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The Vienna-based energy company’s contract with Gazprom runs until 2040
...Yet commodity volatility means the sweet taste is unlikely to last long. The biggest concern for investors, of course, is consumers buying less chocolate....
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...Audi said on Tuesday that 2023 operating profits were €6.3bn, down from €7.6bn a year earlier, mainly because of commodities hedging. Sales increased 13 per cent to €69.9bn....
Europe’s biggest producer is moving away from carbon-intensive blast furnaces and towards hydrogen-powered processing
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German group’s shares rally as investors hope unit will be spun off
...UK pollster YouGov is also considering abandoning its London listing while commodity broker Marex in December filed to list in the US....
...The suspected thefts sent shockwaves through the global metals industry following a host of other scandals, with two separate nickel frauds that have affected commodity trader Trafigura and warehouse operator...
...The speed increases extend to companies moving dry bulk commodities such as coal, iron ore and grain whose ships in recent years have sailed at average speeds as low as 10 or 11 knots....
Salzgitter CEO says steel and chemicals producers must commit to country, despite high energy costs
...Commodities trader Trafigura has accused Prateek Gupta and New Alloys Trading of defrauding it of half a billion dollars in a nickel transaction. Both deny any fraud....
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...The cases have sent shockwaves through the global metals industry, following a host of other scandals in the past year including Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodity traders, becoming embroiled...
...Trend-following/systematic-trading funds known as CTAs (commodity trading advisers) are really bearish on longer-term Treasuries....
...“They can lick their wounds,” said Jean-François Lambert, a commodities banker turned consultant....
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...“Our managers regularly tell us that we are one of the most important faces to our clients, but when it comes to pay, we are treated like a commodity,” said a DB Direkt employee....
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