DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,224

EVRAZ STRATCOR, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF STRATEGIC MINERALS CORPORATION
HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 7, 2012, by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Evraz Stratcor, Inc., a subsidiary of
Strategic Minerals Corporation, Hot Springs, Arkansas. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of vanadium compounds.
During the course of the investigation information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of vanadium compounds by Evraz Stratcor,
Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the vanadium
compounds produced by Evraz Stratcor, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Evraz Stratcor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Evraz Stratcor,
Inc., a subsidiary of Strategic Minerals Corporation, Hot
Springs, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of vanadium compounds meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Evraz Stratcor, Inc., a subsidiary of
Strategic Minerals Corporation, Hot Springs, Arkansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 6, 2011, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of December, 2012


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance