EghtesadOnline: The London Metal Exchange is maintaining the status quo on its treatment of Iranian aluminum brand IRALCO after the United States said this week it will reintroduce nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, the bourse said in a notice to members on May 10.

EghtesadOnline: The world’s biggest industrial metals exchange is taking on the most powerful players in the gold market with the launch on Monday of its first futures contract for the commodity since the middle of the 1980s.