William Rowland Americas

William Rowland Americas is a member of the Amalgamated Metal Corporation Group Of Companies (The AMC Group) which is headquartered in London, England. Established in 1918, the AMC Group had its origin in the British Ministry of Supply. This office employed some of the leading metal traders of the time and was responsible for securing raw material feedstock for the First World War.

History

This enterprise became known as the Amalgamated Metal Corporation in 1929 when it merged with Henry Gardner and Company, a trading company established by the former director of Henry R. Merton, another early LME trading company founded by a descendant of the famous German trader, Philip Abraham Cohen, who also established Metallgesellschaft.

A company was incorporated in January 1922 in Montreal as part of the London headquarters’ reinvigorated strategy to source raw materials, concentrates, and metals throughout the British Empire.  The company moved to Toronto in the 1960s.

What we do

Amalgamet Canada initially exported lead, zinc, and other concentrates produced in Canada by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, Noranda, Cominco, and others. Later we acted on behalf of Sherritt Gordon Mines (Nickel and Cobalt);  Consolidated Durham Mines and Resources Ltd. (Antimony Concentrates); Allied Eneabba Pty. Ltd. (Rutile, Zircon, Monazite); Mineral Deposits, Div of BHP; (Rutile) Namakwa Sands Div of Anglo American (Rutile and Zircon); Chromasco (now Timminco), Magnesium; Amax (Magnesium); Northwest Alloys Div. Alcoa (Magnesium); Cal Graphite (Crystalline Graphite); Saskatchewan Minerals (Anhydrous Sodium sulphate); Garnet Millers Australia PTY Ltd (Garnet); TANCO (Spodumene); and Kalium Chemicals Limited (Potash).