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Correction to P1020 US premium rationale on August 13

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-AL-0020 aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US, which had been published incorrectly on Tuesday August 13.

August 14, 2024
By Leticia Simionato
Aluminium Pricing notice

The rationale was published without the contango information due to a type error.

The following paragraph was changed in the rationale for MB-AL-0020 aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents/lb:

“The LME C/3M spread was most recently trading at a $53.50/t contango on Tuesday, compared to $50/t on Monday”.

The published price was unaffected by this change.

This price is part of the Fastmarkets base metals package.

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 price, please contact Yasemin Esmen by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Yasemin Esmen, re: Aluminium P1020 DDP US Midwest premium.”

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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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