GLENCORE GRAIN: PART OF THE BIGGEST COMPANY YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF.
A World of grain
Glencore Grain is one of the UK's largest grain merchants uniquely placed to trade in the domestic, European and International markets
Our ambition is to build strong and lasting business relationships with growers and consumers alike, matching supply with demand.
With over 40 years experience in grain trading we have a reputation for fairness and integrity.
Glencore Grain is part of Glencore International plc, one of the world’s largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers. Our role is to be a reliable and competitive partner to businesses in the segments of the market which we serve and to support these businesses as they expand and develop.
Glencore International's customers around the world, in industries such automotive, power generation, steel production and food processing, rely upon our established global network of operations as a source of Metals and Minerals, Energy Products and Agricultural Products. Glencore Grain, as part of this international group offers unrivalled financial strength.
Our reputation for innovation has created many new markets for home grown cereals across the world. We are the exclusive supplier of grains to the UK's first world-class bio-ethanol plant on Teesside. This year we have increased the capacity to 57,000mt at our cereal processing plant in Oxfordshire, further enhancing our portfolio of strategically placed storage and quayside facilities.
And with grainman, our flagship website together with our new mobile phone 'App' grainmate, we have delivered two unique trading tools for arable farmers allowing them to trade online 24 hours a day.
- Trading since 1969
- 50 offices in 40 countries
- 2700 people employed in marketing operations
- 54,800 people employed in industrial operations in 15 plants in 13 countries
- Turnover in 2010 US$145 billion
- Total Assets of US$80 billion