Correction to European aluminium primary foundry alloy assessments on December 19, January 2

Fastmarkets erroneously published the twice-monthly assessments for MB-AL-0339 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Germany and MB-AL-0340 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Eastern Europe on December 19 and January 2 because of a procedural error.

The previously published dates of 19 December and 2 January have been invalidated, and the correct publication date of 24 December is now shown.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change. Please note the monthly averages for December and annual averages of the two assessments remain unchanged.

The assessments will next be published on January 9.

The following assessments were affected:
MB-AL-0339 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Germany, $/tonne
MB-AL-0340 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Eastern Europe, $/tonne

The prices are part of the Fastmarkets Base Metals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to the assessments, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Primary Foundry Alloy ddp Germany and ddp Eastern Europe.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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