Mineral Resources
Introduction
Our Mineral Resources Business Group is engaged across the industry, trading in products and investing in carbon fibre. We trade in carbon-related products, nickel, copper, aluminium, titanium and precious metals, while providing logistics, derivative-hedging and structured trade finance services.
Business Fields
- Carbon-related products trading
- Metals trading
- Base metal recycling
Mineral Resources
We trade copper and precious metals-related material, such as precious metals anode slime and converter slag. In addition, we are pursuing business opportunity in the recycling sector, such as E-Scrap and recycled copper.
Carbon
We trade in a variety of carbon products, including: graphite electrodes used in the steel-making process; and cathode blocks used in aluminium smelting. We also invest in the manufacturer of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics for various applications including aircraft, civil engineering and power transmission.
Non-Ferrous Products
We actively trade in non-ferrous products on behalf of Japanese suppliers (e.g., OSAKA Titanium Technologies). In addition, we provide a derivative hedging and structured financing service to the aluminium market in Europe.
Group Companies
- Sumitomo Corporation Global Commodities
- SCMI
