MINERALS EXCHANGE
ABOUT US
Universal Mineral Exchange is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Universal Services Development Holding (USDH) established in 2020 in Ethiopia; our goal is to mine and market industrial and precious metals and aggregate key technological or renewable energy minerals extracted in Africa particularly from Ethiopia for international markets across the globe.
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
Our corporate culture is based on five essential values:
VALUE
All our activities are focused on delivering value to our customers, partners, employees and shareholders.
FAIRNESS
Take responsibility to create an eco-system that will benefit everyone in the food value chain.
CONSISTENCY
The fabric of our organization imbeds consistency and reliability within our business process.
HUMAN CAPITAL
We appoint, train, and develop our staff and partners to excel in their field of expertise to meet our customers’ expectation in all areas of our business.
TECHNOLOGY
We leverage technology as the backbone of all our activities and processes to improve performance, reliability, cost and the quality of our services.
OUR VISION
An end to end Solution providers of Technological minerals for Artisanal Miners and SME’s
OUR PRIORITIES
Enable and grow Technological mineral export trade through the appropriate technology, by building an integrated Supply chain delivery system and by connecting Artisanal and SME Mining Companies in rural areas and markets across value chains.
OUR STRATEGY
Our local presence on the African continent is essential to achieve our objective and to support our activities in the fast-growing markets. Through our local and strategic presence in COMESA, ECOWAS and in SADEC we cover South, East and West Africa as three major economic blocs.
COMMODITY EXCHANGE SERVICES
As a commodity and trading services company, we negotiate commodity prices on behalf of cooperatives, organize warehousing, transportation, and logistics, intermediate with financial institutions and banks as well as export certification agencies to ensure full compliance with policy regulations.
ENCOURAGING JOB CREATION
Growing local mining business, intra-africa and global business is the most
important factor to reduce poverty and social in equalities
INVESTMENT SERVICES
(LSM) as well as scaling up Artisan and Small-Scale Mining sector. We work with mining cooperatives to scale up production along the entire value chain from exploration to value-adding downstream processes. In due time we will also use our licenses for prospection and exploration. We provide strategic information and advice to government to leverage its geological data to attract long-term sustainable investments in the mining sector. The company is fully licensed to undertake these activities.
REGIONAL PRESENCE
Our local presence on the African continent is essential to achieve our objective and to support our activities in the fast-growing markets. Through our local and strategic presence in COMESA, ECOWAS and in SADEC we cover South, East and West Africa as three major economic blocs. These strategic areas enables us to have an access for Africa Mineral to export to the Global market
