Archie Hunter

Trafigura Group is seeking permission to subpoena Wall Street banks for information that might help the commodity trading giant track down the more than half a billion dollars it lost in an alleged nickel fraud.

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A years-long crackdown on bribery culminated this week in the first-ever conviction for corruption of a senior executive at a major commodity trading house

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European governments should be realistic about the costs to consumers and industry from pursuing strict net-zero emissions goals, according to the head of the world’s biggest independent oil trader.

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Die europäischen Regierungen sollten die Kosten für Verbraucher und Industrie realistisch einschätzen, die durch die Verfolgung strenger Netto-Null-Emissionsziele entstehen, so der Chef des weltgrößten unabhängigen Ölhändlers.

The world’s oil traders descended on London this week, and in the bars and hotels of the city’s Mayfair district they were getting re-accustomed to checking their phones for what Donald Trump might say next.

Hadi Hallouche, head of Trafigura Group’s downstream oil division and an executive who was once touted as the firm’s future leader, is leaving the company.

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