Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 25 March 1997.
1. The plaintiff and the defendant are both traders in metals. On 4 May 1994, the plaintiff says, the parties entered into a written agreement in terms of which the plaintiff agreed to buy and the defendant agreed to sell 100 metric tonnes of antimony metal, with "tolerance" stated to be "10% - /0% +". The origin of the antimony was stated to be China, the shipment dates "by latest June 15, 1994 from China or latest June 20 from Hong Kong" and the price "US$2,220.-/MT of material CIF Rotterdam".