Correction to rationale of cobalt hydroxide 30% Co min, cif China on Tuesday July 23

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-CO-0020 Cobalt hydroxide 30% Co min, cif China, $/lb price, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday July 23.

The opening line of the rationale incorrectly listed the price range as $6.60-6.80 per lb. This has been corrected to $6.40-6.60 per lb.

The published price is unaffected by 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 these prices, please contact Sahil Shaw and Callum Perry by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sahil Shaw/Callum Perry, re: Cobalt hydroxide cif China price.”

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

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