Platts moves weekly Asia ferrosilicon, silicomanganese and silicon prices to Tuesday

S&P Global Platts has shifted the publication of weekly ferrosilicon, silicomanganese and silicon prices in Asia to Tuesday from Thursday effective June 2, 2020.

The change in schedule aligns the publication of these products with related assessments.

The change will affect the following prices:

Description Code:

Ferrosilicon 75% FOB China price MMAKB00

Ferrosilicon 75% CIF Japan price MMAJP00

Silicomanganese 65% CIF Japan price MMAJG00

Silicon 553 grade FOB China price MMAJF00

The publication schedule for these products in Europe and the US as well as assessments for other ferroalloys in Asia remains unchanged.

Publication schedule for global silicon, ferrosilicon and silicomanganese assessments:

Silicon Ferrosilicon Silicomanganese

Asia (from June 2) Tue Tue Tue

Americas Wed Wed Wed

EMEA Thu Thu Thu

The affected prices are published on Platts real-time Metals Alert on the fixed pages PMA404, PMA389, PMA407 and in the Platts price database under the codes listed above.

These pages will now be generated on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and will show the latest available published prices for each region.

Any further questions and feedback should be directed to PL_Asia_Nonferrous@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com

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