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Correction to cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam price assessment on January 13, 2025

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-CO-0005 cobalt standard grade in-whs Rotterdam price assessment, which was published incorrectly on Monday January 13, 2025, due to a reporter error.

January 13, 2025
By Sahil Shaw
Cobalt Pricing notice

The price was initially published as $9.85-11.65 per lb and has since been corrected to $9.85-11.70 per lb. Fastmarkets’ pricing database 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, please contact Sahil Shaw by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sahil Shaw, re standard grade cobalt”.

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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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