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Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

As a result of Gaspar Martins' difficulty in building a new terminal for Sonangol, the Swiss trading house Trafigura remains the only firm able to stock imported oil products in large quantities in Angola. [...]

Published on 27/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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