Correction to rationale of cobalt hydroxide 30% Co min, cif China

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-CO-0020 cobalt hydroxide 30% Co min, cif China, $/lb price, which was published incorrectly on Friday July 26.

The rationale was missing a sentence to explain the reason for non-reflection of a data point.

The following line has been added to the rationale for MB-CO-0020 cobalt hydroxide 30% Co min, cif China:

“A deal heard below the range was not reflected due to a lack of details provided.”

The published price is unaffected by this change.

This price is part of the Fastmarkets minor 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 Sahil Shaw and Alex Cook by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sahil Shaw/Alex Cook, re: Cobalt hydroxide cif China price.”

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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