The Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) has announced that Earth Metals LLC of the US has applied to join their membership. Earth Metals is a trader of cobalt metal, cobalt concentrates and cobalt chemicals, as well as vanadium, copper, nickel, molybdenum and chromium. The company’s application was proposed by Noah Munro Lehrman of Hudson Metals Corp. and was seconded by Charles Reynolds-Payne of C Steinweg NV. The MMTA is a UK-based industry body and the world’s largest association involved with minor metals. It groups traders, producers and consumers of minor metals, and its membership comprises more than 117 companies from 30 countries, accounting for USD 10-15 billion per year in minor metals trade.