Correction to rationale of copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-CU-0287 copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific, which was published incorrectly on Friday May 1 due to a typo.

The rationale for MB-CU-0287 copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific had erroneously stated that “The copper VIU was $0.18/t on May 1, up from $0.94/t on April 17.” This has been corrected to “The copper VIU was $0.18/t on May 1, down from $0.94/t on April 17.”

The published price is unaffected by this change.

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets base metals price 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 index, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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