Correction to FOB Australia alumina index, inferred prices on March 13

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0002 alumina index, fob Australia and its inferred prices, which were published incorrectly on Friday March 13 due to a procedural lapse.

The MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne was published in error as $302.14 per tonne. It has been corrected to $301.47 per tonne.

The correction also affected the following inferred prices:

MB-ALU-0019 Alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia, $/tonne was published in error as $307.14 per tonne. This has been corrected to $306.47 per tonne.

MB-ALU-0018 Alumina index inferred, fob India, $/tonne was published in error as $309.14 per tonne. This has been corrected to $308.47 per tonne.

MB-ALU-0020 Alumina index inferred, fob Vietnam, $/tonne was published in error as $304.14 per tonne. This has been corrected to $303.47 per tonne.

MB-ALU-0010 Alumina index inferred, fob Brazil, $/dmt was published in error as $333.64 per dry metric tonne. This has been corrected to $333.97 per dmt.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Base Metals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this Index, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Alumina Index.“

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

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