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Exclusive: U.S. steel industry may challenge Russian trade deal – sources

August 25, 2021 at 5:48 a.m.

By Krista Hughes, Allison Martell and Josephine Mason WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. steel industry is considering challenging a trade deal with Russia that governs imports of hot-rolled steel,...

In new warehousing suit, Goldman, JPMorgan sued over zinc

August 25, 2021 at 5:16 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street banks, big metal merchants and the London Metal Exchange face a lawsuit alleging they have artificially inflated zinc prices, expanding a high-profile legal case...

LME ruling creates ‘perfect storm’ for CME’s aluminum bid

November 4, 2021 at 1:34 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British court ruling that has set back the London Metal Exchange's sweeping warehouse reforms has handed CME Group an unexpected windfall just weeks before it...

LME ruling creates ‘perfect storm’ for CME’s aluminum bid

December 23, 2018 at 11:14 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British court ruling that has set back the London Metal Exchange's sweeping warehouse reforms has handed CME Group an unexpected windfall just weeks before it...

The quiet Australian: Trafigura’s new chief cut from a different cloth

November 4, 2021 at 1:32 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For decades, Trafigura's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Claude Dauphin has been the epitome of the successful commodity trader, a demanding workaholic who traveled to harsh...

The quiet Australian: Trafigura’s new chief cut from a different cloth

December 23, 2018 at 11:07 p.m.

From potatoes to copper, Montana lawyer is hottest courtroom commodity

November 4, 2021 at 1:27 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As a young boy working on his uncle's potato farm in rural Montana, little did Christopher Lovell know the company whose name was emblazoned across trains...

From potatoes to copper, Montana lawyer is hottest courtroom commodity

December 23, 2018 at 10:54 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As a young boy working on his uncle's potato farm in rural Montana, little did Christopher Lovell know the company whose name was emblazoned across trains...

Insight: Fixing the world’s metals warehousing: why so long?

August 24, 2021 at 10:19 p.m.

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the mid-1990s the London Metal Exchange was embroiled in a criminal investigation after the discovery that a trader - nicknamed Mr. 5 Percent for the...

Analysis: JPMorgan faces ‘hard sell’ in crowded market for commodity traders

August 24, 2021 at 6:45 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For third time in five years, one of the world's biggest commodity trading desks is for sale. JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Friday it would...

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