Early publication of Shanghai tungsten prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ tungsten and ferro-tungsten Shanghai price assessments was earlier than scheduled on Wednesday October 23 due to an error.

The prices were published at 10:40am London time instead of the scheduled time of 2pm.

The data submission window had already closed, and the data collection and price assessments were not affected by the early publication.

The following prices were published early:

MB-W-0003 Tungsten APT 88.5% WO3 min, fob main ports China, $ per mtu WO3

MB-W-0002 Tungsten concentrate 65% WO3, in-whs China, yuan per tonne

MB-FEU-0003 Ferro-tungsten, export, min 75%, fob China, $ per kg W

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Metals 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 to these prices, please contact Jessica Long by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Jessica Long early publication of tungsten Shanghai 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: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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