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Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange surged 6% following Iranian attacks that struck major production facilities in the Middle East. The immediate price shock reflects the market's acute sensitivity to supply disruptions from a region that is a critical global hub for aluminum smelting. This is not a routine fl...
A key architect of the enormous aluminum positions that forced the London Metal Exchange (LME) to rewrite its rulebook has departed the firm. Sonny McNess, a veteran trader at Swiss commodity giant Mercuria Energy Group, has left the trading house. His exit follows a period of intense scrutiny after the positions he he...
A critical aluminum futures spread on the London Metal Exchange has surged into its most extreme backwardation since 2007, a stark signal of immediate supply panic. The market convulsion follows the activation of a U.S.-led Strait of Hormuz blockade and a force majeure declaration from the region's largest producer, Em...