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At the end of another busy week in the Metal Bulletin newsrooms, deputy editor Fleur Ritzema takes a look back at some of the key stories.
Metal Bulletin’s editor, analysts and senior correspondents will be in Zug, Switzerland, on Thursday March 12 to discuss recent trends and future developments in the copper and aluminium markets.
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Christian Schirmeister reached an agreement to leave JP Morgan on Monday February 23, five years after joining the bank as part of the team it acquired from RBS Sempra, he confirmed to Metal Bulletin sister title Copper Price Briefing.
Changes to initial margins on spreads that the London Metal Exchange’s clearing house LME Clear will bring in on March 3 will reduce the total margins that its members must post to the clearing house by $300 million or 3%, LME Clear chief executive Trevor Spanner told Metal Bulletin.
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