Adjustments to Metals Data Category Changes

As previously announced, Platts launched two new data packages for metals on August 20 - Steel & Raw Materials, and an expanded Platts Metals package. The new packages include the addition of SBB and TSI price assessments, the activation of several new Market Data Categories (MDCs), and the realignment of existing metals symbols with the new MDC structure.

Several adjustments have been made to the MDC changes announced on August 13. The two major ones are: * Assignments for some 3rd-party steel symbols in MDCs MX and SX have been adjusted * LME metals symbols have now been aligned with the revised definitions of the two LME MDCs, LM and ML

For a complete list of all Platts metals symbols and the MDCs they're now assigned to, click on the following link, or copy and paste it into your web browser: http://plts.co/metals082012 . The changes from the details list published with the August 13 announcement are highlighted in red.

Note that to help subscribers and vendor partners adjust to the changes, symbols moving to new MDCs will also continue to update in their existing MDCs until November 1, 2012.

If you have any comments or questions regarding this announcement, please contact your local Platts Customer Care representative, or email support@platts.com.