Launch of Antimony 99.85% Sb min, in-whs China price assessment: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has launched a price assessment for MB-SB-0011 antimony 99.85% Sb min, in-whs China, yuan/tonne on Monday April 7.

The launch of this price assessment is to meet market demand for price transparency of the highest liquidity of antimony ingot in China, providing a more accurate representation of the Chinese market and offering a genuine reference for other regions.

The specifications are as follows:

MB-SB-0011 Antimony 99.85% Sb min, in-whs China, yuan/tonne

Quality: Ingot. Sb 99.85% min, As 0.05% max, Pb 0.15% max, Bi 100ppm max, no other elements specified.
Quantity: 10 tonnes
Location: in-whs China
Timing: Spot
Unit: CNY/tonne
Payment terms: Cash, other payment terms normalized
Publication: Weekly, Friday 7pm Shanghai time

These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets minor metals package.

To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Nico Zhang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Nico Zhang, re: Antimony 99.85% Sb min, in-whs 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.

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