PRICING NOTICE: Correction to index for manganese ore 44%, cif Tianjin

Fastmarkets has corrected its manganese ore 44%, cif Tianjin, index, which was published incorrectly on Friday January 22 due to a calculation error.

January 25, 2021

By Janie Davies

Fastmarkets’ weekly index for MB-MNO-0001 – manganese ore, 44% Mn, cif Tianjin, $ per dmtu, should have been $5.02 per dmtu, but was published at $4.91 per dmtu on January 22. It was corrected on January 25.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database, MInD, has been updated to reflect this change.

This was caused by an error in the normalization process. Measures have been applied to avoid this error from happening again.

For more information, or to provide feedback on this correction notice, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this index, please contact Jon Stibbs and Janie Davies by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘FAO: Jon Stibbs/Janie Davies re: manganese ore index.’

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: www.metalbulletin.com/prices/pricing-methodology.