About the author
Javier Blas is a journalist and commentator specialising in energy and commodity markets. He has reported for major financial publications and covered the companies, traders, governments, and physical flows behind oil, metals, and agricultural prices.
With Jack Farchy he wrote The World for Sale, a history of commodity trading from the oil shocks through the rise of China and the modern trading houses. No dedicated Wikipedia biography is available, so the link is the commodity-market topic.
Where to start
Start with The World for Sale for the history and mechanics of physical commodity trading.
