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Over One-Third Of LME’s Aluminium Stored In ISTIM’s Warehouses In Malaysia

Over One-Third Of LME’s Aluminium Stored In ISTIM’s Warehouses In Malaysia

According to data released by the London Metal Exchange earlier this week, the Malaysian warehouse facilities owned by ISTIM UK house over one third of its total aluminium stock as of the end of last month. Per LME’s numbers, ISTIM’s warehouses in...

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New LME Alumina Contract To Utilize CRU Alumina Price Index

New LME Alumina Contract To Utilize CRU Alumina Price Index

London commodities consultant CRU Group said yesterday that the London Metal Exchange will soon be using the firm’s CRU Alumina Price Index (CRU-API) in the settlement of the LME’s new cash-settled Alumina futures contract. The new futures contract is set to commence trading on March 11 and will use the CRU-API to settle physical contracts […]

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LME To Trade Rusal Aluminium Upon Lifting Of OFAC Sanctions

LME To Trade Rusal Aluminium Upon Lifting Of OFAC Sanctions

Another hopeful sign emerged last week for troubled Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal when the London Metal Exchange confirmed that it would begin again accepting the firm’s aluminium when United States government sanctions are lifted. Per Reuters, the Exchange discussed resuming the trading of Rusal aluminium upon the revocation of sanctions, and no objections […]

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U.S.-China Trade Tensions Sink Aluminium Prices To 14-Month Nadir

U.S.-China Trade Tensions Sink Aluminium Prices To 14-Month Nadir

Aluminium prices sunk to a new low on the year earlier this week due to market concerns that increased tensions between Washington, D.C. and Beijing are likely to set off a devastating trade war. According to market experts, comments by United States President Donald Trump referencing a raft of new tariffs waiting in the wings […]

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Mysterious Trading in Shanghai Sends Aluminium Futures In London To Three-Month High

Mysterious Trading in Shanghai Sends Aluminium Futures In London To Three-Month High

Aluminium market watchers were baffled on Wednesday after an unknown buyer made a large number of trades on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, setting off an immediate rally at the London Metal Exchange. According to reporting by Bloomberg, 68,430 contracts for October delivery were traded on the Exchange on Wednesday evening (Shanghai) over the course of […]

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Glencore and Rusal Ask LME to Lift Suspension on Trading of Rusal’s Aluminium

Glencore and Rusal Ask LME to Lift Suspension on Trading of Rusal’s Aluminium

Citing the Trump administration’s extension for complying with the sanctions it placed upon U.C. Rusal, Anglo-Swiss mining and trading firm Glencore plc has joined with the Russian miner in petitioning the London Metal Exchange to temporarily lift the suspension on Rusal’s aluminium. Sources revealed to Reuters on Friday that the request had been made, but […]

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