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Contents
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London Metal Exchange – Setting the Global Standard
Price risk management – the preect hedge
The world’s price ormation venue – what’s in a price?
Warehousing, branding and price convergence– the physical market o last resort
The contracts and the metals – today’s innovation, tomorrow’s standard
Trading – unparalleled opportunity to transer or take on risk
Other services
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The LME brings together participants rom the
physical industry and the nancial community
to create a vital, robust and regulated market
where there is always a buyer or seller, where
there is always a price and where there is always
the opportunity to transer or take on risk –
24 hours a day.
Investors value the LME as a vibrant utures
exchange but also or its close links to industry.
The possibility o physical delivery via the
world-wide network o LME-approved
warehouses makes it the perect hedging venue
or industry and the world gains a benchmark
price they trust.
The Exchange provides producers and
consumers o metal not only with a physical
market o last resort but also, perhaps most
importantly o all, with the ability to hedge
against the risk o rising and alling world
metal prices.
It’s what we’ve been doing since 1877.
London Metal ExchangeSetting the Global Standard
o global non-errous utures
business is transacted on
our platorms
Over
80%
The London Metal Exchange is the world centre orthe trading o industrial metals – more than 80% o all non-errous metal utures business is transactedon our platorms.
$11.6trillion notional
2.7billion tonnes
120
million lots
LME non-errous metalstrade 30 times worldproduction
Annual Trading
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Producers (those who sell the metal they mine
and rene) are at risk o prices alling, and
consumers (those who buy and make things
rom metal) are at risk o pri ces rising.
Hedging against these price movements
using the LME’s utures and options contracts
enables the metal industry to ocus on their
core business – namely, producing metal and
making things out o metal.
Benets o hedging
• Protectagainstpricemovements
• Lockinmarginsandoerlong-term
xed prices to customers
• Improvebudgetforecasts
• Turn inventory into cash or security or fnance
• Protectphysicalinventoryagainstpricefalls
• Hedgephysicalpurchasesintimes
o production diculty
Price risk managementthe perect hedge
The LME is a meeting place o buyers and sellers o metalutures. It provides producers and consumers o metalaround the world with the best way to manage theirexposure to the risk created by metal price volatility.
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Our prices are trusted because the LME is the
most liquid and most traded i ndustrial metals
market in the world and its global network o
warehouses ensures the price is truly refective
o supply and demand.
Real-timebidandoerpricesareavailable
24 hours a day via approved data vendors
including LMElive. The LME also aggregates
and publishes a set o benchmark prices thatare based on highly liquid periods o the
trading day.
The LME is the de actoprice formation venue for industrial metals. The prices‘discovered’ on our platormsare used as the globalbenchmark and basis orphysical trading as wellas in the valuation o portolios, in commodityindices and metal ETFs.
The LME Ocial Price is the last bid and
oerquotedduringthesecondopen-out
cry (or Ring) session and the LME OcialSettlementPriceisthelastcashoerprice
The LME Unocial Price is the last bid and
oerquotedduringthefourthRing
The LME Closing Price (also known as the
Evening Evaluation) is determined by
the LME Quotations Committee ater
the close o trading on the Ring
The LME Asian Benchmark is calculated on
the volume-weighted average price (VWAP)
o trades transacted on our electronic
trading platorm, LMEselect, between
07.00–07.15 or 08.00–08.15 during
British Summer Time (BST)
What are they and how
are they calculated?
LME Ofcial and Ofcial Settlement Price
LME benchmark prices
LME Unofcial Price
LME Closing Price (or Evening Evaluation)
LME Asian Benchmark
The LME Ocial Price is used as the global
benchmark or physical contracts and the
LME Ocial Settlement Price is the priceat which all LME utures are settled
The LME Unocial Price is a good indicator
o aternoon trading and is used as a
reerence price
Used by LCH.Clearnet and LME members
or calculating margins
The LME Asian Benchmark provides traders
with a useul early-day guide to trading
in one o the most signicant and liquid
periods o the day
How are they used?
Cash, 3 months and
3–orward December
prices* (which rollannually)
Cash, 3 months and
3–orward December
prices* (which roll
annually)
All prompt dates
3-month
LME Aluminium,
LME Copper and
LME Zinc
Prompt dates
12.30–13.20
15.40–16.15
(ex minors)
USD
LME Provisional
Closing Price: rom
approximately 17.30.
LME Closing Price: rom
approximately 18.15
07.30 (08.30 BST)
When are they
published?
USD (we also publish
exchange rates or EUR,
GBP, JPY)
USD, EUR, GBP, JPY
USD (we also publish
exchange rates or EUR,
GBP, JPY)
Currency
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The world’s priceormation venuewhat’s in a price?
*15 and 27 month LME Ocial, Settlement and Unocial Prices cease April 2012
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The combination o price convergence, the
global reach o the LME’s storage acilities
and listed metal brands, the act that physical
deals are negotiated using LME prices and our
unparalleled levels o liquidity means the world
gains a price it trusts.
In times o extreme shortage or over supply the
LME also provides producers and consumers
with a physical market o last resort.
LME warehouse companies must meet strict
criteria beore they are approved and are
typically located in high-consumption areas
or logistical trading hubs or the shipment
o material.
All metals stored in LME-approved storage
acilities on warrant must be LME-approved
brands rom LME-approved producers ensuring
conormance to the Exchange’s strict rules on
commodity grade, quality and shape.
Warehousing, brandingand price convergencethe physical market o last resort
Our utures market complements the physical. Althougha very small proportion o LME trades actually result inphysical settlement, the possibility o physical delivery –supported by 700 international storage acilities and 500LME listed brands – results in pr ice convergence ensuringour prices remain in line with the physical industry.
4.7million tonnesdelivered in andout annually
500
LME brands rom55 countries
700LME-approved storageacilities across 37locations in 14 countries
LME-metal producing regions
Delivery locations
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The LME prides itsel on the unique
settlement-date structure o its contracts
and its ocus on the physical market.
Designed to refect the nature and timing o
bilaterally negotiated metal trades, market
participants can use the LME’s contracts to
transer or take on risk against metal prices daily
out to 3 months, weekly out to 6 months and
monthly out to anything up to 123 months –
that’s over 10 years in the uture.
Through our fexible prompt-date structure,
large lot sizes that refect industrial usage,
and range o contract types the LME provides
participants with unparalleled opportunity
to transer and take on risk.
Types o LME contract
LME uture
Physically settled contract daily out to
3 months, weekly out to 6 months and
monthly up to 123 months
LME TAPO (Traded Average Price Option)
Asian-style monthly average-price option
up to 63 months
LME traded option
American-style monthly option
up to 63 months
LMEmini
Small-lot, cash-settled monthly uture
out to 12 months
The contracts and the metalstoday’s innovation, tomorrow’s standard
O the industry or the industry, the LME’s products andservices are designed with the metal community in mindand that is what makes the LME unique.
What is a ‘uture’?A ‘uture’ is the obligation to buy or sell astandard quantity o a specied asset (metal)on a set date, at a xed price agreed today
What is an ‘option’?An ‘option’ is the right, but not the obligation,to buy or sell a utures contract at a price(the strike price) agreed today
What are ‘prompt dates’? The date by which an LME warrant mustbe delivered by the seller and paid or bythe buyer o a utures contract. Also k nownas ‘settlement date’
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LME Aluminium
LME Aluminium Alloy
LME Copper
LME Lead
LME Nickel
LME NASAAC
LME Tin
LME Zinc
LME Steel Billet
Metal
Non-errous metals
25mt
20mt
25mt
25mt
6mt
20mt
5mt
25mt
65mt
Lot size (tonnes)
Ingots
Small Sows
Large Sows
T-bars
IngotsSmall Sows
Large Sows
T-bars
Cathodes
Ingots
Cathodes (ull plate or cut)
Pellets
Briquettes
Ingots
Small Sows
Large Sows
T-bars
Ingots
Ingots
Billets
Shape
P1020A high grade primary aluminium
A380.1, 226 or AD12.1 aluminium alloy
BS EN 1978:1998 (Cu-CATH-1) grade A copper
BS EN 12659:1999 standard lead o 99.97% purity (minimum)
B39-79 (2008) primary nickel o 99.80% purity (minimum)
LME NA380.1 North American special aluminium alloy
BS EN 610:1996 tin o 99.85% purity (minimum)
BS EN 1179:2003 special high-grade zinc o 99.995% purity (minimum)
Nine LME grades o multiple tolerances
Quality
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
LMEminis
Futures Traded options
TAPOs
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
LMEminis
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
Futures
Traded options
TAPOs
LMEminis
Futures
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 123 months (63 or TAPOs and traded options)
Daily: out to 3 monthsWeekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 27 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 123 months (63 or TAPOs and traded options)
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 63 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 63 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 27 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 15 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 63 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 15 months
Automotive, transport, construction,
aeronautical, packaging
Automotive, transport, construction,aeronautical, packaging
Electricals, construction
Batteries
Stainless steel
Automotive
Plating, soldering
Galvanisation, brass
Construction 2008
LME Cobalt
LME Molybdenum
1mt
6mt
Cathodes (broken or cut)
Rounds
Briquettes
Ingots
Powder packed in drums
99.30% pure cobalt
Between 57 and 63% molybdenum contained in roasted
molybdenum concentrate (RMC)
Futures
Futures
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 15 months
Daily: out to 3 months
Weekly: 3 out to 6 months
Monthly: 7 out to 15 months
Batteries, turbines, paints
Alloying agent in steel
(stainless and construction)
2010
2010
Contract types Prompt dates Main industry uses First listed
Minor metals
Ferrous
1978
(1987 current
specication)
1992
1877
(1986 current
specication)
1920
1979
2002
1877
(1989 current
specication)
1920
(1986 current
specication)
Daily prompt dates Weekly prompt dates Monthly prompts to 12, 15, 27, 63 or 123 months
Cash 3 months 6 months
LMEminis Tin,
molybdenum,
cobalt & steel billet
Aluminium
alloy &
NASAAC
Lead,
nickel
& zinc
Aluminium
& copper
12 15 27 63 123
The metals
All contracts quoted in US dollars and clearable in US dollars, pound sterling, Euro and Japanese yen
*Prompt dates or TAPOs and traded options are:
LMEAluminium Monthly out to 63 months, LMEAluminiumAlloy Monthly out to 27 months, LMECopper Monthly out to 63 months
LMELead Monthly out to 15 months, LMENickelMonthly out to 27 months, LMENASAAC Monthly out to 27 months
LMETinMonthly out to 15 months, LMEZinc Monthly out to 27 months
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Participants wishing to trade on the LME must
do so with one o our member rms. This can
be done either directly with an LME member
or through member-sponsored access to LME’s
electronic trading platorm.
Counterparty risk is mitigated by LCH.Clearnet
which clear all LME contracts guaranteeing both
sides o a trade in the event o deault.
As a Recognised Investment Exchange, the
LME has a statutory requirement to ensure
that business on our markets is conducted in
a air and orderly manner, providing proper
protection to investors. The LME is regulated by
the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA
also regulates those LME members that conduct
investment business.
Metal utures and options are traded on three platormsat the London Metal Exchange.
Trading hours
Description
The Ring
11.40–17.00
Open-outcry trading foor. Liquidity is
concentrated into ve-minute sessions
known as Rings. LME Ocial, Unocial
and Closing Prices are all, or in part,
derived rom trading activity on the Ring
LMEselect
01.00–19.00
Electronic trading. LME Asian Benchmark
derived by trading on LMEselect
Inter-ofce telephone
24 hour
Members’indicative quotes are distributed
via the vendor network and can be
executed by telephone
Tradingunparalleled opportunity to transfer or take on risk
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Education The LME provides an extensive and worldwide
programme o training courses or the metaland nancial industries. These range rom
the popular introductory courses, which are
designed to give an understanding o the
core services o the Exchange and provide the
opportunitytolearnhowtoeectivelymanage
the impact o price volatility through the use o
utures and options, to more specialised courses
across a number o key areas, including market
analysis and hedge accounting.
www.lme.com/education
DataPricing data can be accessed via the LME’s
network o vendors including LMElive, our ownreal-timepriceanddataservice.LMEliveoers
the opportunity to monitor price volatility with
live or 30-minute delayed data and provides
a comprehensive view o utures and options
trading with easy access via your laptop, PC
or mobile device. Subscribe or a 4 week ree
trial at:
www.lmelive.com
www.lme.com/data
Precious metals The LME provides market data and post-trade
services to the precious metals community.It produces a orward curve data set, published
daily on behal o the London Bullion Market
Association, to bring new levels o transparency
to the world’s largest over-the-counter (OTC)
gold market. In addition the LME, in partnership
with LCH.Clearnet, provides OTC post-trade
matching and clearing services or gold traded
on London’s bullion market.
www.lme.com/precious
Other services
Contacts
Branding: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected] metals services: [email protected] ofce: [email protected]:[email protected] and storage: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7264 5555
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The London MeTaL exchange LiMiTed | 56 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2DX
Tel +44 (0)20 7264 5555 | Fax +44 (0)20 7680 0505 | Email [email protected]
Singapore Representative Oce, 30 Raes Place #19-03, Chevron House, Singapore 048622
Tel +65 (0)6535 5035 V1.0/0811
Nothing in this document constitutes an
ofer or a solicitation o an ofer to buy or sell
any security or other nancial instrument
or constitutes any investment advice or
recommendation o any security or other
nancial instrument. To the best o the LME’s
knowledge and belie, statements made are
correct at the time o going to press.
All such statements and all opinions
expressed herein are published or the general
inormation o readers but are not to be taken
as recommendations o any course o
action. The LME accepts no liability or the
accuracy o any statement or representation.
LME contracts may only be ofered or sold
to United States oreign utures and options
customers by rms registered with the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC), or rms who are permitted to solicit
and accept money rom US utures and
options customers or trading on the
LME pursuant to CFTC rule 30.10.
© The London Metal Exchange Limited,
2011. No portion o this publication
may be reproduced without written
consent. The London Metal Exchange
logo is a registered trademark o
The London Metal Exchange Limited.