Noble Group exercises its core capabilities in the fast-moving discipline of global commodities trading, matching its unrivalled trading knowledge and logistics expertise with the Group's financial strength.
This, combined with the determination and team spirit of its highly motivated staff, makes Noble Group a truly competitive force internationally.
Supplying both fossil fuels and clean oil products, Noble Group's energy division is a major player on the global markets. Moreover, Noble Energy has an active role in the development of new production plants supplying products such as ethanol, iso-octane and alkylate.
FOSSIL FUELS: Noble Energy is a world-class supplier of fossil fuels, delivering them to the utility and cement sectors. Customers can expect to receive coal sourced from diverse origins and rely on Noble Group's shipping and transport divisions to deliver their product timely across the globe.
The Group owns majority equity in Donaldson Coal Pty., a coal mining operation located in New South Wales, Australia, with proven reserves of 25 million metric tons of steam coal. Noble is also the largest shareholder in Consolidated Minerals Ltd, a listed Australian producer of manganese and chromite ores that helps satisfy China's growing demand for stainless steel products.
CLEAN OIL PRODUCTS: Noble Energy has an extensive network of business relationships throughout the clean oil industry including: world refiners, refined product blenders and petrochemical producers.
Noble Energy supplies and sources clean oil products for distribution in far-reaching markets such as North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and Asia.
Noble Group will be the exclusive marketer and distributor of US based company AgriTech's total annual production of over 100 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol and by-products such as wheat gluten and animal feeds.
But clients benefit from more than Noble's broad reach; the division also assists them through its project-related evaluation of their future needs brought about by continuous market changes.
METALS, MINERALS AND ORES: Noble's metals, minerals and ores division capitalises on its extensive experience in industrial commodities trading to develop valued-added solutions while constantly advancing its specialist knowledge of both product and markets.
The division supplies a range of raw materials for the steel industry and also deals in intermediate and finished products for the construction and manufacturing industries.
Concentrating on six main product lines - aluminium & alumina, chromium, ferro alloys, iron ore, manganese and steel -its comprehensive services include product and service marketing, the supervision of shipping, and the cost-effective delivery of products globally.
The division operates mainly in the fast developing economies of Asia, including India, China, Russia and other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Using its extensive network of offices, it is well placed to liaise effectively with customers and suppliers world-wide.
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES: In a world that is becoming increasingly environmentally conscious, Noble Group is only too aware of the importance of building a sustainable future. To this end, the Group has established its own environmental agency to help clients define and realise their goals, while meeting or surpassing regulatory requirements.
Noble is able to work with public and private sector clients to define goals and create environmental management plans that promote socially responsible economic stability and growth.
NOBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS: Noble Environmental Solutions provides the expertise to assess available technologies and their most appropriate applications.
This enables customers to choose environmentally friendly options when sourcing or transporting their raw materials or agricultural commodities.
Servicing public and private sector clients in Asia in the context of pollution management and specialising in advances in trace metals, chemistry and waste reduction, the division employs scientists dedicated to proven and cost-saving solutions.
In addition, lawyers at NES are able to assist clients in the creation of corporate environmental policy and in the interpretation of ever-changing environmental legislation.
Such consultation services greatly enhance Noble Group's "value chain" as NES becomes involved with all aspects of the Group's operations.