Lonestar Global import high grade base metals (including Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Tin, Magnesium and Zinc) and Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum) for Construction, Engineering, Automotive, Shipbuilding, Aerospace and Packaging businesses. We import best quality, fully insured and British Standard European Norm Approved.
Base Metals
Steel
With more than 50% of all products in the world coming from steel and steel fabrication processes, it is estimated that there are over 20 billion tonnes of steel currently in use.
Aluminum
Aluminium is a silvery-white, lightweight metal. It is soft and malleable. Aluminium is used in a huge variety of products including cans, foils, kitchen utensils, window frames, beer kegs and aeroplane parts. This is because of its particular properties.
Copper
Most copper is used in electrical equipment such as wiring and motors. This is because it conducts both heat and electricity very well and can be drawn into wires. It also has uses in construction (for example roofing and plumbing), and industrial machinery (such as heat exchangers).
Zinc
Most zinc is used to galvanise other metals, such as iron to prevent rusting. Galvanised steel is used for car bodies, street lamp posts, safety barriers and suspension bridges. Large quantities of zinc are used to produce die-castings, which are important in the automobile, electrical and hardware industries.
Lead
Lead is still widely used for car batteries, pigments, ammunition, cable sheathing, weights for lifting, weight belts for diving, lead crystal glass, radiation protection and in some solders. It is often used to store corrosive liquids.
Tin
Tin has many uses. It takes a high polish and is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion, such as in tin cans, which are made of tin-coated steel. Alloys of tin are important, such as soft solder, pewter, bronze and phosphor bronze. A niobium-tin alloy is used for superconducting magnets.
Nickel
Nickel resists corrosion and is used to plate other metals to protect them. It is, however, mainly used in making alloys such as stainless steel. Nichrome is an alloy of nickel and chromium with small amounts of silicon, manganese and iron.
Magnesium
Magnesium is used in products that benefit from being lightweight, such as car seats, luggage, laptops, cameras and power tools. It is also added to molten iron and steel to remove sulfur. ... Grignard reagents are organic magnesium compounds that are important for the chemical industry.
Precious Metals
Gold
Gold is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. It is a soft, yellow metal with a beautiful lustrous sheen. It is the most malleable and ductile of all the elements and a single gram can be beaten into a one square meter sheet of gold leaf. Gold has a high application in Aerospace industry.
Silver
It is used for jewellery and silver tableware, where appearance is important. Silver is used to make mirrors, as it is the best reflector of visible light known, although it does tarnish with time. It is also used in dental alloys, solder and brazing alloys, electrical contacts and batteries.
Platinum
Platinum is used in the chemicals industry as a catalyst for the production of nitric acid, silicone and benzene. It is also used as a catalyst to improve the efficiency of fuel cells. The electronics industry uses platinum for computer hard disks and thermocouples.
Importing Made Easy
Lonestar Global manage the end to end supply of your metal requirements. Our global shipping and logistics network provide door to door delivery for all type, weight & quantities. We manage and advise with FOB, CIF, import tax and duty at an international level.
At Lonestar Global base metal is the heart of our business and
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