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Steel Merchant Benefits

LME Steel Billet futures offer a number of benefits for merchants, including the ability to:

  1. Hedge physical sales and purchases

  2. Offer a long-term fixed sales price

  3. Swap physical billet on a location and grade/producer basis

  4. Gain a competitive advantage by offering a fixed sales price

  5. Protect the value of physical stock against a fall in price

  6. Bring over-the-counter (OTC) transactions on Exchange

The entire supply chain benefits from a transparent and accurate pricing mechanism.

How a physical trading company can use the LME
Stemcor is the world’s largest independent steel trading company. Hear how Stemcor uses the services of the LME both internally and on behalf of their customers.

 
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