfolio comprises ordinary heavy plates, Sincron series premium heavy plates, hot strips, cold-rolled, and galvanized products. These products are used in automotive, civil construction, railway, electric, white goods, offshore platforms, and agricultural and construction machinery. The Brazilian domestic market represents the majority of the company's sales, while the United States, Argentina, and Turkey are the export destination markets for the company.

Duro Dakovic Grupa Dionicko Drustvo is a Croatia based company engaged in multiple businesses. Its operates in Defence, Transport and Industry and Energetics sectors. The company offers battle tanks and combat vehicles, freight wagons, pressure equipment, large components, steel structures and valves for the oil industry among other products.

Minerals 260 Ltd is a mineral exploration company. The company's projects include Moora Project, Aston Lithium- Lithium, Uranium & Rare Earth Element Project Koojan JV Project, Dingo Rocks, and Yalwest.

TMC The Metals Co Inc is a deep-sea minerals exploration company focused on the collection, processing, and refining of polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor in international waters of the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Polymetallic nodules are discrete rocks that sit unattached to the seafloor, occur in notable quantities in the CCZ, and have high concentrations of nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese in a single rock. The company believes these four metals contained in the polymetallic nodules are critical for energy infrastructure and industrial manufacturing. The Company’s business consists of only one operating segment, namely exploration of seafloor polymetallic nodules, which includes the development of a metallurgical process to treat such seafloor polymetallic nodules.

Bellevue Gold Ltd is a gold exploration company. The single operating segment of the company is the exploration and evaluation of minerals, mining, and processing of Gold in Australia. The company projects include the Bellevue Gold Project which is located in the northwest of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the Kathleen Valley Project, and the South Yandal Gold Project.

Graphite India Ltd is an industrial products manufacturer in India. It manufactures graphite electrodes and graphite-based products. Its segments are Graphite and Carbon segment, which is engaged in the production of Graphite Electrodes, Other Miscellaneous Graphite and Carbon Products, and related Processing/Service Charges; Steel segment, which is engaged in manufacturing of High Speed Steel and Alloy Steel; and Other segment, is engaged in manufacturing/laying of GRP Pipes and Power Generating Unit exclusively for outside sale. The company also manufactures other products like Impervious Graphite Equipment and Spares, steel and alloy steel, reinforced plastic pipes, and many more. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Graphite and Carbon segment.

Molibdenos y Metales SA is a Chile-based holding company engaged in the treatment and processing of molybdenum and related products, which are used in a range of industrial activities. The company offers Molybdenum- and Rhenium-based products to different industries, such as the iron and steel industry, the chemical industry, the metal/superalloy industry and others.

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional is an integrated steel producer. together with its subsidiaries operates in five main business segments: Steel industry: production and marketing of flat and long steels; Mining: extraction, processing and marketing of iron ore, tin, limestone and dolomite; Cement: production and commercialization of bagged and bulk cement, in addition to aggregates, concrete, and other related products; Energy: generation and sale of energy from almost all renewable sources; and Logistics: participations in railways and port terminals. The group generates the majority of its revenue from the Steel industry segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Asia.

GermanSubCo is the German holding subsidiary of Vulcan Energy Resources, focused on lithium extraction and geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine Valley.

Electra is a steelmaking technology company that produces clean iron from high-impurity ores using electrolytic reduction powered by renewable energy. Operating a pilot plant in Boulder, Colorado since 2022, its process eliminates coking coal and cuts carbon emissions by 80% compared to blast furnaces. The company raised $85 million in Series A funding in 2023 from investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and works with steel producers to scale commercial facilities targeting 10 million tons annual output by 2030.

Jinyuansheng is a Shanghai-headquartered enterprise specializing in mining, smelting, and processing of energy metals like nickel and cobalt. It manufactures lithium-ion battery cathode precursors and handles power battery recycling at facilities supporting the electric vehicle supply chain.