When we think of (metallic) raw materials, we often think of the mines where they are mined, the mining companies and working conditions of the miners. Or to the companies and products in which these raw materials end up: Mobile phones, cars, wind turbines. Rarely do we talk about those who bring the metals from the mines to the factories: Commodity traders. Large companies with even larger sales dominate the global commodity trade. Vanessa Fischer from PowerShift's raw materials team has researched how these traders trade. She tells our presenter Antonia Vangelista about the results in this podcast episode.

To continue listening and reading:

• the publication “Metal trade: the blind spot in the supply chain” will soon be here
• Podcast episode #14 on the unfair credit guarantee from Germany for a mine in Guinea
• Overview of the work of PowerShift for the raw material transition

This project was funded by the Federal Environment Agency.

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