• Xstrata Canada Corporation - Producer Name Change for Gold and Silver Brands

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      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
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      • Market Regulation Department
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      • SER-5702
      • Notice Date
      • 13 July 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 18 July 2011
    •  

      Please be advised that Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX or Exchange) will implement amendments to Supplement No. 1, “Official List of Approved Refiners and Brands” of the Exchange’s Gold futures contract and Supplement No. 1, “Official List of Approved Refiners and Brands” of the Exchange’s Silver futures contract. 
      Xstrata has notified the Exchange that its silver and gold brands under the producer name, “Noranda Metallurgy Inc.”, currently deliverable against the Exchange’s Silver futures contract and Gold futures contract, and its gold brands under the producer name “Noranda Mines Limited, CCR Division,” currently deliverable against the Exchange’s Gold futures contract, are to be listed under the producer name, “Xstrata Canada Corporation.” 
       
      Please view the attached amendments with additions to the supplements underscored and deletions overstruck. The aforementioned producer name changes become effective on Monday, July 18, 2011. 
       
      Please refer questions on this subject to:
       
      Market Regulation:
      Melissa Hubley                       melissa.hubley@cmegroup.com                    312.435.3595
       
      Energy & Metals Research:
      Joann Arena                           joann.arena@cmegroup.com                         212.299.2356
       
       

      Silver Supplement No. 1
      COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC.
      OFFICIAL LIST OF APPROVED REFINERS AND BRANDS
      (Deliverable Against Commodity Exchange, Inc. Silver Contracts)
       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
       
      The Anaconda Company                        Perth Amboy, N.J.                     UMCO               * UMS CO.
       
      ASARCO Incorporated                            Amarillo, Texas                         ASAT                     ASARCO SILVER-                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              AMARILLO, TEXAS
                                                                            Baltimore, MD                           ASBA                 * ASARCO
                                                                                                                                                               BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
                                                                            Perth Amboy, N.J.                     ASCP                 * AS & R CO.-PERTH
                                                                                                                                                              AMBOY, N.J.
                                                                            Perth Amboy, N.J.                     ASPA                 * ASARCO-PERTH
                                                                                                                                                           AMBOY, NEW                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                             JERSEY
                                                                            Selby, CA                                    SGSR                 * SELBY GOLD & SILVER
                                                                                                                                                      REFINERY, SAN
                                                                                                                                                              FRANCISCO, CAL.
       
      Britannia Refined Metals Co.                 Northfleet, England                   BLCO                    BLCo.
       
      Broken Hill Associated Smelters            Port Pirie, Australia                    BHAS                    BHAS
         Pty. Ltd.
       
      The Bunker Hill Company                      Kellogg, Idaho                           HILL                  * BUNKER HILL
       
      Cerro de Pasco Corporation                    La Oroya, Peru                           CDPP                 * C de P PERU
       
      Cominco Ltd.                                             Trail, British Columbia             TADA                    TADANAC
       
      Compania de Real Monte                       Pachuca, Mexico                       RDMM                  R del M
         y Pachuca
       
      Comptoir Lyon-Alemand Louyot          Noisy le Sec, France                  CLAP                 * COMPTOIR-LYON-
                                                                                                                                                                 ALEMAND,
                                                                                                                                                                  LOUYOT & CIE-PARIS
                                                                                                                                  CLAL                     COMPTOIR-LYON-
                                                                                                                                                                  ALEMAND,
                                                                                                                                                                  LOUYOT-PARIS
       
      Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.                              Kosaka City, Japan                  DOWA                   DOWA (with crossed
                                                                                                                                                                  hammers within circle)
       
      Empresa Minera del Peru S.A.                La Oroya, Peru                           CPPE                      CP-PERU
       
      Engelhard Corporation                             Chessington, England               ENCI                  * ENGELHARD LONDON
                                                                            Carteret, N.J.                               ENNE                 * ENGELHARD
       

       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
       
      Engelhard Corporation                    Ivry, France                       ECMP               * ENGELHARD (with
                                                                                                                           Compagnie Des
                                                                                                                              Metaux Precieux-Paris
                within an oval)
       
      Furukawa Metals Co. Ltd.               Nikko City, Japan               TRIA                 OPEN TRIANGLE (like
                letter A, brand name
               “Yamaichi”)
       
      Golden West Refining Corporation        Attleboro, Mass                         GWHH                  * HH HANDY &
      Limited, Handy & Harman Refining                                                                                       HARMAN REFINING
      Group Inc.                                                                                                                                         GROUP
                                                                                                                                                                 
       
      Handy & Harman                                     Attleboro, Mass                         HAND                    *HH HANDY & HARMAN SILVER
                                                                            Fairfield, Conn.                          HARM                   *HH HANDY & HARMAN SILVER
                                                                                                                                                                  (with capital letter F bars
                                                                                                                                                                  produced at Fairfield, Conn.)
       
      INCO Limited                                            Sudbury, Ontario                       ORCO                    ORC
       
      Industrial Minera Mexico, S.A.               Monterrey, Mexico                   ASMO                * ASARCO-MONTERREY
                                                                            Monterrey, Mexico                   IMMM                  IMM-MONTERREY
       
      Johnson Matthey Limited                       Brampton, Ontario                    JMLT                     JM and crossed hammers in diamond
                                                                                                                                                                  Surrounded by JOHNSON MATTHEY
                                                                                                                                                                  CANADA
       
                                                                            Brampton, Ontario                    JMJM              *    JOHNSON MATTHEY-JM
                                                                                                                                                                  (with crossed hammers and
                                                                                                                                                                  assay stamp:
                                                                                                                                                                  JM LTD.-CANADA-ASSAY OFFICE)
                                                                            Brampton, Ontario                    JMCA                * JM (with crossed hammers)
                                                                            Brampton, Ontario                    JMMC               * J.M. & M. Ltd.
       
      Johnson Matthey Chemicals Ltd.          Royston, England                      JMLO                     JOHNSON MATTHEY
                                                                                                                                                                  LONDON
                                                                            Royston, England                      JMCF                 * JMCF
       
                                                                                                                         

       
       
                                                                                                                             COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
                                                                                                                                   
      Johnson Matthey Refining, Inc.             Salt Lake City, Utah                 JMRI                      JOHNSON MATTHEY-JM
                                                                                                                                                                   (with crossed hammers and
                                                                                                                                                                  assay stamp: J.M.R.I.-
                                                                                                                                                                  U.S.A.-ASSAY OFFICE)
       
      Kam-Kotia Mines Ltd.                             Cobalt, Ontario                          CRKO                * CRK
       
      Kennecott Corporation                            Magna, Utah                              KUEU               *   KUE
       
      KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.                       Glogow, Poland                          KGHM                  KGHM HG
       
      Metalli Preziosi S.p.A.                               Milan, Italy                                 MPSP                     METALLI PREZIOSI
                                                                                                                                                                  S.p.A. MILANO(with MP)
       
      n.v. Union Miniere s.a.                                Hoboken, Belgium                  MHOV               * HOBOKEN 999.7+
      - Business Unit Hoboken                           Hoboken, Belgium                  HOBN                    HOBOKEN 999+
       
       
      Metalor Technologies USA Corp.           N. Attleboro, Mass                    MUST                    METALOR® (with “MUS”
                                                                                                                                                                  assay mark)
       
                                                                            N. Attleboro, Mass.                   META              * METAUX PRECIEUX SA
                                                                                                                                                                  METALOR (in a circle with
                                                                                                                                                                   letters MUS in center)
       
      Metalor Precieux SA Metalor                  Neuchatel, Switzerland             MPOR                    METAUX PRECIEUX SA
                                                                                                                                                                   METALOR
                                                                                                                                                                  (in a circle with letters MP
                                                                                                                                                                  in center)
                                                                                                                         
       
      Met-Mex Penoles, SA de CV                   Monterrey, Mexico                   MPSA                * METALURGICA
                                                                                                                                                               MEXICANA PENOLES S.A.
                                                                            Torreon, Mexico                        POPM                    PRODUCT OF PENOLES
                                                                                                                                                                  MEXICO
       
      Mitsubishi Materials                                Kagawa, Japan                          DIAM                    Three diamonds forming a
      Corporation                                                                                                                                      triangle
                                                                                                                                                                 
       
      No. 1 Mining Corporation                        Namtu, Burma                           BRMA                   BURMA MINES
       
      Noranda Metallurgy, Inc Copper         
      Xstrata Canada Corporation                  Montreal East, Quebec             CCRL                    CCR CANADA
       
      Norddeutsche Affinerie A.G.                   Hamburg, W. Germany            NAHA                    NORDDEUTSCHE AFFINERIE                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                 HAMBURG

       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
                                                                                                                                   
       
      PAMP S.A.                                                  Castel San Pietro,                      PAMP                    PAMP
                                                                            Switzerland
       
      PGP Industries, Inc.                                   Duncan, South Carolina          PGPI                 * PGP
       
      Rand Refinery Limited                            Germiston, Transvaal               RRSA                     RAND REFINERY LTD.
                                                                                                                                                                  (with RR Ltd. on underside)
       
      Rudarsko Metalursko Hemijski             Zvecan, Yugoslavia                  TREP                     TREPCA
         Kombinat, Trepca
       
      Sabin Metal Corporation                         Scottsville, N.Y.                          SABN                     SMC
       
      Sheffield Smelting Co. Ltd.                     Sheffield, England                     SSCL               * THE SHEFFIELD
                                                                                                                                                                  SMELTING CO. LTD.
       
      Umicore AG & Co. KG                             Hanau, Germany                      DEGU              * DEGUSSA (with 1/2 sun and
                                                                                                                                                                  1/4 moon within diamond)
       
      Umicore AG & Co. KG                             South Plainfield, N.J.                 METZ              * DEGUSSA (with 1/2 sun
                                                                                                                                                                  and 1/4 moon within
                                                                                                                                                                  diamond, also Metz est.
                                                                                                                                                                  1921)
       
      United States Assay Office                      Denver, Colorado                      USDE                 * SEAL OF UNITED
                                                                            New York, New York                USNY                     STATES (with year and
                                                                            Philadelphia, Pa.                        USPH                     location of production)
                                                                            San Francisco, Cal.                   USSF
       
                                                                                                                                 
      United States Metals Refining                Carteret, N.J.                               DRW                  * DRW
         Co., division of Amax Copper, Inc.
       
      U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining           East Chicago, Ill.                       USSC                 * USSCO
       
      Zaklady Metalurginczne Trzebinia        Trzebinia, Poland                      ZTMP                    ZTM
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

       
       Gold Supplement No. 1
      COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC.
      OFFICIAL LIST OF APPROVED REFINERS AND BRANDS
      (Deliverable Against Commodity Exchange, Inc. Gold Contracts)
       
       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
       
      AGR Joint Venture                                    Perth, Australia                          PMAU                    THE PERTH MINT
                                                                                                                                                                  AUSTRALIA
                                                                                                                                                                  (with swan motif mint mark
                                                                                                                                                                  within circle)
      Argor, S.A.                                                   Chiasso, Switzerland                 ARGO                  * ARGOR S.A. CHIASSO-
                                                                                                                                                                 ASA
       
      Argor - Heraeus SA                                   Mendrisio, Switzerland             ARHE                    Argor-HerAeus SA, A-
                                                                                                                                                                  H, Switzerland
       
      ASARCO Incorporated                            Amarillo, Texas                         ASAT                     ASARCO GOLD-
                                                                                                                                                                  AMARILLO, TEXAS
       
      Casa da Moeda do Brasil                        Rio de Janeiro, Brazil                CASA                     CASA DA MOEDA DO
                                                                                                                                                                  BRASIL-CMB
       
      Compagnie des Metaux Precieux          Ivry, France                                CMPP                * COMPAGNIE DES
                                                                                                                                                                  METAUX
                                                                                                                                                                  PRECIEUX PARIS (may
                                                                                                                                                                  also contain letters CMP)
       
                                                                            Ivry, France                                SDBS                 * SOCIETE DE BANQUE
                                                                                                                                                                 SUISSE
       
      Companhia Real de Metais                    Sao Paulo, Brazil                       CRDM                   CRM
       
      Comptoir Lyon-Alemand Louyot          Noisy le Sec, France                  CLAL                     COMPTOIR-LYON-
                                                                                                                                                                  ALEMAND,
                                                                                                                                                                  LOUYOT-PARIS (with
                                                                                                                                                                  Affineur Fondeur within
                                                                                                                                                                  octagon)
       
      H.Drijfhout & Zoon’s                               Amsterdam, Netherlands         HDZA                    H. DRIJFHOUT & ZOON-
         Edelmetaalbedrijven BV                                                                                                            AMSTERDAM-MELTERS
                                                                                                                                                                  (within octagon)
       
      Engelhard Corporation                             Carteret, N.J.                               ENNE                 * ENGELHARD (may also be
                                                                                                                                                               * ENGELHARD NEW
                                                                                                                                                                 JERSEY-U.S.A. or
                                                                                                                                                                 ENGELHARD U.S.A.)
                                                                            Carteret, N.J.                               BAKE                * BAKER (within circle atop
                                                                                                                                                                 triangle)
       

       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                           
       
                                                                            Chessington, England               ENCI                      ENGELHARD LONDON
                                                                            Thomastown, Australia            ENTH                * ENGELHARD
                                                                                                                                                                 AUSTRALIA
                                                                            Aurora, Ontario                          ENAU                * ENGELHARD (with circle
                                                                                                                                                                 connected to 1/2 moon to
                                                                                                                                                                 left of name; may also be
                                                                                                                                                                ENGELHARD INDUSTRIES
                                                                                                                                                                OF CANADA LTD.
       
      Golden West Refining Corporation        Attleboro, Mass                         GWHH                  * HH HANDY &
      Limited, Handy & Harman Refining                                                                                          HARMAN REFINING
      Group Inc.                                                                                                                                         GROUP
                                                                                                                                                                 
       
      Handy & Harman                                     Attleboro, Mass                         HAND                    *HH HANDY & HARMAN
       
      W.C. Heraeus, G.m.b.H.                           Hanau, Germany                      HERA                    HERAEUS FEINGOLD
                                                                                                                                                                  (with Heraeus Edelmetalle
                                                                                                                                                                  GmbH-Hanau encircling
                                                                                                                                                                  three roses)
       
      Heraeus Incorporated                              Newark, N.J.                               HERI                     HERAEUS FEINGOLD
                                                                                                                                                                   (with capital letter “E”
                                                                                                                                                                   preceding serial number)
       
      Heraeus Ltd.                                               Kowloon, Hong Kong              HERH                    HERAEUS FEINGOLD
                                                                                                                                                                  (with capital letter “H”
                                                                                                                                                                  preceding serial number)
       
      Homestake Mining Company                Lead, South Dakota                 HMCO              * HOMESTAKE MINING
                                                                                                                                                                  COMPANY
                                                                                                                                                                  (with HMC all within circle)
       
      Johnson Matthey, Inc.                             Winslow, New Jersey                 MBUS                * MATTHEY BISHOP U.S.A.
                                                                                                                                                                  (within an oval)
       
      Johnson Matthey Limited                       Brampton, Ontario                    JMMC               * JOHNSON MATTHEY &
                                                                                                                                                                 MALLORY-CANADA
                                                                                                                                                                 (within an oval)
                                                                            Brampton, Ontario                    JMCA                * JM (with crossed hammers)
                                                                            Brampton, Ontario                    JMJM                     JOHNSON MATTHEY-JM
                                                                                                                                                                  (with crossed hammers and
                                                                                                                                                                  assay stamp:
                                                                                                                                                                  J.M. LTD.-CANADA-
                                                                                                                                                                  ASSAY OFFICE)

       
                                                                                                                           COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                           
       
      Johnson Matthey Limited                       Kogarah, Australia                    MGPS                * MATTHEY GARRETT
      (Australia)                                                                                                                                      PTY. SYDNEY REFINERS
                                                                                                                                                               (within an oval)
                                                                            Kogarah, Australia                    JMLA                 * JOHNSON MATTHEY
                                                                                                                                                                 LIMITED AUSTRALIA
       
      Johnson Matthey Chemicals Ltd.          Royston, England                      JMLO                     JOHNSON MATTHEY LONDON
                                                                                                                                                                  (within an oval)
       
      Johnson Matthey & Pauwels S.A.          Brussels, Belgium                      JMPA                 * JOHNSON MATTHEY & PAUWELS
                                                                                                                                                                  (within an oval)
       
      Johnson Matthey Refining, Inc.             Salt Lake City, Utah                 JMRI                      JOHNSON MATTHEY-JM
                                                                                                                                                                  (with crossed hammers and
                                                                                                                                                                  assay stamp:
                                                                                                                                                                  J.M.R.I. U.S.A.-ASSAY
                                                                                                                                                                  OFFICE)
                                                                                                                           
       
      Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation    Magna, Utah                             KUAU                   KUC            
       
      Metallurgie Hoboken Overpelt S.A.     Hoboken, Belgium                      MHOV               * METALLURGIE
                                                                                                                                                                 HOBOKEN
                                                                                                                                                                OVERPELT
      n.v. Union Miniere s.a.                              Hoboken, Belgium                    HOBO                    Hoboken 9999
      - Business Unit Hoboken
       
      Metalli Preziosi S.p.A.                               Milan, Italy                                 MPSP                     METALLI PREZIOSI S.p.A. MILANO-
                                                                                                                                                                  AFFINAZIONE (with MP within a circle)
       
      Metalor Technologies USA Corp.           Attleborough, Mass.                  MUST                    METALOR® (with the “MUS” assay mark)
       
                                                                            Attleborough, Mass.                  META              * METAUX PRECIEUX SA
                                                                                                                                                                  METALOR -MP (with
                                                                                                                                                                  “MUS” Assay  mark)
       
      Metaux Precieux S.A. Metalor                Neuchatel, Switzerland             MPSA                    METAUX PRECIEUX SA -                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                   NEUCHATEL (with MP
                                                                                                                                                                  within a circle)
                                                                            Neuchatel, Switzerland             SBCO                     SWISS BANK
                                                                                                                                                                  CORPORATION

       
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
       
      Mitsubishi Metal Corporation                 Osaka, Japan                             MMCO              * MITSUBISHI METAL
                                                                                                                                                                  CORPORATION
                                                                                                                                                                  (with three diamond mark
                                                                                                                                                                  within oval)
       
      Mitsubishi Materials                                 Kagawa, Japan                          MITS                     Three diamonds forming a
      Corporation                                                                                                                                      triangle
                                                                                                                                                                 
       
      Noranda Mines Limited, CCR Division
      Xstrata Canada Corporation                  Montreal East, Quebec             CCRL                * CANADIAN COPPER
                                                                                                                                                                 REFINERS LIMITED
                                                                                                                                                                MONTREAL EAST,
                                                                                                                                                              CANADA (within an oval)
       
      Noranda Mines Limited, CCR Division
      Xstrata Canada Corporation                  Montreal East, Quebec             NORA                * NORANDA MINES
                                                                                                                                                                 LIMITED - CCR,
                                                                                                                                                                 MONTREAL EAST,
                                                                                                                                                                 CANADA (within an oval)
       
      Noranda Metallurgy Inc. Copper
      Xstrata Canada Corporation                  Montreal East, Quebec             NINC                     NORANDA MINES Inc. –
                                                                                                                                                                  CCR,MONTREAL EAST,
                                                                                                                                                                  CANADA (within an oval)
       
      Norddeutsche Affinerie AG                     Hamburg, W. Germany            NAHA                    NORDDEUTSCHE
                                                                                                                                                                  AFFINERIE HAMBURG
       
      PAMP, S.A.                                                 Castel S. Pietro,                          PAMP                    PAMP-SUISSE        
      Produits Artistiques Metaux Precieux   Switzerland
       
       
      Rand Refinery Limited                            Germiston Transvaal                RRSA                     RAND REFINERY Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                                   SOUTH AFRICA
                                                                                                                                                                  (encircling picture of
                                                                                                                                                                  springbok)
       
      Royal Canadian Mint                              Ottawa, Canada                        RCMI                    ROYAL CANADIAN
                                                                                                                                                                   MINT (encircling a crown)

       
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                          COMPUTER
      PRODUCER                                               REFINED AT                             CODE                    BRAND MARKS
       
      Sabin Metal Corporation                      Scottsville, N.Y.                            SABN                    SMC
       
      Schone Edelmetaal NV                         Amsterdam, Netherlands            GSNV                     GUARANTEED BY
                                                                                                                                                                  SCHONE N.V.
                                                                                                                                                                  AMSTERDAM
       
      Sheffield Smelting Co. Ltd.                     Sheffield, England                     SSCL                  * THE SHEFFIELD
                                                                                                                                                                SMELTING CO.
                                                                                                                                                                  LTD. - LONDON &
                                                                                                                                                                  SHEFFIELD
       
      Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.             Ichikawa, Japan                        TTME                    TANAKA TOKYO-
                                                                                                                                                                  MELTERS
       
      Umicore AG & Co. KG                             Hanau, Germany                      DEGU              * DEGUSSA FEINGOLD
                                                                                                                                                                  (with 1/2 sun
                                                                                                                                                                  and 1/4 moon within
                                                                                                                                                                  diamond)
       
      Umicore AG & Co. KG                             Burlington, Ontario                   DECA                * DEGUSSA CANADA LTD.
                                                                                                                                                                (with 1/2 sun and 1/4 moon
                                                                                                                                                                 within diamond)
       
      Umicore Brasil Ltda.                                 Guarulhos, Brazil                       DEBR               * DEGUSSA S.A. (with 1/2
                                                                                                                                                                  sun and 1/4 moon within
                                                                                                                                                                  diamond)
       
      Umicore Brasil Ltda.                                 Guarulhos, Brazil                       UMIB                    Umicore Brasil
       
      United States Metals Refining                Carteret, N.J.                               DRW                  * DRW
         Co., division of Amax Copper, Inc.
       
      U.S.S.R                                                        Moscow, U.S.S.R                       CCCP                     CCCP (with hammer and
                                                                                                                                                                  sickle)
       
      Valcambi, S.A.                                           Balerna, Switzerland                 CRSU                     CREDIT SUISSE