Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-AL-0020 aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents/lb assessment, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday July 7.

GCC containerboard prices remained mostly stable in June, as trade disruptions, weak exports, and seasonal demand shifts shaped market conditions across Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

With steel reinforcing bar (rebar) producer Hybar’s first mill in Osceola, Arkansas, in operation for only nine months, the company announced last week that it had raised $1.1 billion to build a second rebar expansion mill next to the existing one.

Fastmarkets has corrected the Green Douglas Fir delivered prices for July 7th, which were marked as final weekly prices instead of preliminary due to a procedural lapse.

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for MB-COA-0003 Premium hard coking coal, fob eastern Australian ports, $/wmt, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday July 7 due to a typographical error.

The publication of Fastmarkets' flat steel reduced carbon emissions, daily inferred price for Tuesday July 7, 2026 was delayed due to a procedure lapse. Fastmarkets' pricing database has been updated.

Fastmarkets launched three world-first regional price indices in a major expansion to its Saudi Arabian ferrous scrap market coverage, on Tuesday July 7.

The energy shock is reshaping wood products costs. An energy shock is driving up costs across the wood products supply chain and clouding the 2026 housing recovery.

Fastmarkets has amended the holiday pricing schedule for the aluminium P1020A, fob Indonesia premium assessment, with the changes taking effect from Tuesday July 7.

China’s direct flat steel trade with the EU was already thin, at just 3-5% of total exports, or around 2 million tonnes a year, thanks to years of anti-dumping and countervailing duties. That leaves little room for the bloc’s newly tightened import quotas to inflict much additional direct damage, sources told Fastmarkets.