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Delayed publication of Shanghai bonded aluminium, zinc, nickel stocks

The publication of Fastmarkets’ assessments of Shanghai bonded aluminium, zinc and nickel stocks for April 30 were delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.The data effective for April 30 was published on May 7 as a result.

May 9, 2025
By Dylan Duan
Aluminium Base metals Nickel Pricing notice Zinc

The publication of Fastmarkets’ assessments of Shanghai bonded aluminium, zinc and nickel stocks for April 30 were delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The data effective for April 30 was published on May 7 as a result.

The following assessments were affected:
Shanghai aluminium bonded stocks
Shanghai zinc bonded stocks
Shanghai nickel bonded stocks

These assessments are part of the Fastmarkets base metals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these assessments or if you would like to provide information by becoming a data submitter to the Shanghai bonded base metal bonded stocks database, please contact Dylan Duan by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Dylan Duan, re: Shanghai base metal bonded stocks.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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