INTRODUCTION
ASHLY LTD WAS FOUNDED IN 1995 AND SINCE THEN THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS TO FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS INDUSTRIES OF CIS COUNTRIES AND CONSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION OF FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS OF THESE INDUSTRIES WORLDWIDE.
BACKBONE OF COMPANY’S POLICY IS LONG-TERM APPROACH TO BUSINESS BASED ON CLOSE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH PRODUCERS AND END-USERS. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF ITS BUSINESS ACTIVITY ASHLY LTD EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED A NUMBER OF WORLD FAMOUS PRODUCERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, EITHER AS AN AGENT OR AS AN EXCLUSIVE SALES/PURCHASE CHANNEL, CONCENTRATING ON THE AREAS OF BUSINESS WHERE ASHLY LTD CAN SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATE THE NEEDS OF PRODUCERS AND END-USERS FOR THE BEST ADVANTAGE OF BOTH.
BEING VERY WELL POSITIONED AND CONNECTED IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND, AT THE SAME TIME HAVING MANY YEARS OF PRACTICAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE IN INDIA, AFRICA, EAST ASIA, JAPAN AND KOREA, ASHLY LTD HAS BECOME A VERY LEGITIMATE BRIDGE BETWEEN THOSE AREAS, SO MUCH SEPARATED IN RESPECT OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND CULTURE AND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THIS FUNCTION IN A PERMANENT EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN COMPANY’S POSITION AS A FIRST CLASS MARKETING ORGANIZATION.
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
1995
- FOUNDATION OF ASHLY LTD.
- APPOINTMENT AS AN AGENT OF MITSUBISHI CORPORATION, JAPAN, FOR FERRO-ALLOYS BUSINESS EX CIS COUNTRIES.
- SHIPMENT OF FERRO-ALLOYS (SILICO-MANGANESE, FERRO-SILICON, FERRO-CHROME) FROM RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND UKRAINE TO JAPAN.
- EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WITH NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT, UKRAINE, FOR SALES OF FERRO-ALLOYS TO TURKEY.
1996
- APPOINTMENT BY NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT, UKRAINE, AS THEIR EXCLUSIVE TRANSPORTATION AGENT FOR SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN.
- EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WITH NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT, UKRAINE, FOR SALES OF FERRO-ALLOYS TO THE EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: BULGARIA, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA COUNTRIES, SLOVAKIA, POLAND.
- FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN FERROALLOY INDUSTRY TRIAL SALES OF IMPORTED MANGANESE ORE TO UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOY PLANTS FROM GABON, BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA
- APPOINTMENT BY NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT AS AN EXCLUSIVE CHANNEL FOR SALES OF FERRO ALLOYS TO JAPAN.
1997
- CONVERSION (TOLLING) AGREEMENT WITH NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF FERRO-MANGANESE USING IMPORTED ORE OF DIFFERENT ORIGIN.
- EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WITH SAMANCOR LIMITED, SOUTH AFRICA, FOR DELIVERY OF THEIR MANGANESE ORE TO CIS COUNTRIES, CONVERSION OF SAMANCOR SIMN ORE AT NIKOPOL FERRO ALLOYS PLANT AND SALES OF THE CONVERTED FERRO-MANGANESE INTO EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
1998
- EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WITH GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY FOR SALES OF THEIR ORE IN CIS AND EASTERN EUROPE.
- FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN FERROALLOY INDUSTRY TRIAL SALES OF UKRAINIAN SILICO-MANGANESE TO END–USERS OF SOUTH KOREA.
- DEVELOPMENT OF ALUMINUM BAUXITE MINE IN GUJARAT, THE STATE OF INDIA.
- TRIAL SHIPMENT OF METALLURGICAL GRADE BAUXITE FROM INDIA TO ZAPOROZHYE ALUMINIUM SMELTER, UKRAINE (1-st TIME IN HISTORY).
1999
- LONGTERM LEASING AGREEMENT OF WAREHOUSE AT INCHON PORT, SOUTH KOREA.
- START OF DIRECT SALES TO STOCKISTS OF SILICO-MANGANESE IN JAPAN ( DAITOKU KOGYO LTD AND KM TRADING LTD )
- CONVERSION (TOLLING) OF INDIAN BAUXITES AT ZAPOROZHYE ALUMINIUM SMELTER, UKRAINE, AND SALES OF PRIMARY ALUMINIUM TO HUNGARY.
2000
- INCREASE OF CONVERSION VOLUMES AT ZAPOROZHYE ALUMINIUM SMELTER, UKRAINE.
- INCREASE OF VOLUMES OF SILICO-MANGANESE SALES IN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.
- AGREEMENT ON EXCLUSIVE SALES OF IMPORTED MN ORE OF DIFFERENT ORIGIN TO UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS PRODUCERS.
2001
- TRIAL SHIPMENT OF STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON PRODUCED BY TULACHERMET, RUSSIA, TO END-USERS IN SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN
- MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL MANGANESE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ( IM 2002 ).
- APPOINTMENT BY TULACHERMET, RUSSIA, AS THEIR EXCLUSIVE CHANNEL FOR PIG IRON SALES TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA, JAPAN AND KOREA.
2003 - 2005
- REGULAR AND STABLE EXPORTS OF RUSSIAN PIG IRON TO THE REGION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST.
- INCREASE OF IMPORT OF MN ORE PRODUCED BY GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY TO UKRAINE AND RUSSIA UP TO 813,000.000 MT PER YEAR.
2006
- REGULAR AND STABLE EXPORTS OF RUSSIAN PIG IRON TO THE REGION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST.
- IMPORT OF MN ORE PRODUCED BY GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY TO UKRAINE AND RUSSIA UP TO 840,000.000 MT PER YEAR.
- DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SCHEME OF DELIVERY OF UKRAINIAN FERROALLOYS TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN : IN BULK IN CONTAINERS.
2007
- REGULAR AND STABLE EXPORTS OF RUSSIAN PIG IRON AND UKRAINIAN FERROALLOYS TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA, JAPAN AND KOREA.
2008 -
PRESENT TIME
- EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR SALES OF UKRAINIAN FERROALLOYS TO JAPAN AND KOREA
KEY POINTS
AS IT CAN BE VERY WELL TRACED FROM A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COMPANY’S ACTIVITIES, ASHLY’S CORE LINE OF BUSINESS SINCE 1995 UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN MANGANESE ORE AND FERROALLOYS WHICH HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING YEAR BY YEAR DUE TO PERMANENT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS PRODUCERS, ONE OF WHICH – NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST FERRO ALLOY PRODUCER – NIKOPOL FERROALLOY PLANT,UKRAINE.
THIS RELATIONSHIP IS CHARACTERIZED BY:
- STABILITY : ALL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OF ASHLY LTD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RELATED TO UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS PRODUCERS.
- LOYALTY : ASHLY LTD HAS NEVER MARKETED MN ALLOYS OF OTHER ORIGIN, THAN UKRAINIAN.
- CREATIVITY : ASHLY LTD HAS PIONEERED IMPORTS OF MN ORE TO UKRAINE IN SPITE OF AVAILABILITY OF LARGE LOCAL MANGANESE DEPOSITS WHICH ALLOWED TO DIVERSIFY THE SCOPE OF MN ALLOYS PRODUCED BY UKRAINIAN PLANTS AND CONSEQUENTLY, TO INCREASE THEIR MARKET SHARE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
- SUPPORT : ASHLY LTD DEVELOPED SALES OF PIG IRON TO CUSTOMERS IN KOREA, JAPAN AND SOUTH EAST ASIA IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT, ECONOMICAL AND REGULAR SHIPMENTS OF FERRO ALLOYS TO THOSE COUNTRIES BY CHARTERING LARGE VESSELS FOR COMBINED CARGO.
- RESPECT : ASHLY LTD QUIT FROM FERRO ALLOYS BUSINESS FROM 2003 TO 2006 FOLLOWING REQUEST OF UKRAINIAN PRODUCERS TO PUT PRIORITY TO MN ORE BUSINESS.
- DEVOTION : IN 2008 ASHLY LTD STOPPED ANY OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN ORDER TO COMMIT ALL COMPANY’S RESOURCES TO SALES OF UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS AS THE ONLY SALES CHANNEL IN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
PLEASE SEE ENCLOSED THE MOST RECENT LETTERS CONFIRMING CREDENTIALS OF ASHLY LTD IN RESPECT OF UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS.
PLEASE SEE ENCLOSED THE MOST RECENT LETTERS CONFIRMING CREDENTIALS OF ASHLY LTD IN RESPECT OF UKRAINIAN FERRO ALLOYS
PRODUCER'S CONFIRMATION LETTER NIKOPOL FERROALLOYS PLANT [ NZF ]
PRODUCER'S CONFIRMATION LETTER ZAPOROZHYE FERROALLOYS PLANT [ ZZF ]
THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF ASHLY’S ROLE IN MANGANESE BUSINESS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE FACT THAT IN 2000 ASHLY LTD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AND VERY FEW TRADING COMPANIES WHICH WERE INVITED TO BE A MEMBER OF IMNI – AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING MANGANESE ORE AND ALLOY PRODUCERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF MANGANESE BASED PRODUCTS.
QUANTITIES OF SALES
COMMODITY
QUANTITY (MT)
FERRO-ALLOYS
MANGANESE ORE
PIG IRON
BAUXITE FOR AL PRDN
70 000
85 360
130 000
319 700
76 988
416 590
324 050
nil
nil
697 000
599 900
nil
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
nil
402 188
789 000
nil
nil
200 121
813 000
nil
nil
328 117
838 000
22 776
nil
32 900
263 360
23 206
SINCE 2008 ONWARDS ASHLY LTD HAS ABANONED ALL OTHER BUSINESSES AND CONCENTRATED ON SALES OF FERRO ALLOYS TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN