Copper Purity: 99.99%
Origins: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Denmrk
Pricing: At a discount to LME or fixed price
Primary Uses: electrical cables and wires, automotive and electronic components, plumbing
materials and other extruded products
Relevant Standards:
Electrolytic LME Grade ‘A’
Produced in accordance with one of the following standards:
BS EN 1978:1998 (Cu-CATH-1)
ASTM B115-10 (Cathode Grade 1)
Aluminium Purity: 99.7%
(A7)
99.8%
(A8)
Origins: Kazakhstan, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, South Africa, Brazil, Turkiye, Denmark and
People’s Republic of China
Pricing: At a discount to LME or fixed price
Primary Uses: aerospace, automotive, construction, packaging and electrical transmission
Relevant Standards Include:
ASTM B221M-21
ASTM B209/B209M: 2021: REV A
EN 573-3-94
American Aluminium Association Grades 1070 and 1170A
GOST 19437-81 and 11069-2001
Copper Purity: 99.95% plus
Wire diameter: 0.30, 0.25, 0.20, 1, and 2 millimetres
Origins: Kazakhstan, Tanzania and Thailand
Pricing: Fixed price
Primary Uses: electrical wiring, plumbing, industrial machinery and coinage
Copper Purity: 99.9999%
Pricing: Fixed price
Primary uses: circuit boards, conductive links, soldering pastes, superconducting magnets,
medical devices
Sulphur Purity: 99.5% (on dry basis)
Origins: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan
Pricing: At a discount to Platts
Primary Uses: agriculture, rubber manufacture, paper production, pharmaceutical
Relevant Standards:
GOST 127.2-93