Amendment to frequency of aluminium P1020A MJP spot premium

After a month-long consultation period, which ended on Wednesday July 31, Fastmarkets has amended the publication frequency of its MB-AL-0343 Aluminium P1020A MJP spot premium, cif Japan, from twice weekly to daily.

This move allows Fastmarkets to better capture fluctuations in the market and provide greater clarity.

Effective Wednesday August 7, the amendment will be implemented with its first daily publication and the new specifications are as follows:

MB-AL-0343 Aluminium P1020A (MJP) spot premium, cif Japan, $/tonne
Quality: P1020A or 99.7 % Minimum Al purity (Si 0.10% max, Fe 0.20% max) in line with LME specifications. Ingot, T-bar, sow
Quantity: Min 100 tonnes
Location: cif in main Japanese ports at Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka, premium on top of exchange-listed aluminium price
Timing: Within two calendar months
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms: Cash against documents (2 days after Bill of lading date)
Publication: Daily by 4pm London time
Notes: Excluding metal from LME warehouses and metal subject to international sanctions. Assessed by Fastmarkets’ Singapore Office.

The assessment is a part of the Fastmarkets base metals package.

To provide feedback or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price assessment, please contact Chay Chye Leng by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Chay Chye Leng Re: Aluminium MJP spot methodology.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked confidential available upon request.

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

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