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Correction to copper grade A cathode ER premium, bonded in-whs Shanghai assessment

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-CU-0383 copper grade A cathode ER premium, bonded in-whs Shanghai assessment that was published incorrectly on Friday February 14.

February 17, 2025
By Shiyue Zhao
Base metals Copper Pricing notice

The price was initially published as $60-70 per tonne and has since been corrected to $60-68 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change. The price rationale was correct.

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 price, please contact Sally Zhang/Shiyue Zhao by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sally Zhang/Shiyue Zhao, re Copper grade A cathode ER premium, bonded in-whs Shanghai.”

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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