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No new contracts this year at LME, as cobalt, molybdenum delayed


The London Metal Exchange will delay its planned launch of cobalt and molybdenum futures due to changes in a clearing system at LCH.Clearnet.

Martin Abbott, the exchange’s chief executive, said at a press briefing in London today (April 24) that both contracts should be launched in the first quarter of 2010, when a new clearing platform...

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