IXM

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IXM
Type Public
Industry Commodities
Metals and Mining
Founded2005;18 years ago (2005)
(As Louis Dreyfus Metals) [1]
Founder Louis Dreyfus Company
Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kenny Ives (CEO)
ProductsMetals Concentrate and Refined Metals
Revenue US$ 12.524 billion (2017) [2]
Undisclosed
US$ 92.3 million (2017) [2]
Total assets US$ 3085.6 million (2017) [2]
Total equity US$ 407.0 million (2017) [2]
Owner China Molybdenum [3]
Number of employees
Over 420 [4]
Website www.ixmetals.com

IXM S.A. is a base metal commodity trading company with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It is regarded as the third biggest metals trading company aside from Glencore and Trafigura. [5] [6] The current company was rebranded from "LDC Metals" to "IXM" after the transaction from LDC Group to the Chinese fund NCCL Natural Resources Investment Fund was completed in May 2018. [7] [8] It is a global merchant in base and precious metals, and is among the top copper, zinc and lead concentrates merchandizers, and a leader in refined copper, zinc, aluminium and nickel markets.

IXM's business started in 2005 when Louis Dreyfus Company acquired Mitsui & Co's copper concentrates book. [9] The business was expanded rapidly afterwards, when IXM broadened its reach to multiple raw and refined metal books. In 2012, IXM acquired 51% stake of GKE metal with $8m, as a step of its expansion into metals warehousing business. [10] The GKE Metal's stake was sold to a sister company of LDC in Nov 2017, as per a company filing of Louis Dreyfus Company. [11]

China Molybdenum took full control IXM in July 2019. [3]

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