This proposal follows the transition of the settlement of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange No1 busheling contract to Fastmarkets’ assessment of the Chicago No1 busheling price on December 16, 2024. The index has remained active in the interim to support existing contracts that are settled against that calculated number. The specifications for the affected index are […]

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a new quarterly price assessment for pulp-grade spruce-pine-fir (SPF) logs, delivered to pulp mills in the Canadian province of British Columbia’s Interior sub-region.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the specifications of its iron ore 62% Fe fines, fot Qingdao indices to align with the specifications for mid-grade sinter fines in China’s portside market.

Learn how the Fastmarkets Repair and Remodeling Index provides timely data on home renovation activities and trends.

Read our highlights taken from Fastmarkets’ first South America Biofuels and Feedstocks conference, held on 14 August in São Paulo.

Aluminium producers in other countries are increasingly viewing Brazil as an alternative market because of the growing difficulties in accessing the markets in the US because of that country’s import tariffs, market participants said in the week to Thursday August 28.

Critical minerals investment company TechMet Ltd is setting up a new trading arm, TechMet SCM, backed by additional investment from Mercuria Energy Trading.

ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada filed a $2.77 million claim in federal court in Peoria, Illinois against Liberty Steel & Wire Monday August 25 for unpaid purchases of billet shipped to Liberty’s Georgetown, South Carolina facility from September 2023 to the plant’s closing in April 2024.

Vietnam and Brazil were the most impacted by the US Department of Commerce’s final affirmative determination in the anti-dumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from ten countries.

Fastmarkets has corrected the publication date of its North American Graphic Paper prices, which was published incorrectly on August 22, 2025. The date for the August 1, 2025 prices was published as July 31, 2025 due to a system error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change for the following grades: FP-GP-0127 CM […]