LME Is Keeping a Closer Watch as Energy Traders Bet on Metals
The industry’s leading exchange is using a preemptive approach to police the market as new participants take bigger positions.
Aluminum ingots inside a furnace at the Tajima Light Metal Co. foundry in Hanyu, Japan.
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities powering the global economy. Today, EMEA Metals and Mining Team Leader Mark Burton discusses how the London Metal Exchange is being more proactive to head off potential market risks.
The world’s top energy traders arrived in metals with a splash this year, building huge positions that give them growing influence over prices.