London Metal Exchange (LME) News

London Metal Exchange Triumphs in Lawsuit Over Canceled Nickel Trades

The London Metal Exchange (LME) won a legal battle with U.S. financial firms on Wednesday which brought a case demanding $472 million in compensation after the exchange canceled billions of dollars in nickel trades last year following a surge in …

Another Metals Trading House Says It Has Been Hit by a Nickel Fraud

Another trading house has been stung after buying a cargo supposedly containing nickel that turned out to be full of near-worthless rubble. The latest example, detailed in lawsuits in London and Singapore, is separate from the $600 million alleged fraud …

London Metal Exchange Failed to Probe Tsingshan Before Nickel Chaos, Court Hears

The London Metal Exchange failed to investigate a large nickel position held by China’s Tsingshan that sparked a chaotic surge in prices and billions of dollars of canceled trades, lawyers told a London court on Thursday, despite a previous incident …

London Metal Exchange Canceled Nickel Trades to ‘Save’ China’s Tsingshan, Court Told

The London Metal Exchange canceled $12 billion worth of trades when nickel prices went haywire in March 2022 to “save” China’s Tsingshan, lawyers for two financial firms suing the exchange told London’s High Court on Tuesday. U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott …

Hedge Fund Elliott Sues London Metal Exchange for $456M Over Nickel Trading Halt

U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates is suing the London Metal Exchange (LME) for $456 million for canceling nickel trades after chaotic trading in March that forced the exchange to suspend its nickel market, the LME said on Monday. The legal …