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CME in talks with Mexican exchange 08 Sep 2009

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the owner of Mercado Mexicano de Derivados (MexDer), has entered talks with CME Group, which could involve selling a minority stake in the BMV Group to the Chicago exchange. BMV said in a statement today (September 8) that it was conducting discussions of "a preliminary nature".

The talks centre around a number of “commercial arrangements” and “a possible minority equity component”.

“No preliminary or...


“We are increasingly seeing the LME price referenced in the market for scrap and reinforcing bar”

Lotta Ulfsdotter, business manager for steel at the LME, says the exchanges steel billet futures are catching on in the industry