About Corius Metals & Trading
The founder of Corius Metals & Trading, Mr A. van Westreenen, has been active in the gold sector. Apart from gathering vast experience in gold, during this period he has also been able to build an international network.
With the founding of Corius Metals & Trading, a fundamental organisational expansion is now underway. For the first time the entire added value chain can be fulfilled under the “one roof”. This offers considerable advantages for the client.
- Corius Metals & Trading is also always the owner of the goods and can therefore react quickly.
- The entire added value chain (acquisition, melting, refining, sale) is covered internally. This ensures great flexibility with extraordinary quality and attractive prices.
- Expert and personalised customer care can only stem from decision-makers. This guarantees efficient processing.
- Small, efficient organisations guarantee interesting prices for your clients.
Our International Company's
Corius also has a branch in Cameroon and has its own export license there. We can offer gold at a price of LME (London Metal Exchange) with a discount of 10%. For more information, please contact us via the contact form.
Our work in Cameroon consists of:
❖ Providing a business environment that meets with the expectations of Gold industry and small scale miner’s actors in Cameroon and around the Africa continent.
❖ Supervising African mining artisans by grouping them in Cooperatives.
❖ Proceeding directly from the mine to several public auctions with accessibility to Buyers and Sellers that meet all the terms and conditions of participation approve by the Ministry of Mines « MINMIDT »
❖ Creating a link between African, European, American, Asian market.
❖ Promoting market diversification (as opposed to traditional markets).
❖ Promoting the increase of mining actors’ margins.
❖ Offering miners better living to obtain better price for our buyers.
❖ Seeing in to development of the local population where the mine exploitation is being carried out.
❖ Ensuring that customers receive products only after confirmation of all payments.
❖ Establishing a proximity between Buyers and Sellers (access to the global market).
❖ Promoting cost reduction, etc.
Gold Mining
Gold production in Cameroon and Central Republic is performed mainly through alluvial method. Currently, in those countries, it is mainly by artisanal methods. With the potential resource available, Corius is convinced that with substantial investment, semi -industrial exploitation would allow to increase the yield significantly and bring a very high return on investment quickly.
Our Commitments
We are committed to:
❖ Offer through our logistics partners, custom insurance policies that include “all risks” and “door to door” Protection against loss at any stage of storage transport.
❖ Check that the Customs Service will handle all the procedures involved in transporting high value products around the world.
❖ Combatting Anti-Money Laundering (AML) – Combating Financial Terrorism (CFT)
❖ Comply with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
❖ Ensure that Logistics Companies (such like Ferrari, Brinks) will provide Storage and Temporary Storage of Gold at all major defined points.
❖ Ensure that, in addition to the mining product packaging services, our Logistics partners will carry out General Quality Checks such as model and color, logos, numbering numbers, codes, finishes, straps , loops and stones’ resistance. Each of our employees handling such procedures will check all parts to ensure they are in perfect condition before moving or exporting them to other countries.
❖ Ensure that, our logistics partners will focus on providing complete solutions of risk management and insurance. “All Risks” insurance coverage is offered specifically for rough diamonds, gold, jewelers, goldsmiths and dealers in precious goods.
❖ Ensure that our logistics partners manage the entire process of delivering customers’ products from one point to another in complete safety and meeting their logistical needs ranging from simple shipping to integrated distribution and warehousing.
Strategies and Commercial Technics of Corius Group
Long-term contacts:
The quantity and quality of Gold to be sold at CMT, are determined in advance as well as the price for the whole offer.
The small scale miners and semi industrial miners offer to CMT and its Multiple Networks Customer’s around the World, Gold quantity assortment that meets their needs, and Gold collectors, geologist Experts who often act as distributors CAPAM « controlling the mining activities in Cameroon », are allowed to accept or reject the whole offer chosen.
International Trade Offers (SCO, LOI, FCO, NCNDA, SPA, SBLC, BTOB etc.)