Become a customer

Correction to manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin China index on September 6

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-MNO-0005 manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin, China, which was published incorrectly on Friday September 6.

September 6, 2024
By Holly Chant
Manganese ore Pricing notice

The assessment range has been amended due to a back-end calculation error.

The manganese ore, high grade port index, fot Tianjin, China, was amended to 44.20 yuan ($6) per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) from 44 yuan per dmtu.

This price is part of the Fastmarkets Ores & Alloys Physical Price 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 the manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin China, please contact Tina Tong by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Tina Tong, re: manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin China.”

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: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

What to read next
Correction to alumina index, fob Australia, plus derived prices, on June 2/3: pricing notice
Fastmarkets has corrected its fob Australia alumina index, which was published incorrectly on Monday June 2 and Tuesday June 3 due to a back-end calculation error. Fastmarkets has also corrected all the related inferred indices. On June 2 the following prices were published incorrectly: Fastmarkets’ MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, was published in error as $375.59 per […]
June 4, 2025
 · 
By James McKeigue
Railway, Train, Transportation
South Africa’s new critical minerals policy draw critical eye of buyers, miners
South Africa’s newly approved Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy and the draft of the 2025 Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRDB) have drawn significant attention from global market participants, particularly manganese and chrome buyers in China.
June 4, 2025
 · 
By Tina Tong
Correction to rationale of crude palm oil, Indonesia PTPN tender
The rationale for AG-PLM-0017 crude palm oil, Indonesia PTPN tender had erroneously stated 1,000 tonnes traded, 5,000 tonnes offered. This has been been corrected to 1,500 tonnes traded, 5,000 tonnes offered. The published price is unaffected by this change. These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Ags Oils, Fats and Biofuels package. For more information or to provide […]
June 3, 2025
 · 
By Min Jie Yaw
Launch of Fastmarkets Mexican non-ferrous scrap, alloys prices
This strategic launch comes after an extensive period of targeted market engagement and overwhelming feedback that a separation in US and Mexican pricing was facilitating demand for Mexican domestic assessments for non-ferrous secondary material, taking advantage of Fastmarkets’ decade-long position of primacy in Mexican domestic ferrous scrap pricing. The price specifications for these grades are […]
June 2, 2025
 · 
By Amy Hinton
Delayed publication of Shanghai bonded aluminium stocks
The data for May 30 was published on Fastmarkets’ dashboard on June 2 as a result. For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this assessment, or if you would like to provide information by becoming a data submitter to the Shanghai bonded aluminium stocks database, please contact Zachary Tia by […]
June 2, 2025
 · 
By Zachary Tia
Decision to suspend amendment of Fastmarkets’ iron ore 62% Fe fines index name, specifications
Fastmarkets has decided not to proceed with the proposed amendment to the name and specifications of the MB-IRO-0008 iron ore 62% Fe fines cfr Qingdao index. After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has determined that current circumstances do not make the proposed amendments to the index viable. Fastmarkets reserves the right to start a fresh consultation on […]
June 2, 2025
 · 
By Alice Li