Fastmarkets is inviting feedback on the pricing methodology for aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Germany and ddp Eastern Europe ahead of the definitive period of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which starts in January 2026.

Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) has been added to the US Department of Defense’s Chinese Military Company (CMC) list.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its assessments for MB-STE-0829, Russia welded ERW linepipe API 5L X65 US$/tonne; MB-STE-0830, Russia welded LSAW linepipe API 5L X65 US$/tonne; MB-STE-0810, Russia Round billet seamless (fob) Rub/tonne; MB-STE-0811, Russia seamless OCTG casing J/K 55 (btc connection) distrbutor FCA Rub/tonne; and MB-STE-0812, Russia seamless Linepipe API 5L X65 distrbutor FCA Rub/tonne.

Fastmarkets has published a series of renewable diesel price assessments that had previously failed to appear in our pricing database because of a technical issue.

There has been a freefall in copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) this year amid tighter supply in the market. In 2025, supply tightness is projected to keep copper concentrates TC/RCs low on average for the whole year, sources told Fastmarkets.

After a month-long consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of these US base metals, following mostly positive feedback from market participants and internal data analysis.  The main pricing day will continue to be Tuesdays at 3-4pm London time, but these tin, lead and nickel premiums will be assessed once a month instead of fortnightly […]

Ferro-silicon buyers in Europe have been increasingly asking for green certificates and carbon emissions data when sourcing material over the past few weeks, several sources told Fastmarkets.The trend has accelerated since November 2024 after starting earlier that year and is expected to ramp up into 2025, sources said. “There has been more interest [on] this […]

Fastmarkets will discontinue its MB-PB-0099 lead 99.99% ingot premium, delivered Midwest US price assessment as of January 7, 2025.

European imports of pipeline natural gas from Russia via Ukraine have ended, putting the region’s metals smelters and refineries on alert for potential hikes in operational costs.

Read the December edition of our pallet newsletter, exploring how the holiday rush and looming port strikes impacted pallet prices.