Liberrty House

United Arab Emirates

Liberty has been trading a wide range of raw materials and products related to the ferrous industry for over 24 years. The business has built strong lasting relationships with many supply mills and end users. Iron ore fines, iron ore lumps, iron ore pellets, pig iron, scrap, hbidri, metallics, coking coal, coke and thermal coal form part of the Group's raw materials portfolio. These materials are then incorporated into the steel making process, either through blast furnaces, electric furnaces or coal based sponge iron routes. Liberty also sources thermal coal for power plants that are allied to ferrous production units and leverages its expertise to supply stand-alone power plants as well. The bulk of the company's trade is in products that are processed further and serve as input material in industrial units. Liberty trades bulk volumes in blooms, billets, slabs and hot rolled coils. Blooms and billets are further rolled into deformed bars, wire rods, structurals and other long products by our customers. Slabs are rolled into plates or hot rolled coils and hot rolled coils are further processed into pipes and structures or rolled further into cold rolled coils. While the trading part of the business is focussed on bulk inputs, Liberty also seeks to enhance its offerings through local service, distribution and stock centres by competitively sourcing finished steel products ranging from wire rods and deformed bars to cold rolled and coated steels.

The non-ferrous part of Liberty's business is fast growing component and includes the following metals (both physical and on paper): Nickel (Ni) - Nickel is a strong, ductile, malleable metal, resistant to corrosion and a poor conductor of both heat and electricity. 55% of the total supply of the world’s nickel is supplied by just 5 countries and 60% of the world’s output is used in the stainless steel industry. Copper (Cu) - Copper is a reddish brown metal, considered to be the oldest known commodity that has a bearing on the worldwide economy. Copper does not corrode and is a highly conductive and malleable metal. The main business market for copper is in the construction industry for use in electrical wiring and plumbing. In some countries copper is also used for coinage production. Zinc (Zn) - Zinc is a blue-white metal and after steel, aluminium and copper, it is the 4th most used metal in the world. It is highly resistant to corrosion, particularly from the atmosphere, is hard and brittle, as well as moderately conductive. Zinc is used as a coating for other metals and mainly used in construction and automotive industries. Tin (Sn) - Tin a silvery-white metal. It is highly resistant to corrosion and low on toxicity. This prevents tap water, salt water or distilled water from corroding tin, which allows it to have numerous applications for which other metals would be unsuitable. Tin does not oxidise on contact with the atmosphere, which makes it ideal for coating of other metals.