The exchange, the world's oldest and largest market for industrial metals, announced a proposal in January to move to full electronic trading and held a consultation.
"The LME received an unprecedented volume of feedback ... with 192 individual responses," it said.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME), which hit a 10-year high of $9,617 a tonne last week, was on track for its worst day since October as it lost 4.2% to $8,720.
Nickel, meanwhile, tumbled for a second day. Having reached a seven-year high of $20,110 last week, it traded at $16,175 a tonne, down 7.1% and set for its biggest one-day loss since 2016.
Hebei province, accounting for a quarter of China's total capacity, produced 229 million tonnes of crude steel in the first 11 months of last year, defying the target it set in 2018 to keep capacity within 200 million tonnes by end-2020.
Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchange was up 4.9% at $17,425 a tonne.
Earthquakes in Indonesia triggered nickel buying, but it's a knee-jerk reaction and I'm not sure these levels can be sustained as production hasn't really been affected.