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Source
We buy at the mine and the plant, from producers we already know.
Minerals, ores and alloys · Johannesburg · Est. 2013
If it comes out of the ground, we trade it.
Sprout Capital sources, trades and ships minerals and metals for buyers and sellers worldwide. Headquartered in Johannesburg, fully licensed, with 15 years of trading experience behind every lot.
2013
The year the company was established.
15YRS
Of physical trading experience behind every lot.
18
Materials on the book, and more on request.
JHB
Headquartered in Johannesburg, trading worldwide.
Pit to port, one desk
Scroll to follow a lot
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Sample
Every lot is sampled on the stockpile. An assay sets the grade.
03
Haul
Road haulage from site, booked and tracked by us.
04
Port
Port handling, an independent inspection and the export documents.
05
Ship
Ocean freight to your port, with the certificate of quality on board.
Start here
Three ways in
Look at the materials, see how we move them, or skip straight to a conversation.
Bring us a lot.
Tell us the material and the tonnage. We come back with a time, and with what we can supply or place.
Page 02 · Materials
What we trade
Ores, concentrates, alloys and refined metals. We buy from producers and sell to smelters, refiners, mills and traders, in either direction.
CHROME 03
- Chrome ROMCrRun-of-mine feed for wash plants
- Chrome oreCrLumpy and fines
- Chrome concentrateCr₂O₃For ferrochrome and stainless steel
FERROALLOYS 05
- FerrochromeFeCrStainless steel
- FerromanganeseFeMnCarbon steel
- SilicomanganeseSiMnSteel deoxidiser
- FerrosiliconFeSiSteel and cast iron
- Ferro finesFe-xAlloy fines for blending and remelt
MANGANESE 02
- Manganese oreMnFeed for alloy smelters
- ManganeseMnMetal for aluminium and specialty steel
BASE AND MINOR METALS 05
- Copper oreCuOxide ore for leach plants and smelters
- Copper concentrateCuSmelter feed
- Zinc oreZnFor galvanising supply chains
- TinSnSolder and tinplate
- Cobalt hydroxideCoBattery chemicals
PRECIOUS 01
- PGM concentratePt · Pd · RhFor refining and autocatalysts
ALLOYS AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 02
- Aluminium alloysAlCasting and extrusion
- Zircon sandZrCeramics and foundries
Not on the list?Tell us the material. If it is mined or smelted, we can usually source it or place it.
Ask in a meetingNeed a quote?
Send the material, grade and tonnage. We reply with price basis and delivery.
Page 03 · Services and experience
More than a price
A trade fails on logistics and paperwork far more often than on price. We handle both, so the material arrives as quoted.
A
Sourcing and trading
We buy and sell on our own book, and we match buyers with sellers across a network built over 15 years.
- Spot lots
- Regular offtake
- Buy side and sell side
B
Logistics and freight
Road haulage from mine or plant, port handling and ocean freight, arranged by people who do it every week.
- Road haulage
- Port handling
- Ocean freight
C
Sampling and inspection
Our teams sample every lot. An independent inspector certifies weight and quality at loading.
- Stockpile sampling
- Assay
- Certificate of quality
D
Licensing and documents
We are fully licensed for what we trade, and we prepare the export and shipping documents.
- Export permits
- Shipping documents
- Payment terms
- Export permit
- Weighbridge certificate
- Certificate of quality
- Certificate of origin
- Bill of lading
- Commercial invoice
How we trade
Five steps, one lot
The same sequence for a truckload or a vessel parcel. You see the numbers before you pay for the material.
- 01
Meet
We agree the material, the spec, the volume and the delivery point.
- 02
Sample
Our teams sample the lot. An assay sets the grade.
- 03
Price
We quote against the assay, in writing, for that lot.
- 04
Load
An independent inspector checks weight and quality at loading.
- 05
Settle
You receive the certificate of quality with the shipping documents.
Value
Who gains from a good trade
A lot that is sampled properly, paid fairly and delivered on spec is good for everyone who touches it.
Workers
Sampling, loading and haulage are skilled jobs. We use trained local teams and expect safe sites and fair, on-time pay wherever our material is handled.
Communities
We buy from small and mid-sized producers as well as large ones. That keeps mineral income in the towns where the material is mined.
End users
Chrome becomes stainless steel. PGMs clean vehicle exhaust. Copper and cobalt carry and store electricity. A consistent grade from us means fewer surprises in your furnace.
Experience
Johannesburg desk. Worldwide book.
- Headquarters
- Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Established
- 2013.
- Experience
- 15 years of physical mineral trading.
- Counterparties
- Buyers and sellers worldwide.
- Licensing
- Fully licensed for the materials we trade.
- Delivery
- Road, port and ocean freight, arranged by us.
See it work.
One conversation is enough to know whether we can move your material.
Page 04 · Book a meeting
Let's talk.
Tell us what you buy or sell. We come back with a time, and with what we can supply or place.
huzaifah@sproutcapital.co.zaSprout Capital
Johannesburg, South Africa
- Your material, grade and monthly tonnage
- Where it loads and where it needs to arrive
- How we price, sample and inspect
- Documents, payment terms and the first lot