CME Group launches Scrap, Billet, and Hot-Coil Steel Futures
- ChicagoSean
- April 19th, 2011
As the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes.
To meet demand for risk management needs in the global steel industry, CME Group has announced the launch of three new financially settled steel contracts:
- HMS 80/20 Ferrous Scrap, CFR Turkey (Platts) Swap Futures
- Steel Billet, FOB Black Sea (Platts) Swap Futures
- European Hot Rolled Coil, Ex-Works Ruhr Germany (Platts) Swap Futures
Says Harriet Hunnable, Managing Director, Metals for CME Group:
“We continue to expand our counterparty risk services for a number of new ferrous metal contracts in order to meet the risk management needs of our existing and potential clients in Europe, the Middle East and Asia”
These contracts help build on CME Group’s existing suite of products, which include US Midwest HR Steel and Iron Ore Swaps and Options.
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Related Links:
CME Group Launches New Industrial Steel Futures Based on Platts’ Physical Price Assessments
CME Group Expands its Suite of Industrial Metals Products with Three New Swap Futures Offerings
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