Mineral Resources
Introduction
Our Mineral Resources Unit 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
- Recycling of battery raw materials
Mineral Resources
Our Mineral Resources department trades FeNi and Ni from various suppliers (e.g. Kosovo, Madagascar, Japan and South Africa). These products are used in the stainless steel, chemical, supper alloy and plating sectors. We also pursue business development in the recycling of battery raw materials.
Carbon
We trade in a variety of carbon products, including: graphite electrodes used in the steel-making process; cathode blocks used in aluminium smelting; and pitch-based carbon fibre used in various industries due to its superior properties (light weight, high stiffness and high thermal conductivity). We also invest in the manufacturer of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics.
Non-Ferrous Products
We actively trade in non-ferrous products and equipment on behalf of Japanese suppliers (e.g. OSAKA Titanium Technologies and Nippon Coke & Engineering). In addition, we provide a derivative hedging and structured financing service to the aluminium market in Europe.
Group Companies
- Sumitomo Corporation Global Commodities
- SCMI
