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2nd World Grains Trade Platinum Sponsor Glencore

Posted on : 03 Dec, 2009

Glencore Grain B.V is the Platinum Sponsor of the 2nd World GrainsTrade Summit 2010. Glencore and its subsidiaries process, handle and market Wheat, Corn, Barley, Rice, Oilseeds, Meals, Edible Oils and Biodiesel. Glencore is a leading exporter of grain from the EU, Russia, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Australia. Global markets, particularly on the supply side, are highly fragmented and in many countries we procure grain directly from the farmer. To support these activities it's subsidiaries own or operate processing, storage and handling infrastructure.

Glencore's subsidiaries in the UK, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan have seventy silos at their disposal with a combined storage capacity of 3.5 million metric tons. Of these, five are port or river elevators.

In the Ukraine, a Glencore subsidiary part owns a Sunseed crushing plant with an annual capacity of 250,000 metric tons.

A subsidiary of Glencore is owner of the Moreno Group in Argentina. Moreno’s facilities include interior silos, an export elevator in Bahia Blanca and four Sunseed/Soyabean crushing plants with a combined annual capacity of 1.85 million metric tons.

In Argentina and Uruguay, it's subsidiaries own five Rice mills with a combined annual capacity of 400,000 metric tons.

In Brazil, a subsidiary of Glencore is the owner of a soyabean crushing plant with an annual capacity of 350,000 metric tons. In Australia, Paraguay, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Glencore farms 300,000 hectares of owned or leased land.

North Africa, the Middle East and Asia are the prime export markets. Marketing is coordinated through Glencore's office in Rotterdam. Contact Joost: Viehoff@glencore.com or Manu.Schoungut@glencore.com