Delayed publication of bulk alloys Europe prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European bulk alloys prices for Friday January 16 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of the affected prices was delayed for 33 minutes.

The following prices were published late:

MB-FES-0005 Ferro-silicon lumpy basis 75% Si (scale pro rata), delivered Europe, €/tonne

MB-SIM-0002 Silico-manganese lumpy 65-75% Mn, basis 15-19% Si (scale pro rata), major European destinations €/tonne

MB-SIM-0004 Silico-manganese 65% Mn min, min 16% Si, fob India, $/tonne

MB-FEM-0006 Ferro-manganese basis 78% Mn max, standard 7.5% C, delivered Europe, €/tonne

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets Ores & Alloys Physical Price 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 ores_alloys@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: European bulk alloys.”

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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