Black Dust Industries was a holding company owned by the retired smuggler Karl Mathieu Ancher on Socorro. The coalition held shares in the Black Dust Tavern, Boliscon Towers, and Ethra Brewery. In addition to these holdings, Black Dust Industries owned massive shares of land on Neftali and settlement donations from the Black Bha'lir. An association of legitimate businesses, Black Dust Industries was somewhat of a minority on Socorro.