✌The Top 100 Worst Commodities Managers Ranking

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“A chaotic trading floor with oil barrels spilling, gold bars crumbling, and wheat sacks torn open. A globe in the background is cracking with red warning lights, and nervous executives are pointing fingers. A digital ticker displays crashing commodity prices. The scene is tense, symbolizing global resource mismanagement.”

“The 100 Worst Commodities Managers: A Deep Dive into Global Trading Disasters”

Explanation

Commodities—oil, gold, metals, food, and gas—are the lifeblood of the global economy. But when poorly managed, they become weapons of financial destruction. This ranking exposes the 100 worst offenders in commodities management: from failed hedge funds and reckless state oil companies to opaque trading houses and scandal-ridden conglomerates.

These are the titans of bad timing, the empires of over-leverage, and the champions of corruption. Whether through speculative bets gone wrong, fraudulent pricing schemes, mispriced extraction ventures, or state-backed disaster economics, each entry here serves as a cautionary tale on how not to handle earth’s most valuable resources.

Here’s the full ranking expanded up to 100, featuring some of the most notorious blunders, over-leveraging disasters, speculative losses, and strategic failures in commodities trading and management.

The 100 Worst Commodities Managers: How Not to Handle Oil, Gold, and Everything in Between

1–10: Legendary Failures in Commodities Management

  1. Metalgesellschaft (Germany) – Lost over $1.5 billion hedging oil futures in the 1990s.
  2. Amaranth Advisors – Blew $6.5 billion on natural gas speculation in 2006.
  3. China Aviation Oil – $550 million loss due to speculative oil derivatives.
  4. Barings Bank (Nick Leeson) – While technically in financial derivatives, his unauthorized trades involved commodity-linked futures, leading to total collapse.
  5. Sumitomo Corporation (Yasuo Hamanaka) – $2.6 billion copper trading scandal.
  6. MF Global – Collapsed after betting big on European sovereign debt, funded by client commodity accounts.
  7. Enron – Market manipulation in electricity and gas markets disguised as legitimate commodity trades.
  8. Gerald Metals – Struggled under opaque metals trading practices and debt.
  9. J.P. Morgan (Commodities Division) – Fined $920 million for market manipulation in metals futures.
  10. Archegos Capital – Heavy exposure to commodities-related equities contributed to its collapse.

11–30: Multinationals with Commodities Blunders

  1. Glencore – Fined over $1.5 billion for commodity market corruption and price manipulation.
  2. Trafigura – Caught in multiple scandals, including a $500M nickel fraud in 2023.
  3. Noble Group – Collapsed under debt and accounting fraud linked to overstated commodity contracts.
  4. Gunvor – Sanctioned for involvement in Russian oil and financial opacity.
  5. Vale S.A. – Mismanagement of iron ore operations and deadly environmental disasters.
  6. Rio Tinto – Wasted billions on misjudged coal and aluminum assets.
  7. BHP Billiton – Massive write-downs in shale and nickel ventures.
  8. BP – Poor risk management before the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
  9. Royal Dutch Shell – Poor returns from oil & gas trading despite major asset holdings.
  10. Gazprom Marketing & Trading – Accused of price gouging and bad hedging amid EU gas crisis.
  11. Petrobras – Enormous losses and corruption in oil trading contracts.
  12. Rosneft – Dubious commodity strategies amidst sanctions.
  13. Chevron – Wrote off $11 billion in misjudged gas assets.
  14. TotalEnergies – Criticized for sluggish divestment from toxic commodity assets.
  15. Anglo American – Poor strategic decisions in coal and platinum markets.
  16. Freeport-McMoRan – Overleveraged in copper and gold cycles.
  17. Cargill (Commodities Division) – Fined for manipulating wheat and soy markets.
  18. Louis Dreyfus Company – Questionable risk practices in sugar and coffee trades.
  19. Olam International – Scrutinized for commodity-related accounting irregularities.
  20. Wilmar International – Ethical and financial criticism for palm oil commodities.

31–50: Banks, Traders & Hedge Funds Gone Wild

  1. Goldman Sachs (Commodity Unit) – Accused of manipulating aluminum storage markets.
  2. Morgan Stanley (Commodity Desk) – Failed bets on oil tankers and gas pipelines.
  3. Citigroup – Losses from commodity-linked derivatives in 2008.
  4. Deutsche Bank – Regulatory issues and massive exits from commodity positions.
  5. UBS – Misjudged exposures to physical commodity markets.
  6. BNP Paribas – Penalized for opaque commodity-linked financing deals.
  7. Société Générale – Mismanagement in agricultural commodity markets.
  8. Merrill Lynch (Pre-BofA Merger) – Huge commodity bets backfired in the 2000s.
  9. AIG Financial Products – Near-collapse due to credit default swaps with commodity linkages.
  10. Lehman Brothers – Overexposed to commodity-linked CDOs before their infamous collapse.
  11. Bridgewater Associates – Commodities underperformance in several key years.
  12. Och-Ziff Capital Management – Fined for bribery tied to African commodities.
  13. Citadel – Massive volatility from oil and gas positions in several quarters.
  14. Moore Capital – Commodities losses led to internal restructuring.
  15. Tudor Investment Corp. – Bad calls on oil futures during volatility peaks.
  16. Renaissance Technologies – Over-optimized commodities trading models that misfired.
  17. Point72 – Poor returns on commodity ETFs and futures strategies.
  18. Two Sigma – Data-driven trades failed to adapt to commodity shocks.
  19. Millennium Management – Losses from emerging market commodity exposure.
  20. Jana Partners – Failed activism in commodity-heavy companies.

51–100: National Disasters, Bad Policies & Trader Mayhem

  1. Venezuela (PDVSA) – From oil-rich to cash-strapped due to corruption and incompetence.
  2. Nigeria (NNPC) – Billions lost through opaque oil contracts and poor oversight.
  3. Libya (NOC) – Political chaos ruined oil output and financial returns.
  4. South Sudan Oil Ministry – Traded oil at deep discounts for short-term cash.
  5. Turkmenistan – Failed gas policy despite huge reserves.
  6. Kazakhstan (KazMunayGas) – Mismanagement and politicized trade deals.
  7. Iran (NIOC) – Sanctions and mismanagement gutted oil cash flow.
  8. Iraq (SOMO) – Billions unaccounted in commodity-related corruption.
  9. Ukraine (Naftogaz) – Chronic mismanagement and political meddling.
  10. Indonesia (Pertamina) – Frequent commodity procurement scandals.
  11. Zimbabwe (Gold Trade) – Elite looting of state-run gold exports.
  12. Russia (various state traders) – Sanctions exposed corruption in oil and metals.
  13. DR Congo (Mining Sector) – Billions lost in murky cobalt deals.
  14. Ghana (Cocobod) – Failed management of cocoa futures.
  15. Ethiopia (Commodity Exchange) – Misused for political control.
  16. India (NSEL scam) – Fake commodity trades caused massive losses.
  17. Pakistan (Wheat & Sugar Scandals) – Repeated mismanagement of key commodities.
  18. Bangladesh (Energy Imports) – Mispriced LNG contracts.
  19. Malaysia (1MDB) – Embezzled billions tied to oil and gas ventures.
  20. Icelandic Banks (2008) – Lost heavily in speculative energy trades.
  21. Argentina (Commodity Export Board) – Currency collapse linked to grain price manipulation.
  22. Greece (DEPA Gas Deals) – Failed hedging on energy imports.
  23. Italy (ENI) – Multiple corruption investigations tied to overseas oil.
  24. Serbia (Energy Holdings) – Poor coal and gas contracts.
  25. Albania (Oil Production) – Inefficient, under-regulated production.
  26. Egypt (Gas Contracts) – Underpriced exports hurt state revenue.
  27. Yemen (Oil Ministry) – Entirely captured by militia interests.
  28. Sudan (Oil Partition Deals) – Post-secession deals crippled finances.
  29. North Korea – Smuggling-based resource trade led by the military.
  30. Myanmar (Gems & Jade) – Military-run trade marked by exploitation.
  31. Cuba (Nickel & Sugar) – Antiquated, unprofitable systems.
  32. Bolivia (Lithium) – Missed global opportunity due to bureaucracy.
  33. Chile (Codelco missteps) – Poor copper hedging policies.
  34. Peru (Mineral Contracts) – Disputes with investors and poor community planning.
  35. Australia (Various states) – Coal overexposure hurting portfolios.
  36. Canada (Oil Sands mispricing) – Massive capital losses from failed ventures.
  37. USA (Strategic Petroleum Reserve use) – Criticized for political mismanagement.
  38. California (Electricity Crisis) – Deregulated market exploited by traders.
  39. Texas (ERCOT freeze) – Energy commodities mismanaged in crisis.
  40. South Korea (Daewoo International) – Losses in global resource gambles.
  41. Japan (Mitsubishi Trading Arm) – Wrote down major LNG assets.
  42. Singapore (Hin Leong) – Oil trader collapsed with $3.85B in hidden losses.
  43. Malaysia (Serba Dinamik) – Commodity-linked fraud scandal.
  44. Thailand (PTT Group) – Struggled with global gas pricing.
  45. Vietnam (PetroVietnam) – Opaque contracts and losses.
  46. Mongolia (Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi) – Failed to capitalize on coal wealth.
  47. Philippines (Nickel Trade) – Corruption and environmental missteps.
  48. France (Areva/Orano) – Losses in uranium trading and African mining.
  49. Spain (Abengoa) – Bankruptcy linked to overreach in energy commodities.
  50. Switzerland (Commodity Traders) – Ongoing opacity in global manipulation.

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