Decision to discontinue US copper rod premium price assessment

Fastmarkets will discontinue its assessment of the MB-CU-0410 copper rod premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents per lb, from November 6.

After a consultation period, which ended on Wednesday October 8, Fastmarkets will discontinue the premium due to low market liquidity and a lack of demand. Fastmarkets received only neutral or indifferent feedback during the consultation period.

The assessment to be discontinued is:

MB-CU-0410 Copper rod premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents per lb
Quality: Purity of 99.95-99.99%. Thicknesses of 8 millimeters or 0.3125 inches
Quantity: Min 25,000 lb
Location: Delivered US Midwest
Unit: US cents per lb
Publication: Monthly, first Thursday of each month.

This price is a part of the Fastmarkets Base Metals package.

To provide feedback on the discontinuation of this assessment, please contact Rae Boyadjis by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Rae Boyadjis re: US copper rod 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 the Fastmarkets methodology page.