Trafigura, headquartered in Singapore, is one of the world's largest commodity trading and logistics companies, active across oil, metals, and minerals markets globally. The company has built a significant position in battery raw materials, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper, through its trading operations and supply chain services. Trafigura operates its own mining and smelting assets and provides offtake, financing, and logistics services across the battery materials supply chain, with a Galena Asset Management division covering commodity investments.

Trafigura's involvement in the lithium and battery materials market spans physical trading, project financing, and long-term offtake agreements with producers in South America, Australia, Africa, and elsewhere. The company has been active in discussions on battery supply chain structure, upstream resource development, and the logistics of moving lithium and battery materials from producing regions to manufacturing hubs. Trafigura joins Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials in Las Vegas in June 2026 as a sponsor.