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LME reports healthy trading volumes in Q1
London Metal Exchange cites double-digit first quarter 2025 increases in nickel, tin and copper trading compared with early 2024.
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LME sees opportunities in the US
A market development specialist at the exchange says 25 percent of the LME’s business originates in North America and it sees lead and ferrous scrap as offering growth potential.
Nickel contract activity has rebounded, LME executive says
Trading activity and liquidity on the London Metal Exchange nickel contract have nearly returned to pre-2022 turmoil levels, a representative from the exchange says.
Furthur volatility looms in nonferrous markets
LME receives influx of aluminum, while the copper price surges there and on COMEX.
LME, Comex ordered to restrict Russian metals trading
The U.S. Treasury Department says the action is intended to “disrupt the revenue that Russia earns from its export of aluminum, copper and nickel.”
LME says nickel trading is rebounding in 2024
London Metal Exchange says its lead contract also has experienced heavier trading so far this year.
LME adds chief technology officer
London Metal Exchange parent LME Group appoints Alistair Baldwin as its chief technology officer.
Waste Connections reports more than $2B in revenue in Q3
The Woodlands, Texas, company overcame two landfill incidents and poor revenue from recycled commodities to increase revenue by 9.8 percent from the same period last year.
LME adds metals industry veteran to board
Nigel Dentoom, who has finance and metals sector experience, joins London-based metal exchange as a board director.
MRAI 2023: LME sees growing interest in its ferrous contracts
Ferrous scrap and finished steel trading on the London Metal Exchange grew substantially in 2022, with India among the active regions.
LME launches new contracts
The new contracts include those for aluminum and steel scrap.