{"id":123223,"date":"2026-08-31T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/123223\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:39:18","slug":"radiant-worlds-senior-china-trader-quits-as-pressure-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/123223\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiant World&#8217;s senior China trader quits as pressure builds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 \u00b7 01:31 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">A LEADING executive at Radiant World\u2019s China office has quit, according to sources familiar with the matter, as the iron ore trader comes under pressure over concerns it provided falsified documents to banks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Veteran Leon Jin, Radiant\u2019s head of iron ore in the world\u2019s largest commodity market, left the company on Monday (Aug 31), the people said, asking not to be named as the matter is not public. His departure was prompted by difficulties in carrying out daily operations, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">According to his LinkedIn profile, Jin had been at the company for nearly four years, joining after a stretch at rival commodities trader Trafigura Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">A spokesperson for Radiant World in Singapore declined to respond to Bloomberg queries, adding the company did not comment on internal matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The company has laid off several employees across its global offices, but the China departure marks the most high-profile exit since Bloomberg first reported in late July that several major commodity traders had moved to cut ties with Radiant World.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">At least five banks have been told that some of the invoices that are underpinning their exposure to Radiant World aren\u2019t genuine. Some banks have frozen its accounts or suspended credit lines, while some major miners and Chinese buyers have withdrawn their business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-6 border-b border-gray-200 pb-4 font-poppins text-4xs font-medium tracking-10 text-gray-600\">SEE ALSO<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"block h-full w-full\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/energy-commodities\/singapore-police-begin-looking-trader-radiant-world?ref=article-see-also\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"relative z-10 h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2cd0df9e296478e8d676a51b3ef8a9fc20ddc03aacd28e511779d2d4fb56b621.webp\" alt=\"Little known outside the industry, Radiant World has become a significant player in the iron ore market, with a trading hub and office in Singapore.\" width=\"6720\" height=\"3931\"\/><\/a><a class=\"block h-full w-full\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/deutsche-bank-kbc-freeze-some-radiant-world-funds-singapore?ref=article-see-also\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"relative z-10 h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f56211f33ece9e8762666e5b30189d157f3d49aeb5624c9833ba5022da9aaf14.webp\" alt=\"Uncertainty about Radiant World\u2019s business is already being felt in the iron ore market, where prices this week fell to the lowest in more than a year.\" width=\"3555\" height=\"2329\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Law enforcement agencies including the US Justice Department and <a class=\"text-bt-blue-500 underline hover:text-bt-blue-600\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/singapore-police-raid-radiant-world-office-probe-widens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Singapore police are investigating the trader<\/a>. Radiant World has not been accused of wrongdoing and investigations do not always lead to charges.\u00a0BLOOMBERG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 \u00b7 01:31 PM A LEADING executive at Radiant World\u2019s China office has quit,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[123],"tags":[132,2221],"class_list":["post-123223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glencore","tag-glencore","tag-iron-ore"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117190876808241437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}