Trading venues and systems

LMEselect, our electronic trading platform, allows category 1-4 members, and their direct-access clients, to trade with each other electronically and takes advantage of straight-through-processing efficiencies.

LMEbullion is our custom-built electronic auction system for platinum and palladium.

Matches and registers trades made on the Exchange. This starts the clearing process.

LMEmercury is operated by LME Clear and is the core clearing platform.

LMEsource is the LME’s multicast market data platform. Phase I of LMEsource includes all LMEselect data only.

LMEprism is used to receive daily option volatilities from members to assist the LME in the determination of the closing prices for traded options.

Creates and manages warrants for LME contracts that are physically settled, and for LME metals that are held on warrant in LME approved warehouses. 

The LME’s digital register for electronic certificates of analysis (CoAs) and for LME brand producers to upload their sustainability credentials and achievements.

LMEnet is the new dedicated wide area network (WAN) from the London Metal Exchange.

Visit our customer test page for all information relating to our Customer Test service and environments.

Information about weekend availability to execute a basic Telnet connectivity test following participant-side network or infrastructure changes. Note that a ping test will not work as LME block on our side.