Delayed publication of aluminium billet North Europe

The publication of Fastmarkets’ aluminium billet North Europe assessments for Friday March 7 was delayed because of reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of the affected prices was delayed for 31 minutes. 

The following assessments were published late:

MB-AL-0300 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp Italy (Brescia region), $ per tonne

MB-AL-0302 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp North Germany (Ruhr region), $ per tonne

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets aluminium billet North Europe package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Sayaka Kurata by email at: pricing@ fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sayaka Kurata, re: aluminium billet North Europe.”

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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