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Trafigura

Trafigura

Trafigura is a Singapore-based physical commodities trading and logistics company, founded by Claude Dauphin in 1993.

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trafigura.com
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Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Commodity market
Commodity market
Petroleum
Petroleum
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Shipping
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Delivery (commerce)
Delivery (commerce)
Logistics
Logistics
Oil
Oil
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Location
Geneva
Geneva
Singapore
Singapore
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Switzerland
Switzerland
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Jeremy Weir (executive)
Jeremy Weir (executive)
Jeremy Weir
Jeremy Weir
Founder
Claude Dauphin (businessman)
Claude Dauphin (businessman)
AngelList URL
angel.co/trafigura-beheer-bv
Legal Name
Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.
Subsidiary
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Trafigura Mining Group
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Galena Asset Management
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Impala Terminals
Nyrstar
Nyrstar
Puma Energy
Puma Energy
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TFG Marine
Legal classification
Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,001+6
Number of Employees
4,316
Founded Date
1993
Competitors
Vitol
Vitol
Mercuria Energy Group
Mercuria Energy Group
Valero Energy
Valero Energy
Gunvor (company)
Gunvor (company)
Glencore
Glencore
Legal Entity Identifier
549300HJ8VS88NIO30065
Wellfound ID
trafigura-beheer-bv
Country
Singapore
Singapore
Switzerland
Switzerland
Headquarters
Singapore
Singapore

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Invested in
Quidnet Energy
Quidnet Energy
Daphne Technology
Daphne Technology
Daphne Tech
Daphne Tech
K92 Mining Inc.
K92 Mining Inc.
Official Name
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd
Owner of
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ATK Holdings
Puma Energy
Puma Energy
Wikidata ID
Q687508

Trafigura is a privately-held global physical commodities trading and logistics company that sources, stores, transports and delivers a range of raw materials, including oil, refined products, metals, and minerals, around the world. Trafigura was founded in 1993 by Claude Dauphin and is headquartered in Singapore, with operations in forty-eight countries and regional offices in Geneva, Athens, Moscow, Mumbai, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Campana, Montevideo, Mexico City, Houston, and Calgary. The company's stated vision is "an increasingly interconnected and prosperous world where physical commodities pass seamlessly from their points of origin to points of need." Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world and in 2020 and has generated $147 billion in revenue as of 2020.

Trafigura sources, stores, blends, and delivers physical commodities between producers, processors, and consumers across the globe. Its trading operations include oil and petroleum products, metals and minerals, shipping and chartering, and power and renewables. Trafigura's trading business is supported by its industrial and financial assets. Key subsidiaries of Trafigura include Impala Terminals, the independently managed multimodal logistics arm of the Trafigura Group; global multi-metals business Nyrstar, Galena Asset Management; the private investment arm of the Trafigura Group; Trafigura Mining Group, with mining operations in the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America; and TFG Marine, a global marine fuels supply and procurement joint venture between Trafigura Group Pte and ship-owning companies Frontline Ltd. and Golden Ocean Group Ltd.

To support its global operations, Trafigura has established strategic alliances with global energy business Puma Energy, Finnish multi-metal company Terrafame, Chinese domestic copper smelting company Jinchuan, Indian oil refiner Nayara Energy, infrastructure investors IFM Investors, Russian oil company Rosneft, UAE-based investment and development company Mubadala Investment Company, and Corpus Christi-based Buckeye Partners.

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A short introduction to Trafigura

https://www.trafigura.com/video/a-short-introduction-to-trafigura/

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Trafigura - Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/trafigura

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Trafigura Images - Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/trafigura_images/

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