Metals

Atradius a UK trade credit insurer, has reported an 18% reduction in claims from UK businesses compared to the same period in 2023.

From September 2023, leading aluminium rolling mill Niche Fusina Rolled Products (Fusina) will source 100% of its primary aluminium from low-carbon suppliers, via Concord Resources Limited. Precise carbon footprints will… read more →

US manufacturing experienced a further decline in June, reaching levels not seen since the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a positive aspect as price pressures at… read more →

Most brokers and banks trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) had a bumper year in 2022 in a highly-volatile market, but a provision by JP Morgan due to a… read more →

On the 9th February, Swiss-based commodities trader Trafigura alleged that it had been exposed to “systemic fraud” to the value of $577 million of nickel, in relation to UAE-based businessman Prateek Gupta’s London trading company TMT Metals Holdings Ltd, and companies connected to him.

Analysts are seeing the recent drop in earnings by the world’s biggest mining companies as a sign that the days of bonanza dividend payouts are over.

Why have commodity prices surged in the last two weeks, and will they ever come back down again? TFG’s Marcus Lankford investigates…

The race is on to lead the world in electric vehicle (EV) production. Will China dominate, or will the EU and Japan forge ahead?

Since the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, industries have started planning for more sustainable practices

This article was co-authored by:

– Arun Prakash, strategy officer for trade and commodity finance at IFC
– Dennis Ochieng, economist at IFC
– Shanshan Li, consultant at IFC

India and the UAE have signed a major new trade and investment pact that will eventually remove all tariffs on all goods from both nations. The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement… read more →

A new report has found that the total value of world trade hit a record high in 2021, but is expected to flatline into a sluggish 2022. The Global Trade… read more →

World trade of goods has declined some 12% in the last year, representing a loss of $22 trillion USD of trade. Is it all doom and gloom for trade, or will we see a resurgence?

Privately-owned base metal trading company successfully renews and increases its Syndicated Uncommitted Secured Revolving Borrowing Base Facility. London, 11th August 2021 – Ocean Partners UK Limited announces it has successfully… read more →

The UK has launched a review of Section 232 tariffs against the US in response to the ongoing trade conflict around steel and aluminium. A public consultation has opened aimed… read more →