At Sucden, we continually seek to seize all opportunities that arise and identify new ways of adding value to our clients.

With its outlook over three key industrial product areas: energy, metals and plastics, our Industrial Commodities Desk is ideally positioned to offer access to qualitative information and prices, as these markets move.

Sucden has a client-focused approach, which coupled with a team of specialist staff, providing the highest possible level of information, ensures a quality brokerage service.

The Markets

Metals
Sucden services clients active in the mining, smelting, refining, fabrication and consumption of base and precious metals.  Our clients come from a spread of these industries, together with merchants, speculators and financial institutions, over a diverse geographical base.

Plastics
Sucden is participating in the LME Plastics market, which was launched in May 2005.  Clients are drawn from the producer and converting industries as well as a diverse range of consumers.

Energy
Sucden works with many clients as an experienced partner in the energy market. We are a long established member of ICE Futures Europe (previously called the IPE) and also have full access to the NYMEX markets. In addition to competitive execution, we also offer in-depth market analysis and strategy advice.

Our clients range from producers, consumers and traders of crude oil and energy products.

Metals – base and precious
Sucden is very active in both precious and base metals. As a Ring Dealing member of the LME, we provide dealing and brokerage services to industrial users of the market, as well as other market makers, speculators and traders. We also provide execution services on precious metals, both on an exchange based and over-the-counter (OTC) nature. On precious metals, exchange traded products are available on COMEX, with OTC futures/forwards and options also available through the loco-London market.



In addition to execution services, we have an experienced team capable of assisting in the development and establishment of hedging strategies. This can entail detailed discussions with the customer to identify the metal price risk, establish their hedging objectives and the suggestion of different alternative products and strategies.

Precious metals
Gold and silver derivatives have been traded for many years. Market makers in precious metals date back as far as the 1600s. Futures and options are traded in New York on COMEX while much business is also booked globally on the over-the-counter 'loco' futures and options market. This market has its origins in the physical bullion markets used by central banks, producers, fabricators, consumers and speculators.

The loco market establishes daily spot 'fixes' which are used as a pricing basis by the physical trade around the world.