Correction to alumina index inferred prices on July 15

Fastmarkets has corrected its alumina index inferred prices, which were published incorrectly on Tuesday July 15.

Fastmarkets has corrected the following alumina index inferred prices, which were published incorrectly on Tuesday due to them being calculated and published prior to MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne, on which they are based.

MB-ALU-0010 Alumina Index, fob Brazil, inferred Brazil price $ per dry metric ton was previously published at $411.82 per tonne, and has been corrected to $412.07 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0018 Alumina index inferred, fob India, $/tonne was previously published at $376.07 per tonne and has been corrected to $376.32 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0019 Alumina index inferred, fob Indonesia, $/tonne was previously published at $374.07 and has been corrected to $374.32 per tonne.
MB-ALU-0020 Alumina index inferred, fob Vietnam, $/tonne was previously published at $371.07 and has been corrected to $371.32 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these 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 Fastmarkets by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Justin Yang, re: Alumina index fob Australia inferred prices.“

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

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