Mercuria CSR Report 2021 - Flipbook - Page 15
2021 Corporate Social Responsibility
OUR
ACTIVITIES
Mercuria adds value throughout the entire commodity supply chain. Our expertise in connecting supply
with demand, transforming products, and efficiently operating an infrastructure and logistics network,
means we can fully support and risk manage the entire supply chain. Our counterparts therefore look
to us as a strategic service provider.
Due to market fundamentals, the physical commodity sectors in which Mercuria operates can become
fragmented and periodically volatile. As a result, discrepancies arise between the prices at which the
commodities can be bought or sold in different geographic locations or for different time periods,
Mercuria’s role is to close these gaps and facilitate the re-balancing of these market fundamentals.
We are able to source, transport, blend and store the relevant commodities which helps to correct the
price discrepancies. Whilst arbitrage opportunities vary between commodities, the primary arbitrage
strategies can generally be described as geographic, technical, time and contractual.
We manage a wide-ranging portfolio of assets, located in different regions, which includes oil terminals,
bio refineries, metal warehouses, oil, gas and dry bulk upstream assets and renewable energy
production. Mercuria is also actively operating in the emerging energy technologies, helping to facilitate
the incorporation of new sources of energy, such as solar and wind, into the energy mix.
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