Firestarters Flashcards

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What is Amalgamet?

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UK company, part of AMC, NCE most income, physical trader of NFM

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What is Aurubis known for?

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Europes largest copper producer, significant long position (500-1000) @ LME due to Copper on Account Concept, short on other metals, also Producer Gold, Silver etc. 2 smelters, Copper on Account

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Company: Awin

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Singapore, Trading part of Wang Wenyin, high margin focused, very active on LME warrants, likes to deal with TMS

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Company: Bands Financial

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Hong Kong, Commodity & Financial Futures Broker, lme trading volume ~ 75k, 100% hedging no physical, cross-border arbitrage trading

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Company: CITIC

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Hong Kong, metal part of Citic Group, has stakes in mines, trader of NFM & FM

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What does Deniz do?

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Private sector bank in Turkey, lots of sub accounts, mostly physicals, main contacts are Beyza, Ilkin and Hakan

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What is EMR’s business focus?

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Recycler & trader, 100% of Europe hedging, 50% of UK hedging, 0% of USA hedging (Comtex)

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What does Eagle Metal specialize in?

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NFM trader, 80% hedging, some cross-border arbitrage, copper is 90% of their trading portfolio, have 7 - 9 brokers

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What is Eugene’s role?

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Derivatives product company in S. Korea, trades on behalf of clients, strong relationship with TMS

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What is Grillo’s significance?

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Client since 1970, galvanizer and trader/supplier, main contact Florian (is also on the LME Zinc committee)

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What is Hindalco known for?

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Aluminium producer in India, lowest cost producer in the world, world’s largest single site copper smelter, main contacts Nitin & Aushutosh

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What does IXM focus on?

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Controlled by CMOC Group, focus on base metals, top 3 metals trader, focused on battery metals, main contacts Sujohn & Ivan

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What does Jin Li HK do?

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Lead and zinc smelting, recycling & trade, one of China’s top 500 private/manufacturing enterprises

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What is Lobb Heng’s business?

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Logistics/warehousing/commodities trading/capital management

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What is MBR’s market position?

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Small trader (base metals, ferrochrome) but successful

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What does MC RTME specialize in?

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Mining, smelting & refining (BM & PM)

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What does MRI trade?

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NFM refined and precious trader, serve ore to smelters, bilateral account, TPA Account with Arab Bank

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What is MYNE’s business focus?

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NFM recycler, TPA

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What does Mechem do?

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Base metal products trader, bilateral accounts

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What is Metallum’s significance?

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Trading part of Thommen Group, CH’s largest scrap trader & recycler

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What is Metdist known for?

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Trader, troublesome

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What does Metex do?

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Trader & manufacturer of NFM, parent company of several aluminium companies, currently largest repo customer

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What is NEXANS’s industry?

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S. Korean Producer of telecom, optical and automotive wiring, Nexans S.A. Group parent company

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What is NH Futures’ role?

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Derivatives trading, Introducing Broker (IB) to help Triland enter Korean market, has omnibus account for small Korean clients, main contact is Aaron

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What does Ocean do?
Merchant trading company, have a mine in Bolivia, blending in Taiwan, bilateral account & numerous TPA accounts
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What is Parthnon's business?
Commodity trader, buys LME cargo and imports it into China for domestic sales
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What does Polycab manufacture?
Cables, wire & etc. Indias largest wire Manufacturer
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What is Raffemet's service?
Singapore, trader, Service providers for tin financing & arbitrage
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What does Reazn produce?
Producer & recycler of zinc alloys
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What is Red's market position?
CH Trader & smelter, biggest copper long in 2023
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What does Royalline trade?
Singapore, Trading & shipping iron ore & NFM
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What is Suedkupfer's role?
Ger, Middleman between producers, traders and consumers providing spec. copper products, only long positions
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What does Thyssenkrupp do?
Trader for Thyssenkrupp AG, hedging for primary trading
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What is TripleM's focus?
Canada, Scrap trader & recycler
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What does Transamine specialize in?
CH, Sourcing copper, zinc, lead and nickel concentrates and selling to smelters worldwide, sensitive over NCE charges
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What is Traxys Eur known for?
Physical trader & merchant, major industry player 'Tier 2'
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What does Trimet CH do?
Trader
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What is UOB's business?
Refiner / Recycler / Manufacturer
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What does Umicore manufacture?
Battery materials, automotive catalysts, refining & recycling precious metals, aerospace ceramics
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What does Walsin produce?
Producer
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What is Zijin's focus?
Exploration and development in copper, gold, zinc & lithium & research
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Schlenk
Ger, manufacturer of metal effect pigments, 900 empl., mittelfranken
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Amalgamet
UK company, part of AMC, NCE most income, physical trader of NFM
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Aurubis
Ger, Europes largest Copper producer, significant long position (500-1000) @ LME due to Copper on Account Concept (unique to Aurubis), short on other metals
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Awin
Singapore, Trading part of Wang Wenyin, high margin focused, very active on LME warrants, like to deal with TMS,
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Bands F
Hong Kong, Commodity & Financial Futures Broker, lme trading volume ~ 75k, 100% hedging no physical, cross-border arbitrage trading,
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BH Mining
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CITIC
Hong Kong, Metal Part of Citic Group, Has stakes in Mines, Trader of NFM & FM
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Daishin
S. Korea, broker,
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Deniz
Turkey, Private Sector Bank, Lots of sub accounts, mostly physicals, Main contacts are Beyza, Ilkin and Hakan,
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EMR
UK, recycler & trader, we get 100 % of europe hedging, 50% of Uk hedging and 0% of their USA hedging (Comtex)
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Eagle Metal
Singapore, NFM trader, 80% hedging, some cross-border arbitrage, Copper is 90% of their trading portfolio, have 7 - 9 brokers
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Eugene
S. Korea, Derivatives product company, Trades on behalf of clients, Hiho was introduced by them, strong relationship with TMS
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Grillo
Ger, client since 1970, galviniser and trader/supplier,main contact Florian (is also on the LME Zinc committee),
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Hindalco
India, alu producer, "lowest cost producer in the world", worlds largest single site copper smelter, took 3 years to onboard, main contact Nitin & Aushutosh
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IXM
CH, controlled by CMOC Group, focus on base metals , Top 3 metals trader, focused on battery metals, main contact Sujohn & Ivan,
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Jin Li HK
HK, lead and zinc smelting, recycling & trade, one of Chinas top 500 private/manufacturing enterprises.
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Konexus
Still being onboarded?
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Lobb Heng
Singapore, logistics/warehousing/commodities trading/capital management
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MBR
Estonia, small trader (base M, ferrochrome…) but successful
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MC RTME
"Downstairs", Mining, smelting & refining (BM & PM),
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MRI
CH, NFM refined and precious trader, bilateral account, TPA Account with Arab Bank
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MYNE
NL, NFM recycler, TPA
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Mechem
CH, base metal products trader, Bilateral accounts,
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Metallum
CH, trading part of Thommen Group, ch largest scrap trader & recycler,
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Metdist
Cyprus, trader, troublesome
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MIT
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Metex
US/CH, Trader & manufacturer of NFM, parent company of several alu companies, currently largest repo customer,
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NEXANS
S. Korea, producer of telecom, optical and automotive wiring, Nexans S.A. Group parent company
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NH Futures
S. Korea, derivatives trading, Introducing Broker (IB) to help Triland enter korean market, has omnibus account for korean clients that are too small, main contact is aaron,
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Ocean
US/UK, merchant trading company, have a mine in bolivia, blending in Taiwan, bilateral account & numerous TPA accounts
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Parthnon
Singapore, commodity trader, buys LME cargo and imports it into china for domestic sales
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Polycab
India, cables wire & etc manufacturer,
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RTMI
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Raffemet
Singapore, "service providers" for tin financing & arbitrage?,
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Reazn
Belgium/UK, producer & recycler of zinc alloys,
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Red
CH, Trader & smelter, biggest copper long in 23,
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Royalline
Singapore, trading & shipping iron ore & NFM,
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Samsung F
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Sansing
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Sorin
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Suedkupfer
Ger, middleman between producers, traders and consumers providing spec. coppper products., only long positions (they hold no stock),
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Thyssenkrupp
Ger, trader for Thyssenkrupp AG, hedging for primary trading,
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TripleM
Canada, scrap trader & recycler,
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Transamine
Trader. Switzerland. Main business is sourcing copper, zinc, lead and nickel concentrates and selling to smelters worldwide. Sensitive over NCE charges.
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Traxys Sing
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Traxys Eur
Luxenbourg, physical trader & merchant, major industrt player "Tier 2",
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Trimet CH
CH, trader,
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UOB
Refiner / Recycler/ Manufacturer
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Umicore
Manufacturer
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Walsin
Producer
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Zijin
Singapore, exploration and development in copperm gold, zinc & lithium & research,