RdP_Semaine 25

Press Review
16 June – 20 June 2014
WEEK 25
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
Le nouveau lobby qui monte à Berne, Le Temps, June 16, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/2753d6e2-f483-11e3-a2d8dc7d3196b5d7/Le_lobby_des_mati%C3%A8res_premi%C3%A8res_se_lance_%C3%A0lassaut
_de_Berne
Claude Wild, un ambassadeur à poigne, Le Temps, June 16, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/6b05b43e-f490-11e3-a2d8dc7d3196b5d7/Claude_Wild_un_ambassadeur_%C3%A0_poigne_pour_cadrer_lindustrie_des_
mati%C3%A8res_premi%C3%A8res
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Glencore en accusation, Le Temps, June 16, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/26bfb0ac-f483-11e3-a2d8dc7d3196b5d7/Mauvaise_presse_pour_Glencore
Genève paie pour Uri. Une étude sépare perdants et gagnants, Tribune de Genève,
June 17, 2014
http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/geneve-paie-uri-etude-separe-perdantsgagnants/25674605/print.html
GAFI : le Conseil national doit refuser le «Swiss finish», Le Temps, June 18, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/99fb6b54-f633-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/GAFI_le_Conseil_national_doit_refuser_le_Swiss_finish
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La mécanique fiscale de Glencore au Congo-Kinshasa épinglée par des ONG
suisses, Le Temps, June 18, 2014,
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/a8daac2c-f5f0-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/La_m%C3%A9canique_fiscale_de_Glencore_au_CongoKinshasa_%C3%A9pingl%C3%A9e_par_des_ONG_suisses
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Energy
Oil leaps as insurgency puts some oil supplies at risk, Financial Times, June 14,
2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5114cd48-f22a-11e3-ac7a00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%2F
product&siteedition=intl#axzz34nmnOOXK
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Glencore to finance Chad’s $1.3 bln oil assets purchase, Reuters, June 16, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/chad-oil-glencore-idUSL5N0OX3MN20140616
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Trafigura profit climbs 24% to $470 million, Bloomberg, June 16, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-06-16/trafigura-profit-climbs-24-to-470-million-onvolume-growth.html
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BP reports oil price at its most stable since 1970s, Financial Times, June 17, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25d26b82-f300-11e3-a3f800144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%2F
product
Oil market volatility returns as fears over Iraq crude grow, Financial Times, June
19, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12efadec-f7d6-11e3-90fa00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_energy%2Ffeed%2F%2Fpro
duct
S Africa to review law on mineral resources, Financial Times, June 19, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cd92078-f6fa-11e3-8ed600144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_energy%2Ffeed%2F%2Fpro
duct
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Soft Commodities
• El Niño lauert über den Märkten, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 14, 2014
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http://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/el-nino-lauert-ueber-den-maerkten-1.18321922
Palm reserves in Indonesia seen climbing to eight-month high, Bloomberg, June
16, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-06-15/palm-oil-reserves-in-indonesia-seen-climbingto-eight-month-high.html
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Palm imports by India decline as refiners buy more soybean oil, Bloomberg, June
16, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-16/palm-imports-by-india-decline-as-refiners-buymore-soybean-oil.html
Wenn der Kakao knapp wird, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 20, 2014
http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/wenn-der-kakao-knapp-wird-1.18326135
Plantation groups eye cocoa farming, Financial Times, June 19, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6be84e80-f6e7-11e3-b27100144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_commodities/feed//product&siteedition=
intl#axzz35AeoYWMa
Matières premières : le bras de fer indonésien, Le Temps, June 19,2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/95f585fc-f71a-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/Bras_de_fer_pour_les_mati%C3%A8res_premi%C3%A8res_dans_limmense_arc
hipel_indon%C3%A9sien
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L’huile de palme, un biocarburant qui a de l’avenir, Le Temps, June 19, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/8c185682-f719-11e3-becf-b7f9645726d2
Feeding all will cost the earth by 2050, Financial Times, June 19, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c135c152-f182-11e3-9161-00144feabdc0.html
Global exchanges prepare to square off on cocoa market contracts, Reuters, June
19,2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/19/us-cocoa-cme-idUSKBN0EU19Z20140619
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Metals
Copper climbs as China’s central bank moves to support growth, Bloomberg, June
16, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-16/copper-climbs-for-a-second-day-on-chinesedemand-outlook.html
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Pressure mounts for reform of gold ‘fix’, Financial Times, June 19, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a22abb6-f6c2-11e3-8ed600144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%2F
product
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Auf der Suche nach 120’000 Tonnen Aluminium, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 19,
2014
http://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/auf-der-suche-nach-120000-tonnen-aluminium-1.18325359
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Shipping
Genève, ce grand port européen, Bilan, June 11, 2014
http://epaper.tamedia.ch/Default.aspx?product=BILAN&edition=BILAN
Domestic factors key to Beijing’s rejection of shipping merger, Financial Times,
June 14, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9a188be-f60f-11e3-83d3-00144feabdc0.html
L’important projet maritime stoppé net par la Chine, L’AGEFI, June 18, 2014
Others
Quand la Cnuced devait «convaincre les récalcitrants», Le Temps, June 17, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/a7e7095a-f564-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/Quand_la_CNUCED_devait_convaincre_les_r%C3%A9calcitrants
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La
Cnuced,
une
voix
dissidente
étouffée,
Le
Temps,
June
17,
2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/36fe9d1a-f565-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/La_Cnuced_une_voix_dissidente_%C3%A9touff%C3%A9e
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Les pays du sud ont lutté vingt ans pour réussir à créer la Cnuced, Le Temps,
June 18, 2014
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/437690c8-f567-11e3-becfb7f9645726d2/Les_pays_du_Sud_ont_lutt%C3%A9_vingt_ans_pour_r%C3%A9ussir_%C3%A0
_cr%C3%A9er_la_Cnuced
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US commodities regulator wrestles hedgers and speculators, Financial Times,
June 20, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c89309c8-f7f9-11e3-baf500144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%2F
product#axzz35AeoYWMa
www.gtsa.ch
[email protected]
+41 22 715 29 90