Correction to aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, in-whs dp Rotterdam, on October 11

Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment of the MB-AL-0002 aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, in-warehouse dp Rotterdam, which was published incorrectly on Friday October 11.

The premium was published in error as $530-560 per tonne. This has now been corrected to $525-560 per tonne.

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

This price is part of the Fastmarkets’ aluminium billet North Europe 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 premium, please contact Sayaka Kurata by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading: “FAO: Sayaka Kurata, re: aluminium 6063 extrusion billet, in-warehouse dp Rotterdam.”

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

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