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  • 10 Nov 2025 - Le Temps
​Le rachat avorté des actifs non russes de Lukoil risque d’entraver Gunvor

  • 23 Sep 2025 - Bloomberg 
Squarepoint's Quants Go Analog, Hauling Metals Across the Ocean

  • 03 Sep 2025 - Financial Times​
Vitol: the secretive trading giant

  • 30 Jul 2025 - Le Temps
Trump chamboule le commerce mondial, à commencer par les matières premières

  • 22 Apr 2025 - Agefi
Les méthodes Sélectives de Glencore à l'Heure de Comptabiliser Son Charbon
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  • 19 Mar 2025 - Reuters
 Vitol snaps up West Africa assets from Eni, strengthening upstream presence​

  • 19 Mar 2025 - Financial Times
​‘ABCD’ agricultural traders struggle to escape boom-bust cycle

  • 1 Feb 2025 - Bloomberg
Jail Sentence For Trafigura Powerbroker

  • 17 Dec 2024 - Financial Times
Trafigura under fresh scrutiny after scandals hit profits

  • 3 Dec 2024 - Financial Times
Singapore gets tough on commodity trading practices after series of scandals

  • 4 Nov 2024 - Les Echos
Le négociant Trafigura éclaboussé par une nouvelle affaire à 1,1 milliard de dollars

  • 2 Nov 2024 - Bloomberg
Trafigura Oil Fraud - How Trade Faces 1 Billion Loss

  • 25 Sep 2024 - Financial Times
Trafigura signals new era as gas and power boss ascends to Chief Executive 

  • 21 Sep 2024 - Bloomberg
Trafigura new boss is ex soldier who says profit comes first

  • 21 Sep 2024 - Financial Times
Trafigura set to name Richard Holthum as Chief Executive

  • 31 Jul 2024 - Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Boom im Rohstoffhandel -  Die Ära der dicken Gewinne

  • 20 May 2024 - Le Temps
Le négoce d’électricité aiguise l’appétit des traders suisses de matières premières
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  • 12 April 2024 - Financial Times
Trafigura’s Jeremy Weir: trader-in- chief seeks to draw a line under corruption scandals
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  • 08 Apr 2024 - Agefi Suisse
Mercuria frappe fort en engageant Nick O’Kane

  • 06 Apr 2024 - Le Temps
Les deux armes suisses et secrètes de TotalEnergies

  • 05 Apr 2024 - Bloomberg
Succession Drama Grips Commodity Trading’s Billionaire Factories

  • 24 Feb 2024 - Le Temps
​En Suisse, l’extraordinaire saga du pétrole russe touche à sa fin 

  • 15 Jan 2024 - Global Trading Review
​Commodity Finance is dead, long live Commodity Finance

  • 08 Dec 2023 - Bloomberg
Trafigura Bribery Case/ The Once Powerful Executive Now Facing Charges​

  • 22 Nov 2023 - Le Temps
IXM ou l'Essor d'un Négociant à Genève

  • 12 Oct 2023 - Bloomberg
​The Veteran Trader Building a Chinese Giant in Glencore’s Image

  • 22 Sep 2023 - Financial Times
Metals industry grapples with fraud wave

  • 27 Jun 2023 - Financial Times
Vitol and Gunvor help keep Russian refined oil flowing, data shows

  • 27 Apr 2023 - The Economist
Why commodity-trading scandals are multiplying

  • 12 Oct 2023 - Bloomberg
Ex-Glencore CEO Contender Sets Out to Build a Chinese Trading Giant

  • 21 Apr 2023 - AGEFI.ch
Glencore-Teck/ c'est «un deal qu’ils ne peuvent pas rater»

  • 11 Fev 2023 - Bloomberg
Trafigura's Nickel Nemesis Was Already Notorious in Metal Circles
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  • 01 Fev 2023 - Global Trading Review
Demand for commodity finance set to skyrocket, with large traders to reap rewards

  • 16 Jan 2023 - Global Trading Review
Russian oil - Walking a tightrope
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  • 16 Jan 2023 - Global Trading Review
Five trends shaping the commodities market in 2023

  • 08 Dec 2022 - Le Temps
Nouveau bénéfice record pour le suisse Trafigura​

  • 08 Dec 2022 - Les Echos
Profits historiques pour le négociant de matières premières Trafigura

  • 06 Dec 2022 - Global Trading Review
​Banks remain wary as Russian oil price cap kicks in
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  • 02 Nov 2022 - Bloomberg
Germany Backstops Commodity Traders as War Drives Resource Dash​

  • 02 Nov 2022 - The Economist
​How men with guns aggravate global hunger​

  • 12 Oct 2022 - AGEFI 
La Bourse des métaux de Londres explore une voie incertaine

  • 15 Sep 2022 - Euromoney
Commodity trade finance gets tough in a destabilized world

  • 06 Sep 2022 - Le Temps
La place genevoise du négoce résiste face aux sanctions contre la Russie

  • 06 Sep 2022 - TXF News
Where's the bank balance in commodity trader lending?

  • 03 Sep 2022 - Financial Times 
Sweden announces emergency support for energy producers as EU considers action

  • 04 Jul 2022 - Bloomberg
Banks Step Up Trade Finance in Global Commodities Boom

  • 26 Jun 2022 - Le Matin Dimanche
À Genève des tradeurs opaques profitent encore du pétrole russe

  • 23 Jun 2022 - l'AGEFI
Métaux de base - Les marchés cherchent le point d'atterrissage 

  • 01 Jun 2022 - Le Temps
L'UE aura appris à la dure qu'elle ne peut plus dépendre d'un seul fournisseur

  • 28 Apr 2022 - Wall Street Journal
Oil Middlemen Fueled Putin’s War Machine

  • 17 Apr 2022 - Matin Dimanche
Le pétrolier préféré de Poutine a rapporté un beau pactole

  • 29 Mar 2022 - Public Eye
Ukraine - Les amitiés brut du Kremlin

  • 24 Mar 2022 - La Liberté
La situation ne peut que s'aggraver

  • 23 Mar 2022 - Agefi Suisse
Les Sanctions Pourraient Affecter le Secteur des Matières Premières

  • 18 Mar 2022 - Bloomberg
Commodity Traders' Bonds Plunge 

  • 09 Mar 2022 - Global Trading Review
Traders face "daunting task" as west restricts Russian oil and gas imports

  • 05 Mar 2022 - Le Temps
Catastrophe en vue sur le front des céréales

  • 05 Mar 2022 - The Economist
Schumpeter - A gamble too far

  • 04 Mar 2022 - Les Echos
La guerre en Ukraine met le négoce en tension

  • 02 Mar 2022 - Financial Times
War in Ukraine: when political risk upturns commodity markets

  • 02 Mar 2022 - Global Trade Review
Major banks and traders react as Russian sanction mount

  • 24 Feb 2022 - Bloomberg
Russian Commodities Trade Feels Chill as Banks Limit Finance
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  • 19 Jan 2022 - Global Trade Review
Commodity traders face year of uncertainty despite oil surge
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  • 13 Jan 2021 - Global Trade Review
Collateral damage

  • 14 Dec 2021 - Les Echos
L'insolente santé financières des négociants de matières premières

  • 02 0ct 2021 - The Economist
 Making sense of the chaos in commodity markets

  • 24 Jun 2021 - Financial Times
​Top commodity traders pile into the energy transition

  • 10 Jun 2021 - TXF News
​ Not charged up and plenty of places to go!

  • 13 Jan 2021 - TXF News
Reasons to be cheerful in Trade Finance
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  • 11 Nov 2020 - Wall Street Journal 
Agricultural Giant Louis Dreyfus to Sell Major Stake to Abu Dhabi State Firm

  • 11 Nov 2020 - Financial Times
Louis Dreyfus sells stake to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund

  • 05 Nov 2020 - Financial World
The Commodity of Trust

  • 02 Nov 2020 - Le Temps
Face aux fraudes, la réaction des négociants

  • 17 Sep 2020 - Agefi France
Les Banques Adaptent la Voilure

  • 07 Sep 2020 - Euromoney
Commodity Trade Finance at the Crossroads

  • 02 Sep 2020 - Cercle Cyclope
L'analyse de Jean-François Lambert - Financement des Matières Premières

  • 01 Sep 2020 - Le Temps
Radiographie d'une Fraude à 4 Milliards

  • 01 Sep 2020 - Les Echos
Négoce de matières premières : pourquoi les banques européennes se retirent

  • 23 Aug 2020 - Bloomberg
How Does Commodity Trading Work? Not Well Enough for Some European Banks 
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  • 15 Aug 2020 - Financial Times
European banks lose appetite for commodity trade financing

  • 15 Aug 2020 - Reuters
Commodity traders face rising finance costs as big banks pull out

  • ​14 Aug 2020 - S&P Global Market Intelligence
Hit by 40% revenue slump, commodity trade finance faces bank retreat, reshaping

  • 12 Aug 2020 - Bloomberg
ABN Amro Exit Threatens Commodity-Trader Liquidity Squeeze

  • 17 Jul 2020 - Le Temps
Dans nos assiettes, la transition est bigarrée
  • 15 Jul 2020 - Le Temps
Covid-19: «Il n’y a pas eu de crise alimentaire»
  • 14 Jul 2020 - GTR Global Trade Review
Banks nervous over fraud losses as Singapore oil traders collapse

  • 28 May 2020 - Les Echos
Pétrole - Singapour secouée par une série de fraude
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  • 20 May 2020 - GTR Global Trade Review​​
Analysis: Banks nervous over fraud losses as Singapore oil traders collapse

  • 18 May 2020 - The London Institute of Banking and Finance
How will Covid-19 change trade finance

  • 7 May 2020 - The Economist
​Schumpeter The buoyant oil traders

  • 4 May 2020 - The London Institute of Banking and Finance
What the Covid-19 means for trade banks and open account 

  • 1 May 2020 - The London Institute of Banking and Finance
Trade finance in a pandemic: The shortcomings of a paper-based trade system

  • 29 Apr 2020 - Les Echos
Matières premières : le scandale Hin Leong met le financement du négoce sous tension

  • 27 Apr 2020 - Bloomberg
​Hin Leong Bust Latest to Mar Singapore’s Oil Trading Haven

  • 26 Apr 2020 - South China Morning Post
Here’s a peek at how an epic gamble exposes the rot inside Singapore tycoon Lim Oon Kuin’s Hin Leong oil-trading empire

  • 24 Apr 2020 - Asia Times
Singapore’s oil traders at risk of collapse

  • 21 Apr 2020 - Financial Times
Singapore scandal rocks commodity traders and their lenders

  • 21 Apr 2020 - Bloomberg
How an epic gamble exposed the rot OK Lim’s oil empire18 Nov 2019 Bloomberg

  • 20 Apr 2020 - S&P Global Platts
Hin Leong debacle signals commodity financing curbs, wider oil industry losses

  • 18 Apr 2020 - Bloomberg
Fearful Bankers Spurn Asia Commodity Traders in Credit Squeeze​

  • 16 Apr 2020 - Financial Times
Oil trader Hin Leong races to restructure billions in debt

  • 18 Nov 2019 - Bloomberg
Louis Dreyfus Shakes Up Management Again

  • 17 Oct 2019 Financial Times
Gunvor pays almost $100m to settle Africa corruption case

  • 28 Aug 2019 TXFNews
Commodity report for H1 2019 shows drastic drop in volumes
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  • 30 Jul 2019 FastMarkets - Metal Bulletin
Tsingshan Indonesian JV to ramp up Eramet’s NPI production from H2 2020

  • 20 Jul 2019 Financial Times
Choc tactics: Ghana and Ivory Coast plot ‘Opec for cocoa’
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  • 04 Jul 2019 Challenges
La Victoire à la Pyrrhus de Margarita Louis-Dreyfus

  • 24 Apr 2019 Financial Times
Automation is the future of futures markets

  • 06 Apr 2019 France Télévisions
Quand les Prix du Nickel en Nouvelle-Calédonie Dépendent de la Mousson en Asie 

  • 04 Apr 2019 Agéfi  Hebdo
Indétrônables Géants Verts

  • 25 Mar 2019 Bloomberg
Back to the Marc Rich Days as U.S. Probes Commodity Traders
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  • 25 Fev 2019 Financial Times
Oil Blockchain platform signs up most North Sean traders

  • 14 Fev 2019 Bloomberg
Commodity Trading Giants Hunting for Investors Find Few Takers

  • 31 Jan 2019 The Economist
A Chinese state-backed giant’s rapid rise in global trading of food

  • 04 Jan 2019 TXFNews
Trade Funds - Confidence Dips
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  • 03 Jan 2019 France Télévisions
Le Cours du Nickel Hésite et Résiste 
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  • 16 Dec 2018 Financial Times
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus defends family buyout

  • 13 Dec 2018 The Economist
Trade war has given agricultural merchants a boost

  • 10 Dec 2018 France Télévisions
​Eramet : Lundi noir en bourse

  • 10 Dec 2018 Le Monde​
Eramet de nouveau dans la tourmente

  • 06 Dec 2018 Bloomberg
Noble Group Rescue Plan in Doubt as Singapore Blocks Listing 

  • 28 Nov 2018 TXF
Finding sense and sensibility in global commodities
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  • 21 Nov 2018 Metal Bulletin
​Trafigura strengthens grip on Nyrstar's Port Pirie with liquidity bridging loan deal

  • 20 Nov 2018 Financial Times
Singapore authorities launch probe into Noble Group

  • 11 Nov 2018 Financial Times
Former Morgan Stanley banker is frontrunner to chair Noble

  • 09 Nov 2018 Bloomberg
​How a Giant Oil Trader Stumbled in the Wild

  • 05 Nov 2018 France Télévisions
Nouvelle-Calédonie : le Financial Times analyse le référendum et rassure le marché du nickel

  • 26 Oct 2018 France Télévisions
Glencore : Koniambo Nickel met le turbo​
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  • 24 Oct 2018 Les Echos
Les Ambitions du Trader de l'Alimentation des Chinois

  • 18 Oct 2018 France Télévisions
Usine de nickel du Sud en Nouvelle-Calédonie : le PDG de Vale annonce une décision rapide​

  • 09 Oct 2018 Les Echos
Louis Dreyfus Company gâte ses actionnaires malgré un profit en baisse

  • 08 Oct 2018 Financial Times​
Louis Dreyfus Company pays $441m dividend

  • 08 Oct 2018 Bloomberg
Dreyfus Pays Big Dividend as Billionaire Owner Seeks Cash​

  • 23 Sep 2018 Bloomberg
Oil Traders Suffering Dismal Year as Easy Money Deals Vanish

  • 11 Sep 2018 France Télévisions
Nickel : une analyse de la banque Morgan Stanley évoque la SLN et Eramet

  • 26 Jun 2018 S&P Global Platts - Oilgram News
Australian Energy IPo Helps Vitol Build Cash Pile page 2

  • 21 Jun 2018 The Business Times, Singapore
New dawn for Noble as Goldilocks ends trench fight over debt revamp

  • 14 Jun 2018 France Info:
ERAMET : les négociations avec l'australien MDL sont-elles vraiment rompues? 

  • 31 May 2018 Bloomberg:
Oil Trader Trafigura Rebuilds Reputation While Making Billions

  • 14 May 2018 Les Echos:
Les Marchés des Matières Premières Secoués par la Flambée des Risques Politiques

  • 2 May 2018 Bloomberg:
Aluminium's Turmoil Hands a Lifeline to Embattled Noble Group

  • 20 Mar 2018 Handelsblatt:
Raffinierte Geschäftsidee

  • 20 Mar 2018 Financial Times:​
Metals trade proves more attractive than oil in trend reversal 
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  • 19 Feb 2018 Reuters:
Noble Group's $5bln Estimated Loss Could Push Creditors to Accept Debt Deal

  • 29 Jan 2018 Bloomberg:
Rags to Riches Tale Ends in Disaster for Noble Group's Elman

  • 25 Jan 2018 Reuters:
​Glencore, China group lie in wait as ADM enters grain merger fray
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  • 22 Jan 2018 Financial Times:
ADM and Bunge sow seeds for grain revival with tie-up talk
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  • 20 Dec 2017 Les Echos:
Matières Premières: des grandes tendances à suivre en 2018

  • 12 Dec 2017 France Télévisions:
Eramet retrouve son rang

  • 11 Dec 2017 Financial Times: 
Tough Oil Market Conditions Bite on Profits at Trafigura

  • 11 Dec 2017 France Télévisions:
En Nouvelle-Calédonie, Vale pourrait baisser le rideau de fer sur son usine de nickel

  • 29 Nov 2017 Bloomberg:
Trader Pay Said to be Next Challenge for Noble Group Debt Talks

  • 28 Nov 2017 France Télévisions:
Coup de Froid sur le Nickel, mais Prime à la Qualité Calédonienne

  • 21 Nov 2017 Financial Times:
Trafigura focuses on securitising its inventory of metals and oil​

  • 20 Nov 2017 France Télévisions:
​Vale renonce à ouvrir le capital de VNC

  • 19 Nov 2017 Bloomberg:
What’s Left For Noble Group Creditors: The Answer’s in Jamaica

  • 27 Oct 2017 France Télévisions:
Vale espère trouver un partenaire pour son usine calédonienne de nickel

  • 23 Oct 2017 Bloomberg:
Noble's Next Battle Will Be Over $3 Billion in Debt

  • 19 Oct 2017 France Télévisions:
Vale cherche un partenaire pour son usine calédonienne de nickel 

  • 17 Oct 2017 Bloomberg:
There’s So Much Pain in Agriculture That Traders Are Leaving

  • 04 Sep 2017 Business Standard:
Commodities Enter Super Boom Cycle, with a Few Bumps

  • 30 Aug 2017 Bloomberg: 
Louis Dreyfus Trader Exodus Leaves Hole in Grain Business

  • 27 July 2107 France Télévisions:
La Diversification d'Eramet

  • 26 July 2017 Bloomberg:
Noble Group Plunges on Profit Warning as Coupon Payment in Focus

  • 14 July 2017 France Télévisions:
​Nouvelle-Calédonie : les scénarios de Vale pour l’usine de nickel du Sud

  • 07 Jul 2017 Ship and Building:
More Losses for Crude to Come Amid Renewed Speculation that OPEC May Get Tough on Nigeria, Libya

  • 07 Jul 2017 Bloomberg:
World's Top Traders Bet American Shale Is Here to Stay

  • 29 Jun 2017 Business Standard (Mumbai):
​Physical Gold is Getting Old

  • 28 Jun 2017 Business Standard (Mumbai):
Commodity markets turn bearish as prices fall

  • 23 Jun 2017 Les Echos: 
L’Europe part à la reconquête du marché mondial du sucre

  • 20 Jun 2017 The Business Times - Singapore:
Noble Group shares surge 46% on reports of credit facility extension

  • 16 Jun 2017 TXF:
Commodities lending: Blind man's buffer? 

  • 16 Jun 2017 TXF:​
Commodity trade tech: The new key to making the margins​
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  • 01 Jun 2017 Bloomberg: 
The Rise and Fall of a Commodities Giant in Asia

  • 15 May 2017 Bloomberg:
Man Who Helped Bury Lehman Turns to Saving Troubled Trader Noble

  • 11 May 2017 Bloomberg:
Noble Group Relies on Costly Capital as Options Narrow

  • 3 May 2017 France Télévisions:
Le nickel calédonien fragilisé par la situation aux Philippines

  • 3 May 2017 Le Temps:
Trafigura aspirée dans un incident diplomatique

  • 3 May 2017 Bloomberg:
​Oil-Trading Tycoons Bankroll Battle for Sailing's Greatest Prize

  • 12 Apr 2017 Bloomberg:
Against the Grain, Traders Go Gluten Free in Hunt for Profits

  • 31 Mar 2017 France Télévision: 
L’Indonésie sous l’emprise du cuivre et du nickel

  • 28 Mar 2017 Bloomberg: 
​Trump’s ‘America First’ Won’t Place Commodity Traders Last

  • 27 Mar 2017 Financial Times: Oil trading surge strengthens grip of big commodity houses
​https://www.ft.com/content/1f12b950-1085-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d
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  • 24 Mar 2017 Financial Times: Staff departures raise questions about Cofco International plans
www.ft.com/content/77b57f8e-e182-11e6-9645-c9357a75844a
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  • 14 Mar 2017 TXF:
New Year, New Noble? Leaner trader set for annual refi_LP - TXF News
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  • 11 Feb 2017 Le Temps : le négoce du pétrole s’accroche à la croissance chinoise
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/02/10/negoce-petrole-saccroche-croissance-chinoise

  • 2 Feb 2017 Bloomberg: Commodity trading arm in sleepy Swiss village  trips up ADM again
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-07/commodity-trading-arm-in-sleepy-swiss-village-trips-up-adm-again

  • 6 Jan 2017 Financial Times: Cofco suffers setback as head of international unit leaves
https://www.ft.com/content/38fa7a58-d41f-11e6-9341-7393bb2e1b51

  • 5 Jan 2017 Bloomberg: Cofco agri CEO said to leave in setback for grain trading plans
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-05/cofco-agri-ceo-said-to-leave-in-setback-for-grain-trading-plans

  • 10 Dec 2016 Le News: Glencore Rosneft deal  reopens battle for Russia
http://lenews.ch/2016/12/10/swiss-based-glencores-rosneft-deal-reopens-battle-for-russian-commodities/

  • 8 Dec 2016 Bloomberg: Glencore-Rosneft deal reopens battle for Russia commodity riches
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-08/glencore-rosneft-deal-reopens-battle-for-russia-commodity-riches

  • 23 Nov 2016 Financial Times: Cargill seeks out fertile ground in Asia frontier markets
https://www.ft.com/content/0009bce4-a568-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1

  • 28 Oct 2016 Financial Times: Mitsubishi seeks Olam's sustainable approach
https://www.ft.com/content/e9d0ea06-7ca5-11e5-a1fe-567b37f80b64

  • 20 Oct 2016 Les Echos: Trafigura, du pétrole et des idées
http://www.lesechos.fr/20/10/2016/LesEchos/22302-045-ECH_trafigura--du-petrole-et-des-idees.htm

  • 16 Oct 2016 Financial Times: Rosneft-India deal marks crucial step for Trafigura
https://www.ft.com/content/837f6416-9221-11e6-8df8-d3778b55a923

  • 12 Oct 2016 Global Trade Review: Olam in sustainable palm oil first
http://www.gtreview.com/news/africa/olam-in-sustainable-palm-oil-first/

  • 17 Aug 2016 Global Trade Review: Cargill steps in for Central American trade
http://www.gtreview.com/news/americas/cargill-steps-in-for-central-american-trade/

  • 1 Jun 2016 Bloomberg: giant oil trader Vitol makes billions in volatile times
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-06-01/giant-oil-trader-vitol-makes-billions-in-volatile-times

  • 31 may 2016 Financial Times: Gunvor boss used $1bn payout to sever ties with Russian oligarch
https://www.ft.com/content/dfa7da28-236a-11e6-aa98-db1e01fabc0c

  • 26 May 2016 Financial Times: Palm oil battle spreads beyond ethical investors
https://www.ft.com/content/d9c87b0e-229c-11e6-aa98-db1e01fabc0c

  • 12 May 2016 Bloomberg: Can Scrap-Metal Dealer Elman Salvage Noble Group From the Heap?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-12/can-scrap-metal-dealer-elman-salvage-noble-group-from-the-heap

  • 9 Mar 2016 Les Echos: Noble group négocie son plus gros emprunt adossé à ses stocks
http://www.lesechos.fr/09/03/2016/lesechos.fr/021755427099_noble-group-negocie-son-plus-gros-emprunt-adosse-a-ses-stocks.htm
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

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