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Contract specification

LME Aluminium summary specifications

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LME Aluminium physical specifications

Quality

  • Primary aluminium with impurities no greater than in the registered designation P1020A in the North American and International Registration Record entitled “International Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Unalloyed Aluminum” (revised March 2007)

Lot size (warrant)

  • 25 tonnes (with a tolerance of +/- 2%)

Form/shape

  • Ingots, T-bars, Sows

 Contract Code

  • AH

Law / Regulation

English Law, with regulation by the LME and the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

This is a summary of the contract specifications. For full contract specification details, please refer to the LME Rulebook which details the complete rules and regulations of LME contracts.

LME contracts may only be offered or sold to United States foreign futures and options customers by firms registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), or firms who are permitted to solicit and accept money from foreign futures and options customers from trading on the LME pursuant to CFTC Rule 30.10.

Arbitration

In the case of unresolved disputes, arbitration is effected via the LME arbitration procedure, and/ or by other body agreed by the parties.

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