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World Service,4 mins

London Metal Exchange: where life begins for the metal in your drinks can

World Business Report

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At the London Metal Exchange, traders still buy and sell by shouting and gesturing at one another. It is the world's largest specialist metals market, trading everything from copper to lead, tin and zinc. But is there still a future for the 'open outcry' model? Our reporter Szu Ping Chan went to find out. (Credit: Leon Neal, Getty Images)

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