Geneva-based group plans to buy more stakes in mines as it snaps up copper supplies in challenge to bigger rivals
Plan includes relaxing sanctions on Israeli billionaire to counter Chinese control of critical minerals
Executives at Vitol, Trafigura and Mercuria say banks and export credit agencies have never been so keen to lend to them
Magid Shenouda’s exit comes as Swiss group prepares for arrival of star Macquarie trader Nick O’Kane
Nick O’Kane, who earned more than Jamie Dimon last year, to grow trading group’s gas and power business from Dubai
TechMet set for $1bn valuation in boost to west’s challenge of China’s dominance in critical minerals sector
European oil majors’ combined trading profits surpass those of the four biggest private energy traders
Companies set high-water mark unlikely to be repeated in 2023
Commodity trader seeks to invest $500mn funding projects to prevent deforestation
Serica Energy announces £644mn takeover of rival North Sea company owned by Swiss commodity group
Chinese group’s tie-up with Swiss oil trader wound down amid heightened geopolitical tensions
Commodity traders prepare for aggressive shift away from hydrocarbons
Commodity traders reap rewards from pandemic volatility and rising oil and metals prices
Mercuria claims fraudsters swapped metal for copper-coloured stones and cement
Mercuria, Gunvor, Vitol and Trafigura speed up preparations for energy transition
Price volatility during pandemic offers opportunities for energy trading sector
Price crash provokes supply cuts but ‘all bets are off’ if second wave of pandemic hits
Shipping fuel trader to restructure before putting itself up for sale
Aim is to provide faster, cheaper and more secure ways of completing trades
Trafigura and others have struggled to make money from buying and storing cheap crude
