Delayed publication of IFM assessments

The publication of Fastmarkets’ CB-CC-0013 IFM Avoidance and CB-CC-0014 IFM Removals, US assessments for Wednesday September 24 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The following prices were affected:

CB-CC-0013 IFM Avoidance, US, $/tCO2e

CB-CC-0014 IFM Removals, US, $/tCO2e

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Carbon package.

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

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To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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