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By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, March 9 (Reuters) – Simon Collins, the ex-head of metals and minerals at trader Trafigura, is gearing up to launch an online platform to match buyers and sellers in physical metals markets. Collins, a high-profile industry figure who left Trafigura in 2015, said the Tradecloud system would start operating out of

TradeCloud’s physical trading platform will go live this summer, starting with base metals. Digital commodity start-up TradeCloud Services Pte Ltd is on track to launch its physical commodities messaging and trading platform this summer, and will begin with base metals, it said on Wednesday March 8. The Singapore-based company, founded by ex-Trafigura executives Simon Collins

TradeCloud selects Volo as its IT partner. Trade Cloud Services Pte, Ltd., the digital commodity start up, has selected Volo, an Armenia-based software innovation boutique, to build its IT platform. Justin Wilson, CTO of TradeCloud stated, “This is an important step in the development of Trade Cloud’s communication platform. Volo have impressed us with their

By Andy Hoffman and Agnieszka de Sousa (Bloomberg)– The former head of metals at Trafigura Group is planning a new online commodities service to bring buyers and sellers together. Simon Collins, who left Trafigura in 2015, intends to start the portal called TradeCloud to help connect producers, consumers and traders and allow them to share