Several aluminium premiums in Europe and the United States reverted to mid-2021 levels or earlier amid a general downtrend in the week to Tuesday, October 4.

Soybean oil margins improve from $0.30 per gallon over variable costs to $0.49 per gallon in last week of September

The country’s grain exporters association, ANEC, had projected Brazilian corn exports to range between 6 and 7.1 million tonnes

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue the converted price assessments for the following markets:

Fastmarkets has discontinued the following converted price assessments:

US Gulf grains and oilseeds shipments affected by droughts

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the index specifications of its 62% Fe iron ore port index to more closely reflect the chemical composition of mainstream mid-grade ores produced from Australia’s Pilbara region.

Fastmarkets has amended the specifications for the weekly all-in assessment price for steel hot-dipped galvanized coil to clarify the included zinc coating extras and publish a non-market adjustment to reflect this extra.

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify in this pricing notice its current methodological approach to Russian brands in its metals and mining pricing assessment process after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Key talking points among delegates at Fastmarkets’ Battery Raw Materials conference in Barcelona, Spain, September 20-21