Twenty markets.
One intelligence system.
DAM's minerals and metals desk is now structured as a transaction-intelligence system rather than a commodity catalogue. Each market is screened through specification, origin, buyer fit, route economics, pricing architecture, diligence and execution controls.
Discuss a requirement →From public data
to trade decision.
Every dossier now follows the same eight-layer architecture: market snapshot, specification, physical chain, commercial architecture, DAM trading edge, execution checklist, transaction playbook and data room. The objective is to make the website useful before a live enquiry arrives.
Specification first
Identify the exact chemistry, grade, form, size, moisture and buyer acceptance envelope before discussing price.
Compare the right unit
Convert supplier offers into comparable contained-metal, usable-mineral or delivered-cost economics.
Control the transaction
Supplier diligence, assay, title, sanctions/KYC, inspection, logistics, payment security and settlement are explicit gates.
Volume creates
the foundation.
Large recurring cargoes create the physical backbone of the desk. DAM's edge is specification matching, route economics, alternative origins and disciplined execution.
Iron Ore
Fines, lump, concentrates and pellets; benchmark-linked steel-chain trading.
02 · Aluminium chainAluminium / Bauxite / Alumina
Mine-to-refinery-to-metal economics with grade, silica, caustic and logistics analysis.
03 · Fertilizer feedstockPhosphate Rock
P₂O₅, impurity and acid-yield economics for fertilizer chains.
04 · Process feedstockSulphur
Gulf-to-India bulk flows, contract basis, port and freight economics.
05 · Fertilizer mineralPotash
MOP/SOP supply security, origin optionality and Indian demand cycles.
06 · Industrial mineralLimestone
High-calcium and flux grades mapped by quarry, port and consuming plant.
07 · Quality arbitrageSilica / Quartz
Purity, iron, grain size and application-specific buyer matching.
08 · Construction feedstockGypsum
Oman-led bulk supply into cement and construction chains.
Contained metal
is the trade.
Concentrates and ores are not interchangeable. Grade, impurities, recoveries, treatment charges, freight and payable metal determine the real landed economics.
Copper
Concentrate, blister, anode and cathode; TC/RC, payable-metal and by-product intelligence.
10 · Base metalZinc
Concentrate and refined zinc for galvanizing and alloy supply chains.
11 · Stainless / batteryNickel
Ore, concentrate, NPI, matte and chemical routes with Indonesian supply intelligence.
12 · Battery metalLead
Concentrate and refined lead with battery demand and silver-credit economics.
13 · Steel alloyManganese
African origin intelligence and furnace-specific Mn/Fe economics.
14 · Stainless chainChromite
Cr/Fe, silica, furnace recovery and South African route economics.
Scarcity creates
information value.
Lower physical volumes can carry disproportionately high monetary and strategic value. DAM prioritizes traceability, origin risk, processing routes and qualified counterparties.
Cobalt
Hydroxide and intermediates with origin integrity and responsible-sourcing controls.
16 · Energy transitionLithium
Spodumene and lithium chemicals mapped through conversion economics.
17 · Battery materialGraphite
Natural flake, purity, size and downstream qualification.
18 · Specialty metalTin
Concentrate and refined tin with Asian smelter and policy intelligence.
Value density
changes the model.
Precious metals require tighter compliance, title, assay and settlement controls. DAM treats these as specialist transactions rather than ordinary bulk trading.
We don't simply source commodities.
We solve the transaction around them.
The upgraded dossiers are designed to become the operating layer for DAM's physical trading desk: identify supply, lock the specification, normalize economics, match a buyer, diligence the counterparties and control execution.
- Origin and producer intelligence
- Assay, specification and contained-unit economics
- Freight, port and route optimisation
- Benchmark, premium/discount and treatment-charge analysis
- Buyer matching and transaction structuring
- Counterparty, sanctions and documentary controls