Correction to chromium alumino-thermic 99% min, in-whs Rotterdam price assessment, rationale on October 24

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-CR-0001 chromium alumino-thermic 99% min, in-whs Rotterdam price assessment and rationale, which were published incorrectly on Friday October 24, due to an incorrect methodology application.

MB-CR-0001 Chromium alumino-thermic 99% min, in-whs Rotterdam, $/tonne was published in error at $8,800-9,200 per tonne. It has been corrected to $8,800-9,476 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database and the relevant rationale has been updated to reflect this change.

This price is part of the Fastmarkets minor 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 price assessment, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and minormetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: chromium alumino-thermic 99% min, in-whs Rotterdam.“

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 the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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