Correction to Alumina index, fob Australia and inferred prices on April 15

Fastmarkets has corrected the MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne and its inferred prices, which were published incorrectly on Wednesday April 15 due to a data input error.

The MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne was published in error as $303.18 per dry metric tonne. It has been corrected to $303.20 per dmt. 

The following inferred prices have also been corrected:

MB-ALU-0020 Alumina inferred, fob Vietnam, $/tonne was published in error as $305.18 per tonne. This has been corrected to $305.20 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0018 Alumina index inferred, fob India, $/tonne was published in error as $310.18 per tonne. This has been corrected to $310.20 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0019 Alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia, $/tonne was published in error as $308.18 per tonne. This has been corrected to $308.20 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0010 Alumina index inferred, fob Brazil, $/dmt was published in error as $343.18 per dmt. This has been corrected to $343.20 per dmt.

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 indices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Alumina indices.”

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