Press Review Week 30

Press Review
21 July – 24 July 2014
WEEK 30
About this press review :
This press review consists of a list of press articles on commodity trading published during the week in
media to which GTSA has access. The articles are not selected upon the opinion expressed. It does not
reflect GTSA’s opinion, nor this of its members.
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Switzerland
La Suisse est la plaque tournante du pétrole de l’Afrique subsaharienne, Le
Matin Dimanche, July 20, 2014
Schweizer Pipeline zum grossen Geld, Sonntagszeitung, July 20, 2014
http://webapp.sonntagszeitung.ch/read/sz_20_07_2014/fokus
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Swiss commodities traders go big on African oil, Wall Street Journal, July 21,
2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/swiss-commodities-traders-go-big-on-african-oil-1405958483
Des ONG dénoncent l’opacité du négoce du pétrole africain en Suisse, Le
Temps, July 21, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/3a1b5c34-10d3-11e4-befcd0fb0d39023d/Des_ONG_d%C3%A9noncent_lopacit%C3%A9_du_n%C3%A9goce_du_p%C
3%A9trole_africain_en_Suisse
Handel mit Russland wird wichtiger, Tages Anzeiger, July 23, 2014
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/Wer-vom-Handel-mit-Russlandprofitiert/story/13128764
Plus du tiers du pétrole de l’Etat nigérian transite par la Suisse, Le Temps, July
24, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/717484e8-1296-11e4-befc-d0fb0d39023d
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Blitze in der Romandie, Handelzeitung, July 24, 2014
http://www.handelszeitung.ch/das-lesen-sie-der-aktuellen-handelszeitung
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Energy
Global oil prices rise after Malaysian airline disaster, Financial Times, July 19,
2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cdd096f4-0e64-11e4-b1c400144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
Gabon selects 7 firms for final oil block talks, Reuters, July 21, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/gabon-oil-idUSL6N0PW3G420140721
Kurdish Oil Gambit Hits Troubled Waters, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/in-challenge-to-iraq-kurds-pin-future-on-stealth-oil-sales1405996352
Speculators cut bets on higher oil prices, Financial Times, July 22, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35684176-10b9-11e4-b11600144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F
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Oil traders hearing contango music again. Not loud yet, Reuters, July 22, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/contango-oilstocks-idUSL6N0PR30U20140722
US crude oil prices gain as stocks near a six-year low, Financial Times, July 24,
2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99a2791a-11c5-11e4-827900144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F
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Soft Commodities
Bauern im Dilemma zwischen Ethik und Profit, Tages Anzeiger, July 23, 2014
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Das-Dilemma-der-Bauern/story/22948966
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Metals
Investors swap grains for metals as flow trickle to commodities, Reuters, July
21, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/uk-commodities-investmentidUSKBN0FQ15U20140721
Lords of the Ring fined for leaving their seats, Financial Times, July 22, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a07670dc-10e1-11e4-b11600144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
Aluminium and zinc climb as warehouse stocks decline, Financial Times, July 23,
2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41ca438e-11a8-11e4-b35600144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
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Trafigura Unit Seeks to Curb Liability at Chinese Port, Bloomberg, July 24, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-07-24/trafigura-unit-seeks-to-curb-liability-atchinese-port.html
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Others
Ein Lächeln für Rohstoffe, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 19, 2014
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Peru loses its shine as exports fall back, Financial Times, July 22, 2014
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Credit Suisse to wind down commodities trading, Reuters, July 22, 2014
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http://www.nzz.ch/international/ein-laecheln-fuer-rohstoffe-1.18346520
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/07/21/peru-losing-its-shine/?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-credt-suisse-grp-resultsidUSKBN0FR0ED20140722
Gigantischer Verlust für Credit Suisse, Handelszeitung, July 22, 2014
http://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/gigantischer-verlust-fuer-die-credit-suisse-642549
Credit Suisse to exit Commodities, posts big quarter loss, Bloomberg, July 22,
2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-22/credit-suisse-posts-biggest-loss-since-2008after-u-s-fine.html
Credit Suisse to Exit Commodities Trading, Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/credit-suisse-to-exit-commodities-trading-1406046884
Dodd-Frank rules blamed for curbing growth, Financial Times, July 23, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee8de300-0ebf-11e4-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html
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