Delayed publication of boric acid price assessments: pricing notice

The publication of four Fastmarkets’ price assessments for boric acid were delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The following price assessments were affected:
MB-BOR-0012 Boric acid, technical grade, granular, fca US West Coast
MB-BOR-0013 Boric acid, technical grade, granular, cif China
MB-BOR-0014, Boric acid, technical grade, granular, ddp Europe
MB-BOR-0015 Boric acid, technical grade, granular, cif Brazil

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Industrial Minerals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and industrialminerals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: boric acid price assessments.”

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.

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