Copper — LME Grade A Cathode 99.99 % & 8 mm Wire Rod 99.9 % Cu Exporter, Egypt

Copper — LME Grade A cathode 99.99 % and 8 mm continuous-cast wire rod 99.9 % Cu

Copper is the most certificate-sensitive metal in the catalogue. A cathode is Grade A only if it carries an LME-registered brand and meets the Cu-CATH-1 impurity groups; a wire rod is accepted by a cable maker only if its conductivity and oxygen content let it draw to fine gauge without breaks. Egypt Globe Group supplies both: electrolytic cathode from Chilean and African refineries, and 8 mm continuous-cast rod from Egyptian, Turkish and Indian rod mills, for cable and wire plants, transformer and motor makers, and brass and alloy foundries in the Mediterranean, East Africa, the Gulf, South Asia and the Far East.

The catalogue lines are Copper Cathodes Grade A (99.99 % Cu, LME certificate and inspection certificate per lot) and Copper Wire Rod 8 mm (99.9 % Cu, mill certificate, conductor per IEC 60228). The regional failure is cathode of unregistered or secondary origin sold against a photocopied brand certificate. Egypt Globe Group's QA division, built in since incorporation, verifies brand, bundle numbers and spectrographic chemistry on every lot at the port before the Bill of Lading, with Intertek or SGS witness on request; a lot that does not match its certificate is rejected at the loading port.

Technical specification

Copper Cathodes Grade A — Chemical analysis

Cathodes ship as full-plate strapped bundles carrying brand and lot number, to LME Grade A / EN 1978 Cu-CATH-1.

Copper Wire Rod 8 mm — Physical and chemical summary

Logistical & QA parameters (both lines)

MOQ — containerised (FCL)

25 MT cathode (maximum 500 MT); 20 MT wire rod (maximum 200 MT); 100 MT catalogue MOQ

MOQ — break-bulk vessel

On request; containerised is standard for copper

Packing

Bundles / coils (cathode bundles strapped; rod coils on pallet) · Containerised · Break-bulk on request

Loading ports

Alexandria (EGALY), Damietta (EGDAM), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK)

Incoterms

FOB / CIF (cathode); CIF / DAP (wire rod); CFR on request

Lead time

2–4 weeks

Independent inspection protocol

Intertek / SGS / TÜV Austria: bundle tally and weighing, brand and lot-number verification, drilling sample and witnessed OES / ICP, conductivity test on rod, sealed samples

Internal QA gate

LME certificate or mill certificate reconciled to bundle and coil numbers; port-lab OES check before B/L; out-of-spec lots rejected at the loading port

HS code

7403.11 cathode · 7408.11 wire rod

QA verification chain

Applications & markets

• Cable and wire drawing, winding wire, busbar: industrial chemistry
• Brass, bronze and alloy foundries; electrical and construction fabrication: steel and metal, construction
• Markets: Mediterranean, East Africa, Gulf, South Asia, Far East — see Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia import guides

Standards & documentation

• LME Grade A contract specification, EN 1978 Cu-CATH-1, ASTM B49 / EN 1977 (wire rod), IEC 60228 (conductors)
• Inspection · documentation · quality and compliance · HS codes

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