Amendment to frequency of antimony ddp China price

After a one-month consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of the publication of its price assessment for MB-SB-0003 Antimony MMTA standard grade II, ddp China, to monthly from weekly.

Following the consultation which concluded on Thursday May 8, the frequency of the price will change from weekly to monthly, with the first assessment on a monthly frequency on Friday May 30, to better reflect the evolving dynamics in China’s antimony market.

The new specifications are as follows, with the amendment in italics:

MB-SB-0003 Antimony MMTA standard grade II, ddp China, yuan/tonne
Quality: Ingot. MMTA standard Grade II. Sb 99.65% min, As 0.1% max, Pb 0.2% max, Se 0.002% max, Cd 0.002% max, Sn 0.005% max, Te 0.005% max, Bi 0.01% max, Cu 0.02% max, Fe 0.02% max 
Quantity: 1 tonne 
Location: Delivered duty paid China 
Unit: CNY/tonne 
Payment terms: Cash 
Publication: Monthly, last Friday of the month 2-3pm London time

The price is 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 ddp China price.”

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

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