Fuchsia Commodities is a division of Fuchsia Africa that is dedicated to assisting international clients in acquiring and exporting rare earth metals and agricultural commodities.
Our goal is to aid continental businesses in leveraging the African continent’s greatest asset – its vast mineral and agricultural resource.
With our dedicated network of partners, our primary focus lies in the fields of sourcing and trading. However, we also extend our expertise to provide advisory assistance in financing and logistics for the purpose of fulfilling the varied requirements of our international clientele.
Fuchsia Commodities operates a network of strategically located operational hubs in sub Saharan Africa, and enduring supply agreements with local partners.
This strategic positioning empowers us to provide a holistic service, spanning the entire commodity supply chain, from raw material procurement to efficient and punctual market delivery.
Our Growth Philosophy: Partnerships
At Fuchsia Commodities, we firmly believe in nurturing partnerships that enhance value, foster diversification, and create opportunities for all stakeholders. Partnership lies at the core of our strategic vision and fuels our growth aspirations. Our management team and international partners have extensive expertise in trading, logistics, risk management, and finance.
They possess an intimate understanding of our customers’ technical and commercial requirements. Augmented by our strong African presence and robust industry relationships, our market intelligence ensures that our customers receive a dependable supply of resources essential for their long-term growth.
Our Commitment to Quality and Partnerships
Fuchsia Commodities’ steadfast dedication to quality and strong client partnerships has facilitated the continuous expansion of our operations across a global network.
Our Comprehensive Services
Fuchsia Commodities specializes in providing global trading services for metals, minerals andagricultural commodities across the entire commodity supply chain. We responsibly source adiverse range of products and ensure their efficient and timely delivery to end users.
01. Maximizing Profitability
With business lines spanning base metals, minor metals, ferroalloys, direct shipping ores, and agricultural products, Fuchsia Commodities offers customer-centric strategies and solutions throughout the entire commodity supply chain. This includes sourcing, marketing, logistics, storage, risk management, and financing. Our industrial and marketing operations’ scale and efficiency enable us to responsibly and reliably supply the commodities fundamental to our customers’ profitability.
02. From Source to Customer
Our SSA based strategically located hubs, and enduring supply agreements with local counterparties empower us to provide customers with a comprehensive service, encompassing raw material procurement to efficient and timely delivery.
03. Value-Driven Approach
Integrity is the cornerstone of all Fuchsia Commodities operations, prioritizing the needs and requirements of our customers and partners. Our global reach and market insights ensure we consistently deliver exceptional service and reliable value, offering solutions to meet even the most demanding needs in an ever-evolving global landscape.
Our Comprehensive Services
Fuchsia Commodities specializes in delivering end-to-end logistical trading solutions across the globe. Leveraging our global presence, expert teams, and robust supplier relationships, we offer tailored services across the entire commodity supply chain. From sourcing and procurement to marketing, contractual management, storage, freight, and logistics, our customer-centric strategies and solutions are precisely tailored to meet your unique requirements.
01. Sourcing and Procurement
Fuchsia Commodities’ global offices and longstanding supply agreements empower us to responsibly source raw materials frommines, smelters, and refineries in SSA. We actively oversee and engage in the entire acquisition process, ensuring our ability to facilitate your immediate, short-term, and long-term transactions effectively.
02. Processing and Transportation
Fuchsia Commodities offers short and long-term services for processing, storing, and transporting raw materials in line with the specific requirements of our global customer base. Supported by our enduring relationships with local counterparties, we streamline the transportation of metals and commodities to reputable warehouses for storage prior to shipping.
03. Logistics
Our extensive partner network and experience in the transportation of metals and raw materials ensures efficient and timely delivery from points of origin in the African continent to any location required by Fuchsia Commodities’ worldwide end users.
Our
Products
Fuchsia Commodities is dedicated to assisting international clients in acquiring and exporting rare earth metals. These metals are primarily sourced from Tanzania, Zambia, DRC and Uganda, and we’ve listed some of them below:
01. Base Metals
Copper Cathodes:
Our trading activities encompass copper cathodes, the purest form of copper, widely utilized in electrical, plumbing, and industrial sectors.
02. Industrial Minerals
Gypsum Ore:
Industrial minerals like gypsum ore are part of our trading portfolio, essential for the construction industry in products like plasterboard and cement.
Limestone Ore:
Limestone ore is another industrial mineral we trade, vital for cement production, construction, and various industrial applications.
Copper Concentrate:
We trade copper concentrate, a significant base metal product employed in smelting and refining processes.
Copper Ore:
Copper ore is a core base metal we trade due to its wide-ranging applications in electrical and construction industries.
Tin Ore:
Tin ore is a valuable base metal we source for various alloy and solder manufacturing applications.
Nickel Ore:
We procure and distribute nickel ore, a fundamental base metal with extensive applications in stainless steel, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace industries.
Zinc Concentrate:
Fuchsia Commodities supplies zinc concentrate to commercial partners globally. It is a versatile metal with diverse industrial applications.
Zinc Ore:
It is commonly used for galvanizing steel and iron products to protect them from corrosion, making it vital in construction, automotive, and infrastructure sectors.
03. Energy Resources
Coal Ore:
As a trading company, we handle coal ore, an essential energy resource, used in electricity generation, industrial processes, and as a fuel source for heating and transportation.
04. Precious Metals
Galena Lead Ore:
We deal in galena lead ore, which is considered a precious metal source due to its applications in batteries, radiation shielding, and alloy production.
05. Speciality Metals
Lithium/Cobalt Ore:
Our trading operations include lithium and cobalt ore, specialty metals critical for lithium-ion batteries used in electronic devices, electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and emerging technologies.
06. Versatile Metals
Iron Ore:
Iron ore is a versatile metal and a significant part of our trading activities, used extensively in steel making for construction, infrastructure, and various industrial applications.
07. Minor Metals
(Tantalalite, Antimony, Tungsten, Niobium):
We trade these minor metals, which are essential for electronic components and devices, catering to the market’s increasing demand.
Client
Engagement
01. Key Procedural Steps
- Buyer issues Letter of Intent (LOI), specifying requested product/ commodity, specifications, quantity, delivery terms and preferred method of payment
- Supplier responds with Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Full Commercial Offer (FCO)
- Buyer signs, stamps and returns the NDA and issues Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order (ICPO) with full banking information, Company Profile and issues a Proof of Funds as a BCL/ MT199/ RWA (bank to bank)
- Seller sends draft Sales and Purchase Contract to buyer (SPA draft)
- Buyer signs, stamps and returns the Contract to seller (SPA signed)
- Seller issues the Commercial Invoice and draft verbiage of BG/ SBLC/ DLC for Buyer’s bank verification
- After receipt of the BG/ SBLC/ DLC, Seller commences the delivery of the goods to the preferred bonded warehouse or loading port, or shows the SKR of the available stock in the preferred bonded warehouse or loading port
- Upon the arrival of the goods at the warehouse or loading port, the Seller invites the Buyer for inspection before containerization, so Buyer can instruct their International Surveyor Company to perform the Quality and Quantity Assessment
- Seller appoints, within 48 hours, an International Surveyor Company to carry out a full Quality and Quantity assay of the goods
- After receiving the Assay Reports, the normal process shall be followed depending on the Incoterm specified in the SPA (FOB, CIF, DPU)
02. Payment Terms
- Bank Guarantee (BG) in favour and for the benefit of the Seller “payable on first demand”
- SBLC (MT-760): irrevocable and unconditional cash backed Stand-by Letter of Credit in favour and for the benefit of the Seller. This SBLC should be free and clear of any liens and encumbrances. Validity of 365 days.
- DLC: confirmed, irrevocable, revolving, transferable,divisible, operative, Documentary Letter of Credit in favour and for the benefit of the Seller, in the total amount of the contract (100%) or in the agreed amount as per contract, issued or guaranteed by one of the top 50 world banks, payable at sight, at Sellers bank, validity of minimum 90 days
- Fund Transfer by MT103 Wire Transfer for the total product value
Incoterms
DPU (Delivery at Place Unloaded)
FOB (Free on Board)
CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight)
Ex Mine (Sale price of mineral/metal at mine site)
