LME Aluminum Trading Surges to Record Level in August

Sep 6, (Bloomberg)--Trading of aluminum futures and options on the London Metal Exchange surged to a record in August, Miriam Heywood, a spokeswoman for the bourse, said today. Following are monthly futures and options trading volumes for selected metals on the LME. The data are taken from the bourse’s website.

Futures, options
                   August 2011    August 2010
NASAAC                 80,320         58,189
Aluminum            5,920,004      4,229,459
Copper              3,490,417      2,314,180
Lead                1,051,063        594,426
Nickel                735,278        588,260
Tin                   174,517        121,453
Zinc                1,989,820      1,581,857
Steel Billet           15,200         24,853