Winston Soosaipillai accused of creating a ‘web of deceit’ before energy group collapsed
Stocks and government bonds make gains on hopes energy shock will ease
List expanded to almost 400 imported items with significant amount of steel or aluminium
Orion CMC looking at Duval family’s stake in group where the French state is a shareholder
Group took $176mn hit and parted ways with its head electricity and gas trader as winter volatility battered positions
PM Jonas Gahr Støre tells FT that Europe should seek energy security as he presses bloc to scrap drilling ban in High North
Markets rally and oil prices dip as US president claims agreement will reopen Strait of Hormuz
US president says American forces will also seize control of key export hub Kharg Island
Bullion set for worst quarter in almost a decade as Iran war, expectations of US rate rises and SpaceX IPO weigh on price
Electrification is the purchase of optionality and China bought more of it than any nation in history
Lab-grown cocoa is the latest synthetic commodity to challenge a natural product
Still-ample stocks and some more reactive producers and consumers look to have left the world better equipped to cope with disruption
Copper and aluminium had been rallying before Middle East conflict hit supply
Donald Trump says US launched ‘secret mission’ to help move crude through the waterway
Higher prices are prompting some miners to take up their shovels
Gold and ‘digital gold’ both feel like yesterday’s Fomo trades
A shortage of the raw material has sent Chinese smelters racing to find alternatives
Energy secretary Chris Wright cautions that flows through the strait will take months to fully recover
Limit on Russian crude was set to increase from $44 a barrel to $70 following supply disruption due to Middle East war
Lack of detail on why Albert Manifold was fired sows doubts over culture overhaul
Group’s head oil trader said the company learned lessons from the 2022 shock
Crude prices stay below $100 a barrel as China’s import cuts help eke out global stockpiles
JPMorgan dominant with 12% increase in deals while European banks reduced market share
Traders worry that new strikes could escalate into a return to all-out conflict in Middle East
Eurozone records largest year-on-year decline in fuel sales since October 2023
