Metal Manufactures Limited was incorporated in Victoria and established in 1916 by the Mt Morgan Company, the Mt Lyell Company, the Hampden-Cloncurry Company and British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd. The company's principal shareholder was BICC Ltd, a British company. Metal Manufactures Ltd and its subsidiary companies Cable Makers Australia Pty Ltd and Austral Bronze Crane Copper Ltd were manufacturers of insulated and non-insulated electric cables for energy and communications; copper and brass tubes for plumbing and engineering; plastic pipe for water supply, drainage and irrigation; polyurethane products; and distribution of electrical products for electrical contractors. The company was deregistered in 1989.