Fastmarkets includes additional EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) costs in its price assessments for ferro-chrome, delivered Europe, effective January 1, 2026, when the definitive period of CBAM began.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments of calcined alumina on January 2 was delayed due to a procedural error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Discover how iron ore pricing trends are changing with the adoption of new indices and evolving market dynamics.

This Viewpoint is a follow-up to our previous analysis, Buckle up for 2026!, which unravels the turbulent political and economic storms shaking Latin America. Global supply chain realignment The region is entering 2026 in an environment where global competition for energy, critical minerals and strategic supply chains has become central and supply chains are being restructured. These shifts […]

Fastmarkets’ price assessments for green Douglas fir and southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber were published earlier than scheduled on Thursday January 8 due to a reporter error. The assessments were published at 1.30pm Pacific Time instead of the scheduled time of 3:30pm Pacific Time.

The three price assessments cover three trade regions, North, West and South India, for India’s 120 gsm, 18-22 BF grade recycled testliner. After a one-month consultation period which ended on Monday January 5, Fastmarkets has decided to launch the three new containerboard prices to enhance its coverage of the Indian market. India’s fast-growing economy, powered by […]

Fastmarkets erroneously published the twice-monthly assessments for MB-AL-0339 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Germany and MB-AL-0340 Aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium, ddp Eastern Europe on December 19 and January 2 because of a procedural error.

Fastmarkets has deleted monthly averages for January PIX Indices that were published in error on the Fastmarkets Dashboard on Wednesday January 7. Individual indices published the same day were unaffected and remain valid.

Major trading houses Mercuria and Glencore secured copper concentrate offtake agreements totaling at least $450 million in prepayment financing in late December, with Mercuria signing for 195,000 wet metric tonnes from Bulgaria’s Ellatzite mine on December 30 and Orion Minerals providing an update on December 31 on its $200-250 million Glencore financing and offtake deal for South Africa’s Prieska project.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Latin America Packaging Paper and Board, via an open consultation process between November 12 and December 29, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.