PetroChina Plans to Launch Trading of Energy Transition Metals

Chinese oil and gas giant PetroChina is building a team to begin a business of trading with copper, lithium, and other metals critical to the energy transition.  Richard Fu, a Trading Manager, has said in a post on LinkedIn that he had been hired by PetroChina International (London) Co., Limited. “I am honoured to start the green energy transition metals and minerals business for PetroChina, trading physical and paper copper, lithium and others,” Fu wrote in the post without elaborating further. The Chinese giant could also include…