World’s Top Oil Trader Vitol Smashed Profit Record in 2020

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Plans to bring in carbon tax a year after EU will see shipments ‘diverted’ to Britain, industry says

Industrial metal critical in electric vehicle batteries climbs almost 7%

South African group’s chief executive must win over investors to fend off BHP’s unsolicited takeover bid

Blazes put more than 2mn barrels a day of supply at risk amid geopolitical tensions in Middle East and Russia

Bulls will grow stale waiting for more hopeful data

Company to focus on newer oilfields, bringing to an end more than 55 years of operations in region

Short sellers cover negative bets as gap between US and UK prices hits largest on record

Also in today’s newsletter, how another Trump administration could reshape the energy outlook

It should be no surprise that Texans are themselves capitalists first

And more on gold