Rudolf Wolff
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Rudolf Wolff & Co. was founded in London
in 1866 as a metal merchant. In 1877 Rudolf Wolff was amongst the group of merchants who formed the London Metal Exchange
.
Over the years Rudolf Wolff & Co became one of the leading brokers and Ring dealing member of the London Metal Exchange
and members of the Company have played a very active role in the organization and running of the Exchange.
In 1982 Rudolf Wolff & Co. Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Noranda.
In the 1990’s Rudolf Wolff dealt in a range of over 150 commodity futures and options, covering metals, agricultural commodities, energy, currencies, financial instruments and stock indices, trading on more than 20 international exchanges.
In 2000 Noranda decided to close Rudolf Wolff & Co. and assets from the company were brought by Metallgesellschaft
London
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in 1866 as a metal merchant. In 1877 Rudolf Wolff was amongst the group of merchants who formed the London Metal Exchange
London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange is the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options, and futures contracts on base and other metals. As the LME offers contracts with daily expiry dates of up to three months from trade date, along with longer-dated contracts up to 123 months, it also...
.
Over the years Rudolf Wolff & Co became one of the leading brokers and Ring dealing member of the London Metal Exchange
London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange is the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options, and futures contracts on base and other metals. As the LME offers contracts with daily expiry dates of up to three months from trade date, along with longer-dated contracts up to 123 months, it also...
and members of the Company have played a very active role in the organization and running of the Exchange.
In 1982 Rudolf Wolff & Co. Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Noranda.
In the 1990’s Rudolf Wolff dealt in a range of over 150 commodity futures and options, covering metals, agricultural commodities, energy, currencies, financial instruments and stock indices, trading on more than 20 international exchanges.
In 2000 Noranda decided to close Rudolf Wolff & Co. and assets from the company were brought by Metallgesellschaft
Metallgesellschaft
Metallgesellschaft AG was formerly one of Germany's largest industrial conglomerates based in Frankfurt. It had over 20,000 employees and revenues in excess of 10 billion US dollars...