Press Review

Press Review
8 August – 14 August 2014
WEEK 33
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.
I.
Switzerland
Pétrole africain, manne suisse…, L’événement syndical, July 30, 2014
Moscou sanctionne, mais la Suisse reste calme, Tribune de Genève, August 8,
2014,
Schweizer Finanzplatz vor Balanceakt, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 8, 2014,
http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/schweizer-finanzplatz-vor-balanceakt-1.18358906
La
Suisse
marche
sur
des
oeufs,
La
Liberté,
August
12,
2014,
http://www.laliberte.ch/news/economie/la-suisse-marche-sur-des-oeufs-252637#.U-t80Pl_vrM
Die Furcht vor Umgehungsgeschäften, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 14, 2014,
http://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/die-furcht-vor-umgehungsgeschaeften-1.18362446
II.
Energy
Le
temps
de
l’après-Timtchenko,
L’AGEFI,
August
13,
2014,
http://agefi.com/suisse/detail/artikel/gunvor-la-diversification-strategique-du-groupe-denegoce-lui-a-permis-dacquerir-son-independance-vis-a-vis-du-petrolerusse.html?catUID=18&issueUID=651&pageUID=19475&cHash=b6d8142472965c514aa28ea
2a5e52211
La course aux pipelines, nouvel eldorado du schiste américain,
August 12, 2014,
Le Temps,
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/035db04c-2173-11e4-9a79d749102b8541/La_course_aux_pipelines_nouvel_eldorado_du_schiste_am%C3%A9ricain
Le
large
panier
de
sources
d’énergie,
L’AGEFI,
August
13,
2014,
http://agefi.com/nc/marches-produits/detail/artikel/gaz-de-schiste-lacces-a-une-energiepropre-moderne-et-peu-couteuse-est-primordial-pour-le-developpement-economique-etsocial-de-lamajorite.html?issueUID=651&pageUID=19488&cHash=73a0fa9ea9acbebb20da48601ebaa2e
1&sword_list%5B0%5D=gaz&sword_list%5B1%5D=de&sword_list%5B2%5D=schiste
Effect of sanctions on Russia energy played down, Financial Times, August 13,
2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac3b93fc-21fd-11e4-ad6000144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
Rosneft, visé par les sanctions, demande un soutien financier massif de
Moscou, Le Temps, August 14, 2014,
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/c149092a-2390-11e4-9a79d749102b8541/Rosneft_vis%C3%A9_par_les_sanctions_demande_un_soutien_financier_ma
ssif_de_Moscou
III.
Soft Commodities
Sugar and onions pose commodity conundrum for Modi, Financial Times, August
12, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a9347880-2131-11e4-b96e00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3AMfISmoL
Hazelnut prices leave bitter taste for buyers, Financial Times, August 14, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3144d9f8-2138-11e4-b96e-
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00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
Palm imports by India climb to seven-month high as prices slump, Bloomberg,
August 14, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-13/palm-imports-by-india-climb-to-seven-monthhigh-as-prices-slump.html
IV.
Metals
Copper sinks on worries over demand prospects in China, Financial Times,
August 14, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1a047b0-2304-11e4-a42400144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
Copper slumps to 7-weel low on China demands fear, Reuters, August 14, 2014,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/markets-metals-idUSL6N0QJ22420140813
Glencore posts solid growth in copper; nickel, zinc output dip, Reuters, August
13, 2014,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/glencore-output-copper-idUSL6N0QJ0UD20140813
Banks wait on the sidelines of new silver benchmark, Financial Times, August 13,
2013,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bbf7968-217b-11e4-b14500144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%
2Fproduct
V.
Others
Deutlicher Preisrutsch bei Rohstoffen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 7, 2014,
http://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/deutlicher-preisrutsch-bei-rohstoffen-1.18358762
Commodities: The Trade Challenge, The Africa Report, August 11, 2014,
http://www.theafricareport.com/North-Africa/commodities-the-trade-challenge.html
Der
neue
Wettlauf
um
Afrika,
Tagesanzeiger,
August
12,
2014,
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wirtschaft/konjunktur/Der-neue-Wettlauf-umAfrika/story/19469113
Trafigura unit starts legal action against Mercuria, Citi, Reuters, August 13, 2014,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/us-chinaqingdao-trafiguraidUSKBN0GD1R520140813
Les nouvelles souscriptions record des ETF et des ETP, AGEFI, August 13,
2014,
http://agefi.com/marches-produits/detail/artikel/etfgi-observe-une-collecte-de-106-milliards-dedollars-de-nouveaux-actifs-sous-gestion-net-new-assets-en-juillet-depuis-le-debut-de-lanneeles-actifs-sous-gestion-totalisent-427-milliards.html
After shopping spree, Japanese trading houses take hard look at resources,
Reuters, August 14, 2014,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-japan-trading-idUSKBN0G80ZF20140808
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