Decision to discontinue lead 99.99% ingot premium, United States

Fastmarkets will discontinue its MB-PB-0099 lead 99.99% ingot premium, delivered Midwest US price assessment as of January 7, 2025.

January 6, 2025

By Rae Boyadjis

After a month –long consultation period, Fastmarkets has discontinued this price due to low market liquidity and a lack of demand. Fastmarkets received feedback in agreement with the proposal.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of this price, please contact Rae Boyadjis by email at: pricing@ fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Rae Boyadjis, re: US lead 99.99% ingot premium.”

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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