One desk
The team that structures the raw material supply stays close to the steel offtake. One file, both directions.
Company profile / 01
Built around
Built around
one idea: accountability.
One Operations, Inc. is a two-way trading partner to steelmakers: raw materials from the Americas, finished steel from partner mills, and the financing and logistics that connect the two.
A trading house,
not a pass-through.
We buy raw materials in North, Central and South America — iron ore, coal, scrap, HBI and related inputs — and deliver them to steelmakers in China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
At the same time, we buy finished steel from those mills: semi-finished, long and flat products that we distribute to customers. The same relationship runs in both directions.
We support the loop with working capital. By financing raw material supply and taking steel as offtake, we become more than a buyer or a seller — a long-term partner inside the mill’s flow.
“The strongest steel relationship is the one that works in both directions.”
Operating principle / One Operations
Our mission
To connect the Americas and Asia through a two-way flow of raw materials, steel and capital — making each mill relationship deeper and each cargo more certain.
Not a pass-through. We take a position in the mill’s supply chain, share the risk and stay for the next cargo. That is what turns a transaction into a partnership.
How we operate
What “one”
actually means.
Three operating principles shape every relationship, in both directions. They are deliberately simple — and deliberately non-negotiable.
One standard
Quality and documentation are checked at loading and discharge, in every market we serve.
One chain
Raw material, steel, freight, finance and insurance are planned as one loop, not six separate deals.
The team
Experience that sits
Experience that sits
inside the transaction.
Our team has spent years inside steel mills, at raw material origins and in the documentation room. That experience covers iron ore and coal origination, production planning, vessel chartering, part-cargo shipping, insurance, letters of credit and claims.
It is the difference between knowing the market and knowing how to move a cargo through it.
01
Raw material origination
Iron ore, coal and scrap sourcing across the Americas, with quality and logistics matched to the receiving mill.
02
Mill & production
Production planning, rolling schedules and offtake follow-up from the melt shop to the warehouse.
03
Documentation & compliance
Bills of lading, certificates of origin, mill test certificates and the details that release a cargo.
04
Chartering, finance & risk
Bulk, container and part-cargo planning between the Americas and Asia; working capital, letters of credit, receivables protection and cargo insurance.
Coverage
Two sides of
the same map.
Origins and destinations are matched to the specification, freight economics and terms — not to a fixed list.
01 / Sourcing
- North AmericaIron ore · coal · scrap
- Central AmericaScrap · raw materials
- South AmericaIron ore · coal · scrap
02 / Delivery
- ChinaShanghai office
- MalaysiaKuantan office
- ThailandResident office
- IndonesiaResident office
Working together
Three ways to
Three ways to
work with us.
Spot & contract supply
Raw material cargoes or steel programs, priced against the right origin and delivered on a schedule that fits the mill or the customer.
Discuss a cargoTwo-way mill partnership
We supply raw materials and working capital, and take finished steel as offtake. Long-term, in both directions.
Exclusive salesMarket development
For mills and producers entering a new flow: raw material sourcing, buyer mapping and on-the-ground follow-through.
Market development
Next step
Have a specification
Have a specification
in mind?
Tell us whether it is a raw material or a steel requirement. We will come back with the origin, terms and route that make sense.