Oddo Commodities

Since 2006, Oddo Group has been assisting companies with regard to the cost and supply of commodities. Oddo Commodities is a key point of contact for industries and users of non-ferrous metals and electricity.

 Oddo Metals, a unique broker on non-ferrous metal markets

Specialising in the physical trading of aluminium, copper, zinc and tin, Oddo Metals manages purchasing, shipping, inventory financing and flows of these non-ferrous metals. Oddo Metals also deals with price and currency hedging related to these activities.

Oddo Metals provides product expertise for its metal-transforming clients. This expertise is supported by the team's long industry experience and access to the leading international producers.

As a fully fledged intermediary between producers and transformers, on behalf of its clients, Oddo Metals deals with:

sourcing from world producers to supply processing sites

logistics, transport and storage of goods

associated customs and fiscal formalities

In a complex legal environment, Oddo Metals' team of specialists in chartering maritime, river, rail and road transport, guarantee that deadlines are respected and shipping is undertaken under optimum conditions.

Oddo Metals provides clients with just-in-time management to minimise flows and directly-owned stocks.

To complement this physical flow management, Oddo Metals offers a metal risk hedging service that secures margins by price and currency hedging. We also help with financing stocks and flows by reducing WCR.

250,000 tonnes of aluminium ingots and 130,000 tonnes of copper cathodes processed in 2008, representing sales of over a billion euros.

200 transformer clients (laminating, extrusion, etc.) in Europe.

 Oddo Power, electricity market expertise for industry

Thank to its expertise in electricity markets in Europe, Oddo Power offers industry players the opportunity to optimise their costs and profits related to this resource.

Oddo Power finds opportunities on electricity markets to reduce the electricity bills of its industrial clients. Oddo Power electricity can be immediately used with no need to modify current installations or contracts.

The quality and reliability of electricity are guaranteed by the public distribution network (RTE or ELD).

Oddo Power buys all or part of industrial electricity producers' output. The purchasing strategy varies for each client depending on:

technical characteristics,

mode of operation,

production cost.

Oddo Power currently operates on electricity markets in France, Germany and Spain. Oddo Power works with all industrial sectors without restriction.