Archie Hunter

(Bloomberg) -- Copper rose after a jump in withdrawals from London Metal Exchange warehouses in Gwangyang, South Korea.

(Bloomberg) -- Trading house Trafigura Group Pte Ltd has bought a gas-fired power plant in the US, part of a growing wave of merchants piling into supplying volatile electricity markets.

(Bloomberg) -- Commodities traders flush with cash are buying oil refineries that energy majors are increasingly turning their back on.

The last time Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners traded physical commodities at scale it lost almost $500 million over three years. Now its boss says things are different as the firm bets big on buying and supplying natural gas and power.

Trading house cuts interest rate on money owed to shareholders Wave of senior departures is also putting pressure on company

California's attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after it alleged the firms acted together to manipulate local gasoline markets.

Firms Were Alleged to Have Manipulated Californian Gasoline Markets in 2015 When Refinery in Torrance Exploded

(Bloomberg) -- California's attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol Group and SK Energy Americas Inc. after it alleged the firms acted together to manipulate local gasoline markets.

Some of the biggest names in shipping are betting billions of dollars on tankers to transport a type of ammonia that's scarcely being produced today — wagering it will become integral to the industry's decarbonization drive.

Anglo is slimming its operations after BHP's takeover attempt, which would have created a commodities powerhouse. BHP eventually walked away from the deal.