The purpose of the company is the marketing, trading and distribution of mineral raw materials, in particular metals and metal alloys. Furthermore, the company can acquire, manage, exploit and sell patents, licenses, manufacturing processes, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the field of mineral raw materials. In the raw materials sector, it can provide any kind of services, in particular consulting services. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. It can acquire, hold, manage, exploit and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. It can also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the purpose of the company or are suitable to promote it directly or indirectly. The company can grant loans or other financings to its direct and indirect parent companies and shareholders as well as their or its direct or indirect group companies, and enter into security transactions of all kinds, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and indemnification agreements for affiliated companies and third parties, even if these financing or security transactions are in their exclusive interest and are free of charge. Furthermore, the company can conclude cash pooling agreements with other companies in the group. The company can take all actions that are connected with the described purpose in the broadest sense or serve to achieve this purpose.