We go beyond transactions, delivering integrated services that reduce complexity, enhance transparency, and strengthen resilience across supply chains.
Physical commodity trading demands more than market access. It requires coordinated execution across sourcing, financing, logistics and risk management, all aligned to the specific dynamics of each commodity and each client relationship. At Comet Trading, our integrated service model is built around the full trade lifecycle, giving our partners the confidence to operate efficiently in complex, fast-moving markets.
Rooted in over 30 years of accumulated expertise and headquartered in Geneva, the world's leading commodity-trading hub, we apply deep industry knowledge to support producers, processors, and end-users across four continents. Our approach is tailored: no two commodity flows are identical, and neither is the support we provide.
Every trade we execute follows a disciplined methodology that spans five interconnected stages, ensuring rigour, transparency and delivery at every step.
We identify and qualify supply from mines, mills, plants and producers across our global network, matching origin material to buyer specification and market demand.
We structure physical trades with appropriate price risk management tools, protecting margin and providing clients with predictable cost exposure in volatile markets.
We arrange trade finance solutions, letters of credit, documentary collections and structured facilities, to bridge the gap between shipment and settlement.
We coordinate freight, port operations, customs documentation and vessel scheduling across major global trade routes to ensure on-time, compliant delivery.
We manage final-mile execution, confirming quality at destination, handling claims resolution, and maintaining transparent communication with all counterparties throughout.
After each trade, we assess performance, gather market intelligence, and refine our approach, continuously improving outcomes for clients across commodity cycles.
Moving bulk commodities across international trade routes requires precision, experience, and a network of trusted partners at every port and transit point. Our logistics team coordinates the full shipping process, from vessel nomination and freight negotiation to documentation, customs clearance and final discharge, across major bulk and break-bulk trade corridors connecting Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
With commercial representatives active in key trading hubs including Cairo, Shanghai, Dubai and London, we maintain on-the-ground visibility throughout the supply chain. We manage time-critical operations with the agility that physical commodity markets demand, while ensuring strict compliance with international shipping regulations and commodity-specific handling requirements.
Access to reliable trade finance is fundamental to the smooth execution of physical commodity transactions. Our Trade Finance team structures and arranges the instruments necessary to underpin each trade, bridging the timing gap between shipment and payment, managing counterparty exposure, and ensuring that all parties operate with the security and transparency required in international markets.
Led by our dedicated Trade Finance Manager, we work closely with banking partners and financial institutions to provide solutions appropriate to the size, geography and credit profile of each transaction. Whether structuring a letter of credit for a long-haul shipment or a documentary collection for an established counterparty, we apply the same rigour and attention to detail that defines our approach across the trade lifecycle.
Finding the right material, at the right price, from a reliable and compliant origin, is the foundation of every successful commodity trade. Our sourcing capability spans the full breadth of our commodity portfolio, steel raw materials and finished products, cement and clinker, solid fuels, and fertilizers, drawing on an established network of producers, mills, mines and processing plants developed over decades of active market participation.
We provide procurement support to industrial buyers, project developers and trading counterparties seeking consistent, quality-assured supply. Our team combines deep product knowledge with market intelligence and origin-specific expertise to identify supply that meets technical specification, price expectations and ESG requirements. We act as a trusted extension of our clients' procurement function, reducing lead time, counterparty risk and administrative burden.
Commodity markets are shaped by geopolitical shifts, freight dynamics, demand cycles, regulatory change and supply disruptions, often simultaneously. Our market intelligence function provides clients and internal trading desks with timely, accurate and actionable information across the commodity segments we operate in, enabling better decisions at every stage of the trade lifecycle.
Risk management at Comet Trading is embedded in everything we do. We assess price risk, counterparty risk, logistical risk and regulatory exposure as standard components of trade structuring. Our independence, as a family-owned, privately held firm, means that our advice and intelligence are aligned entirely with client outcomes, free from the conflicts of interest that can arise in larger, more diversified institutions.
Our service quality is inseparable from the values that have guided Comet Trading since our founding in Geneva in 2017.
As a family-owned business, we take a long-term perspective on every relationship. Our decisions are driven by partnership outcomes, not quarterly targets or institutional pressures, ensuring continuity and consistency across commodity cycles.
We execute on our commitments. From contract signature to final delivery, counterparties can depend on Comet Trading to perform, with transparency, precision and accountability at every stage of the trade lifecycle.
Markets move fast. Our team is structured to respond quickly, adapting to shifting freight costs, price volatility, logistical disruptions and regulatory change with the agility that modern commodity trade demands.
Our independence is a structural advantage. With no conflicting business interests, no proprietary assets to protect and no institutional mandates to serve, our advice and execution are fully aligned with our clients' interests.