LME REGIStered copper
Many investors choose commodities like copper because they anticipate a continued bull market as emerging countries continue to industrialize. Also, many people desire a safe haven or inflation hedge which is more directly tied to industrial activity than gold or silver. If any of these fit your situation, investing in copper may be for you. As with any other commodities investment, prices can be volatile, and you must take into consideration these risks when deciding your investment time horizon.
International Metals offers copper in the form of one ton London Metals Exchange Registered Copper cathodes.
about the LME
Established for over 130 years and located in the heart of The City of London, the London Metal Exchange is the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market.
The LME publishes a set of daily reference prices that are based on the most liquid trading sessions of the day. They are used the world over by industrial and financial participants for purposes of referencing, hedging, physical settlement, contract negotiations and margining and are indicators of where the market is at any point in time. The LME offers futures and options contracts for copper, aluminum, tin, nickel, zinc, lead, aluminum alloy, steel billet, cobalt and molybdenum.
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ABOUT COPPER
Sometimes referred to as red gold, copper is one of the most useful metals on earth. It is an efficient conductor of electricity. It is flexible and strong, and it doesn't corrode easily. Copper is often a component in metal alloys, most notably brass and bronze. It is used for heating, air conditioning, plumbing, roofing, adapters, computers, cars, mobile phones, wiring, electrical leads, transformers, motors and lighting units.
Copper can easily be recycled, but the amount of copper in active use is growing, making its total quantity available on earth barely sufficient to allow all countries to reach developed world levels of copper usage. Countries such as the United States and Chile still have sizeable reserves of the unmined metal.