Products
Metals presently traded include:
Alumina, Bauxite, Iron Ore & Raw Materials
The highly experienced Bulk Commodities team at Alaska Metals AG is responsible for the strategic and operational performance of the Alaska Metals AG raw materials business worldwide. Our vision is to be a major player in the field, whilst our strengths lie in contract performance and commitment.
We are positioned to support specific smelter requirements from refineries located in all regions of the world.
Alaska Metals AG is a leading supplier of smelter-grade calcined alumina, bauxite, and the raw materials for the aluminium industry, including
- Calcined Petroleum Coke
- Aluminium Fluoride
- Synthetic Cryolite
- Coal Tar Pitch
- Cathode/Side Block
- Prebaked Carbon Anode
- Anode Paste
In 2008 Alaska Metals AG traded approximately one million tonnes of smelter grade alumina, making us one of the leading global alumina trading houses. Since then, we have increased that volume by 50% to over 1.5 million metric tonnes annually, and are expecting to significantly improve on these numbers over the coming years.
The Alaska Metals AG alumina supply sources are well known refineries whilst our customers include, smelters, refineries and traders. Alaska Metals AG assumes delivery commitments for alumina and raw materials to various countries on an annual basis.
We are actively looking for opportunities to enter into long-term off-take contracts for iron ore to capitalise on our existing presence and relationships in India and China. This will also be complementary with the efforts of our Energy Team, as many of the end users of these products are one and the same. To this end, our bulk department, in conjunction with our network of agents, are evaluating several potential transactions around the world.
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Alaska Metals AG is probably the 4th largest physical primary aluminium merchant currently trading on a global basis. Annual turnover of primary aluminium is in excess of 300,000 metric tonnes and rising year on year.
The primary physical department have many years experience in trading physical aluminium T-bars, sows and ingots worldwide. The department prides itself on its ability to interpret up-to-the-minute financial information affecting the supply/demand of physical material in order to recognise and pre-empt global geopolitical changes.
This ability directly governs our profitability and determines the strategic positions we take geographically and our overall physical game-plan and exposure to market requisites. We always remember that our business is based on personal relationships. It is face-to-face and long-term.
Planning ahead is crucial. However, attention to the overall market whilst attempting to give and obtain maximum flexibility from our trade partners at all times, hopefully allows us to stay one step ahead of the competition.
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Alaska Metals AG has added Energy trading to its operations to take advantage of globally available opportunities. The Energy team specialises in thermal and coking coal, coke, as well as oil products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and bunker fuel. With reference to coal, we have established strategic partnerships with companies based in Indonesia and the Far East, who have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the local market as well as the international scene.
Alaska Metals AG will continue to form such strategic partnerships so as to extend our global reach.
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In 2012 Alaska Metals AG expanded its commodity trading into Soft Commodities. Our initial product is Crude Palm Oil sourced from established Indonesian and Malaysian plantations.
Alaska Metals AG is committed to the principles of sustainable oil and supports the works of Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil ( RSPO).
Our aim is to achieve about 1% share of the global CPO market by 2014.
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