• Aurubis AG – Producer Name Changes for “NA-ESN” and “HK” Copper Brands

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6280
      • Notice Date
      • 21 June 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 22 June 2012
    • Effective Friday, June 22, 2012, the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX or Exchange) will implement amendments to Supplement No. 1, “Official List of Approved Brands” of the Exchange’s Copper futures (HG) contract in order to change the producer name for the “NA-ESN” and “HK” copper brands to Aurubis AG as a result of the acquisition of Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, the former producer of the “NA-ESN” and “HK” copper brands. The brand marks for the “NA-ESN” and “HK” copper brands will remain unchanged.
       
      Please view the attached amendments with additions to the supplements underscored and deletions overstruck. 
       
      The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be notified of the amendment to Copper Supplement No. 1, “Official List of Approved Brands”  during the week of June 25, 2012 via the weekly notification procedures set forth in Part 40 of the CFTC Regulations.
       
      Please refer questions on this subject to:
      Market Regulation:
      Terry Gehring                         terry.gehring@cmegroup.com                       312.435.3644
       
      Energy & Metals Research:
      Joann Arena                           joann.arena@cmegroup.com                         212.299.2356
       
       


       
      Underscore indicates additions; strikethrough indicates deletions:
      Copper Supplement No. 1
      Official List of Approved Brands
       

      Producer
      Code
      Brand Marks
      ASARCO Incorporated
      ATR
      ATR
      ASARCO Incorporated Ray Unit
      RAY
      ASARCO RAY GRADE 1
      Atlantic Copper SA
      FMS
      FMS
      BHP Copper Inc.
      BHPP
      BHP Copper/Pinto
      Cobre de Mexico SA
      CDM
      CDM
      Cobre de Mexico SA
      CDM
      CDM
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      AE
      AE
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      CCC
      CCC
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      ASXW
      AE SX-EW
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      CCCP
      CCC-P
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      CSBL
      cCc SBL
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      CHUI
      CHUQUI-P
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      NAMI
      ENM
      Codelco-Chile - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
      RT
      RT
      Compania Minera Cerro Colorado Ltda
      CMCC
      CMCC
      Compania Minera Dona Ines de Collahuasi SCM
      COLL
      COLL
      Compania Minera Xstrata Lomas Bayas
       
      MFLB
       
      LBF
      Compania Minera Quebrada Blanca S.A.
      QB
      QB
      Compania Minera Zaldivar
      ZALD
      ZALDIVAR
      Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.
      DOWA
      DOWA
      INCO Limited
      ORCO
      ORC
      Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
      KUCU
      KUC
      LG-Nikko Copper Inc.
      ONSN
      ONSAN
      Metallo-Chimique International N.V.
      SME
      SME
      Minera El Tesoro
      MELT
      MET
      Minera Escondida Limitada
      ESOX
      ESOX
      Minera Spence S.A.
      SPEN
      SPENCE
      Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
      MTSB
      MITSUBISHI
      Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.
      MITS
      MITSUI
      Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.
      TAMA
      TAMANO
      Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
      HM
      HM
      Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
      SR
      SR
      Norddeutsche Affinerie AGAurubis AG
      HKAG
      HK
      Norddeutsche Affinerie AGAurubis AG
      NAEN
      NA-ESN
      Onahama Smelting & Refining Co. Ltd.
      OSR
      OSR
      Phelps Dodge Refining Corp.
      PD
      P*D
      Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
      PDSR
      Santa Rita
      Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
      PDMI
      PDMI
      Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
      PDSS
      PDSS
      Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
      PDGO
      PD*GO
      Freeport McMoRan Tyrone Inc.
      BCCC
      BCCC ("Burro Chief")
      Freeport McMoRan Bagdad Inc.
      CBCC
      CBCC
      Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc.
      TWIN
      CTB
      Philippine Associated Smelting & Refining Corp.
      PSAR
      PASAR
      Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra
      ABRA
      ABRA
      Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SA
      SMCV
      SMCV
      Southern Peru Copper Corp.
      SPCC
      SPCC-ILO
      Southern Peru Copper Corp. / Southern Peru Copper Ltd.
      SPLX
      SPCC-SXEW
      Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.
      SUMI
      SUMIKO
      White Pine Copper Refinery, Inc.
      WPCR
      White Pine Copper
      Xstrata Canada Corporation
      NORA
      NORANDA
       Xstrata Canada Corporation
      FKA
      FKA
      Xstrata Tintaya S.A.
      TINT
      TINTAYA
      Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines / Mufulira Copper Refining
      MCM
      MCM
      Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines / Nkana Copper Refinery
      REC
      REC