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TRAFIGURA: ".. physical markets are already facing serious challenges. .. And if the conflict were to persist alongside the restrictions to shipping flows, then these challenges will become truly historic.”

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Commodities Trader Trafigura Warns of Tipping Point in Energy Markets
Trafigura said the Middle East conflict has thrown global commodity markets into turmoil, warning that markets are at an “inflection point” that could see prices move higher as supply tightens further...
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June 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Trafigura and Vitol both on the same page about how dire it is...not good!
June 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Trafigura Bought Venezuelan Gold in ‘Historic’ US Deal in March. It’s Still in Storage.

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Trafigura Bought Venezuelan Gold in ‘Historic’ US Deal in March. It’s Still in Storage.
Experts say lawlessness in Venezuelan gold mining areas makes it hard to meet U.S. standards for import. International commodities trader Trafigura told OCCRP that the Venezuelan gold it bought after...
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September 29, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Some petroleum market quotes from last 24h

Trafigura Chief Economist Saad Rahim: "buffers are now largely spent"

Vitol Middle East chief Tom Baker: "In Europe and...the US, everyone is kind of asleep at the wheel"

S&P Global energy analyst/historian Daniel Yergin: 1.2bn barrels of supply lost.
June 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Trafigura-owned biodiesel plant to close in new blow to UK industry https://on.ft.com/4ldjoaa
Trafigura-owned biodiesel plant to close in new blow to UK industry
Plan to shut Greenergy unit follows recent collapse of oil refinery in the same area
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July 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Some petroleum market quotes from last 24h

Trafigura Chief Economist Saad Rahim: "buffers are now largely spent"

Vitol Middle East chief Tom Baker: "In Europe and...the US, everyone is kind of asleep at the wheel"

S&P Global energy analyst/historian Daniel Yergin: 1.2bn barrels of supply lost.
June 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
How did trading house Trafigura convince Trump the theft could be legalized/normalized? They knew the “magic words.” (Not “We’ll pay you.” The other ones.)

“Trafigura executives told the White House that Venezuelan gold was a national security issue, according to people familiar with the proposal.”
September 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Energy traders dig in for a long Iran war ft.trib.al/DTVqxId
Energy traders dig in for a long Iran war
Vitol, Trafigura and rivals expand credit lines in anticipation of prolonged disruption to global oil and gas flows
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April 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Re: Trump seizure of Venezuelan oil and its sale via traders Vitol and Trafigura means that the money goes into a Qatari bank account and out of the hand of Venezuela’s creditors. Vitol and Trafigura have been big donors to Trump. So, the oil capture benefits *some* capitalists, but not others.
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Swiss prosecutors accuse Trafigura of paying €5mn in bribes to Angolan official

https://www.ft.com/content/86077c8d-12a9-4f95-ba0b-464d2c7f9d7a
Swiss prosecutors accuse Trafigura of paying €5mn in bribes to Angolan official
Unsealed indictment alleges the company’s late founder, Claude Dauphin, masterminded the scheme
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November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Swiss prosecutors are seeking $156M in penalties & compensation from Trafigura and a 4-year jail term for ex-COO Mike Wainwright in a landmark corruption trial. The case marks Switzerland's first ruling on a company’s liability for bribing foreign officials. #spookyconnections
December 15, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Trafigura loses attempt to have star witness struck from bribery trial

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Trafigura loses attempt to have star witness struck from bribery trial
Company is first commodity trader to face trial for corruption in Switzerland
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December 3, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Trafigura and three other defendants including a former board member go on trial over the alleged payment of bribes to an Angolan oil official for oil deals in a landmark case that opens on Monday reut.rs/41kdNYm
Swiss corruption case involving Trafigura and former executive opens
Trafigura and three other defendants including a former board member go on trial over the alleged payment of bribes to an Angolan oil official for oil deals in a landmark case that opens on Monday.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Les affaires angolaises de Trafigura
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October 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Trafigura warns of further ‘turbulence’ in commodities markets

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Trafigura warns of further ‘turbulence’ in commodities markets
Trading house reports interim profit of $1.5bn and pays out same amount in dividend to its 1,400 employee shareholders
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June 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Chevron, Vitol, Trafigura vie to control Venezuelan oil exports, sources say reut.rs/4pwaBS6
Chevron, Vitol, Trafigura vie to control Venezuelan oil exports, sources say
Oil major Chevron Corp , global trading houses Vitol and Trafigura, and other firms are competing for U.S. government deals to export crude oil from Venezuela, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Australia bails out Trafigura smelters as it seeks to secure critical minerals on.ft.com/4m0Vdfq
Australia bails out Trafigura smelters as it seeks to secure critical minerals
Albanese government considers price floors to develop supply chain
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August 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Les affaires angolaises de Trafigura
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October 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Yes, you will recognise the name Trafigura, from the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump, which sickened up to 100,000 people, and the Iraq Oil-for-Food Scandal, and others...

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Swiss prosecutors accuse Trafigura of paying €5mn in bribes to Angolan official
Unsealed indictment alleges the company’s late founder, Claude Dauphin, masterminded the scheme
www.ft.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
As testimony closes in Trafigura fraud case, Gupta denies knowledge of duplicate cargoes reut.rs/4ooVV6K
As testimony closes in Trafigura fraud case, Gupta denies knowledge of duplicate cargoes
Indian businessman Prateek Gupta, accused by commodity group Trafigura of orchestrating a $600 million metals fraud, told a court on Friday he did not know who at his firms allegedly created fake documents to sell the same cargo to two customers.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM