RE: Update3 Jan 2024 19:25
No, the reason it’s showing as 1% down today is as yesterday’s price was $1070 and today’s is $1060. The mistake was with yesterday’s price which should’ve been and was later corrected to $1070 from $1315.
The SMM Spodumene Concentrate Index is positioned as a weighted average price across various transaction methods including long-term contracts and spot deals. It is to be noted that for the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, in certain proportions of long-term contracts, pricing was set to be based on the previous quarter’s (Q-1) price for settlement purposes. However, due to an error by our pricing team in adjusting quarterly prices, there was a mistake in the final index calculation. We have now updated the Spodumene Concentrate (CIF China) Index as of January 2nd, 2024.