Correction to alumina index, fob Brazil and inferred index on October 23

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0003 alumina inferred index, fob Brazil, which was published incorrectly on Thursday October 23 due to a procedural lapse. Fastmarkets has also corrected the related inferred index.

MB-ALU-0003 Alumina index adjustment to fob Australia index, Brazil was published in error as $26.16 per dry metric tonne. It has been corrected to $27.79 per dry metric tonne.

MB-ALU-0010 Alumina index inferred, fob Brazil was published in error as $342.50 per dry metric tonne. It has been corrected to $344.13 per dry metric tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database and the relevant rationales have been updated to reflect the changes.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets base metals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “Re: Alumina index, fob Brazil.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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