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LME deal not seen before 2012
Any potential deal to sell the London Metal Exchange is unlikely to be concluded before the end of the first quarter next year, LME chief executive said yesterday. Martin Abbot told the annual LME Metals Seminar that “if and when the board is satisfied” that there is a viable bid to show shareholders, they will present it, but this is unlikely before the second quarter 2012.