PRICING NOTICE: How Metal Bulletin base metals prices will be amended after the FastMarkets acquisition [UPDATED]

Metal Bulletin is proposing to amend a number of Metal Bulletin base metals prices following its acquisition of FastMarkets and a review of overlapping premiums published by both companies.

January 20, 2017

By Perrine Faye

The consultation closes on Tuesday December 20, and subject to its outcome, the changes will be implemented on January 3 2017.

Click on the image below to open a PDF in a new window showing a table of the proposed changes.

To comment, please contact Alex Harrison on aharrison@metalbulletin.com or Perrine Faye on perrine.faye@fastmarkets.com

This article was updated on January 20, 2017 at 13:22 to clarify the frequency of the pricing of the zinc Rotterdam DP FCA premium.

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