The purpose of the company is: The exercise of all kinds of trading activities, in particular international trading activities of minerals and in particular nickel, ferronickel, chrome, ferrochrome and all kinds of raw materials. The company may hold participations in other companies and acquire, operate, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and undertake all legal acts in connection with its purpose or which are likely to promote its development or that of the companies of the same group - with the exception of operations relating to buildings whose use is not exclusively commercial or to companies with an unlimited real estate purpose not limited to buildings for commercial use. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it holds a direct or indirect participation, to its direct or indirect shareholders and to companies in which they hold a direct or indirect participation, whether through loans or other financing, including in the context of cash pooling agreements, as well as provide securities of any kind for their commitments, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against remuneration or not.