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Delayed publication of Mineral Sands Monthly

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Mineral Sands Monthly price assessments for Thursday October 3 was delayed to 17:51 from 16:00 due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

October 3, 2024
By Caroline Messecar
China Europe Industrial minerals Pricing notice Zircon

The following prices were affected:

MB-ZIR-0022 Zircon, premium grade, 66.5% ZrO2 min, cif Spain, $/tonne.
MB-ZIR-0014 Zircon, premium grade, 66.5% ZrO2 min, bulk, cif China, $/tonne.
MB-ZIR-0015 Zircon, standard grade, 65.5% ZrO2 min, cif China, $/tonne.

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets Industrial Minerals package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Caroline Messecar by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Caroline Messecar, re: zircon.” 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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