Amendment to aluminium P1020A all-in price, delivered US Midwest

Fastmarkets has amended the formula for its MB-AL-0231 — aluminum P1020A all-in price, delivered Midwest US, US cents/lb to include the London Metal Exchange official cash AM bid aluminium price effective immediately.

The formula for Fastmarkets aluminum P1020A all-in price, delivered Midwest US, US cents/lb previously included the LME unofficial cash PM bid aluminium price. However, the LME ceased determining and publishing unofficial closing prices on Tuesday February 6 following a 90-day notice.

The new specifications are as follows: 

MB-AL-0231 — Aluminum P1020A all-in price, delivered Midwest US, US cents/lb
Quality: London Metal Exchange specification P1020A or 99.7% minimum Al purity (silicon 0.10% max, iron 0.20% max, zinc 0.03%, gallium 0.04%, vanadium 0.03%)
Location: Delivered consumer works Midwest
Unit: US cents per lb 
Formula: London Metal Exchange cash aluminium AM bid price plus Fastmarkets’ Midwest aluminium premium
Quantity: 100 tonnes
Publication: Daily

This price is part of the Fastmarkets base 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 Grace Asenov by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Grace Asenov, re: US P1020 all-In.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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