Early publication of iron ore DR-grade pellet premium indicator

Fastmarkets’ iron ore DR-grade pellet premium indicator was published earlier than scheduled due to an error on Wednesday December 11.

The MB-IRO-0186 iron ore DR-grade pellet premium indicator was published at 3:10pm London time instead of the scheduled time of 4pm.

The data submission window had already closed, and the data collection and price assessment were not affected by the early publication.

This price is a part of the Fastmarkets steel raw materials package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the early publication of these indices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these indices, please contact Marina Shulga by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Marina Shulga re DR-grade pellet premium indicator”.

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

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