Mining Operations
Managing extraction partnerships, not extraction risk
BASE does not operate mines or quarries directly. Instead, we manage long-term partnerships with established operators across proven mineral belts in Türkiye and Russia, coordinating volumes, specifications and schedules on behalf of our buyers. It's a deliberate structure — the extraction risk, capital investment and regulatory burden of running a mine stay with the operator, while BASE takes responsibility for turning that output into a supply relationship buyers can plan around. It also means BASE can end a partnership that stops performing without a buyer ever experiencing the disruption of a mine going offline.
How We Work
Partner selection
We work only with operators who hold valid extraction licences and a track record of consistent output. New partners are reviewed against the same criteria as our longest-standing suppliers, with no exceptions for volume or price. A licence that's technically valid but recently issued still gets the same scrutiny as one held for a decade — track record matters as much as paperwork.
Volume planning
Extraction schedules are coordinated against confirmed buyer demand, not speculative output. That keeps material moving instead of sitting in stockpiles waiting for a buyer. It also protects the operator from the boom-and-bust cycle of chasing speculative demand that doesn't materialise.
On-site verification
Material is checked at the point of extraction before it enters the processing stage. Catching an issue here is faster and cheaper than catching it at the port. A batch flagged here never reaches the processing stage, let alone a ship.
We manage the relationship, the operator manages the risk — and buyers get consistent supply either way. That division of responsibility is what lets both sides do their part well.