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CME (CME Group) is a global derivatives marketplace based in Chicago, United States, offering futures and options across asset classes including agriculture, energy, metals, foreign exchange and interest rates. It operates several exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and New York Mercantile Exchange, under a single clearing house. The group provides price discovery and risk-management tools used by producers, traders and investors worldwide, including for battery raw materials such as lithium. CME has increasingly expanded its commodity offerings to cover new-economy metals as demand for electric-vehicle and battery-storage inputs grows. It competes with other exchanges, such as the Guangzhou Futures Exchange in China, for listing benchmark contracts in emerging commodity markets. The group is publicly listed and is one of the largest derivatives exchange operators by trading volume and market capitalisation. Its contracts are widely referenced by analysts and market commentators, including firms like CRU Group and Freight Investor Services, when discussing pricing trends. CME traces its roots to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, founded in 1898 as an agricultural commodities market, before merging with the Chicago Board of Trade in 2007 to form CME Group. It has since diversified extensively beyond agriculture into financial and industrial commodity derivatives.

CME News


Alumina loading for transport
Hindalco aims to kick-start an alumina pricing revolution, columnist says
2nd October 2026 By: Reuters

The market for the raw material needed to produce aluminium is both huge and highly opaque despite the best efforts of both exchanges and price reporting agencies. The London Metal Exchange (LME)... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Big boost for platinum, palladium as China exchange internationalises
25th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

From Monday, September 28, China will give international investors access to trading in palladium and platinum on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), where domestic exchange activity has been... 


CATL lithium mine in China
CATL mine’s unclear future clouds China’s nascent lithium market
14th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

A year after Contemporary Amperex Technology’s flagship lithium mine was first shuttered, speculation over its fate is still driving wild price swings, prompting growing concerns among traders and... 


CME looks into launching first ever rare earth futures contract, sources say
CME looks into launching first ever rare earth futures contract, sources say
12th February 2026 By: Reuters

CME Group is working on a plan to launch the world's first futures contract in rare earths, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a move that would allow governments,... 


Gold bullion and Krugerrands
Gold’s bull run seen intact despite steep pullback
2nd February 2026 By: Reuters

Despite a historic pullback in gold and silver prices, triggered by the sharpest two-session sell-off in decades, analysts see the metal's bull run continuing and expect it to notch fresh record... 


Gold, silver selloff deepens after CME hikes margins
Gold, silver selloff deepens after CME hikes margins
2nd February 2026 By: Reuters

Gold and silver extended falls on Monday after CME Group raised margin requirements following a sharp selloff in precious metals last week on US President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh... 


China's 2025 copper imports lowest since 2020 amid major price rally
China's 2025 copper imports lowest since 2020 amid major price rally
14th January 2026 By: Reuters

China's unwrought copper imports in 2025 fell to the lowest level since 2020, China's customs data showed on Wednesday, as high prices weighed on demand. The top consumer imported 5.32-million... 


Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
8th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Silver and copper have replaced gold as the hot metal trade heading into 2026, with institutional and retail traders positioning for record rallies. Silver has nearly doubled this year, with most... 


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