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As the company expanded, it has hired traders and investment professionals from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Louis Dreyfus Group and Electrabel in London. In November 2010, Mercuria Energy bought MGM International Group from Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and MGM International LLC.
In 2014, Mercuria bought part of JPMorgan's physical commodities trading business for a reported US$3.5 billion. Magid Shenouda, the former co-head of commodities trading at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, joined Mercuria as a shareholder, global head of trading and deputy CEO.
In January 2016, Mercuria announced that ChemChina had bought a 12% stake in the company.
In 2018, Mercuria agreed to acquire 30% of Aegean Marine Petroleum. After Aegean Marine was reorganized, in 2019, Mercuria acquired bankrupt Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc and restructured the company to operate as Minerva Bunkering, a physical supplier of marine fuels and a fully owned subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group Limited.
In 2020, Mercuria earned $786 million with revenues in line with commodity prices to about $85 billion. The company's gross profit on sales for the year was $1.86 billion. In 2022, the company experienced record profits due to volatility in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In 2021, Mercuria bought the clean energy specialist Beyond6 from HC2Holdings for $169 million. In November 2022, it was announced Beyond6 has been acquired by the Chevron Corporation subsidiary, Chevron USA Inc. In April 2024, Bloomberg reported that Mercuria Energy Group was preparing to start trading in Japan's physical power market. In June 2024, the company was reportedly seeking to expand in the metals sector. In early 2026, Mercuria bid to buy a refinery and gas stations in Argentina from Brazilian sugar-and-ethanol producer Raizen.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mercuria, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5