Commodity Traders

Spending everywhere has shifted from services to goods under lockdown. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Commodity traders saw $100B year as market boomed, says report

Gross margin in 2022 was triple 2018 level, consultancy says; war in Ukraine spurred volatility and commodity shortages

A drilling machine excavates copper ore in an underground tunnel at a copper mine.Source: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Why metals keep going missing in commodity trading

A vendor wearing plastic overalls and surgical mask, waiting at his stall for buyers at Karwan Bazar. The ever-bustling marketplace has very few buyers now as many people have either left the city or are purchasing online to avoid going out. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Bazaar

Grocers’ plight as sales on credit increase

The open outcry pit at the LME.Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
Analysis

Too-big-to-fail risk looms over commodities

Commodity traders have hit some unexpected bumps in the road.Photographer: Ann Johansson/Corbis Historical/Bloomberg
Analysis

Commodity traders make record profits — and now want a bailout

Clockwise from top left: Lithium, steel, corn, copper, oil, salt, aluminum, diesel fuel and iron. Source: Bloomberg (7), Getty Images (2)/Bloomberg
Analysis

Commodity traders harvest billions while prices rise for everyone else