LONDON, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Reuters today launched a web-based, interactive community that
brings comprehensive information, research, analysis and professional
networking tools to the global base metals marketplace. Thomson Reuters
Metals Insider went live today at
www.communities.thomsonreuters.com/basemetals with a community of
approximately 6,700 professionals. Metals Insider is aimed at equipping the
global base metals marketplace with the tools to gather in-depth information
and collaborate with industry peers.

The launch of the base metals community follows Thomson Reuters
acquisition in July 2008 of the business of Metals Insider, a free daily news
and analysis service headed up by Andy Home, a highly respected commentator
on the metals markets for 20 years. The Thomson Reuters community combines
Metals Insider's informed market perspective and audience with comprehensive
Reuters news and technology to provide a true community platform for the
traders, fund managers, producers, fabricators and market analysts in the
base metals market.

The Thomson Reuters Metals Insider community has free access to a base
metals news archive as well as research, market reports, prices and data.
Members can also sign up to a free email newsletter, providing a
comprehensive daily update on developments in the base metals markets.

Metals Insider uses Web 2.0 technologies and features professional
interaction and networking capabilities. Intuitive networking tools enable
members to create a personal profile and link up with clients, suppliers,
contacts and colleagues in the metals industry. Members can also tap into the
community to ask questions, provide comments, post reports or up-load
research, creating a unique interactive resource for metals professionals.

Mitchel Ingham-Barrow, Global Head of Metals and Minerals, Thomson
Reuters, commented: "Thomson Reuters Metals Insider demonstrates our
commitment to maximise the potential of professionals in the broader base
metals community. It harnesses our world renowned news and data with
technological innovation to give the base metals marketplace a competitive
edge."

Features to be added to the Metals Insider platform include industry
jobs, conferences and events. The existing set of free data from the London
Metal Exchange is also set to be enhanced and complemented by prices from
NYMEX and the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

Metals Insider was launched at LME Week, an important fixture in the
global metals industry calendar, which opens today in London. The London
Metal Exchange, which represents the vast majority of all non-ferrous base
metals trading, achieved US $9,500 billion in monetary terms in 2007. Metals
Insider complements Thomson Reuters professional base metals subscription
services, Reuters 3000 Xtra and Reuters Trader for Commodity, which offer
even deeper news, market coverage and analytical capabilities.

About Thomson Reuters

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