Correction to chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai on May 25: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has corrected its chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai data, which was published incorrectly on Monday May 25 due to an error inputting the figure.

Chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai were originally published at 5.11 million to 5.3 million tonnes on Monday. This has been corrected to 3.74 million to 4.03 million tonnes.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these changes.

These inventories are part of the Fastmarkets Ores and Alloys 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 report, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and ores_alloys@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Chrome Inventories.“

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