Aluminium is a lightweight, durable, and infinitely recyclable metal that is vital to modern industries, including construction, transportation, and packaging, thanks to its strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance.
LME Aluminium benefits
Unparalleled liquidity and market depth: tradeable out to 10 years, LME Aluminium enables physical and financial participants to accurately hedge and take a view on supply and demand dynamics. In 2024 over 260,000 lots were traded on average every day.
Global warehouse network: settlement via physical delivery across 400 warehouses in 34 global locations underpins the contract.
The global reference price: the LME Official Price is the global benchmark price for aluminium, being used as indexation in primary and secondary aluminium contracts as well as in hedging transactions.