Haute école de gestion de Genève

Implications of the Qingdao metals scandal for commodity repurchase agreements

Minko, Dmitry ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2016 ; TDIBM 10.

In May 2014, it was discovered that Dezheng Resources, a Chinese trading company, had multiple warehouse receipts issued for metal stored in the ports of Qingdao and Penglai in Shandong province. Approximately 400’000 tons of alumina, aluminium and copper worth around $380 million were used to obtain $4.2 billion in financing from 18 Chinese and 7 international banks. The fraud was discovered...