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CBMM mines and refines pyrochlore ore at a single complex in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil, converting it into ferroniobium, niobium oxide and niobium chemicals.
Named counterparties identified by open-source research and written only where a primary source states the relationship — never inferred from sector or co-mention. 8 customer-side. This is a partial view: it covers the relationships we could evidence, not the company's full supply base.
Sojitz states it 'now handles over 90% of the total niobium brought into Japan as CBMM's distributor for niobium products to Japanese steel manufacturers and other consumers' and that the products 'are transported by ship from Brazil'. Origin Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil; destination Japan. No volume or value stated. Sojitz holds 2.5% of CBMM via the 2011 consortium.
JOGMEC's own 2011-03-04 press release on the Japan-Korea consortium's CBMM equity purchase: 'In addition to the acquisition of CBMM shares, JFE, NSC, POSCO and Sojitz entered into a long-term niobium supply agreement with CBMM, assuring that the stable relationship these companies have long had with CBMM continues.' Source names JFE Steel Corporation; JFE Holdings is its listed parent. related_party: true because JFE is also a CBMM equity holder (2.5% via the consortium).
Same JOGMEC 2011-03-04 press release: 'JFE, NSC, POSCO and Sojitz entered into a long-term niobium supply agreement with CBMM, assuring that the stable relationship these companies have long had with CBMM continues.' NSC = Nippon Steel Corporation. related_party: true because Nippon Steel is also a CBMM equity holder (2.5% via the consortium).
Maeil Shinmun 2026-02-19: 'CBMM은 브라질 소재 철강원료 공급사로 ... 고장력 강판의 주요 소재인 니오븀을 생산하는 업체다' and 'POSCO가 원료 공급업체인 CBMM과 함께 제철소가 자리한 경북 포항과 전남 광양 지역의 국가산업단지에 안전 인프라를 개선했다' — POSCO names CBMM, the Brazil-based niobium producer (sole mine and plant Araxá, Minas Gerais), as a current raw-material supplier to its Pohang and Gwangyang steelworks (KR); GEM matching-fund agreement signed October 2025. No volume or value disclosed. Continues the long-term supply agreement in JOGMEC's 2011-03-04 release. related_party: true because POSCO holds 2.5% of CBMM via the Japan-Korea consortium.
CBMM's own 2024 Sustainability Report, CEO letter: 'the recognition of our ESG efforts by three key customers in the Indian market—JSL, JSW, and Tata Steel, affirming that we are on the right path in managing our practices.' No volume or share disclosed.
CBMM's own 2024 Sustainability Report, CEO letter: 'the recognition of our ESG efforts by three key customers in the Indian market—JSL, JSW, and Tata Steel, affirming that we are on the right path in managing our practices.' No volume or share disclosed.
CITIC Metal's SSE IPO prospectus (registered draft, 2023-03-14, p.1-1-389): '报告期内发行人向CBMM及下属企业CBMM（新加坡）、CBMM(欧洲)和CBMM（北美）采购的有色金属产品为其生产的铌产品，金额分别为498,625.36万元、422,035.53万元、488,016.32万元及280,995.80万元，占营业成本比例分别比为8.09%、5.62%、4.37%及4.62%' (2019, 2020, 2021, H1 2022) and 'CBMM是全球最大的铌产品供应商，公司是其铌产品在中国市场的独家分销商'; p.1-1-33: '公司铌产品贸易业务的采购全部来自于CBMM'; p.1-1-16/17: exclusive distributor in China since 1998, latest 《独家分销协议》 effective 2022-01-01, five-year term, renewable. CITIC Metal's H1-2025 interim report (cninfo, 2025-08-28, p.164, related-party purchases table): 巴西矿冶公司 采购铌产品 RMB 3,221,078,548.29 in H1 2025 (H1 2024: RMB 2,791,885,791.73; approved annual cap RMB 7.25bn) — http://static.cninfo.com.cn/finalpage/2025-08-28/1224594001.PDF. related_party: true because CITIC Metal holds 5% of CBMM via the China Niobium Investment Holdings consortium and nominates one CBMM director.
ImportGenius US import records, supplier page Companhia Brasileira De Metalurgia: bill of lading DSVFSAO0097022, 2024-08-14, shipper Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia (CBMM), consignee Dow Silicones Corporation, origin Brazil, 'NIOBIUM METAL ... PALLETS WITH BOX(ES)', 1,991 kg, sea freight to the US. CBMM's niobium metal is made at its Araxá complex (Minas Gerais, Brazil). Dow Silicones is a wholly owned Dow Inc. subsidiary (Midland, Michigan). No value stated. The same page shows BoL AHGAITJ25080075 of 2025-10-07 (niobium metal, 3,033 kg, Brazil) to CBMM North America Inc, Houston, an intra-group transfer not recorded as a pair.
Scope. Absence of a counterparty here is not evidence that none exists — most commercial sourcing is confidential and never becomes public. Rows without a share figure mean no share was disclosed, not that the relationship is small.
7 other tracked dossiers name this company as a counterparty in its own sourced disclosure — this platform never wrote these rows on this company's own page, they are read here inverted from the dossier that disclosed them. This is a partial view: 995 additional named-counterparty rows across the corpus could not be matched to a tracked dossier by name at all (mostly non-Latin legal names), so the true count is higher than what renders here.
CITIC Metal's own SSE IPO prospectus (registered draft, 2023-03-14, p.1-1-389): '报告期内发行人向CBMM及下属企业CBMM（新加坡）、CBMM(欧洲)和CBMM（北美）采购的有色金属产品为其生产的铌产品，金额分别为498,625.36万元、422,035.53万元、488,016.32万元及280,995.80万元，占营业成本比例分别比为8.09%、5.62%、4.37%及4.62%' (2019, 2020, 2021, H1 2022) and 'CBMM是全球最大的铌产品供应商，公司是其铌产品在中国市场的独家分销商'; p.1-1-33: '公司铌产品贸易业务的采购全部来自于CBMM' (all niobium trading purchases come from CBMM); p.1-1-16/17: exclusive distributor in the Chinese market since 1998, latest 《独家分销协议》 effective 2022-01-01, five-year term, renewable. H1-2025 interim report (cninfo, 2025-08-28, p.164, related-party purchases): 巴西矿冶公司 采购铌产品 RMB 3,221,078,548.29 in H1 2025 (H1 2024: RMB 2,791,885,791.73; approved annual cap RMB 7.25bn) — https://file.finance.qq.com/finance/hs/pdf/2025/08/28/1224594001.PDF. related_party: true — CITIC Metal holds 5% of CBMM via China Niobium Investment Holdings and nominates one CBMM director.
Sojitz states it 'now handles over 90% of the total niobium brought into Japan as CBMM's distributor for niobium products to Japanese steel manufacturers and other consumers' and that 'the niobium products are transported by ship from Brazil, and the cargo takes roughly two months to arrive in Japan.' CBMM mine and ferroniobium plant = Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil; delivery to Japan. No volume or value stated. related_party: true because Sojitz holds 2.5% of CBMM via the 2011 Japan-Korea consortium.
JOGMEC's 2011-03-04 press release on the Japan-Korea consortium's CBMM equity purchase: 'In addition to the acquisition of CBMM shares, JFE, NSC, POSCO and Sojitz entered into a long-term niobium supply agreement with CBMM, assuring that the stable relationship these companies have long had with CBMM continues.' Source names JFE Steel Corporation; this dossier is its listed parent, JFE Holdings. related_party: true because JFE is also a CBMM equity holder (2.5% via the consortium).
CBMM's own 2024 Sustainability Report, CEO letter: 'the recognition of our ESG efforts by three key customers in the Indian market—JSL, JSW, and Tata Steel, affirming that we are on the right path in managing our practices.' No volume or share disclosed.
JOGMEC's 2011-03-04 press release on the Japan-Korea consortium's CBMM equity purchase: 'In addition to the acquisition of CBMM shares, JFE, NSC, POSCO and Sojitz entered into a long-term niobium supply agreement with CBMM, assuring that the stable relationship these companies have long had with CBMM continues.' NSC = Nippon Steel Corporation. related_party: true because Nippon Steel is also a CBMM equity holder (2.5% via the consortium).
Maeil Shinmun 2026-02-19: 'CBMM은 브라질 소재 철강원료 공급사로 ... 고장력 강판의 주요 소재인 니오븀을 생산하는 업체다' and 'POSCO가 원료 공급업체인 CBMM과 함께 제철소가 자리한 경북 포항과 전남 광양 지역의 국가산업단지에 안전 인프라를 개선했다' — POSCO names CBMM, the Brazil-based niobium producer (sole mine and plant Araxá, Minas Gerais), as a current raw-material supplier to its Pohang and Gwangyang steelworks (KR); GEM matching-fund agreement signed October 2025. No volume or value disclosed. Continues the long-term supply agreement in JOGMEC's 2011-03-04 release. related_party: true because POSCO holds 2.5% of CBMM via the Japan-Korea consortium.
CBMM's own 2024 Sustainability Report, CEO letter: 'the recognition of our ESG efforts by three key customers in the Indian market—JSL, JSW, and Tata Steel, affirming that we are on the right path in managing our practices.' No volume or share disclosed. Note: this row is for Tata Steel Limited (India); CBMM's statement specifies the Indian market, not Tata Steel Nederland.
Scope. This section is inverted evidence: each linked dossier wrote the original row about itself, describing its own relationship to this company. It is never a claim this company itself disclosed. Absence here is not evidence of no relationship — most of the corpus has no named-counterparty block at all yet.
This company sits on the supply side for 1 of its 1 materials — a restriction on those is a tailwind, not a headwind.
🇧🇷 BR accounts for 100% of severity-weighted pressure.