Clarification of calendar for manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth: pricing notice

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify details around the following aspects of the pricing calendar for its MB-MNO-0002 manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth.

Fastmarkets will publish the MB-MNO-0002 manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth, on Tuesday April 22 as a replacement for publication on the UK Good Friday public holiday on April 18.

This is in line with the publication schedule for the MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore high grade index, cif Tianjin and the MB-MNO-0003 manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, cif Tianjin, which will also be published on April 22 rather than on April 18.

You can find the updated calendar for Manganese ore and other ores and alloys in the ferrous calendar here.

To provide feedback on this clarification of the publishing schedule for the manganese ore index, 36.5% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth please contact Holly Chant and Tina Tong by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Holly Chant/Tina Tong, re: manganese ore calendar.”

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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