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BIZARRE: Trafigura - You Need To See This

Singapore punches above its weight on the Southeast Asia 500, capturing a third of total revenue

Half of the top 10 companies on the SEA 500 are headquartered in Singapore. No. 1 goes to commodity giant Trafigura, with revenue of $240 billion.

Fortune

The Silent War for Venezuela's Gold: Troops Move In, Mafias Flee, Investors Wait

A sweeping military operation in Bolívar state is emptying Venezuela's richest gold mines of the armed groups that ran them for years — coinciding, with surgical timing, with a U.S.-brokered opening of the sector to foreign capital.

Latin Times

Pakistan plans oil reserves, storage push as Hormuz constraints expose vulnerabilities

Pakistan is proposing a bonded storage plan to boost its energy security by allowing international suppliers to hold petroleum stocks. The government aims to build strategic reserves, funded by a levy on fuel, and increase local supply capacity. This initiative comes as Pakistan lacks strategic petroleum reserves despite heavy reliance…

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Standard Lithium Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Standard Lithium (NYSEAMERICAN:SLI) executives said the company remains on track to reach a final investment decision and begin construction in 2026 at its Southwest Arkansas lithium project, while reporting continued progress on permitting, offtake agreements, project financing and engineering work

MarketBeat

US releases another wave of emergency oil as gas prices bite

The US has awarded 53.3 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to firms including Trafigura, Marathon Petroleum and Exxon Mobil as part of efforts to cool oil and fuel prices amid the Iran war. Trafigura received the largest share of nearly 13 million barrels. The oil will be released…

The Economic Times

The U.S. just seized 1,000 kilos of Venezuelan gold — and the deal comes with a twist

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Trump-Brokered Deal Sends Up to 1,000 Kg of Venezuelan Gold to U.S. Refineries

At current market prices, a kilogram of gold is valued at roughly $166,000, putting the potential value of the shipment in the hundreds of millions of dollars

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Venezuela to sell up to 1,000 kg of gold to US markets in new deal: Report

Venezuela's Minerven has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Trafigura to sell 650-1,000 kg of gold dore bars to the US. US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum facilitated the deal, which involves gold being sent to US refineries. This marks a significant tightening of commercial ties between the US and Venezuela.

The Times of India

Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal

The arrangement shows the tightening commercial bounds between Venezuela and the U.S.

Axios

Angola’s Lobito Corridor is being revived – but who stands to gain?

The Lobito Corridor is a massive infrastructure axis linking Angola’s shore on the west of Africa to the mineral-rich interior. Built in the first three decades of the 1900s to export cheap commodities to colonial Portugal, it later fell into disrepair. Its main railway was rebuilt during Angola’s post-war reconstruction.…

The Conversation

U.S. To lift Some Sanctions On Venezuela's Oil Industry As Trump Admin Oversees Sector: Report

The U.S. is set to lift some sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry as the Trump administration continues to take steps to control the country's sector following the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Marco Rubio Reportedly Granted Last Word On Revenue From Venezuelan Oil Sales, Sidelining Regime

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been given the last word on the use of the revenue from Venezuela's oil sales as the Trump administration oversees the country's industry following the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Indian Refiners Shut Out of Venezuelan Crude as U.S. Absorbs Most Volumes: 'Offers Are Not There'

Indian oil refiners are receiving only limited offers of Venezuelan crude as most available supply is being directed to the United States following Washington's takeover of Venezuelan oil sales after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro.

Latin Times

First Venezuelan Oil Sale Under Trump Plan Went to Major Campaign Donor's Firm

The first U.S.-brokered sale of Venezuelan crude under President Donald Trump's new energy plan went to Vitol, a global oil trading firm whose senior U.S.-based trader has been a major donor to Trump's re-election campaign.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank

Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023

The Independent UK

Away from Brazil’s ‘forest’ Cop30 – the fate of the Congo Rainforest hangs in the balance

IN FOCUS: The Democratic Republic of Congo government has opened bids for oil and gas drilling across huge swathes of the country, raising fears that the world’s last great rainforest carbon sink could be destroyed, Nick Ferris reports

International Business Times

America's Coming Resource Crunch

The United States is facing a collision of two crises: China's tightening control over the minerals that fuel modern industry and America's exploding electricity demand from artificial intelligence. One is geopolitical, the other domestic, yet together they threaten to test the nation's economic and energy resilience in profound ways.

The Independent UK

Superinjunctions: The draconian court-issued gagging orders used to keep information secret

For almost two years, an unprecedented order has kept a catastrophic government data breach secret

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The smallest country on the Southeast Asia 500 generated the most revenue

Total revenue from Singapore-based companies reached $637 billion, or about the third of the list's total revenue.

The Conversation

Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says

Could someone take you to court over an agreement you made – or at least appeared to make – by sending a “👍”?

International Business Times

Swiss Court Convicts Trafigura Of Corruption In Angola

A Swiss court convicted Trafigura and three people linked to the commodities trading firm of corruption in Angola, in what campaigners hailed Friday as a "historic" first in Switzerland.

The Independent UK

Swiss criminal court convicts commodities firm Trafigura in Angola bribery case

Switzerland’s top criminal court convicted a multinational company for the first time, ruling against commodities trader Trafigura in a case of bribery linked to lucrative oil industry contracts in Angola

The Independent UK

Commodities firm Trafigura goes on Swiss trial over alleged bribes paid to win Angola oil contract

For the first time in Switzerland, a multinational company faces a criminal trial on charges of bribing a foreign public official, with alleged payments totaling about $5 million, to win lucrative oil industry contracts in Angola

France 24

Victims of toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast still seeking justice

It's an environmental tragedy with ongoing consequences in Ivory Coast. Back in 2006, the company Trafigura wanted to get rid of 500 cubic metres of toxic waste from the refining of petroleum products stored on its cargo ship Probo Koala. After three countries refused the ship, it finally unloaded its…

Fortune

Introducing Fortune’s first-ever Southeast Asia 500: Firms that mine stuff, make stuff, and move stuff dominate

The inaugural Southeast Asia 500 looks a lot like the first version of the Fortune 500 from 1955: Oil, commodities, and industry dominate.

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