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# LME
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/lme
Last modified: 2026-10-17

The LME is the London Metal Exchange, started in a coffee house in 1877, where copper, aluminium, nickel and zinc are priced in dollars per tonne. Its warehouse stocks are public every day, and in March 2022 it cancelled a day of nickel trades. [Module 2](https://mochatrade.com/learn); [base metals on Mochatrade](https://mochatrade.com/support/what-can-i-trade-on-mochatrade).

## Related terms

- Copper: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/copper
- Aluminium: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/aluminium
- Troy ounce: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/troy-ounce
- Silver futures: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/silver-futures
- Commodity trading: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/commodity-trading
- Pre-IPO stocks: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/pre-ipo-stocks

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