IXM
Metals trading company
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IXM S.A. is a base metal commodity trading company with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It is regarded as the third biggest metals trading company aside from Glencore and Trafigura.[5][6] The current company was rebranded from "LDC Metals" to "IXM" after the transaction from LDC Group to the Chinese fund NCCL Natural Resources Investment Fund was completed in May 2018.[7][8] It is a global merchant in base and precious metals, and is among the top copper, zinc and lead concentrates merchandizers, and a leader in refined copper, zinc, aluminium and nickel markets.
Metals and Mining
(As Louis Dreyfus Metals)[1]
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Commodities Metals and Mining |
| Founded | 2005 (As Louis Dreyfus Metals)[1] |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kenny Ives (CEO) |
| Products | Metals Concentrate and Refined Metals |
| Revenue | US$ 12.524 billion (2017)[2] |
| Undisclosed | |
| US$ 92.3 million (2017)[2] | |
| Total assets | US$ 3085.6 million (2017)[2] |
| Total equity | US$ 407.0 million (2017)[2] |
| Owner | China Molybdenum[3] |
Number of employees | Over 420[4] |
| Website | www |
IXM's business started in 2005 when Louis Dreyfus Company acquired Mitsui & Co's copper concentrates book.[9] The business was expanded rapidly afterwards, when IXM broadened its reach to multiple raw and refined metal books. In 2012, IXM acquired 51% stake of GKE metal with $8m, as a step of its expansion into metals warehousing business.[10] The GKE Metal's stake was sold to a sister company of LDC in Nov 2017, as per a company filing of Louis Dreyfus Company.[11]
China Molybdenum took full control IXM in July 2019.[3]
