Delayed publication of Brazil alumina index adjustment to fob Australia, inferred prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ assessments of the MB-ALU-0003 Alumina index adjustment to FOB Australia index, Brazil, and of Fastmarkets’ suite of inferred alumina prices, was delayed on Thursday May 7 because of a technical error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of the alumina index adjustment was delayed by 31 minutes and the publication of the inferred alumina prices was delayed by 48 minutes.

The following prices were affected:

MB-ALU-0003 Alumina index adjustment to fob Australia index, Brazil, $ per dmt
MB-ALU-0010 Alumina index inferred, fob Brazil, $ per dmt
MB-ALU-0018 Alumina index inferred, fob India, $ per tonne
MB-ALU-0019 Alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia, $ per tonne
MB-ALU-0020 Alumina index inferred, fob Vietnam, $ per tonne

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets base metals package.

For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Alumina fob Brazil Index, inferred prices.”

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

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