Correction to European low-carbon aluminium inferred premium midpoint assessments

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-AL-0379 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp Italy (Brescia region), inferred low-carbon, and Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp North Germany (Ruhr region), inferred low-carbon midpoint assessments, which were published incorrectly on Friday April 2, due to a procedural error.

The Italy (Brescia region) inferred low-carbon midpoint price was incorrectly published as $1,065 per tonne. This has been updated to $1,072.50 per tonne.

The North Germany (Ruhr region), inferred low-carbon midpoint price was incorrectly published as $1,027.50 per tonne. This has been updated to $1,035 per tonne.

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 price, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet inferred low-carbon midpoints.”

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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