UK-registered non-ferrous trading company

Copper and aluminium scrap,
sourced in Europe — supplied to India.

We buy ISRI-specification copper and aluminium scrap from established, association-member yards across the UK and Europe, and supply it to smelters, refiners and ingot makers in India. Every shipment is independently inspected before loading and paid by letter of credit at sight.

CopperBarley · Berry · Candy · Birch/Cliff · Dream
AluminiumTaldon UBC · Talon · Tata/Tato · Troma · Zorba
DeliveredNhava Sheva · Mundra · Chennai · Kandla

How we work

01

We buy where export is legal and verifiable

Our sourcing is confined to the UK, Germany, the Benelux and the Nordics — mature, regulated markets where a supplier's registration, VAT status and yard can be checked. We do not buy copper from origins where scrap export is restricted or where provenance cannot be evidenced.

02

Every container is inspected before it loads

An independent agency — SGS, Bureau Veritas or Alex Stewart — verifies grade, purity, weight and radiation at the supplier's yard prior to stuffing. The inspection is appointed and paid for by us, not by the seller.

03

Letter of credit at sight. No advance payments.

We settle against shipping documents through an irrevocable LC at sight. We do not pay deposits, allocation fees or mandate fees, and we do not ask our counterparties to. It is the simplest protection in this trade and we apply it without exception.

04

One trial container before any volume

New supply relationships begin with a single container so that specification, documentation and process are proven at small scale. Volume programmes follow evidence, not promises.

Scrap trading fails on two things: material that is not what it was described as, and money that moves before the metal does. Our terms are built so that neither can happen.

Materials we trade

We deal exclusively in non-ferrous — copper and aluminium. Grades are contracted to ISRI (ReMA) specification, with purity, moisture and contamination limits stated in every contract.

Copper

  • Bare Bright / Millberry — ISRI Barley, 99.9%+ Cu
  • No.1 Copper — ISRI Berry & Candy, 99%+ Cu
  • No.2 Copper — ISRI Birch & Cliff, 94–96% Cu
  • No.1 Heavy Copper Solids — ISRI Dream
Copper specifications →

Aluminium

  • Baled UBC — ISRI Taldon, min 99% Al
  • Wire & cable — ISRI Talon
  • Extrusion 6063 — ISRI Tata / Tato
  • Wheels, clippings, Zorba — Troma, Taint/Tabor, Zorba
Aluminium specifications →

Enquiries

We welcome enquiries from yards and traders with material to sell, and from consumers in India seeking regular supply. Please include grade, tonnage, port and preferred terms.

sales@moorgatemetals.com

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