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INTL Commodities employs a highly experienced and globally respected team to provide clients with outstanding trade execution and hedging services. Our expertise encompasses precious metals including gold, silver and the platinum group metals, as well as the full range of base metals.
Our clients are as diverse as our products and include banks, fabricators, financial institutions, hedge funds, industrial consumers, wholesale jewelry merchants, physical traders, producers, refiners, and smelters. All require first-rate financial service and the absolute client discretion necessary for conducting business in today’s competitive markets.
INTL Commodities commits its capital and expertise to allow our producer and consumer clients to effectively manage their exposure and enhance profitability through customized programs designed to mitigate risk. These programs utilize spot, forward and option instruments, as well as swaps, leases, consignment accounts, contractual purchase and sale agreements and the ability to price in foreign currencies.
INTL Commodities’ extensive operations and logistics experience provides for seamless execution of all physical transactions in both precious and base metals including financing, warehousing, and worldwide deliveries for both consumers and producers.
Precious Metals
INTL Precious Metals business started in the United States in 2004. It expanded to London in 2006, and then to Dubai and Singapore in 2007.
Our highly qualified, focused team has combined experience exceeding 250 years. We commit capital and expertise to provide efficient execution in gold, silver and platinum group metals.
Products and services include:
- Spot and OTC swaps and forwards, EFP’s
- OTC options and other derivatives
- A complete physical service
- Margin trading
Contact us to learn more about what INTL Commodities can do for you in Precious Metals.
Base Metals
The INTL Base Metals business started in 2005 with a focus on global trading of both primary and secondary lead metal. INTL Commodities Inc. today remains a major buyer of spent industrial and auto batteries.
In 2007, the INTL Base Metals business expanded into copper and other non-ferrous metals trading while maintaining a significant presence in the lead metal arena. The Base Metals business has deep knowledge and experience in sourcing primary and scrap non-ferrous metals throughout the world. Global offices/agencies ensure access to all major physical markets and virtual 24-hour support for our clients/suppliers.
Physical products include copper raw materials, copper cathodes, copper wire rod, finished copper products and a wide variety of copper and lead scrap products including all ISRI-specified copper scrap products. Also included are prime aluminum products and a wide variety of aluminum scrap products including all ISRI-specified aluminum scrap products as well as prime/scrap products in zinc, steel and more.
Contact us to learn more about INTL Commodities Base Metals business.
Steel
Prior to 2004, steel users locked down their steel costs, either directly or indirectly, through long-term pricing agreements with steel mills.
Because China’s enormous increase in consumption drove costs ever higher, U.S. mills began adding surcharges to their contract prices in 2004. This caused enormous cost overruns for steel users committed to providing a fixed price product to their customers. Steel consolidation has given the mills the ability to say that they will no longer bear the risk of long-term price agreements without a built-in adjustment for cost fluctuations.
The net result has been to leave steel users without a viable means to fix total steel costs for extended periods. Steel hedging provides steel users the ability to offer fixed-price contracts to their customers without exposing themselves to the risk of market fluctuations. Today this is accomplished through the use of over-the-counter price swaps and exchanged-based futures contracts. FCStone is positioning itself to be the brokerage firm of choice for steel users seeking to use these tools to protect their bottom line from risk.
Contact us to visit with an FCStone representative regarding Steel Hedging.
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