Following consultation with charge chrome suppliers, traders and consumers, Metal Bulletin on May 25 launched a charge chrome 50% Cr index, cif Shanghai.

Following a review of regional transaction data, Metal Bulletin is proposing the following changes to the base currencies for the following steel prices.

Following an assessment review, Metal Bulletin is proposing the following changes to the regional breakdown of its steel prices portfolio.

The following UK national holidays will affect Metal Bulletin's pricing in 2012.

Aluminium: Please note that the European free market min 99.7% aluminium ingot duty-unpaid premium indicator is now assessed daily. From January 16 in Metal Bulletin and on the website it will be published as the MB Aluminium Premium Rotterdam. Daily assessments will also now be carried out for the LME aluminium warehouse premium Singapore. Lead: the LME lead warehouse premium in Singapore and the CIF Shanghai premium will also be published daily. Zinc: the LME zinc warehouse premium in Singapore and the CIF Shanghai premium will also be published daily.

All Metal Bulletin prices, including those associated with monthly averages, are now reading correctly, after the resolution of a technical difficulty that affected some prices.

Due to technical difficulties, those Metal Bulletin prices associated with monthly averages are reading incorrectly for dates from December 24 onwards. Prices were not assessed on December 30: any prices for that date should be ignored. Metal Bulletin is working to rectify the problem. The monthly average prices dated December 30 are correct, however.