• How it all started 1998
    BST HK was founded in 1998 in Hong Kong by Dejan Minic to serve the growing demand for steel in the ever-expanding Chinese market. BST HK has started off as a niche steel trader and has grown hand in hand with the Chinese market to become a reputable commodity trading powerhouse over the years. We have always been committed to quickly responding and adapting to the ever-changing needs of the fast-paced, and tirelessly growing Chinese market. Having the knowledge, experience, and expertise on how to navigate all the specificities of the Chinese market remains one of our greatest assets even to this date.
  • Foundations of Iron Ore desk 2003
    With a massively accelerated expansion of China’s steel industry in the 2000s, demand for Iron Ore was skyrocketing. BST managed to pick up those market signals quite quickly and focus on developing its Iron Ore trading desk.
  • Double down on Iron Ore 2005
    Mr. Ashish Shukla joined BST in 2005 with the aim to further develop BST’s Iron Ore trading desk. The plan was for Ashish to leverage his relationships with Iron Ore mines from India and further scale our Iron Ore operations to better serve the growing demand coming from China. Mr. Ashish Shukla is currently serving as a partner and managing director at BST.
  • In-house shipping desk 2010
    As our business was expanding we have acknowledged a rising need to develop an in-house function for dealing with all logistics related operations, namely shipping and chartering. In 2010 Mr Alok Dwivedi has joined our team to help us build BST’s Shipping and Chartering function from the ground up. Alok currently serves as BST’s Head of Shipping Operations.
  • In-house pricing & hedging 2012
    In 2012, Richard Shelley joined BST’s team. With Richard joining BST has added one more strategic function to its umbrella of in-house services, Hedging & Risk Management. This was the missing piece for turning BST into an integrated, full service commodities trading powerhouse. Over the years Pricing & Hedging became an important service for our clients. Richard now serves as a Director of Risk Management at BST.
  • Foundations of Coal desk 2017
    China’s stable and growing demand for coal, has pushed us into exploring possibilities around setting up a Coal trading desk. We were very pleased when Paul Hung agreed to join BST and help us set up our new Coal trading desk. Paul Hung currently serves as BST’s Head of Coal.
  • Where we are at today

    Iron Ore: 8 million metric tons p.a.

    Coal:       3 million metrics tons p.a.

    HBI:         700 thousand metrics tons p.a.

    Steel:     500 thousand metric tons p.a.