Correction to Chinese magnesia prices published in error on June 23

Fastmarkets’ Chinese magnesia price assessments were published earlier than scheduled due to a procedural error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The price assessments were erroneously published on Tuesday June 23, a week before the scheduled publication date of Tuesday June 30.

The following prices were affected:
MB-MAG-0002 Magnesia, dead burned, 90% MgO, lump, fob China, $/tonne
MB-MAG-0005 Magnesia, dead burned, 97.5% MgO, lump, fob China, $/tonne
MB-MAG-0007 Magnesia, fused, 98% MgO, lump, fob China, $/tonne
MB-MAG-0009 Magnesia, fused, 97% MgO, Ca:Si 2:1, lump, fob China, $/tonne

These prices are part of Fastmarkets’ industrial minerals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the early publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and industrialminerals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Magnesia FOB China prices.”

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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