All India Metal Corporation

Our office is at 132 Gulal Wadi, up on the first floor. If you've ever been to Gulal Wadi, you know it’s a tight squeeze with all the shops and people moving metal around on carts. We’ve been in the metal trade for a long time. The building is old, and the stairs are worn down from years of people walking up and down them. Inside, it’s mostly just stacks of papers and samples of different metals we deal with. We handle all sorts of things, from copper to steel. It’s a loud area. You can hear the sounds of metal banging and carts rolling on the street below all day long. We don't have air conditioning that works very well, so it gets a bit warm in the summer months. We don't have a big team. Just a couple of us who know the business and how the prices change from week to week. We don't bother with fancy presentations or trying to look bigger than we are. If someone needs metal, they come here, we talk about the price, and we see if we can get it for them. It’s a very straightforward way of doing things. We’ve known some of the other traders in this lane for decades. We often sit out on the landing to catch a bit of a breeze and talk about how the market is moving. It’s a bit gritty and dusty, but it’s home for us. We don't need much else to get through the day.