About Wogen
Wu Jin
Wogen's journey of a thousand Li began in 1973 when Bernard Buckman, an old China hand and member of the ice-breaking "48 Group", joined forces with Colin Williams, then of Rudolf Wolff Ltd, to form a company to specialise in metal trading with China.
The company name "Wu Jin" meaning 5 metals or the earliest Chinese known metallic world came later, a suggestion from Minmetals, then the paramount metal trading arm of the People's Republic. From its inception, Wogen Resources Ltd was to be identified with China.
Silk Road
Our journey as merchant adventurers on the modern Silk Road has taken us in many directions and we expect it will take us in many more. We are committed to the idea of adventure and enterprise, to tempering technology with humanity.
The Silk Road was not just the route of the traditional East-West traders; it became a conduit for culture, materials, religions, inventions and resources. We want you to think of us as a conduit for discovery.
Under one roof in London we have experienced traders who have travelled to all 7 Continents - from the icy climes of northern Siberia to the desert sandstorms of Inner Mongolia, and from the tempestuous southern tip of South America to the lush pastures of the Ukrainian steppe. Adventures produce friends and contacts; both vital to our success in the commercial world.
Our traders are experts in their fields, embracing iron and steel, chemicals, super alloys, electronics, catalysts and jewelry. We are regarded as an important trader of minor metals, electronic metals, ferro-alloys, the Platinum group of metals and other metals and minerals not traded on an exchange.
London - Wogen founded in 1972
Hong Kong - opened in 1974
Beijing - opened in 1981
Shanghai - opened in 1984
Tokyo - opened in 1987
Moscow - opened in 1989
Spain - opened in 1992
Guangzhou - opened in 1995
Germany - opened in 1998
Ukraine - opened in 2006
South Africa - opened in 2009
Brazil - opened in 2010
Kazakhstan - opened in 2011