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Correction to alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0019 alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia, $/tonne, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday June 4.

June 5, 2025
By James McKeigue
Pricing notice

The assessment for MB-ALU-0019 alumina inferred, fob Indonesia, $/tonne was published in error as $356.44 per tonne. This has now been corrected to $374.44 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

This price is 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 this index, please contact James McKeigue by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: James McKeigue, re: Alumina index, fob Indonesia.”

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

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