Our work with finished products consists in purchasing metals such as Copper, Aluminum, Nickel and Tin from the stock market, mainly the LME, and stocking (when necessary), selling and delivering them to our customers. In addition, we boast a significant network of brokers and direct agreements with manufacturers and refineries, so that we are able to offer a wide range of standard products, not registered and of each quality grade, too, being so always in line with the market.

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Copper Cathodes
Originally there are different levels of Copper production:

• Primary Copper (also known as mineral);
• Refined Copper.

Primary Copper is the Copper content extracted in mines, which can be refined on the spot or shipped to refineries in the form of concentrates. Refined Copper is produced through the refining, usually electrolytic refining, of not just primary Copper extracted from the mine, but also that obtained from recycled scrap. It is estimated that on average 17% of refined Copper products comes from scrap.

The world mining production in 1970 was 8.595 million tons. In 2006 Chile was the most important mineral-producing country (35% of world production), followed by the United States, Peru, China and Australia. The production of refined Copper saw China at the top (about 18% of the total), followed by Chile, Japan, USA and Russia.

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Aluminium Ingots, T-Bars
Aluminum is extracted mainly from bauxite minerals and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, its softness, and lightness. Primary Aluminum is processed through various industrial processes such as casting, forging or stamping.

Aluminum is used in many industries to manufacture millions of different products and it is very important for the world economy. Structural components made of Aluminum are vital to the aerospace industry and very important in other fields of transportation and construction in which lightness, durability and strength are needed.

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Nickel Briquettes, Cathodes, Cut Cathodes
Most of all the Nickel is extracted from two types of mineral deposits. The first type is laterites and garnierites. The second type is sulphide deposits of magmatic origin in which the main mineral is pentlandite.

In terms of quantity supplied, the region of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, produces about 30% of the world demand for Nickel. Other deposits are in Russia, New Caledonia, Australia, Cuba and Indonesia. However, it is thought that most of the Nickel on Earth is concentrated in the nucleus of our planet.

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Tin Ingots
Tin easily alloys with iron and was used in the past to coat lead, zinc and steel to prevent corrosion.

This silvery, malleable metal, which does not oxidize easily in air and resists corrosion, is used in many alloys and to coat other metals that are more vulnerable to corrosion.

Each year about 360,000 tons of Tin are used worldwide, most of which are produced in China and then Indonesia.

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