Buy copper cathode and cobalt direct from the source.
One U.S. counterparty. Our own team in Lubumbashi. Every step run on the LT process, with U.S. controls from first call to title transfer. Direct from the DRC. Accountable in the USA.
You've seen the offer before.
"99.99% copper cathode at a double-digit LME discount." A chain of mandates, none of whom has seen the metal. Documents that fall apart at your bank's credit committee. Weeks of calls, and no cargo.
The metal is real. What buyers have been missing is a direct, verifiable, financeable way to buy it.
- Soft offers recycled through broker chains
- Warehouse receipts and assays you can't verify
- Banks that won't finance African-origin cargo
- Metal your auditors can't trace
What delays in verified supply can cost you.
What every month without verified supply costs you
- Production lines waiting on metal
- Penalty clauses with your own customers
- Emergency spot purchases at a premium
- Staff hours lost vetting offers that go nowhere
- Contracts going to competitors who secured supply first
There is a direct way in.
Every barrier to DRC supply, solved at the source.
Real cargo, from the seller
Luxe is the seller, with our own American and Congolese team on the ground and contracts with the mine owners who produce the metal.
Custody you verify first
Independent inspection, lots allocated to your transaction and an assay issued under your SPA, with your funds protected by bond or escrow until verification is complete.
Transactions banks finance
You contract with a Texas company under U.S. law, with U.S. and international banking and a compliance package built for trade-finance review.
Provenance auditors accept
Due diligence aligned with OECD guidance and the Swiss Ordinance, with chain of custody from origin.
| The typical broker offer | LT Direct |
|---|---|
| Soft offer, recycled from someone else | Formal offer from the seller (SCO / LOI) |
| No one in the chain has seen the metal | LT's own team verifies product at origin |
| Documents you cannot check | Independent inspection and lot-specific assay |
| You manage Africa yourself | LT's U.S. team controls every step for you |
| Payment requested up front | Funds protected by bond or escrow until verification |
| Promises | A binding SPA with bond or escrow security |
Seven steps. One accountable U.S. counterparty.
This is how every Luxe Trading transaction runs: the same protocol used by established suppliers, smelters and refineries, with LT's U.S. controls at every step. Find your role at a glance.
Read the LT process as text
- Buyer's Commercial Terms (Buyer responsible): quantity, specification, delivery terms, destination and payment instrument.
- Soft Corporate Offer / LOI (LT responsible): a non-binding offer that sets the agreed baseline.
- Acceptance of SCO / LOI (Buyer and LT): both principals sign and confirm the commercial terms.
- Sales Purchase Agreement (Buyer and LT): the binding contract covering pricing, delivery, inspection, payment and assay.
- Payment Instrument and Compliance (Buyer and LT): instrument put in place per the SPA; KYC exchanged both ways.
- Lot Allocation and Assay (LT responsible): lots allocated to your transaction; assay and lot documents issued.
- Inspection, Title Transfer and Delivery (LT responsible): final inspection, title transfer and delivery or shipment per the SPA.
One counterparty. Everything handled.
You make one call and sign one contract. LT takes care of the rest, from the mine to the bonded warehouse.
- Mine sourcing and supplier contracts
- Mining fees, royalties and DRC taxes
- Export permits, duties and customs clearance
- Insured ground transport to the bonded warehouse
- Independent inspection and lot-specific assay
- Title transfer at the bonded warehouse, or onward shipment on agreed terms
- Compliance, regulatory and tariff planning
- A complete provenance file for your auditors
Why buyers trust the LT process
Years operating at the source in the DRC
Bond or escrow
Every contract secured by a performance bond or escrow.
U.S. controls
Luxe Trading USA LLC, Texas. U.S. law, U.S. and international banks.
Principal-led
Our principals handle every order personally, verified by our own team in Haut-Katanga.
Our leadership has traded commodities for Shell, structured trade finance across sixteen African countries, and advised on cross-border transactions for the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation. Meet our leadership
Don't take our word for it. Verify it.
Every LT claim is backed by a document you can request and check before you commit.
A U.S. company
Luxe Trading USA LLC, incorporated in Texas in 2010, with a current certificate of good standing.
Written due diligence
Child Labour Due Diligence Policy v3.1 and supplemental policies aligned with OECD guidance.
Bond or escrow
Security on your own contract, not copies of another buyer's paperwork.
Lot-specific assay
Independent inspection and an assay tied to the lots allocated to your transaction.
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Direct from the source. Accountable in the USA.