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LME trade volumes fall over 4% in 2015 as China growth dims

Trade volumes on the London Metal Exchange fell 4.3% in 2015, data from the bourse showed on Friday, dented by slowing growth in Chinese demand for commodities. Total volumes on the world’s biggest and oldest market for industrial metals came in just short of 170-million contracts, down from around 177-million in 2014, LME-owner Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing said in a statement.