History
The metal department was founded as part of the Metall-Chemie Group in Hamburg. After several years, it moved to Cologne and later opened a branch office in Frankfurt. These former departments became the Frankfurt-based independent subsidiary MC Metallhandel GmbH in 2001.
The company's most important milestones
| 1949 | Metall-Chemie GmbH founded and started trading in metal ores |
| 1960 | Metall-Chemie Handelsgesellschaft Köln mbH & Co. KG founded |
| 1988 | Metall-Chemie Handelsgesllschaft mbH & Co branch for scrap metal founded in Frankfurt am Main |
| 1995 | Headquarters moved from Hamburg to Cologne |
| 2000 | Renamed Metall-Chemie Handelsgesellschaft für NE-Metalle mbh and headquarters moved to Frankfurt am Main after fusion with Metall-Chemie Handelsgesellschaft Köln mbH & Co. KG |
| 2001 | A certified waste management company in accordance with §52 KrW-/AbfG (Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act) |
| 2008 | Quality management certified in accordance with ISO 9001 |
| 2010 | Renamed MC Metallhandel GmbH |