Under the terms of the technical cooperation convention passed with the General Society of Ores, we sell our production FOB African ports. He/it belongs us from then on to transport our metals until Matadi, Dar be-Salaam, Lobito or Beira according to the case. The whole merchandising from the loading on ships is assured therefore by the S.G.M., including the charterings of these ships.

The S.G.M. dedicates itself since his/her/its foundation in 1919 to the trade of ores and the non ferrous metals. His/her/its head office is at Brussels, that means in the center of the markets European consumers who are our main customers: it is an essential element of the efficiency of the services that returns us the S.G.M.
Besides, this society has a network of agencies, subsidiaries and societies friends that covers the five continents and that is specialized quite. In collaboration with our factories as with other producers who confide him their merchandising, the S.G.M. maintains constant technico-commercial contacts with our clientele, what allows us to keep competitive the quality of our products.

The S.G.M. works also in permanent contact with different organisms of promotion of the uses of metals, copper, cobalt, tin, zinc, etc...
This constant will to follow the requirements and the needs of the clientele, to attach itself/themselves better him or to conquer a news of it, drove us otherwise to put more and more on the market a part of our productions under shapes evolved. For the copper, these are the special formats: the billettes, trays, slabs in continuous stream, etc... For the cobalt, these are the special so-called products: fine and superfine powders of metal, oxides, and salts. It is why we make way treat in Europe a part of our metals.

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