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Trading just got halted across ALL contracts on the London Metal Exchange (LME) — aluminum, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, tin, the whole base metals suite. Dealers can't place orders; electronic platform (LMEselect) glitched out at ~2:44 p.m. London time (March 16, 2026). LME says they're working to fix it ASAP, plan to resume after closing prices today.
Is this a "WOW" black-swan meltdown? Nah — it's a technical outage, not a market apocalypse.
LME's had these before: Jan 2026 one-hour opening delay due to pre-trading checks glitch; copper surged 11% day before, retreated after resume.
Historical context: 2022 nickel crisis was the real nuclear one — prices doubled to $100K+/tonne in hours, forced multi-day suspension + trade cancellations to avoid defaults. That was volatility-driven (short squeeze + Russia/Ukraine shock). This? Straight-up systems issue.
Why it matters short-term: LME sets global benchmark prices for industrial metals — copper especially critical for EVs, grids, construction. Halt freezes hedging, forces physical traders to pause deals, can spike volatility when it reopens (panic buys/sells).
Bigger picture: Metals already wild from geopolitics (Iran strikes disrupting supply chains), tariffs, China demand stall. Outage adds noise, but LME outages are semi-routine in high-vol weeks — not systemic collapse like '22 nickel.
No evidence of foul play or forced halt (e.g., no price-limit triggers or regulatory intervention mentioned). Just "issue with electronic trading platform"; other systems normal.
Bottom line: Wild to see the world's metals pricing engine go dark mid-session, but this is tech glitch territory, not "end of copper era." Expect resume soon with possible whipsaw prices — watch for LME update on service status. If it drags into tomorrow, then it starts feeling bigger. For now, annoying disruption, not Armageddon.
They have a history of technical issues,when the trades are not in their favor. They did this on black friday,when the price was spiking in silver.....
They dipped the price to 77 early this morning,and when our markets opened we went to 81. Maybe they couldn't handle the margin call. IDK I started a discussion on Wallstreet silver,hopefully we learn more.
Trading was halted on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday afternoon due to a technical outage, during a period when the Iran war has triggered unusually high volatility for commodity prices.
All electronic contracts on the exchange — which include copper, aluminium, nickel and other metals — stopped trading at about 2.44pm local time, according to data from LSEG.
“The electronic market is currently in a technical halt, and the LME intends to restore trading on the secondary instance,” the exchange said in a statement without giving a timeframe for when normal trading would resume.
The exchange would calculate Tuesday’s “closing prices” based on its backup “waterfall” approach, the statement added.
“The electronic market will then be restored after the closing prices window,” it said. The closing prices window normally ends at 5pm each day and electronic trading normally closes at 7pm.
People in the metal business,have to hedge what they own. Refineries dealers mines. If you bought a shipload of copper,it could be 20% less when you get delivery.....
That’s not a safe question to ask these days…
They're scheming about how to put something in our back door.
If you em an inch, they’ll take eight.
Don’t let em have just the tip.
To hell with Sodom.
It's only ghey if you're receiving
That not actually true.
Thats exactly how the Romans felt!
And the muslims
"The Prophet" himself was supposedly fucked in the ass ("zutted") all night by a pack skinny black (non-African) men. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jtTYxxmVpvA
Who had this on their bingo card? JUST IN: US Intelligence Suggests Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is Gay – Trump Reportedly Burst Into Laughter When Briefed by Intelligence Officials (www.thegatewaypundit.com)
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I alluded to that in a comment to the New Iran Leader being Ghey post. I saw the Kite Flyer movie a long time ago...
kek it's hilarious when my straight bro says it in his drunken, flamboyant ghey acc-thent
😂😂
The usual is something going in the peasants back door
What's going on??
Somewhere behind the scenes TSHTF.
Silver or gold prices or physical availability perhaps.
Interesting Comment:
The quiet fact everyone’s missing:
Trading just got halted across ALL contracts on the London Metal Exchange (LME) — aluminum, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, tin, the whole base metals suite. Dealers can't place orders; electronic platform (LMEselect) glitched out at ~2:44 p.m. London time (March 16, 2026). LME says they're working to fix it ASAP, plan to resume after closing prices today.
Is this a "WOW" black-swan meltdown? Nah — it's a technical outage, not a market apocalypse.
Bottom line: Wild to see the world's metals pricing engine go dark mid-session, but this is tech glitch territory, not "end of copper era." Expect resume soon with possible whipsaw prices — watch for LME update on service status. If it drags into tomorrow, then it starts feeling bigger. For now, annoying disruption, not Armageddon.
https://x.com/i/status/2033594434852413848
They have a history of technical issues,when the trades are not in their favor. They did this on black friday,when the price was spiking in silver.....
‘Tis but a glitch
Like the rigged election machines, all problems are blamed on a "glitch". It's their favorite word.
MOASS is tomorrow.
I see what you did there, and I needed the smile. Thanks fren.
Stop noticing things!
You ever buy back into GME ? Hows the Bobby stuff going, any new clues?
I bought back warrants and calls in GME. BOBBY is on hold until June for NOL to be active I've read. Needs to be 3 years.
they do the same thing with vote counting in the US.
Thanks fren! 👏
I don't believe in coincidences these days.
Haven't believed in them for almost 10 years...😸
They dipped the price to 77 early this morning,and when our markets opened we went to 81. Maybe they couldn't handle the margin call. IDK I started a discussion on Wallstreet silver,hopefully we learn more.
Thanks fren.
Climate change.
https://www.ft.com/content/8f2c2878-72b1-4325-8a68-c028fe76ca63
Trading was halted on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday afternoon due to a technical outage, during a period when the Iran war has triggered unusually high volatility for commodity prices.
All electronic contracts on the exchange — which include copper, aluminium, nickel and other metals — stopped trading at about 2.44pm local time, according to data from LSEG.
“The electronic market is currently in a technical halt, and the LME intends to restore trading on the secondary instance,” the exchange said in a statement without giving a timeframe for when normal trading would resume.
The exchange would calculate Tuesday’s “closing prices” based on its backup “waterfall” approach, the statement added.
“The electronic market will then be restored after the closing prices window,” it said. The closing prices window normally ends at 5pm each day and electronic trading normally closes at 7pm.
the new term of glitch is that it is not going in our favor. Anyone trading on this exchange is either an insider or a fool.
People in the metal business,have to hedge what they own. Refineries dealers mines. If you bought a shipload of copper,it could be 20% less when you get delivery.....
u/pbman2
Thanks,first I've seen of this. Someone must have seriouse liquidity issues.
When moon?
Tomorrow.
Same as always.
Wait... what?!
It's already been two weeks, it's tomorrow?!
City of London...at it AGAIN!
Here's a crappy little city of the trifecta setting prices for critical commodities...
They mine, refine and produce precisely NOTHING
And yet, there they are setting the price for countries that actually DO.
It's high time to draw the line and put an end to their endless bullshit!!!
Sound familiar?
👇👇👇👇👇
u/#q4961
u/#trumpflag
India and China,use their own markets,since ours are fake and gay.
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fleifgu0zuulg1.jpeg
Why are metals traded in London? They don't produce anything in the UK.
Time it was taken off them by the countries producing the product.