With roots dating back to 1887 as the smelting operations arm of The Straits Trading Company Limited (STC), Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad (MSC) of today enjoys an unsurpassed global reputation as the world's leading custom smelter and is renowned as one of the world's largest integrated producers of tin metal. The Group embarked on a diversification strategy in 2007 intended to transform the Company from a single commodity business focused on tin to a well established resources organisation in the metals and mineral resources sector.