News
21 February 2023

Trafigura appoints new battery metals trading heads after nickel fraud

In:
Metals and Mining
Region:
Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Trafigura has appointed Mehdi Wetterwald and Daniel von Arx as the new co-heads of its battery metals trading business, just weeks after it said it had been the victim of "systemic fraud" related to nickel cargoes, a source said.Wetterwald and von Arx will run the company's global...

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