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LME Insight provides timely updates and comment on specific issues and trends for the metals market.

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Financial investors on the London Metal Exchange

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LME Insight: What are implied markets?

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Commodity financing: how hedging on-exchange can benefit both borrowers and lenders 

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The role of premiums and discounts in pricing of industrial metals contracts

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LME and CME copper arbitrage: when global and regional prices meet

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How are LME reference prices used in physical metals contracts?

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LME aluminium: west to east as Asian influence rises


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PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL HEDGING – A BEGINNER’S GUIDe

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LME – SHFE: Cross-Market Arbitrage

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Global relevance of the LME steel scrap contract in a constantly evolving market

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The Asian connection: how do London and Shanghai markets interact?

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Clearing 10 years after the 2008 financial crisis

The role of clearing houses 10 years on after the 2008 financial crisis

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PROPRIETARY TRADING FIRMS AND THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE

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LME Insight: Collateral mobilisation

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