Iron ore
Lump and fines for blast furnaces, plus pellet feed for direct-reduction plants, from producers with consistent iron content.
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Services
Everything between the mine and your plant
Physical trading, full procurement outsourcing, and the shipping and quality control that hold both together.
Physical trading in metals and minerals
Sourcing, supplying and trading metals and minerals is our core business. HS headings are shown for reference, and specifications are agreed per contract.
Other commodities
We physically source these products from our global supplier base and sell them to customers worldwide.
Furniture
Hand-carved and contemporary pieces for retailers and hospitality projects.
PVC resins
Suspension-grade resin for pipe, profile and film producers.
Cosmetics
Beauty and personal-care lines for regional distributors.
Carpets & rugs
Hand-knotted and machine-made rugs for retail and contract buyers.
Solar panels
Photovoltaic modules for utility-scale and rooftop projects.
Heavy machinery
Power and distribution transformers for utilities and industrial sites.
Electronics
Consumer and commercial electronics for distribution partners.
Material Procurement Outsourcing
One contract, from mine to plant.
MPO is a concept we designed and modelled ourselves. Your plant outsources its complete procurement on a long-term contract at a fixed margin: sourcing, shipping, logistics and quality control included. Raw materials arrive on your production schedule.
- Contract
- Long-term supply agreement
- Pricing
- Fixed margin on commodity cost
- Built for
- Power, steel and cement plants
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Sourcing
We secure the commodity from vetted producers against your specification.
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Quality check
Independent surveyors inspect and sample the cargo before it leaves origin.
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Loading
Our team oversees loading at the port. From this moment the risk sits with TASA.
TASA carries the risk -
Ocean freight
Your cargo sails on a vessel we charter through our shipping alliances.
TASA carries the risk -
Discharge
We manage unloading at the destination port, with independent surveyors on hand.
TASA carries the risk -
Plant delivery
Inland transport delivers to your site, timed to your production plan.
TASA carries the risk
Trade on the terms that suit you
We charter our own vessels when a trade calls for it, and our shipping alliances give us competitive freight the rest of the time. We work on standard Incoterms 2020. Choose one to see where our responsibility ends and yours begins.
Costs paid by TASA
Risk carried by TASA
Free On Board
We deliver the cargo on board the vessel at the loading port. You book the freight and insurance, and the risk passes to you once the cargo is on board.
Quality you can check
Transport is where cargoes go wrong, so that is where we pay the most attention.
- Independent inspection companies oversee loading and unloading
- Our own team supervises shipping and cargo management
- Products in storage are monitored continuously
What does your plant need next quarter?
Send us the grade, the volume and the destination port. Our trading desk comes back with availability and indicative terms.
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