Jack Farchy

Commodities trader Trafigura Group plans to re-domicile a key holding company through which employees own their shares in the business from the Netherlands to Bermuda.

Commodity trader Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. was granted an early trial over an alleged distortion to the world’s benchmark oil tanker rate that it argues is costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

Trafigura Group has moved to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars of copper from London Metal Exchange warehouses as lucrative trading opportunities emerge in the US and China, according to people familiar with the matter.

A little-known Swiss trading company played a key role in the transit through the Strait of Hormuz of an oil supertanker whose stop-start journey captivated the oil market earlier this month, according to people familiar with the matter.

Uma trading suíça pouco conhecida desempenhou papel-chave na passagem de um superpetroleiro pelo Estreito de Hormuz cuja jornada intermitente chamou a atenção do mercado de petróleo no início deste mês, segundo pessoas familiarizadas com o assunto.

Una empresa de trading suiza poco conocida desempeñó un papel clave en el tránsito por el estrecho de Ormuz de un superpetrolero cuyo viaje intermitente llamó la atención del mercado petrolero anteriormente este mes.

Eine kaum bekannte Schweizer Handelsfirma spielte nach Angaben von mit der Angelegenheit vertrauten Personen eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Durchfahrt eines Öl-Supertankers durch die Straße von Hormus. Die stockende Reise des Schiffes hatte Anfang dieses Monats den Ölmarkt in Atem gehalten.

Copper traders are once again scouring the world for metal to send to the US, as renewed speculation about import tariffs revives a trade that’s upended the $300 billion-a-year market.

Trafigura Group made a record payout to its top traders and executives as the commodity trading giant reaped profits of over $4 billion in the first half of its financial year.

Mercuria Energy Group enjoyed an 88% jump in first-half profit, putting it on track for one of its best-ever annual results as the Hormuz crisis creates huge opportunities for commodity traders.