Monthly Archives: October 2011

Curtain raiser to 2011 event

The LME’s annual dinner week is usually a time when the global base metals community gathers to cast the runes for the year ahead. For most of the past decade, early October has been a time of healthy conditions for …

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History of the LME

The London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s largest non-ferrous metals market, is now nearly 135 years old. It is the premier exchange for the global metal industry; the vast majority of commercial transactions have an LME price reference discovered on …

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LME Week 2011 Roundup

Chatter up and down the Lane The global metal industry descended on London this week for its annual round of seminars, meetings and glad-handing, which centred on the LME Dinner that took place on Tuesday evening at the plush Grosvenor …

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