Paperless trade group essDOCS has announced a partnership with an industry group of members of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), the trade association...

Johannesburg-based Absa Group has announced the appointment of Aaron Daniel Mminele as group chief executive.Mminele will be taking over from René van Wyk, who has...

Archer Daniels Midland has acquired Yerbalatina Phytoactives, a natural plant-based extracts and ingredients manufacturer. Based in Brazil, Yerbalatina uses...

The blockchain initiative founded by agribusiness firms Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus has been officially launched under the banner of...

Archer Daniels Midland said its profit fell for its third quarter, but beat Wall Street estimates as revenue increased about 6% from a year earlier. The...

Mining giant BHP has signed four renewable energy contracts that will replace coal-fired power at two of its copper mines in Chile. It claims the move will mean both...

Katharine Morton looks into the sky at Sibos with a guided tour of hyper connectivity, trust, cosmology, trade and eating fairy cakes at the centre of the universe

BHP Group has talked with Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani about running for the top job at the company, according to people familiar with the matter.BHP made the...

Chinese state-owned commodities trader Cofco plans to continue to invest in Brazil in the near future - but will be very selective in choosing next targets. Cofco...

Brazilian law firm Veirano Advogados has strengthened its infrastructure practice with the addition of two lawyers for its Sao Paulo office. The lawyers join as partners...

Glencore Agriculture has joined a project launched last year by other global grain merchants to use new technologies to raise efficiency in trading operations. The...

Katharine Morton ponders the opacities of financing trade, and what lies beneath, revealed at ITFA’s celebration of a mysterious dance of hide and seek

Trafigura Group has become the majority owner of the operating business of Belgium-based multi-metals business Nyrstar.Daniel Vanin has been appointed Chief Executive...

London-based private equity and venture capital company 3i has announced five senior promotions  in its Infrastructure business. New partners include Matt Barker,...

Cofco has signed the largest loan for an agri trading company yet which is linked to sustainability elements. Jonathan Bell examines this growing trend within...

Edmund Daniels, most recently general counsel and chief compliance officer at Panda Power Funds –a private equity firm focused on development, acquisition and...

Two of Deutsche Bank’s seasoned trade finance experts have decided to retire from structuring deals and hand over the reins in September 2019.Simon Sayer, Global...

Infrastructure fund manager DIF has appointed Daniel Aninat as a managing director to head up its first Latin American office in Santiago, Chile.  Aninat joins...

FCI has elected a new board committee at its 51st Annual meeting  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The chairman is confirmed as Patrick de Villepin, global head...

Chicago-headquartered Archer Daniels Midland Company has created a new business unit called Ag Services & Oilseeds, which combines ADM’s Origination and Oilseed...