COMMODITY BUSINESS CONTACTS & PREQUALIFICATION

The right contact
starts with clear information.

Projekt Phantom helps find and prequalify suitable international contacts and coordinate communication and supporting evidence. The focus is on bauxite and selected agricultural commodities; enquiries about aluminium and other goods are reviewed individually.

Enquiry profile and prepared introductions where there is a suitable basis.

Describe your commodity needs View an enquiry profile

Projekt Phantom is not a freight forwarder and does not broker freight; transport and logistics remain with the responsible parties. A more detailed review can optionally be scoped through Phantom Check.

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Projekt Phantom helps find and prequalify suitable international contacts and coordinate communication and supporting evidence. The focus is on bauxite and selected agricultural commodities; enquiries about aluminium and other goods are reviewed individually.

Projekt Phantom is not a freight forwarder and does not broker freight; transport and logistics remain with the responsible parties. A more detailed review can optionally be scoped through Phantom Check.

Illustration: reddish pieces of rock on the left, silver-coloured ingots and metal plates on the right, against a light abstract backdrop
Material illustration · no specific consignment
The path of a commodity enquiryExample workflows · fictional
Enquiry
  1. Enquiry profile
    Goods and specification
    Enquirer's role
    Target market and timeframe
  2. Documents
    • Example completed: Roles distinguished
    • Example completed: Documents reviewed
    • Example pending: Confirm mandate
  3. Pre-qualified contact
    BuyerCoordinationSellereach with their own bank

Example outputs: Read a sample enquiry profile

The path of a commodity enquiryExample workflows · fictional
  1. Enquiry profile
  2. Documents
  3. Pre-qualified contact
OUR APPROACH

Clarity first.
Then documents.

A serious enquiry starts with the goods, requirements and roles involved. Projekt Phantom supports business introductions, contact prequalification and the coordination of preliminary information. Availability, terms and each party's responsibilities are only confirmed in the specific transaction.

DELIVERABLE

The prequalified
enquiry profile.

Before introducing a contact, we record the enquiry in a profile. This lets all sides see what it concerns and what is still missing.

Enquiry profile · commodity enquiryExample · fictional information · no real transaction
01 Goods and specification
Bauxite (example), desired characteristics in bullet points; quantities and prices are deliberately excluded from this illustration.
02 Enquirer's role
End buyer or intermediary; mandate available or still to be confirmed.
03 Target market and timeframe
Destination country and desired timeframe, where known.
04 Document status
Which documents are available and which are missing (company, product and origin evidence).
05 Open points
Mandate, availability, banking arrangements and everything that must be clarified before a commitment.
06 Contact sought
Which other party would be a suitable contact, and what needs to be agreed beforehand.
Anonymised example, not a client case or consignment. A profile is not a commitment regarding availability, mandate or delivery.
ENQUIRY AREAS

What you can
enquire about.

Enquiries in these areas can be recorded and structured on a case-by-case basis. This is not a list of offers or stock.

MINERALS

Bauxite and aluminium-related materials

Enquiries about bauxite and aluminium-related materials. Specification, origin and availability are clarified afresh for each transaction.

AGRICULTURE & FOOD

Selected goods enquiries

Enquiries may concern sugar, rice, cooking oil, coffee and selected poultry and beef products. Product, quality and origin evidence must be reviewed separately in each case.

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold enquiries

Requests for gold-related business introductions are assessed case by case. Roles, origin evidence and documents are clarified. Legal and financing matters remain with the relevant specialists.

These areas are examples of possible enquiries. They do not imply our own production, stock, certifications, mandates or assured ability to deliver.

Illustrative collage featuring mining, rock and metal coils.
Thematic collage: mining, ore and metal processing. An illustration, not a photograph of our own facilities or stock.
PROJECT ENQUIRY · ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE

Energy and infrastructure.

We support structured initial enquiries about energy supply and storage solutions: clarifying requirements, bringing contacts together and coordinating the next review steps.

Technology partners, project scope, financing and availability are only clarified in the specific case after reviewing the parties involved.

Discuss a project enquiry
WHO IS INVOLVED

Roles,
clearly distinguished.

Buyer side

  • End buyer
  • Buyer's bank
Business introductions & coordination

Projekt Phantom

  • Record the enquiry
  • Keep roles and mandates open to review
  • Organise documents
  • Initiate business contacts

Seller side

  • Seller or mandate holder
  • Seller's bank
Diagram, not a specific transaction. Projekt Phantom does not automatically act as the seller, owner of the goods or a financial institution.
EXAMPLE WORKFLOW

From initial interest
to the next step.

The first phases organise the enquiry and the parties involved. Further steps depend on the specific transaction.

  1. A · REQUIREMENTS

    Define the requirements.

    Goods, specification, target market, desired quantity and timeframe are recorded as an enquiry.

    1. 01

      Enquiry

      Record the goods, requirements, target market and enquirer's role.

      More details

      The aim is to understand the product, desired characteristics and purpose of the enquiry. No commitment is made.

  2. B · ROLES & DOCUMENTS

    Clarify who is involved.

    End buyers, intermediaries and sellers are distinguished; mandates and evidence remain open to review.

    1. 02

      Role clarification

      Establish the parties involved, responsibilities and existing mandates.

      More details

      Buyers, sellers and intermediaries are identified openly. An intermediary does not present themselves as the end buyer.

    2. 03

      Documents

      Review available company, product and origin evidence.

      More details

      Available documents are reviewed and missing evidence is flagged. This is not an automated review service and does not replace specialist or legal review.

  3. C · PARTIES & BANKS

    Agree the route forward.

    Where the foundations are suitable, documents, negotiation steps and contact persons are organised.

    1. 04

      Key points & LOI

      Where appropriate to the transaction, requirements and a letter of intent (LOI) are addressed early; preliminary banking preparation can take place in parallel.

      More details

      In a specific transaction, an LOI may be an initial step. This does not apply to every commodity and is not a blanket requirement. Preliminary banking feasibility is reviewed in parallel at an early stage.

    2. 05

      Banking & contract

      Specific seller's offer (FCO), contact and introduction, draft contract (SPA); the contract wording and wording of the bank instrument are aligned.

      More details

      The responsible parties and their banks coordinate financing and contractual matters. Final issuance by the bank only follows the contract, agreement on the wording and bank approval; blanket bank evidence is neither required nor promised.

    3. 06

      Implementation

      Review and the document route are agreed individually. Transport and logistics matters remain with the responsible parties.

      More details

      Dates are only set once reliable agreements are in place. Projekt Phantom is not a freight forwarder and does not broker freight. No delivery or deadline is committed to here.

Return to clarification rather than skip steps: If documents are missing or a role is unclear, the transaction returns to clarification before binding commitments are made. Preliminary banking preparation can take place in parallel.

Distinguish three stages of banking evidence

  1. 1
    Preliminary evidence (Proof)

    Shows agreed financial preparation. It is not a payment guarantee.

  2. 2
    Draft wording of the bank instrument (Draft)

    Used to agree the wording and remains non-binding. Approval of the wording is not issuance.

  3. 3
    Final issuance (Issuance)

    Carried out by the responsible banks, and only subject to specific prerequisites: contract, agreement on the wording and bank approval.

The stages are not interchangeable. This is general guidance, rather than a statement about a specific transaction; banks decide on review and issuance.

The workflow provides general guidance. Projekt Phantom does not automatically act as the seller, owner of the goods or a financial institution. No consignment, financing or specific bank instrument is promised here.

ANONYMISED CASE OUTLINES

What early clarity
changes.

These outlines are derived from documented enquiries. They show outstanding review points, rather than completed transactions or client references.

INDUSTRIAL COMMODITY

Review the mandate first.

An enquiry included a material offer and an intermediary mandate for one person involved. Responsibilities and availability would need to be confirmed again for a new transaction.

  • Mandate
  • Availability
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY

Clarify the buyer's role.

In an enquiry process, intermediaries and the end buyer were not distinguished early enough. The case outline shows why roles and banking arrangements must align before further documents are exchanged.

  • Buyer's role
  • Banking arrangements
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  1. Material detail
  2. Document card
  3. Process stages

Commodity workflow film

View the video concept

A calm, light, 8–12-second film, 16:9, silent: (1) material detail, bauxite and aluminium as a still life; (2) a schematic document card with placeholder lines and tick boxes; (3) six process stages, three shown only in outline to indicate that they depend on the case. No readable documents, client data, quantities, prices, logos or apparent deliveries.

HAVE A SPECIFIC ENQUIRY?

Let's start with
the right information.

Tell us the goods, requirements, destination country and your role. We will then agree a suitable way to exchange confidential documents.

Describe your commodity needs

All product areas and images shown provide guidance. Availability, suppliers, terms, supporting evidence and the specific workflow are only reviewed and confirmed for an individual enquiry.