OUR BUSINESS
MARKETING & TRADING
We are active in the international merchandising of raw materials, ores and fossil fuels. The group is engaged in marketing its asset backed production, as well as the trading of term off-takes and third party products with major end users across the world;
We act as a principal in most of its trading activities. Our trading philosophy is results driven, not speculative. We aim at creating value for our associates and customers by providing market intelligence combined with innovative and effective solutions for today’s market challenges.
To add value to our customers we deliver and execute innovative contract alternatives using structured financial products to protect the exposure against adverse fluctuations in price.
MINING ACTIVITIES
Prados Verdes
engages in the origination, development and management of mining assets. It structures joint ventures and partnerships with strategic mining companies and project developers, acting as the principal intermediary between the asset ownership and the buyers of the underlying.
These local relations plus the extensive understanding of the inherent risks and opportunities allow the group to identify projects that meet all the requirements of the buyers, as well as those of the local authorities.
Our strength lies in our transaction experience and the reach between a wide range of sources to cater for an extensive range of industries, risk profiles, terms, volumes and sustainability co-benefits.
Prados Verdes
transaction structures are designed to reduce both compliance cost and delivery risk. The transparent transaction handling is to the benefit of a large variety of buyers, mostly private sector entities like multinationals and investment funds through to small corporate.
Through its financing network the company is able to provide financing and investment to develop commodity driven projects at terms more competitive than those achieved without reference to the international market.
RISK MANAGEMENT
In addition to all other activities our active risk management is an intrinsic valued feature of all our transactions and have the objective of preserving the margin benefits for the mutual advantage of customers and company.
Our risk management and hedging services is not only applied to our in-house transactions but to our joint-ventures exposures as well as.
We use a number of contracts from the regulated and the OTC derivative market in our risk management process, these provides the company with the necessary tools to be able to protect against adverse fluctuations in price, as well as theability to profit from periods of inactivity or opportunity.
Our hedging services do not only help us to stabilize cash flows but also to reduce cost of capital as well as enables our stake holders to measure performance.
LOGISTICS
Prados Verdes has a logistics team that secures competitive and reliable freight rates for its various commodity trading hubs and third party clients.
Logistics and distribution are at the core of the business; shipping raw materials to where they can be processed and used or transported to areas where there is a deficit.
Our supply chain solutions to clients aim to improve forecasting accuracy, balancing supply and demand and holding the right inventory, at the right time, at the right location.
Shipping and chartering operations are managed centrally from our Singapore office. Post-fixture operations such as issuing voyage orders, completing stowage plans, negotiating with port agents and handling demurrage claims rests with the key regional offices.
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