Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração

Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração , or CBMM for short, is a Brazilian company that specializes in the <a href="/facts/Metallurgy/1SANyxX4">processing</a> and technology of <a href="/facts/Niobium/3zNI8AKp">niobium</a>, extracted from its <a href="/facts/Pyrochlore/jxGjaSv8">pyrochlore</a> mine near the city of <a href="/facts/Arax%C3%A1/jEN32nkk">Araxá</a>, in the Brazilian <a href="/facts/States_of_Brazil/546CQ0Jc">state</a> of <a href="/facts/Minas_Gerais/73LdwKnD">Minas Gerais</a>.
CBMM is by far the world's largest producer of niobium metal and its alloys, providing over 80% of the world's supply. Like the other producers of this metal, the company does not sell raw niobium <a href="/facts/Ore/kgc9DssX">ore</a>, only <a href="/facts/Ferroniobium/wWXkG7dU">ferroniobium</a>, other <a href="/facts/Niobium_alloy/mAzjctw7">niobium alloys</a> and <a href="/facts/Niobium_oxide/dNj4Dgq5">oxides</a>, and the pure metal, all produced in its facilities next to the open-pit mine. As of 2016, CBMM produces 90,000 <a href="/facts/Tonne/gMymLmWv">tonnes</a> of ferroniobium equivalent per year, which is slated to be increased to 150,000 tonnes/year. The Araxá ore deposit is large enough to supply the market demand for at least 200 years at current consumption rates. CBMM was the world's first mining and metallurgy company to be <a href="/facts/ISO_14001/hGbSpvrC">ISO 14001</a>-certified.
CBMM's niobium products are sold to over 50 countries. The company has its business headquarters, manufacturing facilities and technology center next to its mine in Araxá, and an office for sales and application technologies in <a href="/facts/S%C3%A3o_Paulo/pPqRTTR0">São Paulo</a>, as well as sales subsidiaries in the <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh</a> area, <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/facts/Beijing/Bg4puFBv">Beijing</a>, <a href="/facts/Shanghai/nYyuBo2S">Shanghai</a> and <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, and warehouses in <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a>, <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>, <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a> and <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>. CBMM also has a technology subsidiary in <a href="/facts/Geneva/14gXxjcq">Geneva</a>, CBMM Technology Suisse.
The company was founded in 1955 and since 1965 has been controlled by the <a href="/facts/Walter_Moreira_Salles/zwuu8ko5">Moreira Salles</a> family, one of Brazil's wealthiest, former owners of the <a href="/facts/Unibanco/HFGtLVPJ">Unibanco</a> banking conglomerate. In 2011, a Chinese group acquired a 15% stake in CBMM, and a Japanese-South Korean <a href="/facts/Consortium/uMGVbLps">consortium</a> a further 15%.

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