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Cofermin Rohstoffe GmbH

August 23, 2010 - 00:00 GMT

KEYWORDS: trading faces , Cofermin Rohstoffe , refractories , chromite , magnesite , bauxite , andalusite

This year Cofermin is celebrating ten years of trading industrial minerals. Managing partners Tim Geldmacher, Pawel Golak, Bernhard Krüger and Ralf Ossen talked to IM about the challenges of raw material availability and how the role of traders has evolved during the last decade

Cofermin was founded in 2000 by four managing partners Tim Geldmacher, Pawel Golak, Bernhard KrŸger and Ralf Ossen, all ex-Frank&Schulte experts in marketing and distribution, processing and trading of ores and minerals.

Today the company employs 40 people in trading and administration throughout the world. In China, Cofermin operates a processing plant for refractory minerals and additives. The company founded Cofermin Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG in 2008, in order to take a more focussed approach towards the chemical business.

Tim Geldmacher, Pawel Golak, Bernhard Kruger and Ralf Ossen, managing partnersHow do you see the trader’s role? We regard the continuous and reliable supply of strategic raw materials to our customers as one of our most important tasks. A close relationship with suppliers and customers added to an in-depth knowledge of the specifics of the individual markets help us to achieve this goal. We view ourselves as a...

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